Finally getting to play The Last Guardian was almost surreal, so I’ll cut right to the chase: the section I played has a lot of the same endearing qualities that made Team ICO’s previous games memorable, but that same segment also shares some of those games’ problems – problems that haven’t aged well.
The slice of gameplay I navigated through first made an appearance back at E3 2015, but wasn’t playable until now. It’s later in the adventure, and while Sony has stated that it’s keeping most of The Last Guardian tightly under wraps, I was a bit worried that the secrets of this area had already been revealed to me. Fortunately, it quickly became clear that The Last Guardian is as much a game about minutiae and character moments as it is about puzzle solving and leaps of faith.
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The slice of gameplay I navigated through first made an appearance back at E3 2015, but wasn’t playable until now. It’s later in the adventure, and while Sony has stated that it’s keeping most of The Last Guardian tightly under wraps, I was a bit worried that the secrets of this area had already been revealed to me. Fortunately, it quickly became clear that The Last Guardian is as much a game about minutiae and character moments as it is about puzzle solving and leaps of faith.
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