Shadow of the Colossus PS4: Bluepoint Games Tech Interview!

[@janos1993]

This game is what a remake should be... pure beauty

[@MysteryD]

This is probably the BEST remake/remaster I've ever seen. They really worked some magic here.

[@Genkenaar]

It's basically also one of the first TRUE remakes released so far... Most of them are still just remasters where they try to pretend they're remakes. A remake is this, a completely new engine and built from the ground up. Not just a rehashed and slightly improved version, that's called a remaster, I wish developers would start using those terms correctly. I haven't touched my consoles in a while (basically turned into a 100% pc gamer), but I'm gonna be booting up my PS4 Pro again just for this game. :)

[@TheHOOfan1]

Ratchet and Clank was a true remake. I don't think they used ANYTHING from the old game.

[@emptyclaw1265448]

microsoft put out the best collection of remakes ever with halo mcc. sony makes one remake and now they are looked at like big shit yet ms gears remake ,halo remake ,conker remake,halo 2 remake ,fable remake ,perfect dark remake etc etc all sony has ever done is half ass cash grab remasters but now they do one fucking remake and they are the shit lmfao

[@TheHOOfan1]

The Gears remake was fantastic, but I wouldn't brag about the Halo remasters....the Master Chief Collection is considered pretty horrible by even Halo fans because of the multiplayer problems.

[@theindiediary5950]

Can't wait for the next remake 20 years from now. :)

[@deckard3755]

Digital foundry and Bluepoint. Two groups of people that are some of the best at what they do.

[@DevinMoney]

PS4 Pro owners, This is good classic game that runs 60fps smoothly. If you haven't tried it in the past, it's a perfect chance to try it now.

[@SlayerSeraph]

Do you prefer 60FPS performance or Cinematic 30FPS 1440p ? (on a 4K TV) and why?

[@DevinMoney]

Ransom Seraph Performance, unless I'm checking out the visuals for fun.

[@SlayerSeraph]

Devin Money they should have had a toggle in Photo Mode as a shortcut to actually going to Display. As well as for screenshots

[@gtabro1337]

Thank you so much for this DF

[@RAZKEN.]

Imagine BluePoint remaking Silent Hill 2 & 3, holy shit what a dream!

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

Even better, imagine SILENT HILLS PT HAPPENNING Oh God i cant get over it and its been 4 years alredy

[@fenix_tx_1342]

Or better, a Remake of 1, and a Remaster of 2&3, sure, it would be better if they remake all of them, but that seems more reasonable. But Konami would never allocate the budget to something like that. They much rather continue with pachinko machines

[@orijimi]

Like Konami will ever okay that.

[@salemsaleh9577]

RAZKEN Nah, those game are perfect the way they are. Even the current PC versions of them don't feel right compared to PS2 even though they go up to 4K and look better. They were designed for the PS2, and even better if displayed on a CRT TV. I'd agree for the first one though.

[@fenix_tx_1342]

They are perfect the way they are, yes.... if you play them on a CRT TV using the PS2 version... It's not like a proper remaster using the PS2 version as a base would make every prior release disappear, you can always go back and play them.

[@mayanksingh12]

You should do this kind of interview more often.. That way we get to know more about the people and the effort behind bringing fantastic games.. Thumbs up guys 👍

[@mstyle2006]

I Want to congratulate DF and Bluepoint for taking the time for doing this. I never miss a DF video as I never miss to invest on Bluepoint remasters/remake. THANK YOU

[@SuperUltrawide4K]

Just imagine if they had a chance to remake Metal Gear Solid 1

[@turbotrup96]

Filthy Grub why the hell no one asks about the VERY 1ST MG games from 80's?? They're the most direct continuations after MGSV and they never got a remake, ffs!!!!!!

[@imbuttman2774]

turbotrup96 Becouse even if it happens it wont be from kojima so it is better to leave mg1 as it is

[@SuperUltrawide4K]

\m/ Rax it's a remake, it wouldn't need kojima

[@imbuttman2774]

Filthy Grub Well now we get to personal opinions. My personal opinion about mg remake is that without kojima it would not work. If anyone decide to remake it ,they would need to implant new things into it and i would not like anyoune to do it except kojima becouse it is his game

[@imbuttman2774]

Filthy Grub Btw i was talking about mg ,not metal gear solid

[@ZackZavage]

What a great interview. You are asking so many good questions. Thanks man. I also love how honest and open the devs are. And how they are not shy to admire how good looking their work is. Shadow of the Colossus on PS4 is one of the best looking games I've played.

