Here are some diagrams I once made showing the various sizes of the colossi in comparison to each other and to other things such as our tallest buildings or the largest animals that have ever existed etc.
I worked out the sizes of the colossi by first working out Wander's height in comparison to the blocks you see in the secret garden. I know the blocks are 2 units high (from the memory editor values) so to work out their height in centimeters and feet I first estimated Wander's height at around 5ft 7 inches or thereabouts which results in the blocks being 256cm high or roughly 8 feet. Then I worked out how tall Celosia is in comparison to Wander as it's one of the smallest colossi which worked out to be around 12ft high or 3.6 metres. So each square on the grid is 4 x 4 feet. I've added a foot scale at the side of each colossi chart as a reference, but with some of the larger colossi the grid and scale become minute!
I referenced the Shadow of the Colossi Wiki for the sizes and they pretty much match up with what I worked out, so the following scales should be pretty accurate.
#1 - Valus
I referenced the Shadow of the Colossi Wiki for the sizes and they pretty much match up with what I worked out, so the following scales should be pretty accurate.
Colossi sizes from the art book
I traced the colossi in Adobe Illustrator from the image above, but for some that are hidden I used still shots from the Dormin editor models. I've added Wander to each chart so you can see the size difference. I've also added links to those images where the text is too small to read, such as Phalanx and Hydrus.#1 - Valus
#2 - Quadratus
#3 - Gaius
#4 - Phaedra
#5 - Avion
#6 - Barba
#7 - Hydrus
#8 - Kuromori
#9 - Basaran
#10 - Dirge
#11 - Celosia
#12 - Pelagia
#13 - Phalanx
#14 - Cenobia
#15 - Argus
#16 - Malus
Colossi Sizes Chart
Compared to Earth's Largest Ever Living Creatures
You can see they make even the largest dinosaurs or whales look small
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/largestanimals.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/tallestbuildings.jpg/
Compared to Tallest Buildings
King Kong compared to Malus
Colossi sizes Photoshop montage
See video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR6wSQqRXEM
That´s another good stuff.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for more. xD
"More later... I'm off to bed!"
By some reason,I´m laughing because of this.
O_o Look at Phalanx!
ReplyDeleteAnyway,this is precious information.
And if the Statue of Liberty put down it arm,it and Malus will be close the same size,isn´t?
Should be pretty hard to model such sized creatures.TeamICO have done a awesome work,no doubt.
And,what you think Ueda will say about your hacks?
Ueda would probably like my enthusiasm but I'm not sure what he would think of my hacks. He might think I have sullied the purity of the game by doing things that were never intended... but you never know, he may find some of the things I do interesting.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right Spirit. If the Statue of Liberty lowered her arm she would be about the same height as Malus. Good observation!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I meant HyperSNES, not Spirit :0
ReplyDeleteNo problem.
ReplyDeleteThis happens. XD
Anyway,I think what some things you have done in special,even Ueda will like.
This makes me think how will be an encounter between you,Pikol,wwwarea and TeamICO.
I hope one day this happens,and Ueda answer all our questions.
Why you keep calling him Spirit?It doesn't matter.
ReplyDeleteI think that when we are playing,they look a lot smaller.But following this we know they are really colossal.
By the way if you,Pikol and WWWarea had an interview with Ueda he could say this:“Oh I remember my team developing thisbeta area”
hahaha, i think you made phalanax SO big!
ReplyDeleteking kong its so patetic compared to malus! :P
pd: im sanmono123 from youtube xD
pd2: you draw king kong in the empire state building xD
ReplyDeletepd3: you are a very good drawer!
"Why you keep calling him Spirit?It doesn't matter."
ReplyDeleteBut he called me Spirit just one time! :P
I was told that Guerreiro Wander was Spirit of Wander... is that right or not? If not then I apologize for any confusion.
ReplyDeleteWho is Guerreiro Wander then? People have different user names on different sites, so it gets confusing sometimes.
wait, this can't be right. it says that Gaius is about 100ft tall and Malus is about 200ft tall, but if you look at the chart Malus is a lot more than twice the height of Gaius.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right. Malus is too big... I'll have to fix it(sorry). He's 197 ft tall (60m), my chart was off.
ReplyDeleteMalus is off scale in the comparison to largest buildings chart too. The statue of liberty is 150 feet tall, so Malus should be about 50 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know - that's why I removed them... the statue of liberty in my chart has the base it stands on so it's actually just over 300 ft tall, so about 100 feet higher than Malus.
ReplyDeleteOK Sam, I fixed the charts so they should look correct now. So Malus is actually smaller than the Statue of Liberty (that is with it's base). Without the base Malus would be taller.
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ReplyDeleteDamn it!
ReplyDeleteSo I was wrong after all ><
great job
ReplyDeletePhalanx looks MUCH smaller in game, mostly because of how thin it is, I suppose. This chart actually makes me respect what is already one of my favorite colossi even more. Bravo, Nomad!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, those comparisons were amazing
ReplyDeleteWhen playing it, they kinda intimidate me because of the size. Now I'm more scared XD
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