Lighting alone confirmed this in the reveal trailer. Nevertheless, having official confirmation is never bad either.

I...uhhh, not sure what to reply. You sure you quoted the right person? Your comment doesn't seem to go with what I originally posted.

That being said, I agree. Shadow of the Colossus is kind of boring, and the awkward control scheme of the original version made it almost an unplayable mess. I'd take an ICO remaster like this one any day of the week, that fixed Yorda AI a bit, and that's basically a masterpiece there. Giving a new control mode for SoTC is a good move, but that alone and fancier graphics won't really change my overall opinion of that game.

I'm sceptical, not a fan of them changing the aesthetics of the game. For me it's like colourising a b/w movie.

Yes I'm sure I quoted the rigth person.  You stated that this is a remaster and not a remake.  A remake would incorporate modern tenchologies and design elements.  I loved SOTC when it first came out, but I alse felt like it was empty.  I would hope they would correct that in this remake, but it seems they're just going to give it a new coat of paint.  That makes it a remaster to me.

And now tell that to Sqeenix.

A Remake is to take something and recreate it modern day technology and sensibilities (control update) New script, designs, battle mechanics ext. It doesn't necessarily require new features per se, but most of time it comes with the territory. 

A Remaster is the same game just udated presentation. Nothing is redone from scratch. 

The reason the contents are the same is because the original developers/creators are not involved. Apparently Ueda did not want to much involvement. Its for their safety they dont fuck with anything.

A remaster is simply an increase of resolution adding filters and effects, a remake is created from 0 and can be totally faithful to its original version or not and add new material for a more complete experience but that does not depend on the studio, I do not think that Fumito Ueda is behind this remake and Sony will have wanted to respect his work to the fullest.

I suspect that there will be a super secret hidden 17th colossus to give a nod to the rumors that blew up.  😉

It was already remastered on the PS3 tho.

To recreate something with modern technology or different assets to enhance what was already there is a remaster per se. Gears of War Ultimate Edition is a remaster despite using a totally different (well, not totally, but the next-generation motor from the same company) engine; because the game itself is exactly the same as the original Gears of War 1 from 2006, but with reupdated graphics, for example. Both the developers and Microsoft consider it a remaster. The Nathan Drake Collection had the same code with they worked with, but the gameplay code got a total revamp, using variables from all three games to create a specific, same shooting system in all them; that was still a remaster, despite the gameplay changes.

In this case, only the graphics are being worked upon. The rest of the game is exactly the same, hence there's no reason to consider it a remake: it's a remaster in the same vein. One could argue that they're giving a new control scheme I suppose, but so did Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and that was still considered a remaster, too.

Sometimes assets have to be remade even if you're working on the original assets, and have to create new ones because the previous ones are problematic or give you issues. I think this was the case with Silent Hill HD, which is also a remaster (and one very bad remaster so stay the heck away from it).

If I were to pinpoint a remake, that would be Resident Evil REmake. "It's the same experience" is a valid argument, but take a moment to examine what it did: not only it recreated with better graphics everything, but also fundamentally changed several things from the original game, such as the mansion layout, dialogues, cutscenes, puzzles, item location, bosses, enemy mechanics and endings. It's essencially a remake because it tries being faithful to the original while giving itself the benefit of adding new things and changing others which alters the original experience to a huge degree. This Shadow of the Colossus, everything we've seen and what Yoshida explains, is nothing but a remaster, even if the graphics are worked from scratch. It's literally the same experience as the PS2 but with fancier graphics. Same dialogues, same amount of colossi, same battles, same ending. Hence, remaster. A well-done remaster, but I do not see why the word "remake" applies here.

You could argue the graphics were remade, but not the game.