The Franchise

Holy crap! If you were at all a fan of the PS2 game ICO, you HAVE to go see these new movies at gamespot. I think I peed my pants a little bit. The world looks huge and the art direction is breath taking!

Videos are here

Check out the developer interview and the intro video. The last pan out in the intro video proved to me that the PS2 will be able to "hang" for at least another year. Simply amazing!

Love this shot (56k beware)

joshd2012

That game is going to be simply amazing.

Trigger

looks pretty good.

thegame370

Looks great, cant wait to play it!

joshd2012

This picture is too amazing... but also too big.

The Franchise

I like these pics:




Love the birds flying around the Collussus' head in this one:



And the sense of scale again in this one... the hero is teeny!

PixyJunket

With this, Kingdom Hearts II and plenty of other amazing-looking games coming out in just the next year and seeing how painfully boring anything shown "next-gen" looks I'm starting to wonder how long it'll be before I actually give half a shit on any "next-gen" system.

So will this be like Ico at all? Awesome game and I'm looking forward to this.

I like the original title "Wanda and the Colossus" better, probably not "manly" enough for the US market though.

joshd2012

IIRC (its been a few years since I played it), ICO was a bunch of environmental puzzles - meaning that you had to figure out how to get somewhere. Sure, it had some fighting, but that was not the main drive.

This game will be similar, but not the same. You will have to do the same sort of environmental puzzles to get to the Colossi, but once you get to them, its all about fighting puzzles.

Maxflier

This game is going to f***ing ROCK!

~~ PAL ~~

Yeah

djones6746

Cannot wait!!! Have played through the first game around 3-4 times. Great game.

joshd2012

IGN put some Direct Feed vids up from the E3 trailer:

http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/490/490849/vids_1.html

Superboy

I find most next-gen systems totally boring and unplayable their first year. Except of course, Nintendo systems. With the Gamecube I was playing Rogue Leader, Smash Brothers (way better than the N64 version), Luigi's Mansion (incredible game, but a tad short) for months.

Just remember, the height of the current gen is always going to look the best, play the best, and will probably even blow away a lot of the launch games of the next gen given the current level of tech.

Outlaw

This game looks amazing! Very surreal, reminds me of that one movie......uh....can't think of the name right now but for some reason but it does, only this looks better .

DARTH GAMER

Hey, I now that movie. You mean the one where someone goes and....um.. and then they meet and ride their....um....and then there was that huge explosion!!! That movie was the shizzle.

Anyway, I agree that this game looks amazing. I just hope there is more to this game than ride your horse to the next boss. Beat and repeat. ICO is one of my favorites and I'm hoping for a little of that in there.

The Franchise

Looking better and better each time I see it! Take your next generation console and stick it!

Noonan

joshd2012

New trailer:

http://www.us.playstation.com/Conten...US-97472/Site/

sureAV421

hope it supports 480p. ICO looks like garbage on my new TV.

mifuneral

I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. I wonder if they're going to change the name again

boredsilly

So sexy...the sense of scope is really amazing. I never finished Ico (got stuck and never picked it back up) but I'm really really looking forward to this.

PixyJunket

MTV'S Pimp my Colossus

xVladx

Where'd you get stuck?

You really should go back and finish it, as ICO is one of those games that actually gets better the further in you go. I found that the beginning of the game was actually the weakest part, with the last sections being REALLY good.

The Franchise

New ridiculous footage! This is incredible! The game world looks HUGE and everything looks so fluid and natural. The PS2 hardware really looks like it's pushing some polys with this one. Check out the first 2 clips (posted 8/1/05) and prepare to be amazed!

Warning: Spoilers inside since you get to see some of the battles and even how one of them ends.

http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=3134836

theneobez

I've been keeping an eye on this game myself. I must say, this will be one of the few games I buy upon initial release for full price. I loved ICO though I think the lack of an annoying companion and greater emphasis on combat will make for an even better game here.