Love it or loathe it, games like The Last Guardian just don't get made. This a blockbuster title in every sense of word, and it clearly has a colossal [Pun intended – Ed] budget behind it. So, in a year where Ubisoft's big reveal was a Ghost Recon reboot that looked almost identical to its still-in-development The Division, it's refreshing to learn about a release that's been inspired by the, er, relationship between people and animals.
"When I was formulating the concept of The Last Guardian, one of the things I looked at was the relationship between people and animals, and I thought this was something that I wanted to build a game around," tortured creator Fumito Ueda told the PlayStation Blog. "Most people really relate to animals – they find them cute and easy to bond with – so that relationship was the primary focus. The reason I chose this core theme is that I wanted to appeal to as many people as possible."
The talented people at Team ICO have totally nailed the relationship, too; there are so many little touches in the gameplay demo that are easy to overlook, such as the way that Trico – the bird thing – watches the boy from afar, and paces up and down tracking his movement. The highlight for us, though, is that it's something totally different; we love shooters as much as the next gamer, but the overemphasis on a handful of genres can get a bit much at times.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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It is looking good from what i have seen so far. I had to watch it a few times after the reveal to notice all off the little touches such as the detail and.movement on tricos feathers. First time i watched i was just in disbelief that it was actually happening!
"When I was formulating the concept of The Last Guardian, one of the things I looked at was the relationship between people and animals,"
Posted this before but it seems more fitting here in light of that comment:
I think the time now is different as well. As great as this was 4 years ago, we just finished watching season 5 of GoT and Daenerys just flew off on the back of a dragon. She wasn't impressed by the awkward moving boy and his "giant rat".
Oh, 1 correction, my wife just calls it "rat", not "giant rat". Not her favorite animal. Not so coincidentally dragons are.
this game is gonna make me cry.
Sigh...
I really want this one. It makes me feel good to know that is finally going to be released.
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