Replay – Shadow Of The Colossus

When we first launched Replay over five years ago, we immediately started discussing ways to make it better.

When we first launched Replay over five years ago, we immediately started discussing ways to make it better. Ideas like "Wouldn't it be cool if we had cameras in the studio?" and "We should create a competitive league that culminates in a tournament," were tossed around, but were never acted on, because truthfully, we didn't have the means to pull them off the way we wanted to. That changes today. Welcome to Replay: Season 3!

The heart and soul of Replay are not changing, and never will, but we felt it was time to shake up the show and give it a slightly different identity – starting with cameras in the studio. Although the cameras are rolling for the recording of an entire episode, you won't see us on-screen at all times. We are using them sparingly, and mostly to show off peripherals we are using, and to capture the emotional outbursts of our crew.

We've also dreamed up a host of new ideas for our second segments, but we don't want to ruin the surprises we have lined up for the weeks and months ahead. One of the hopes, which I think you'll see in this episode, is to find different ways to get the Game Informer staff involved in Replay, even if it is for a few minutes. We play games daily here, and have countless stories to share with you. We think we've found a way to do that.

For the first episode of Season 3, Tim Turi, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Cork, and I looked for a game that stood out from the crowd, and settled on Team Ico's remarkable PlayStation 2 experience, Shadow of the Colossus. We discuss the impact this 2005 release had on video games, talk about the development studio behind it, and share our thoughts on its successor, The Last Guardian.

After watching us play Shadow, stick around for a new take on one of our favorite second segments. We didn't expect it to be this intense.

As always, we welcome your feedback on the show in the comments section below, on YouTube, and over at the I Watched the Entire Overblood Super Replay group on Facebook. We hope you enjoy the show, and thanks for sticking with us for over five years. We couldn't keep going without your support!

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