Shadow of the Colossus - Early intro (2004)

I've uploaded this video to highlight some of the differences you can see compared to the final version. It's clear this version was released before Team Ico had finished with it.

Some things to look out for are:
Agro seems to 'hop' over the gap at the canyons scene which was later slowed down.

There appears to be a scene missing after the forest scene.

The clouds are darker at the rain scene, they have a greenish hue in the final version and Wander's movements are jittery.

The green field is missing replaced by a backdrop of clouds so it appears Wander & Agro are walking in the sky.

The trees are missing behind the entrance.

When the camera pans out at the end you can see the cliff wall is devoid of it's normal rocky texture, instead it has that greenish/white texture of the beta mountains. The landscape is also very barren and lifeless looking, more like soil than the desert that later replaced it.

The quality isn't that great as I've increased the resolution so I suggest you watch this in HD.

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• Early
• intro
• 2004

[MisterPikol]

where did you get that ? is this some demo version ?

[Nomad0168]

@MisterPikol I think I found it on GameSpot or GameTrailers a while ago. I never bothered to upload it as it was such a small video, so I resized it which is why it's so blurry xD. But I would love to find a proper hi res version of it.

[MisterPikol]

@Nomad0168 Good job, I understand that desperate need for rare/unseen material :D ( don't belive I've seen the video before )

Though forcing the resolution to high-res won't do much, i'd recommend sharpening the video.

[Nomad0168]

@MisterPikol I did sharpen it - but the results were still disappointing. I actually uploaded it at 864 x 486 so I'm not sure why it's HD... I think I'll try again and see if the quality is a little better.

[SpiritofWander1]

That Nomura2 is a fake,anyone don´t answer him.He is a son of Basaran,that know me,very well...

There is a good amount of time since I saw an earlier trailer of sotc.You can also see that in the ``rain scene´´ there isn´t the entrance of the FL in the background.

Maybe...maybe...the texture under the entrance was part of the beta mountains,since there were beta mountains very close to the entrance

[Nomad0168]

@SpiritofWander1 Who's Nomura2? The entrance texture isn't part of the beta mountains, it's just how the textures look before they overlay the finished rocky texture. They must have used this greenish-white matrix as a base model for their landscapes then added the colored textures over them which would explain why the beta mountains are all the same colour (as they were not completed).

[SpiritofWander1]

@Nomad0168 ``Who's Nomura2?´´ He is the ``CesarTakezoNomura2´´ who made a comment in this video.I know that it is a fake account because I had two accounts wich are.

``CesarTakezoNomura´´ and ``CesarTakezoNomura1´´ then I know that it is fake.

About the texture.I was trying to say that maybe the area under the entrance could be a path to the beta mountains near it.But I think you are right

[Nomad0168]

@HyperSNES That's because I have blown up the video from 640 x 360 to 1280 x 720.

[amalucagus]

@CesarTakezoNomura2 _15jose

[kutlessrocker23]

Wow, this was cool.