I also forgot to point out in the video that the team currently has 15 people working on it.

The passion people still hold for this game is astounding

Everyone: “omg I wish I could fight the beta colossi” These madlads: “fine... I’ll do it myself.”

If we can fight Spider, Monkey, Roc, Phoenix, and Devil alone, I'd die. Have you seen Monkey's actual size?? He's HUGE!

I'm glad that there is interest in our fan project! I originally joined BtFl in its very infancy with my janky old Dam extension model, and in retrospect I can't believe the amount of progress that has been made! My hope is that I will soon be able to come out with some better quality models; currently I am at work remaking the Spider and Devil's lairs, both of which I was no longer satisfied with my older ones (in time I plan on also remaking other Colossi arenas!). Using a new technique my current work is much more of a match with Team Ico's "style" of modeling; so once I am finished it should hopefully be a close approximation of how these areas once looked! I am also tweaking Sirius' base model in preparation for texturing and animation rigging, so with any luck it will soon be functional! There is a lot of work ahead of us, but with the support of the wonderful SotC community behind us I'm absolutely confidant we will be able to make it a reality! (In addition there have been numerous new beta discoveries that have been made while probing SotC's inner code - just something you all might be interested in too!) Aith/Intrepid Explorer; BtFL Lead 3D Artist

I will actually cry when this happens.

Take a shot for every time I say 'umm' in the interview. XD

if this gets shut down by sony im renouncing pacifism, super hyped.

Due to this video existing I decided to apply for animator for the colossi and actually got it! Excited to bring these big boys to you all

I just finished the PS4 remake last week, and 15 years later SotC still holds up as my favorite game of all time. I look forward to see this project completed!

A giant worm and spider, you had my curiosity but now you have my attention.

Omg, the level of the SoTC fans is over 9000. Seriously, this is amazing.

for those who don't know ocelot got kicked out of the project

Hey folk! Just keep note; before you actually message me, make sure to read the #open-positions channel on the Discord server so you can see what positions are open or closed.

When you mentioned that you dreamt about new colossi, I couldn’t help but mention a colossi I dreamt about myself. Imagine a deep, long valley, with a temple door at the Corrie similar to that of the quadratus door. And when you step on a platform like the one at the phalanx fight, a massive alligator colossus crashes through the door. The alligator proceeds to chase you through the valley at a high pace, and you need to use Agro to outpace it. When it gets close it tries to snap it jaws at you, dealing massive damage and knocking you off Agro. I’m currently thinking of a way to damage it but currently it’s just fun too put the idea out there.

Oh my god, this will be amazing. Here I am hyped beyond charts for the possibilty of new playable content for a game released 15 years ago. Shadow of the Colossus is beyond time. Thank you Ocelot and everyone working on this project and you Max, because there's no way I'd know about this if it weren't for your channel

I'm just out of 3D graphics school and I'm definitely applying to work on this. Shadow of the Colossus is without a doubt one the game that made me realize I wanted to work in the video game industry when I was a kid.

PSA: Just so everyone knows if you are getting to this video late like I did, ocelot has nothing to do with the current Beyond The Forbidden Lands project and is actively sabotaging it.

If they made another remake for the PS5 I would pay double. It’s in my top 3 favorite games of all time. It’s the vibe of the environment, the ambience, the score, the puzzle.. everything about it I love.

This game has been on my hit-list for ages now

Shadow of the colossus is one my favourite games of all time. The fact that these are working hard on this warms my heart

Those beta colossi might just get two releases. Now that SONY has "Death Stranding" & "Ghost Of Tsushima" with a director's cut, it seems very likely that "Shadow Of The Colossus" could be on the roster for a director's cut too. And we would most certainly get those missing colossi if that were to happen. In the meantime things are moving along with "Beyond The Forbidden Lands" & we're all excited for the completion of this project.

After all this years, I realize... We never get over the crush on this videogame 🥺

I love this community!!!!! I’m a new fan that finished this game this year and you didn’t even give me time to start dreaming about fighting these Colossi!!! I’m so glad we will have the opportunity for fighting these bosses!!!! I’m so glad!!! Thank you!!!

This is such an exciting project! I'm really looking forward to seeing more as it comes closer to completion!

Finally! I get the chance of defeating the giant enemy spider!

I really, REALLY hope this doesn't get shut down. I'd LOVE TO get my hands on this.

13 year old me would absolutely scream at the thought of playing the beta colossi. This project is so amazing.

If Nomad could somehow help with this...just imagine !

Ok this is amazing! The absolute dedication & passion these people have is awe inspiring & incredible!

Recreating these battles is a significant task, being able to effectively implement each battle's mechanics and colossi's ai+animations

You are my favourite KZfaqr , the quality of your content is impeccable . Can't wait for the gameplay and I've hit the like button .