[@MrMightyZ]

Another fascinating interview, you guys are a fantastic resource for lovers of this art and you’re going from strength to strength. Please keep up the great work.

[@tiborostube1]

This is a great initiative of you to do this interview. Thanks to DF and the Bluepoint guys.

[@Kirakyuubi1]

Great interview. It gives a lot of information and transparency behind the scenes but the one thing i noticed was the quote "For sure"

[@Chrima1908]

26:30 Now we know what remake he was talking about. Yesss Baby!

[@princedizzy3506]

Absolutely breathtaking remake, can't wait to see what Bluepoint do next.

[@Patrick-S]

Prince Dizzy Wow how many KZbin accounts do you have? :P

[@archivey-h8e]

at least 10 to like his own comment that much.

[@koehkermaik87]

They make MediEvil Remake

[@MrOldMiguel]

Yeah I must say it's pretty fucking amazing. PS3 remake was really lacking I thought, this is the real deal. It's all based upon the vision of the original PS2 game though, which has now been fully realized. It's fucking astonishing that they even attempted this on PS2 though and it turned out to be not only playable but was an instant classic.

[@FenderUsa]

The PS3 one was a remaster, not a remake.

[@CUBOSH]

this interviewer is seriously asking the kinds of questions i want to hear! very informative deep dive into the dev team on this gorgeous looking remake

[@Klarden]

It's always so refreshing and pleasant to listen to developers being so honest and explicit about their work :3 Sadly, the game dev industry is a bit complicated about what can be said usually, so this is so great to listen to. Thank you, DF and Bluepoint

[@bamster64]

This is one of the most interesting videos related to video games I've seen, I love when developers talk about their games in a more technical way. You guys should interview more devs.

[@MarioManTV]

Bluepoint is truly a master of their trade. I've played hundreds of hours of their Titanfall "demake" on the Xbox 360. Their optimizations to get it up and running well on last gen hardware include pre-calculating visibility instead of raytracing, caching on hard disk so that the game can stream data in from both the hard disk cache and the game disc simultaneously, and baking the hundreds of different materials down to just a handful to simplify the render. They also had the great idea to optionally unlock the framerate, one of only a handful of 360 games I've seen that actually does this. All of this with no compromises on the number of players, Titans, or AI (with the exception of LTS minions).

[@blakegriplingph]

Just like Melbourne House who developed Transformers for the PS2. They managed to cram in lush environments with 3D grass, all whilst running at 60fps.

[@Clienad0]

Nice work! Am glad you guys did this interview. I would love to see you do more of these.

[@omegazio]

Bluepoint are Wizards on PlayStation hardware!

[@alangeorge5592]

omegazio Naughty Dog says hi 😂😂😂

[@kwedl]

He never said they're the only ones.

[@mariodrv]

You mean AMD hardware? ; )

[@systemshock6649]

Playstation hardware, haha. You got the leftover hardware of Pc's and Tablets.

[@doggydoge3571]

SpicyHotTech ... Dude vega is an architecture for gpu’s made by Amd... you’re saying that it doesn’t work on any Nvidea cards and that it wouldn’t work on Ps4’s not vega hardware

[@madfinntech]

Content just keeps getting better. Would watch more stuff like this.

[@Superdimensional]

What a gorgeous game, I almost wanna play this just to walk around and take in the gorgeous landscapes

[@miikasuominen3845]

Fantastic interview and really interesting to hear nice technical details from the Devs themselves! Fantastic work, John! Thanks and keep it up!

[@BahnGradWeg]

That's an awesome interview. Well prepared and with a lot of knowledge from the interviewer. Thanks a lot!

[@bswift1991]

Really glad you got to interview these guys, I feel like Bluepoint have truly mastered what the PS4 and pro are capable of. Would love to see what they could do with their own original game now. Surely they would have the full support of Sony if they wanted to start an original IP?

