I get why this game is so influential and revolutionary. Because of this game we have people like Hidetaka Miyazaki creating games. Not only that we can also see a lot of it's DNA in modern games. From the level design, art design, minimal storytelling and dialogue, ambience and environment, the companionship mechanic.

This game inspired two of my favorites which is Dark Souls and The Last of Us. Dark Souls and The Last of Us is quite different from each other but the DNA of Ico is on both of them. I also LOVE that this game doesn't handhold the player. Most old games handhold the player too much on what button to press or what to do. Ico eventhough it's a linear game, it lets you experiment. I like but also dislike the camera system, I like it because it gives you a breathtaking view on the world outside the castle and the castle pretty well but the problem with the camera system when you are doing the puzzle where it's pretty easy to miss key items because of the camera and sometimes hard to move the character. The puzzle in this game is also really fun but not that hard which i like, it's on a perfect difficulty for puzzles. The storytelling is minimal but it makes you care about the character and i think we care about the character more because there is physical touch between the characters and i think that really helps.

In conclusion,this is a really good game and i see why it inspired a lot of gamemakers out there. I also hope there will be a remake one day, because this game with new gen graphics will go HARD.

Stellar Blade is one of my most awaited game in 2024 just because it is inspired a lot by two of my favorite games, Nier Automata and Soulslike games.

This game has a great combat system just like soulslike games and a GREAT OST just like Nier games. But i also was expecting amazing story and characters but the problem is that the story and characters lacks emotion and depth. It tries to copy nier automata too much and become very predictable. That being said, i am not saying the story is bad, it's actually pretty decent but compared to Nier Automata it definitely doesn't reach that point at all.

But i still really enjoyed my time with this game, just wish it was a bit longer. I guess you could say that there is a Nier-like games now.

Had a lot of fun playing this game. The combat is really fun and the best thing about this game is just adventuring from point a to point b while fighting mobs. If the story was more gripping and better it could've been a 4.5/5. I also still think the one save file thing is kinda dumb because you cannot explore the world and do other quests again after the ending. Some of the quests are confusing to do since it doesn't tell you much. But yeah, it's still an incredibly fun open world adventure game with great fun combat and cool atmosphere.