[url=http://www.dyingduck.com/sotc/making_of_sotc.html]Here[/url] is a wonderful translation of a Japanese article on Shadow of the Colossus. Although the unique gameplay has gotten most of the attention, there’s a lot of really nice graphics technology there. Even if you aren’t a fan of the game, you should read the article to see just how developers are producing great effects out of the tail end of the current generation.
Neat stuff on HDR, shadowing, fur textures, blurs and all kinds of visual effects.
Source: [url=http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/08/1858208]Slashdot[/url]