PlayStation 2

ICO

Description

Ico is a boy with horns. At the age of twelve when his horns grew large enough the elders send him away to be sacrificed to prevent evil spirits from attacking the village. Entombed in a crumbling ancient castle Ico only manages to begin his escape when a freak earthquake shakes loose the vessel he has been locked in.

Ico shortly meets a Princess named Yorda who has also been imprisoned by the evil Queen. Ico must negotiate the puzzles of the ruined castle and escort the Princess to safety. She, as well as Ico, cannot climb or jump, so Ico has to clear or create a path where there is none. Yorda is the only one capable of opening the many magical doors necessary to escape. Ico needs her as much as she needs him, so he must protect her from the many evil spirits that will try to take her away.

Shown through a third-person perspective, mixing action-based exploration gameplay with puzzles, the game has no HUD. Other striking features are the soft lightning visual style, later adapted by many other games, low-key use of in-game music, and conversations through a fictional language, leaving much to the player's imagination. The game takes place in the same universe as Shadow of the Colossus (2005), to which it is a sequel.

Part of the Following Group

• HUDless games

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User Reviews

Action and meditation at once... is this possible?	Unicorn B. Lynx (60371)
One of the Playstation's finest.	DANIEL HAWKS ! (1242)
The Princess and the Draggin'	Terrence Bosky (5237)
Mystical and pretty, and with a bit of retro-cool.	Shazbut (155)	unrated
Annoying for women, pleasant for men!	Melody (119)
The only computer or video game so far that I would unreservedly call "artistic". Also fun and playable	weregamer (157)
Superb environmental puzzles with a pair of characters that you will care about.	Random Fiste (9)
Finally a really really good PS2 game	nullnullnull (1480)

The Press Says

WomenGamers.com	Jun 05, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Gaming Age	Mar 05, 2002	A	100
Playstation Illustrated	Dec 07, 2002	100 out of 100	100
Just Adventure	Nov 07, 2001	A	100
VicioJuegos.com	May 06, 2005	95 out of 100	95
Ferrago Ltd. (play.tm)	May 20, 2002	94 out of 100	94
Game Over Online	Jan 22, 2002	91 out of 100	91
GameSpot	Sep 26, 2001	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Informer Magazine	Sep, 2001	8.5 out of 10	85
videogamer.com	Mar 07, 2006	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

ICO was originally meant to be released for the PlayStation, but the development was halted and then continued for the PlayStation 2. A screenshot gallery of the first version has been included with the limited edition of Shadow of the Colossus.