Pigs Fly, Hell Freezes Over, and The Last Guardian Goes Gold

[Raggedstar]

Seems like Yoshino's tweet may have been deleted because Yoshida wanted to say it himself.

Spoiler

Also, still holding onto the theory that they pushed it to the December 6th (North American and Japanese) release date specifically because it's the 15th anniversary of Ico's release in Japan. I understand it would take some time to get copies ready for shipping, but the exact day chosen is uncanny.

 

[lacktheknack]

And it will suck because it will never be as good as Shadow of the Colossus.

"It will suck because it won't be as good as this masterpiece."

Ergo, anything that's not as good as Shadow of the Colossus "sucks".

Your method of measuring quality is unspeakably bad, and you should feel unspeakably bad.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

And it will suck because it will never be as good as Shadow of the Colossus.

"It will suck because it won't be as good as this masterpiece."

Ergo, anything that's not as good as Shadow of the Colossus "sucks".

Your method of measuring quality is unspeakably bad, and you should feel unspeakably bad.

I feel no shame.

And I have never mentioned in that statement that ANYTHING that is not Shadow of the Colossus will suck in comparison.

Only just among Team Ico's 3 games its a hard bar to reach after it was set as high as it is with Shadow of the Colossus.

I was disspointed in what The Last Guardian is the moment I first saw it all the way back in E3 2009. It just did not appeal to me as Shadow of the Colossus did.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

And it will suck because it will never be as good as Shadow of the Colossus.

"It will suck because it won't be as good as this masterpiece."

Ergo, anything that's not as good as Shadow of the Colossus "sucks".

Your method of measuring quality is unspeakably bad, and you should feel unspeakably bad.

I feel no shame.

And I have never mentioned in that statement that ANYTHING that is not Shadow of the Colossus will suck in comparison.

Only just among Team Ico's 3 games its a hard bar to reach after it was set as high as it is with Shadow of the Colossus.

I was disspointed in what The Last Guardian is the moment I first saw it all the way back in E3 2009. It just did not appeal to me as Shadow of the Colossus did.

I dunno. I been playing Shadow of the Colossus recently for the first time, and the climbing animations combined with the bipolar control scheme really started to really frustrste by the third boss encounter. I get a very low chance the boy will climb up on a ledge even if it isn't moving, every time I press the buttons for climbing up. What I really can do without is him scatting about in all directions instead of pulling himself up on the ledge as the stamina metre is on its' final dregs; especially when you're molesting a very disgruntled giant's face at the same time, so the fall to the floor was not me messing up, but the controls not playing ball at a most sensitive time. If there was any consistent trust that when I press a direction and the necessary climb buttons, that they would work as intended instead of gayly leaping me off in a different direction as the sweeping camera battles my commands like a wild horse during inter...erm, interracial Inspector Morse episodes, the game would be a lot easier to appreciate.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

And it will suck because it will never be as good as Shadow of the Colossus.

"It will suck because it won't be as good as this masterpiece."

Ergo, anything that's not as good as Shadow of the Colossus "sucks".

Your method of measuring quality is unspeakably bad, and you should feel unspeakably bad.

I feel no shame.

And I have never mentioned in that statement that ANYTHING that is not Shadow of the Colossus will suck in comparison.

Only just among Team Ico's 3 games its a hard bar to reach after it was set as high as it is with Shadow of the Colossus.

I was disspointed in what The Last Guardian is the moment I first saw it all the way back in E3 2009. It just did not appeal to me as Shadow of the Colossus did.

I dunno. I been playing Shadow of the Colossus us recently for the first time, and the climbing animations combined with the bipolar control scheme really started to really frustrste by the third boss encounter. I get a very low chance the boy will climb up on a ledge even if it isn't moving, every time I press the buttons for climbing up. What I really can do without is him scatting about in all directions instead of pulling himself up on the ledge as the stamina metre is on its' final dregs; especially when your molesting a giant's face at the same time, so the fall to the floor was not me messing up, but the controls not playing ball at a most sensitive time. If there was any consistent trust that when I press a direction and the necessary climb buttons, that they would work as intended instead of gayly leaping me off in a different direction as the sweeping camera battles my commands like a wild horse during inter...erm, nevermind.

Your talking to a guy that managed to beat all the Time Attack modes and unlocked all the items. And that is just normal difficulty.