[@mermaidman961]

I would love to have this job, remastering old games. Sounds like a dream.

[@ThePortugeezer]

Amazing remake! Loved this episode of DF, and would love see more episodes like this! Great work!

[@xxnike0629xx]

@DigitalFoundry I am sincerely impressed with this remaster-remake. I hope they can continue this for maybe things like: - God of War - God of War 2 - God of War 3 - God of War Ascension - God of War Chains of Olympus - God of War Ghost of Sparta - Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes - Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance - Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence - Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriot - Muramasa - Uncharted Golden Abyss ...etc It's pretty clear that BluePoint Games knows what they're doing and they're passionate about properly remastering games to the PS4.

[@SpontaneousWeasel]

Fantastic developer interview DF please do more of these!!

[@pucechan]

Great interview John, would love more technical interviews like this! :)

[@Armadyz]

This was really interesting, please do more interviews like this!

[@prudentComments]

Entertaining and informative interview. Thanks Bluepoint, Digital Foundry and John!

[@daweitao2668]

Great interview, thanks for asking them to do this ( and for them agreeing!). I shall look forward to what they do next.

[@BigBossBeta]

DF you’ve really outdone yourself. Keep up the good work!!

[@link2dpast]

*Standing ovation* Good god, Bluepoint outdid themselves with this game. Congratulations all around and thanks DF for this interview. More of this, please.

[@MrFathead]

Wow this was such a great interview so well done from both sides. I have not played the game yet but the developers clearly did the remake right, hopefully this sets the standard for future remakes.

[@MiikeMonts]

such a beautiful game, and a masterful remake. they absolutely nailed the presentation and feel of the game, this was a fantastic interview!

[@llayon_8077]

Amazing video DF, i had a lot of fun with it.

[@walsakis]

Do more videos like this. Listen to the developers respond to questions like this is amazing, an really rare.

[@KeeganJacobson]

WOW. This was an amazing interview, so much valuable insight and as a fan this is super interesting to hear about. Thanks so much

[@davidwalbrun]

So cool how honest these guys are, awesome interview

[@SharkOfTheRedSea]

This is a great video, I love hearing the behind the scenes stuff. Also I never played original so its neat to see how much the remake is improved visually

[@ABHISHEKGHOSHfcb]

Watching this video now gives it a whole new context.

[@clairevicidomini3199]

what a beautiful chat! kudos to Bluepoint and DF :)

[@SvenT23]

Amazing remaster and great to hear them being so open about it.

[@trevormills3339]

Awesome interview, I'd be ok with more of these. Devs seem passionate.

[@FanGamesOnlinecom]

Fantastic technical interview. Do more of these with devs. Very interesting.

[@Vilens40]

This is really really fascinating content. Please try to produce more videos like this.

[@waltersobchak84]

Look how the grass renders 20 feet in front of the character, what a breathtaking experience.

[@mogwai_for_sale]

i have a feeling sony will purchase bluepoint games at some point. let these guys remake ico and syphon filter next! :D

[@alexsilva28]

You called it (not 100% confirmed yet doe)

[@23nguyenthanhlong49]

holy shit it's true

[@supermalevitality8532]

Great to see exclusives getting such great optimization. Excited to see how the last of us 2 and god of war will look when they're finished!

[@shoolktime2960]

movies lol

[@PursuedByAMemory]

Shoolk Time GoW is 25-35hrs long which means there will be tonnes of combat so how EXACTLY is it a movie?

[@shoolktime2960]

Mankeerat Singh says gameinformer, but it might be more like hzd which I like rather than tlou, which was overrated

[@PursuedByAMemory]

Shoolk Time Cory Barlog(the Game Director who was also the director of GoW 2) confirmed at PSX and recently in an interview that the game is, depending on the player's playstyle, 25-35hrs long.

[@mescool15]

Great interview, I'd love to see more like this in the future

[@FirstLast_Nba]

Remake Panzer dragoon please, I'll buy it twice.

[@strangevision99]

Yes! Remakes or remasters of at least the three shooter games, the RPG if possible but no need for the Game Gear one!

[@SP-cl5yp]

Was about to post this. Really wish Sega would hire them to bring the games over to the modern consoles and pc.

