Nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other great games. Both fantastic in their own right and arguably made better from taking and expanding on elements from each other
I haven’t played Shadow of the Colossus, but what did they rip off? Twilight Princess seems to more just lean into edgy 2000’s aesthetics popular at the time. I feel like lots of games did.
wait a second… people are still saying SotC ripped TP somehow?…
why can’t any of them goggle release dates?
point out any of the games this dev made as a copy of Zelda is a huge strech: ICO, SotC and last guardian are just about the last games that come to mind when I think of Zelda rip-offs… unless a horse, trees and playing a kid is all you need to be considered one.
The fuck does this post even mean lmao they just have similar styles. That’s like saying Bluey ripped off Toy Story for being animated and for kids like?
I can just look at the styles presented and be like yeah this was definitely made between 04-08. I was watching a video on a wizard of oz RPG (I was just as weirded out) and before the guy said the release date I could just tell from the style it was in that period.
How can Shadow of the Colossus rip off Twilight Princess, if Shadow of the Colossus was released in 2005 and Twilight Princess was released in 2006? Get your facts straight, bro.
OP what does this mean. By 2005 the ONLY game featuring Adult Link was Ocarina of Time, and it looks like sotc because… what, Epona? Open fields? Stone?? A bow a sword??
Honestly, I wish some more games would take inspiration from the Twilight Princess style and tone. There just aren’t any games that hit that same weird vibe.
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Nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other great games. Both fantastic in their own right and arguably made better from taking and expanding on elements from each other
Yeah this is a thing. Once you’ve played enough games you really start to see it everywhere.
I haven’t played Shadow of the Colossus, but what did they rip off? Twilight Princess seems to more just lean into edgy 2000’s aesthetics popular at the time. I feel like lots of games did.
Why do gamers complain about everything?
all the time…..
The realest talk I’ve ever talked: the next legend of Zelda game should be like shadow of the colossus
wait a second… people are still saying SotC ripped TP somehow?…
why can’t any of them goggle release dates?
point out any of the games this dev made as a copy of Zelda is a huge strech: ICO, SotC and last guardian are just about the last games that come to mind when I think of Zelda rip-offs… unless a horse, trees and playing a kid is all you need to be considered one.
Thanks for the knuckles reminder
Actually Shadow of the Colossus and Zelda take their inspiration from the Ainu people of Japan.
How exactly did Shadow of the Colossus rip off Zelda?
The fuck does this post even mean lmao they just have similar styles. That’s like saying Bluey ripped off Toy Story for being animated and for kids like?
So Shadow of Colossus ripped off a game that wasn’t even out ?
I can just look at the styles presented and be like yeah this was definitely made between 04-08. I was watching a video on a wizard of oz RPG (I was just as weirded out) and before the guy said the release date I could just tell from the style it was in that period.
Shadow of the colossus is a game, as is the Zelda series. Pretty much sums up this post.
Elden ring is twilight princess art style. Change my mind.
This is stupid as fuck
“I Tip My Hat to You. One Legend to Another”
I can’t tell if anyone in this thread has played either game tbh
What is this post supposed to mean?
You mean an adventure game took inspiration from the biggest adventure franchise ever made?!?
Haha
How can Shadow of the Colossus rip off Twilight Princess, if Shadow of the Colossus was released in 2005 and Twilight Princess was released in 2006? Get your facts straight, bro.
OP what does this mean. By 2005 the ONLY game featuring Adult Link was Ocarina of Time, and it looks like sotc because… what, Epona? Open fields? Stone?? A bow a sword??
Because the “big stone monster” trope was famously invented by nintendo in 2006
Honestly, I wish some more games would take inspiration from the Twilight Princess style and tone. There just aren’t any games that hit that same weird vibe.
Why isn’t this a text post?
Why didn’t you just type out what you wanted to say?
This is either rage bait, or OP is an imbecile. SotC didn’t “rip off” anything
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are each half a Zelda game and it’s freaking great.
didnt… SotC release before LoZ:TP?? what the fuck is this post on about? awful post
I’d have no problem with someone copying my work as long as they do it well and have no shame in admitting it.
wait what? What did SotC take from Zelda?
Is the punchline here the “astute” observation that the games have similar aesthetics, or is this a diss for one of these games?
There are numerous works of art that share this aesthetic that predate both of these games.
What the fuck are you even referring to, OP? The botw dungeons, which are 100x worse than SotC colossi?
This image was clearly created by someone not old enough to remember when SotC came out.
You know shadow of the colossus is older than twilight princess right?
The fuck are you even on about? Saving the princess by slaying monsters is such an old trope.
I swear I try and play Shadow of the Colossus once a year hoping I’ll get into it. Nope.
Did you know that the Zelda producer and Ico / SotC producer are friends?
You havent played either if you think theyre aesthetically the same