I always come back to this video every so often, praying that this will genuinely come to fruition and not be another false hope. Shadow of the Colossus has been my favorite game of all time for over five years now, which is about 1/4 of my entire life lmfao, and I could die happy someday if this became a real thing!

I feel like it'll get a cease and desist order like anyother copyrighted material. Hopefully not though.

This is just awesome. I've been watching Nomad for a long time - always curious about the cut colossi and remember when he first uploaded footage of the beta dam, i was fascinated. I've always been most curious about the Phoenix, Worm and Monkey - and wandered how such immense opponents would function and fight.

Really hope I don’t miss re-release, this one got you my sub, great video

I found this on the sotc sub reddit and joined the discord. It was kinda dead but I stuck around for it. Glad I get to see it in action

yooo I'm really happy you covered this, ever since I heard about it I've been super hyped.

Id love to create concept art for this project

You dont know how much this brings a tear to my eye. SOTC has been hands down my favorite game ever, and I hope I can support anyway I canto make this come true. I also hope not only do they add in cut content, but new colossi that they have made up! The more the merrier!

Oh my god I never knew how much I wanted this until I just now learned of it's existence! This will be amazing!

Idk why I feel like crying, since I first saw this game years ago and played it I too have had dreams about different colossi, drawn pictures of my own colossi, made crappy stick figure animations of the boss rights, rebuilt the temple in Minecraft, made my own story in the game and played through it so many times this makes me so happy to hear, thank you so much for telling us all this

Man.. I too have had literal dreams of finding and defeating undiscovered collosi.

Oh my gosh! I have been waiting for this for years. This is awesome!

WOW this is amazing!! I've already joined your discord cant wait to play this!!

Has there been any updates on this project since?

I have been a fan sense I was 13 years old. This is too my favorite game. I still replay it once in a while. I’m excited to see this fan made beta complete and give it a go! Thank you for this!

Oh...my...GOD! This has made my entire year. I’m probably going to cry the whole time playing this game. Thank you so much, Max, for bringing this to our attention. You are the man!

Man, this was before all the drama around Ocelot. Glad the project’s still going, at least

i'm late but i just woke up from a dream that someone was remaking the original colossi as a fan project. i immediately went to KZfaq to find something about it and yours is the first video that i found 😭 I'm so excited!!!

You sir have just made my christmas... how did i never hear about this till now?!

This giving me lots of nostalgia of when i was a big SoTC fan and was young Ah, miss those times, still one of the greatest games out there :) And this is fantastic, i always felt some sadness that we got these ideas of such great colossi, that never came to be, when they were intended to, and this just feels me with happiness!

This might be one of the coolest fan projects Ive seen. I honestly have goosebumps at the idea of being able to battle the Beta Colossi. Just wow

Years keep passing by, and after all this time you can make a difference between the good video games, and the legendary ones. This is one of those games that, in the same way as a real art piece, excites you and moves you in your deepest emotions, and that feelings stay with you through the years, manifesting in your thoughts and dreams. I too have dreamt about meeting other colossi, two incredibly huge dragon-like flying creatures, flying above a lake near a castle with their fluorescent colours in red, purple and yellow, so huge that they covered part of the sun light and make a shadow over you, the lake and the castle, as you see them fighting one against the other with their slow yet powerful movements... That dream I had was almost like a psychedelic experience, the feeling of being just a tiny part of something so much bigger than us, in a fantastic way. And this game, makes me feel that emotions in my diurnal life. It's like playing along within my dreams. As I said in other comments, I wish all the luck to the people who are working on this project, and thank you for all the hard work you're doing. Greetings from Argentina.

This game is getting me into game development, I currently have the goal to make a gave with similar aspects as a first project. I finished the game for the first time today, the story is so basic, yet compelling, and that ending was so unexpected, I feel even more honoured that this is the game that helped me decide what I’m going to do in the near, and distant future. I just want to say thank the developers and team for touching my heart, you are all truely an inspiration, and I hope to touch your hearts someday also with my own games. - Thank You 🙏🏻

Great news! Can’t wait to see how this unfolds in due time! I hope it goes better than TimeSplitters Rewind originally did (although they too seem to be making progress!)

I love so much that album from Slowdive, nice music taste, Max :3

Definitely need more colossi! 🙏 this would be absolutely awesome

Wanderer looking at horse: _"Why are we still here?_ *Just to suffer?"*

I love it all the way. Your dream will come true but in return it will take a long time to get it. Sending positive vibes to give you support on the game.

