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ICO

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Platform:   PlayStation2
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   PlayStation2
  • Media: Video Game

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Product Features

  • Adventure game
  • Incorporates elements of strategy, fighting, and role-playing genres
  • Play as a courageous young boy trying to save a princess
  • Inventive puzzles
  • For 1 player

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  • ASIN: B00005UJSY
  • Release Date: 17 Feb 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,385 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Ico weaves the tale of a young boy trying to escape his imprisonment in a large, vacant castle. Along the way, he discovers another captive--a beautiful princess named Yorda. Unsurprisingly, you control Ico with the goal of escaping the castle with the princess safely in hand.

Although it looks like an adventure game and has some rudimentary action sequences, Ico is mostly about solving puzzles. Players will run, jump and climb their way through the gargantuan castle as well as figure out which objects and environments are interactive. Yorda is very much a damsel in distress, and isn't nearly as capable as Ico. A great deal of the puzzles require the player to create a safe path for Yorda, who isn't physically able to get to the places Ico can. The puzzles are quite brilliant, although a few are so tough that players will feel like ditching the princess.

Graphics, particularly the lighting effects and animations, are fantastic and the developers did a superb job of conveying the enormity and beauty of the castle. When Ico and Yorda move and interact, their actions seem totally lifelike. The ambient soundtrack and simple controls let the player focus on the tasks at hand. Sony has crafted a very unique game that anyone can play; few games are as elegant in their simplicity as this puzzler. --Raymond M Padilla

Product Description
ICO incorporates elements from puzzle, adventure, strategy, fighting and role-playing-game genres. It's the tale of a courageous young boy on a heroic journey through an unknown castle to save a princess and discover his own mysterious fate. Faced with numerous puzzles, ranging from simple mazes to complex brainteasers, ICO invites gamers into a deep, mysterious story line with beautiful, dreamlike graphics.

As the story goes, once every generation a boy is born with horns. Thought to be the minion of an evil spirit, the afflicted but innocent ICO was captured at age 12 by the village's leaders and brought to a deserted castle to be sacrificed for the good of the community. After the villagers bury him alive in a castle tomb and leave him for dead, he is able to break free of his confines; he then learns of a beautiful young princess who is likewise held captive. From there he embarks on a challenging course through the castle ruins to save her.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One Step Ahead, 3 April 2002
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Japan always seem to be one step ahead in game innovation, and 'Ico' is a pleasant surprise to the repetitive beat em' ups that travel over from the Far East. 'Ico' will have a lasting effect on the heart of any gamer that has need for story and stunning visuals.

The gamer controls a small boy with 'real' horns who has to simply guide Princess Yorda to safety from hordes of shadows that will attempt to kidnap Yorda and drag her into a black portal, you have to be quick to destroy the shadows and rescue her. However, Ico is not a fighter, he's only a boy who has more attributes in jumping, climbing and a brave head for heights than with hack and slash sword play. So if Ico gets hit to the ground he does not get up as quick as say Dante, or Lara Croft, but the game is not about protecting yourself, it's about protecting Yorda because as the game states if 'she dies, you die.'

The majority of the game involves solving puzzles to reach a new area, some of the puzzles are dumbingly easy whereas some require a huge amount of 'I wonder if I'll make it across that gap in the bridge.' The game has a certain amount of observation and requires a certain amount of memory, but the rooms are individual and you never seem completely lost, if not a little bewildered by the amount of bridges, ladders, and if you look into the horizon you will only see more unchartered areas. 'Ico' makes for a lot of heart pounding excitement, especially if you wonder off alone and then hear Yorda yelp for help and you realise what took you ten minutes to climb will have to take you ten seconds to climb down again. This adds a little frustration to the game as Yorda cannot follow you everywhere, but it this also forces the gamer to organise their strategy.

'Ico' is not a game for everybody, so if your into hack and slash fast paced action this game will frustrate you into a coma. However, if your like thousands of gamers and enjoy possibly the most relistic visuals and player movements, as well as brain aching puzzles this game must be in your collection.