 

[DarklordKyo]

*consults the check list*

Hoenn Confirmed - check
BG&E2 official - check
Skittles discontinues the only set that still has lime - check
Last Guardian stops being vaporware - that's a new one
HL-3 -

You guys realize we're only one step away from the apocalypse right?

There's also the fact that Duke Nukem Forever was released a while back.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Snippidyboom.

There could be a chance this current control problem is down to the service of PS now (PSNow, damn confusing grammers) being a streamed game. The audio does waver like an old VHS tape constantly, and I dont know the entire workings behind how that service runs through the hardware versus the connection, but if each of my button presses need to upload through a server each time, it could explain the scatty behaviour so far.

 

[JamesStone]

*consults the check list*

Hoenn Confirmed - check
BG&E2 official - check
Skittles discontinues the only set that still has lime - check
Last Guardian stops being vaporware - that's a new one
HL-3 -

You guys realize we're only one step away from the apocalypse right?

There's also the fact that Duke Nukem Forever was released a while back.

We do not talk about that one.

 

[KissingSunlight]

Pigs Fly, Hell Freezes Over, and The Last Guardian Goes Gold

//cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/1357/1357251.jpgSome thought that we might never see The Last Guardian, but it's finally gone gold.

The Last Guardian has been in development for almost a decade. It was first shown off at E3 in 2009, and has popped up at Sony press events here and there ever since. In its current incarnation, it was included in Sony's E3 2015 presentation, and after (another) delay, was slated for a release in December 2016 [http://ims.themis-media.com/module/96/ims_news/view?id=168373]. Now the long-awaited game has gone gold.

The news came from the Twitter account of Sony Japan producer Jun Yoshino, who has been working on The Last Guardian. In the tweet [https://twitter.com/liljuny/status/789479784120287232] (since deleted), Yoshino said, "Gone gold. Waddup."

It looks like The Last Guardian may actually hit its December 9 release date. If it does, the next question will be whether or not the game is worth the wait. For that, we'll just have to wait and see.

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What does "Goes Gold" means? When I hear something "going gold" that means it sold 500,000 copies of a music album.

 

[DarklordKyo]

We do not talk about that one.

Talk about it or not, it's still an example of one of those games that, when it releases, is a potential sign of the apocalypse.

 

[The Hungry Samurai]

What does "Goes Gold" means? When I hear something "going gold" that means it sold 500,000 copies of a music album.

If I'm not mistaken a video game goes gold when it's finished being developed and the team can send the product out to be mass produced for public distribution.

 

[Callate]

Edge's pre-release examination seemed to still think the creature's AI was in a place where there was a fine line between "ornery" and "bugged"- especially with regard to things like last-minute saves of a falling protagonist.

I sure hope they got that ironed out...

 

[ffronw]

What does "Goes Gold" means? When I hear something "going gold" that means it sold 500,000 copies of a music album.[/quote]

It means this:

If I'm not mistaken a video game goes gold when it's finished being developed and the team can send the product out to be mass produced for public distribution.

Simply put, they devs are done making changes, and it gets sent off to be pressed onto discs for shipment to retail.

 

[bluerocker]

Oh look, another thread about the Last Guardian, let's check up the progre-

WHAT?! It's done?

In lieu of all these delays (Looking at you, Square!) I'm going to be hesitant, but hopeful about the news. Though, this plus Bloodborne withdrawal from my friend's copy and Kingdom Hearts 2.8's imminent arrival is only making me want a PS4 even more.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

At this point I'm only going to believe it when I see it on store shelves.

 

[FalloutJack]

And it will suck because it will never be as good as Shadow of the Colossus.

"It will suck because it won't be as good as this masterpiece."

Ergo, anything that's not as good as Shadow of the Colossus "sucks".

Your method of measuring quality is unspeakably bad, and you should feel unspeakably bad.

Thank you, Lack. I was thinking that as soon as I read his post, except the word I was gonna use was 'Perspective'. If ever there was proof of games being art, it's Shadow of the Colossus, which of course Ico brought forth. Let us not forget that these guys have been extremely devoted to doing the best work they can, to the point where they looked at PS2's version of SOTC and considered it woefully inadequate, and apologized for it. We couldn't rush this. It went through development hell and all kinds of problems, but even then it would have taken a while and now it's here. Let's appreciate that just a little, people.