Damn do I get hyped every time I see max posting a new video

i got so happy by seeing a new shadow of the colossus content

This is so hyped!!! I loved this game since it first came out on ps2! I cant wait for this project to come out! Im sadly just a beginner in unity programming so I wont be able help. But I will definitely play this when its out and make a video on it

I’m a digital artist and love this game, I’ll consider throwing my hat into the ring

"Every now and then, I will have actual dreams of returning to the forbidden land, and fighting Colossi. Except in those dreams, I'm not fighting the 16 Colossi that we're all familiar with. Rather, I find myself seeking out new Colossi; new beasts to conquer." Oh thank God it's not just me! I guess things that have that big of an impact burrow in deep. Literally had one a week ago about finding a gap in the rock face, heading down a steep ravine, and triggering an undiscovered cutscene for fighting a variation of the Worm Colossi. "How did Nomad miss this?!" "Cause it's a dream, silly!" ...Not for long...

I think the one I’ll enjoy seeing the most is the Phoenix, cause something about luring it to a lake to put out its fire before you can climb and kill it always interested me

This is beyond godly amazing!! And I just happened to come across this video and now I'm about help any way I can, spider and worm are my dreams to fight my goodness

You made my day. You made me cry. You made my dreams come true to see how the boss fight is... ;-;

Yo, you have no idea how excited I am about this. Having been a big fan since roughly 2006, when the game came out, I’ve wanted to fight the beta colossi. Here’s hoping this goes well!

So how far along is the project?

played this game for the first time a couple months ago and when I learned there were originally more colossi I also was hoping for more, glad to see this is being worked on

Not a part of this community myself but I highly appreciate your enthusiasm for this game. The game is so minimalistic, yet offers so much to your community. It's honestly heartwarming :)

Finally, after all these years , someone has done it.

Man I am excited to see where this project is going to go

Omgg I never knew this fan made project is being made!!, I can't WAIT to fight Phoenix!! For some reasom the demise of the ritual fits him he looks very badass

I discovered this game 1 year ago and honestly I've finished it about 4 times that all of the I didn't speedrun I run around doing different stuff enjoying the game and everytime it was a feeling of amazement and never got bored of it if I just don't want to play my other game collection I go on Shadow of the Colossus and do time challenges or even wander around aimlessly because this game is in my top 3 most favourite games and it will always be

Dude i saw this and was so happy i knew someday someone would have to do this

I'm not afraid to say I'm really new to diving deeper into the Shadow of the Colossus world, as I've become enamoured with the world and landscapes. So much so I'm getting the PS2 version as soon as I can and to see a project like this in the works is inspirational to say the least. So I can say I'm looking forward to exploring the game and the community more in future.

Perfect, beautiful, amazing, never been done before, astonishing.

Been looking for this for ages

This game is like a work of art that stand the test of time and the soundtrack? Simply one of the best ever made for a game Max keep up the good work

That's so cool! I'd like the final product to look exactly like the original game, too, instead of something that was obviously made on unit. It should be convincing. The aspect ratio, the camera shake, the color filters, the music, the everything, the everything else, and the kitchen sink. Whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure it'll be an awesome thing to experience, at some capacity or another.

Omg I also have actual dreams where I fight the beta colossi and explore new areas in the map! I thought that was just me lol. Amazing video as always!!!

I could easily say that Shadow of the Colossus community is the nicest and the most passionate game community ever exist.

We need to raise money, we need original developers of the game working on this. It would be a community accomplishment so great it would draw attention for a part 2. Make a patreon for the game please, anything like that.

Fight the Worm (Dionin), Black Bird (Avus) and the Spider is my childhood dream

Im dying for this. Its been on my mind forever now to fight spider and worm. Worm is just HORRIFYING. Also i know they are recreating 8 but it would be so cool if they include the yeti collosi. Not a lot of people know about that one because he didnt even make it past sketches but his sketch looks so cool along with the 4 armed monkey

I've wondered for so long why a topic as famous as the beta colossi has never been explored by modders, knowing how dedicated the fanbase is. I couldn't tell you how happy I was to hear of this project.

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Thanks for this. I still have dreams about SotC too.

I've been WAITING FOR THIS

Ya that would be awesome, I figured there was a team who was gonna make a game strictly for the beta colossis can't wait to see how it turns out!

Currently Im in love witj Praey for the gods but more Sotc content is always welcome!

The sense of community, cooperation and passion surrounding this game is just phenomenal

thank you for giving me this information

What a time to be alive!

Shadow of the collossus is proof that video games are, in fact, a form of art

This is fantastic! Love it

I actually had a tear of joy while watching this I can't wait to see it alive and breathing.

Honestly, I would even say, if you could, go as far as bringing more to life. Wasn’t it like 40 something they wanted to do at first? Damn this is great news!! Made my day seeing this!!