beautiful, I can't wait to get this, so far haven't heard anything negative about this. A little shorter than I was expecting but lately I've been enjoying lots of shorter games anyway.

I'm impressed by the good reviews, however with so much else to buy i'll probably need to wait for a price drop to pick this up. I know Toy's R Us is having a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale next week...

First God of War now this? I think I'll buy myself a playstation 2 soon :)

So ridiculously happy that it's $39.99.

$10 really does make a difference these days.

Ok, got done playing this game (had to work) and I'm about two hours in. Just beat the fourth Colossi. Whoa! This game is so freaking incredible. I seriously haven't liked a game this much in a long time. Sure, there's been great games this year (RE4, God of War), but this is just somehow different. It's not the same feeling you get from those games. All I gotta say is you MUST play this game. No, wait, EXPERIENCE this game.

I'd like to discuss some of the battles with others that have played it, but I don't know how to do the spoiler tags. Could someone please tell me how.

You have to type {SPOILER} before the text and {/SPOILER} after the text. You have to replace the { with [ to make it work.

For example, {SPOILER} Text you want to be spoilerized. {/SPOILER}

Thanks a lot kgrogers1979. Spoilers coming soon.

Hmm, I might pick this up with some leftover Best Buy bucks.

I'm having trouble getting excited about this game just from reading about it. Probably something you have to experience. Then I never finished ico so I should probably just go back to that.

Oddly enough, the game isn't very much like ICO.

I thought it would be, was initially let down (odd since I never finished ICO), but once I was it passed.

Great game, hope it does well, would really like more like it.

Glad to hear people are loving this game. Anyone find some good deals for it? I guess I could use Best Buy's $5 off but I was wondering if there were any other options. And thanks for using spoiler tags! Don't want to ruin any of the surprises for myself!

On one hand, this sounds intriguing. On the other, its just a bunch of boss battles entertwined with horseback riding to the next boss, and I HATE boss battles generally....

The Game is INCREDIBLE!!! Definitely has the ICO atmosphere and some similarities in images. ie I feel that I'm in the same world as ICO but with different characters. I'm on the 6th colossi and Trying to figure it out!
Each Colossi is like a Puzzle trying to figure out HOW it the heck to I get onto it and kill it.


It's weird when playing the game, I sort of feel "Sad" for killing the Colossi. It's like what did they do to deserve to be slain. I can't wait to find out more in the storyline on what these Colossi may or maynot be.

Also Your Trusty Horse is the Best!

So how many Colossi are there in the game? It doesn't sound like it's too long.

I was impressed by the demo, but have too many games to play to pick this up right now.

Game is giving me a weird sense of nostalgia, can't place my finger on it. Guess it's been a while since I played a game that triggered the "Damn, I haven't played a game like this before." area of the brain.

I love it.

That said, there are a few technical issues with the game (popup, odd rendering) in spots, wish they had time to polish a few spots a little more (as soon as I had noticed a rough spot, the game compensated by giving an amazing locale right after it) or had better hardware to put it on. But that's a minor quibble, it's an amazing game.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-10-21

LOL

Heh, the guy at Penny-Arcade really does not like the gameplay to the game. While I agree on a few things, it isn't THAT aggrevating, at least, not where I'm at.

I got this game yesterday, and finished it today. I'm gonna have to say it's one of the best games I have played. Only thing is the game is kinda short. There is also a bit of slowdown in a few spots, mostly due to massive amounts of dust, smoke, sand, fog, etc. But it didn't bother me much.

I don't think the controls are awkward as the PA guy seems to put it. It worked fine for me. And about how the Collosi are portrayed, it was intended that they do not look like evil enemies or seem to be doing any harm. Once you complete the game you will understand what they are. The story is also open about how this all came to be and what happens after. Like ICO, the creators want you to interpret it for yourself.

The game is beatable in one day!? :( I think i'm gonna rent it. Is there anything to do once you've finished it?

I got a question. When my horse is running and i steer him either right or left with the analog stick he always slows down. It's quite aggravating. Am i doing something wrong or is that how it is supposed to work?

-edit: nevermind, i just figured it out. I didn't realize you had to keep the button held down while you were riding.

What is it with all the short games lately? Sure they're awesome (this one, Stubbs, Warriors) but beatable in a day or two kind of sucks.

Yeah, that's the only unfortunate thing. You get hard mode and time attack after completing, and a rumored 17th collosus if you beat every mode or something. But yeah short lived, but memorable.

The only complaint about ICO is that it is a short game. Now people are running around trying to find copies because the content shoved into that short amount of time vastly outweighs longer games with less content. Similar situation here.

Got the game this weekend and beat 4 of the Colossi yesterday. My favorite so far has been