quoting myself from the PS2 thread:
the reason ico is good is because it is not afraid to be boring. if you don't appreciate the game it is because you have forgotten how to be bored properly.
― allen riley (allenriley), Thursday, 10 November 2005 08:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Most of the same things could be said about SotC, except the fighting in that game is extremely satisfying, frightening, and generally much more engaging than whacking shadows with a stick 50 times. And that difference alone is enough to make it a much better game.
― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 10 November 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
the second to last battle, of course, completely doesn't count. i mean omg
the opening of the gates/walking across the bridge sequence and subsequent cutscene is the most heart-on-string i've ever been while playing a videogame
― lemin (lemin), Friday, 11 November 2005 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― pretentiosexual rights activist (haitch), Saturday, 12 November 2005 07:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 12 November 2005 12:26 (eighteen years ago) link
was it only the japanese version that had the lightsaber?
― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― pretentiosexual rights activist (haitch), Sunday, 13 November 2005 12:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray (adr), Sunday, 13 November 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Sunday, 13 November 2005 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
The flying colossus (#5 I think) is a bitch though, I can't seem to get all up on him.
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― pompe vers le haut du volume (haitch), Sunday, 8 January 2006 12:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― pompe vers le haut du volume (haitch), Sunday, 8 January 2006 12:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 9 January 2006 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 9 January 2006 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Christopher Costello (CGC), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
I just want to see the ending.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 16 January 2006 01:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Monday, 16 January 2006 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Are the outcomes of the, uh, controllable parts inevitable?
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 05:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 January 2006 08:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 January 2006 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.dyingduck.com/sotc/making_of_sotc.html
― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 9 March 2006 10:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 11 March 2006 09:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 March 2006 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
the whole game is very ambiguous!
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 11 March 2006 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm stuck on the sandworm colossus. Oy vey, what a beast.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 12 March 2006 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Sunday, 12 March 2006 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― jeffrey (johnson), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 09:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 09:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link