[@Jambobist]

A remake of Saga would be amazing, that game is so hard to get hold of these days, costs about £400 if you try to buy it in the UK. If not Bluepoint then someone, somewhere.

[@teyrns]

Your wish has been granted!

[@callum6224]

Lol yeah

[@ilovelctr]

Thank you John for giving us this very special episode, about the greatest remake for one of the greatest games of all time!

[@TheOttomatic91]

These guys are Gods I will definitely support whatever they make next Edit: would love you to see you do future videos with interviews with the devs hell you could also do it with DF Retros both old and new

[@rahulwalse]

A very beautiful remake by Bluepoint Games; shows how much effort they have put into this classic. Thank you Digital Foundry and Bluepoint Games for insights.

[@ryebread4781]

Great interview John!

[@autumnforest6727]

Great interview! Thanks for uploading it :)

[@BlitzvogelMobius]

That's awesome to hear about compute shaders being used to render and even simulate the colossi fur. In reference to the base config current gen systems, Sony was really smart in making sure their GPU not only was more powerful but better equipped for compute & GPGPU, with extra ACUs. Horizon: Zero Dawn is still this gen's best example of GPGPU in action, and used creatively to boot.

[@machmach5006]

One of the few games that truly made me feel connected to the world. Thank you Bluepoint for the remake and allowing me to experience that again.

[@kristoferstoll587]

Amazing video! I love this kind of content, I would love to see more of this from you guys!!!

[@killer1one1]

Such a smart studio

[@deathdoor]

My favorite places are the forest, that cave temple, a bit near a desert where the canyons converge wide open, and especially that tree not distant to the ocean by a cliff.

[@FlagshipFighter]

Now this is how you interview a developer, great work DF!

[@caiaffa_matheus]

Great interview! DF is the best

[@wkypa_6o6pa]

Gorgeous game. Devs did incredible job. You put so much love to things you do. The game industry should learn from you. And other industries should learn from you as well!

[@slatanek]

As always DF - fantastic content! Thx

[@philipcooper8297]

1 frame dropped in 1 single location. Outrages, DF says!

[@Chevifier]

Thats hotwheels game just hit me with major nostalgia. Holy crap

[@Kousaburo]

It looks phenomenal. Bluepoint, please do Timesplitters 1&2 HD!

[@archivey-h8e]

Im pretty sure Crytek has in their hands a Timesplitters HD on Cryengine 3, but refuse to release it, something about they don't know how to market it.

[@Mr-Orange-X]

Would love Bloody Roar to be remade.

[@TaimatCR]

The Electric Future hell yeah, sadly Konami has the rights, so most likely not gonna happen

[@MrInuhanyou123]

Please Bluepoint! An enhanced remaster of Demon's Souls in the vein of SOTC!

[@ManuelKoegler]

MrInuhanyou123 that’d be so great, the entire Soulsborne legacy on one platform

[@MrInuhanyou123]

based on some new bluepoint statements, i have reason to think this is what they are working on now...

[@toomuchstarbucks6787]

MrInuhanyou123 Statements? I'd love to hear these.

[@royblekman8186]

TooMuchStarbucks same

[@MrInuhanyou123]

well today in an inteview with eurogamer it was stated that their next project(which they are already working on) will be a remastering project similar to SOTC in terms of graphical overhaul and engine work, but they are expanding their scale significantly from SOTC on this new project. I would wager that Demon's souls scale in terms of far more environments, enemies, assets, including server creation and network building would fit this to a T. I feel like it fits perfectly. Next year is the 10 year anniversary of Demon''s, they coincidentally cut off the servers to Demon's souls, which is not just any throw away game that is no longer being played, the huge amount of requests... Its really just me making assumptions, but i think their next project being Demon's Souls PS4 is probably the most likely project out of anything else they could do as an update to an already released game from years ago. Especially since Sony is the one that gives them the most work and they are the ones who own the IP, i'm sure they are looking to expand this partnership and make use of the segment of the Souls brand that they actually can make use of.

[@jamesmillsted7606]

Really Interesting video! Well done with that, and also well done with the game, looks stunning!

[@StatusQuo209]

The best part is they don't try to reinvent the wheel. The way they are doing it, I feel, is the best way to remaster and still keep the same feel. Good stuff.

