Reviews from

in the past


Whatever your opinion is on Penny Arcade (and whatever it is it’s completely valid), I have to say they did a far better job describing what playing Ico is like better than I ever could

It’s true that Ico may not be the perfect game, I think the puzzle design is frankly infuriating at points (although the puzzles and mechanics are overall intuitive). Yet, I think it does reach a level of sublimity not a lot of games are able to reach due to how everything is stripped back to the point that it is all gestures that transcends spoken word. To me, that’s beautiful.