ICO Final Verdict

Spokker Jones · Oct 03, 2001#12001-10-03T06:43

This game is guilty of being a pain in the ass. I spent half an hour in the East Arena and I kept trying to burn that fucking rope with the fire on my stick from the other room. I ran and ran and barely missed getting to the rope in time before the fire would run out. I came back and did this again later. Then I read a FAQ and found the solution and I said to myself, "SPOK IS ONE STUPID BITCH" YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BURN THAT ROPE!!! You had to do something 100 times simpler. Oh, great being this advanced placement idiot always looking for the hardest answer.
With that said, BUY IT. BUY IT. BUY IT. Few games on the PS2 are even that great. Few games are that great period. This is something vaguely unique and somewhat interesting. I like a lot of games a lot more than ICO. But ICO is still up there as an engaging and sometimes spooky experience. It's an A+ game no doubt. It's short, simple, but captivating nonetheless.-Spok-

vidiotY2k · Oct 04, 2001#22001-10-04T02:55

Amen. I just got it for the past couple of days, I want to post my own review too! Lucky bastard got first dibbs on this game... )(^#$*&^#@!*&^)#*$&^)#$^*@!&^!!!!
-vidiot-
Ico has to be the best game for ps2, if best game this year period. (so far)

Drake Nightwolf · Oct 10, 2001#32001-10-10T07:45

i just rented it, i'm in to most rpgs but i did not like this one, first off your a kid with horns locked away in some castle some where, next you meet a girl that looks like she made of light and then next all these shadow demon come after her, god i did not like this game, so i returned it and they let me get a diff one so i rented okage, and man do i love this game it so funny a game about a guy with a evil king shadow, i sorry there just too many jokes in this game

vidiotY2k · Oct 12, 2001#42001-10-12T01:47

You are the first person I have talked to who does not like Ico, interesting. I've been waiting for some other opinions other than positive and the only thing I could really find realy was spoks opening rant. :-p
-vidiot-
Twisted Metal: Black review soon to be finished. ETA: Sometime tonight. Expect it to be: LONG, like always :-p

Drakkael · Oct 12, 2001#52001-10-12T22:51

Unbelievable ending, wasn't it, vidiot. There's an interesting theory about the part after the credits, want to read it?

vidiotY2k · Oct 15, 2001#62001-10-15T05:19

Uhh sure, unless its some moronic joke thats against the game... Which it probably is...
-vidiot-

Drakkael · Oct 15, 2001#72001-10-15T06:11

It's not.
[MEGASPOILERS, obviously.]
Theory: Ico died, and was reunited with Yorda in the afterlife. This would certainly tie in with the game's mystery and mysticism. It would make sense, here's some reasons...
1) Ico has horns like the Vikings, who put their dead into boats and sailed the ships off to Valhalla.
2) Ico's horns would have a major blood line going through them. Since it is so close to the brain, it would make sense that he would die from loss of blood.
3) It is clear that Yorda dies. It's hard to imagine her making it through the collapse of the castle since she is still in it at the end. Plus, she comes back in "human" form.
4) The beach is usally symbolic of the after life. Avalon and Valhalla, were islands.

vidiotY2k · Oct 16, 2001#82001-10-16T03:26

wow, that was awsome. I never really thought about the viking part. Thumbs up to Drakael! Damn that ending was sad thou, oh yeah. I have hope that Yorda lives... Hopefully...
-vidiot-