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

Old comment I know but you're exactly right, I love how bluepoint does their remasters and remakes. Whatever project they do next (personally I hope it's Chrono Cross) I know it will almost certainly be fantastic.

[@StatusQuo209]

@@recklesflam1ngo968 dude a chrono cross remaster would be mental! Run the backgrounds through an AI upscaler and do some touchups to the 3D models.

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

@@StatusQuo209 hell even just a good HD port to modern consoles and PC would be better than nothing SQUARE!

[@outsideredge]

Bad remasters make me appreciate how impressive good remasters are (cough, Silent Hill Collection, cough)

[@RewindMike]

Seriously, thank you for this interview.

[@RewindMike]

really good to hear they went so deep when remaking this game over the years. Even with the optimization of frame rates. just wow.....

[@edzgt5243]

Camera and horse controller is abit dodgy but this is a master piece that blew my mind

[@ShowlidSnake]

Great interview, John! Funny the dev called PS4 Pro "Neo" lol

[@ChineseDemocracyFtw]

Great video. Makes you wonder why they weren't brought in to work on the last guardian in its dev hell, this looks on another level!

[@SkillMinecrsft]

Very cool to get such an inside from the developer!!!

[@BlackAera]

One of the most dedicated and caring developers out there. Big studios should take note.

[@TheWarTube]

Great devs and amazing talk, thanks DF for this content :)

[@Clienad0]

Would love an interview with the guys who ported tomb raider as they seem to love watching your channel.

[@joshcopeland]

I would love to see Ico get the same treatment, and eventually, The Last Guardian! Ooooh, how about a trilogy on PS5??

[@LordRaydenTube]

Awesome interview! Just like the Horizon one, it lets you appreciate the dedication and hard work even more, than the stunning visuals by itself. And they always remind you, that optimization is key for a great product, not hyper mega hardware.

[@Monsterist76]

Hi, DigitalFoundry. Can you please do a video on the new supersampling mode included in the latest PS4 firmware patch?

[@Yeosprings]

Great devs who are honest with their work & put a lot of effort into the remasters. Would be great I think if their follow up remaster was something like the Resistance trilogy. Since I doubt many played them, especially owners of 360's last gen

[@NeilMohammed]

awesome interview john.

[@xCrossBite]

I greatly appreciate everything Bluepoint games has done, ESPECIALLY for bringing Shadow Of The Colossus to PS4 in such an amazing way. They can remaster/remake every Playstation exclusive, ever, and I'll continue to buy them.

[@Melkiah34]

Bluepoint, you guy's are great!!! Now lets focus your skills at bringing amazing and loved games to the Switch!!!

[@RuSHWiZaRd]

I remember when I had a PS2/PS3 and since I was a student/kid I had to be conscious which games I wanted for my Bday/Christmas so I missed out. I'm glad I was able to get this for the PS4 A beautiful game that is relatively stress free. I once spent 1 gaming "session" of just riding Agro around the environment

[@613Nightmare]

thanks for the video, great work on the game and looking forward to another project

[@mctwain5319]

Fantastic episode! first class stuff.

[@mononoke721]

This was a most interesting interview, even if I didn't understand most of the technicalities being discussed. This is definitely the best remaster/remake I've ever played, and that's saying a lot, because SOTC is one of my favourite games of all time, so the guys at Bluepoint had their work cut out for them, but it's safe to say they knocked it out of the park. The only nit I'd pick is that the default colour pallete is a little too saturated compared to the original game, but thankfully Bluepoint included a number of adjustable filters and I was able to tweak one in particular to make the games colour fit more in line with the original PS2's 'dustier' or 'subdued' visual tone. With that option available, it's a 10/10 without question. I have my fingers very tightly crossed that Bluepoint is working on a Demon's Souls remake as we speak.

[@sweekly146]

Great interview. Interesting to hear that they're using Temporal Injection like Ratchet and Clank.

[@TheSevenFaces3]

DF team this is excellent content thank you!

[@360KB]

omg john you keep puting out fantastic video keep up the good work

[@Soraviel]

I'm in awe with this game, these devs really know how to remaster a great game.

[@ahmz1404]

Lots of good info in this video