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing, beautiful masterpiece., 25 Nov 2002
By D. James (UK) - See all my reviews
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Ico is, without doubt, the most beautiful masterpiece of a game ever created. The amount of graphical and emotional style that has gone into is unsurpassed by anything else. The game is fairly simple though, and relies on a system of symbiotic survival. You play as Ico, trapped in a huge castle you must help to free a strange spirit girl named Yorda. You have no life bar, but your life is ended if Yorda is captured by the castle's spirits. So your survival is dependent on hers, and vice versa. This system creates an incredible atmosphere, and a bond between player and character. Your mind will be focused entirely on Yorda's protection, creating anxiety whenever the sound of the spirit enemies can be heard. Your only weapon (at first anyway) is a piece of wood that you must swing valiantly to defeat your foes. They will only appear occasionally though, but when they do, it is usually in groups, and they will work as a team to try to capture Yorda. The rest of the game relies heavily on its puzzles, and you must try to help Yorda get to the places that only Ico can originally reach. Its all very clever stuff, and makes you think, whilst keeping you on edge all the time. Added to this is the game's graphical style that perfectly compliments it. Yorda has a kind of glow, as she moves elegantly and silently, holding onto Ico's hand. Facial expressions are also visible as well as the very subtle body movements of the characters. It's all very lifelike and helps to bring the characters to life that little bit more. The castle environments are huge and helped by the long draw distance. In fact, the graphics are nothing short of stunning, constantly showing that with a bit of good programming, the Playstation 2 hardware can be pushed to astonishing proportions. Absolutely beautiful game.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars .......wow..........., 3 April 2002
By Ash (UK) - See all my reviews
In order to truly undrerstand the impact Ico had on me you would need to speak to me fac-to-face, so I could at least attempt to convey the emotion involved. I have NEVER been so awed or involved in a game. The storyline is one of the most simple yet eternal themes ever to be written, and it appeals to us on more levels than we would care to admit. The interaction between Ico and Yorda seems to represent everything good we believe the human spirit is capable of - love, courage, compassion, empathy. Yorda is the woman you have dreamed of rescuing. As you battle to save her from the shadows (which are never explained, adding to their mystery) you almost want to jump in to the tv and kick their asses yourself!
But the action is not where Ico excels - the puzzles will have you scratching your head for a while, before someone pipes up "well, what about that window/bomb/chain?". Whilst Ico is a one player game, you can happily sit around in a group and play for hours (the night I bought it I and three mates played it for four hours with hardly a word muttered that didn't involve the puzzles). You will be so engrossed by the beauty of the castle (I defy anyone not to give a gasp as they look out from the top of the windmill,or gaze up at the waterfalls) that you will give up your life in the quest to see what is next. And perhaps this is the game's main downfall - you become so lost in Ico and Yorda's struggle for their freedom that the game is over before you are aware what you have accomplished - I finished it in less than nine hours. If you have an analytical mind and a 'feel' for games of this kind (think Zelda 64 type puzzles, but more intricate) than you may find this title rather short. However, the game is SO beautiful and the ending SO heart-breakingly affecting that you will forgive it any flaws. Ico is an astonishing gaming experience and a leap forward in game design..
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5.0 out of 5 stars A unique and masterful gaming experience only on PS2!
Ico the boy who you take control of is said to be cursed and is locked away inside this very large castle. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ico
basically one the most outstanding games of it's time and genre. FACT: did you know that it was the first video game to implement the soft-glow lighting effects which gives it a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by pinkz

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic and beautiful game
This game is highly recommended. Although reasonably short the sheer emotional depth and gameplay more than make up for it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Steven Craig

5.0 out of 5 stars One boy, one girl and a huge castle
The title of this review more or less sums up the concept of the entire game. Its simplicity is genius. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Zabba

5.0 out of 5 stars Next gen games not a patch on ICO
I won't go into detail about what this game is about, as there's plenty of reviews here that do that, instead I'll review my personal experience of the game. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lister

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the few games worth buying a PS2 for
Ico is quite simply brilliant in every possible way. If I had never played anything else on the PS2 than this I would still have been glad to have bought the machine. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Charles Gosling

5.0 out of 5 stars The definition of a cult classic
If there were to a be a single game which embodied the term 'cult classic', it would be hard to think of a title more deserving than Fumito Ueda's Ico. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Triggerhappytel

5.0 out of 5 stars ICOnic
This game is beautiful not only visually but the creation and evolution of the bond between the two main character's is well, unique and inspiring to say the least. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Orangemonkey

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best game on the PS2 yet so unknown!!!
This game rejuvenated my enthusiasm for the PS2, the PS2 was made for games like this and yet it has spent much of it's time ignored! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Christopher S. Harper

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful design, a stand out experience.
This game is a triumph of art direction and level design. The star of the game is the castle itself. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Bardamu

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