The Last Guardian
Team Ico, SIE Japan Studio, genDESIGN
Taste attributes: actionadventurefastlightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeExpansive and very fast: a light platformer, heightened rather than true to life. Best if you like pace over patience.
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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81 / 100
335 ratings
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About This Game
In a strange and mystical land, a young boy discovers a mysterious creature with which he forms a deep, unbreakable bond. The unlikely pair must rely on each other to journey through towering, treacherous ruins filled with unknown dangers. Experience the journey of a lifetime in this touching, emotional story of friendship and trust.
Summary: IGDB
Story
Told as a memory recounted by a grown man, the story follows a young boy who wakes disoriented in the crumbling ruins of a vast, ancient valley known as the Nest, with no memory of how he arrived. There he finds Trico, an enormous creature that is part bird and part mammal, chained and wounded. Though the beast is wary and frightened at first, the boy earns its trust by pulling the spears from its body and bringing it food, and a fragile bond forms between them. Together the unlikely pair set out to escape the labyrinth of towers, bridges, and caverns, relying on Trico's great strength and the...
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- Developers
- Team Ico, SIE Japan Studio, genDESIGN
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Released
- 6 December 2016
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 13h normally
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
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- IGDB
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