mystic_ode

ICO2001

ICO is an action-puzzle platformer. But I don't believe its listed genre properly explains it at all. It is true that the game has combat. It is true that the castle has puzzles. And the environment has obstacles. But these elements are in service to the pacing and tempo of the actual core: the escort mission. ICO is, above all else, an escort game. It was designed around the very premise, and every secondary aspect…