Product Description
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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 e.
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.
.co.uk Review
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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 d
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
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Manufacturer's Description
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e has taken a dark turn for Ico. He finds himself trapped in
a vast, crumbling castle that sits high on a craggy cliff. Those
who placed him here intended it to become his home. But Ico is
not alone. A long time ago, a young girl named Yorda was also
imprisoned in the castle. She has spent years in captivity,
consumed by her loneliness and sorrow. But with Ico's
encouragement, she begins to believe that perhaps there is a way
out. He gently takes her hand, and the two of them set off to
find freedom.
They quickly discover, however, that the entire castle is a
prison from which escape will not be easy. Shadowy spirits emerge
from gloomy corners, desperate to drag Yorda back into the
darkness. Every twisting staircase, creaking door and towering
pillar is part of a larger puzzle. Each torch and shaft of light
only serves to illuminate another mystery.
A game so unique that it almost creates its own genre, ICO
boasts some jaw-dropping graphics, with a unique atmospheric look
and strangely unsettling enemies that single-mindedly focus on
Yorda intent on dragging her to another dimension. ICO is an
absorbing adventure with tremendous replay value too.
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- 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.