Beyond the Forbidden Lands is a non-profit fan-made PC remake of Shadow of the Colossus with the restoration of cut content as a major focus, including the Unused Colossi and removed areas from the game. The game provides the option of playing as close to the original Shadow of the Colossus as possible, along with the inclusion of a 'Story Mode' which is set before SotC.
The development team behind the project is responsible for many recent discoveries that have taken place regarding unused content from Shadow of the Colossus, and features assistance and guidance from many prominent figures in the community, such as from Wisi, NomadColossus, Pikol and more.
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Development
Development of Beyond the Forbidden Lands was initiated in 2018 by meowsandstuff, the original project manager; as experimentation with attempts of re-modelling the Beta Dam in Unity. In 2019, Aith had been recruited to the team and had begun creating new models; the first ones of which being H2, I3 and I4. Over time, the team begun to grow until it was at a stable state to pursue a full-fledged game.
While not intended to be moddable, the game is intended to be customizable in a way that you can drastically alter certain aspects of the game (e.g colossi designs, hud/ui elements, and more) to more resemble different early versions of Shadow of the Colossus, with specific presets for the Red Hair beta, Blue Vest beta, Arms/Pre-E3 demos and the final version of the game.
This level of customization is also somewhat planned for the in-game map, allowing for the use of earlier quadrant designs found in earlier versions of SotC as well as the introduction of completely new quadrants, and the Beta Mountains should someone wish to explore such areas should they find out how.
The team is currently comprised of 20 members, all in different roles, and currently headed by Tajaloe.
The soundtrack is handled by meowsandstuff; a music producer, although it is planned to use the original Roar of the Earth OST as well.
Unused Content
Releases
The latest public release was on the 21st of December 2019 and can be downloaded on the BTFL Discord server. A new demo is planned for future release.
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