ICO or Shadow of the Colossus sequel may be in the works

lol. only on joystiq will you find gamers talking shit about Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

even the people that don't like either game can appreciate what it does right, and it's contribution to the timeless "games as art," debate, but not on joystiq! oh no! there are people that have to bring it down.

look, if there's one company that will could do something clever or creative with the Sixaxis, it's Team Ico.

i don't think they *WILL us it, but if they do, i'm certain they won't force the mechanism on gamers. a lot was learned from the Lair debacle about the importance of having the option to use, or ignore the motion controls.

for example, i don't use the motion controls in Heavenly Sword. i prefer the analog sticks.

my roommate on the other hand, *ONLY uses the motion controls, and he's happy that way. he loves the game.

different strokes for different folks.

Lair attempted to do something different - actually, no different than what Nintendo is doing with the Wii, where a lot of their games (ie Wii Sports), *ONLY use motion controls, the difference, is that Nintendo succeeded with the experiment; at least for Wii Sports and a few simple mini-games. when it comes to more complicated games, the results are a lot more spotty.

Lair is the first attempt at a fully motion-controlled PS3 game that *ISN'T a simple mini-game collection or sports game where you have to swing something (bat, racket, fists, for example), and it wasn't quite so successful at it.

there will be other attempts, and who knows, eventually one of them will work.

for every Wii Sports, there's like four or five Red Steels on the Wii.

right now, the PS3 is 0 for 1. and if motion controls *NEVER work out for the PS3, well, at least analog sticks are still an option. the Wii *HINGES it's success on the functionality of it's wand. if that fails, then the console falls apart. the PS3 doesn't have that pressure, so while it sucks when an anticipated game like Lair bombs (for the record, i actually *LIKE Lair, despite it's mediocrity. for another record, i really *WISH they had let me use analog controls), it's not going to spell the end for the system.

after all, for every Lair, there are, oh, i dunno, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword (good game, just short, which, apparently, only applies to PS3 games, because when a 360 game is short, it's 10's across the board! *cough*Bioshock*cough*Halo 3*cough*Gears of War*cough*), Unreal Tournament 3, Haze (Free Radical's pedigree means this game will at least be enjoyable), Uncharted, Ratchet, Folklore, Eye of Judgment, Little Big Planet, , Killzone 2, MGS4, and FFXIII, to name only a few.

people are harping on Lair, because there aren't a bunch of exclusive PS3 games out right now. come this time next year, Lair and it's shoddy game design will be forgotten.

Mr. P is right.

So the title of this post is technically wrong, because Shadow of the Colossus already has a sequel, it was called ICO.


Also, Fernando Rocker, you have crossed the line of fanboyism into sheer ignorance. I'm as much of a Nintendo fanboy as the next guy, but to claim that Shadow of the Colossus "was a joke" is just plain asinine.

Yeee-haw!

I love both of those games. But in a way they are the types of games I don't want to see a sequel to. I'd rather they made another original sweet game.

Just one of those things.

I'd be much more excited about this if Shadow of the Colossus hadn't sucked. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was fun, but the story was shit. All 15 minutes of it was poorly written and just boring.

In all seriousness what are these two games? I've never even heard about them...

Did people somehow forgot how to use the internet? B/c quite frankly, is really sad on how people are making a bunch of stupid statements on this two titles. Go to Wikipedia slackers, this to two titles are related. And on bashing the game...

Listen, I understand folks have their beef with certain titles and such, but at least make the statement educated on the faults of the game then saying some immature statements that make you sound like you just started playing games when the PS2 cameout....And you know what, I might be right.

I really wasn't too impressed by SotC, actually. I give it props for what it tried to do and, to it's credit, it's the most movie-like experience I've ever felt while playing the game. It's also the only game I've ever played where I developed a (relatively) emotional attachment to the characters in the game.

But the gameplay itself was pretty weak. The controls in particular are just awful. Not just riding the horse, either. The entire time I felt like I was fighting against the game to get him to climb or stab or whatever else.
Sometimes it felt like they were going for that...and I can see the logic behind it...but that doesn't mean it worked or should have been done.

I actually liked the low framerate, though. I thought that's partly what game the game a lot of it's charm. It helped give the game a more cinematic feel, oddly enough. Most likely because you don't notice the unnatural CGI character animations/movements as much.

It's one of those games I don't know how to rate. I didn't particularly ENJOY the game itself, but I really liked the overall experience.

I concur, samfish. Sometimes you spent more times battling with the controls mechanics, then having to fully enjoy a smooth out control experience. But, I only encounter those type of bad camera issues and control problems with the environments...Certain areas of course. Took me a while to "deal with it" or better yet, let it slide.But like you pointed out, the World of SC, is very engrossing due to its Cinemaic Nature and pacing. The Boss battles alone make this game a CLASSIC, in my book. I took the game for what it was, and cleary enjoyed it. Might not be the most polish game outthere, but it did something right with its Art Direction and gameplay Mechanics on the Bosses that will sure inspire future games for this gen and beyond. The OST....I don't even have to explain how good it is.

I've never played ICO, therefore I am a sinner in the highest level to some.

SotC 2 would be sweet...unfortunately the PS3 is the LAST next-gen system I'm looking at.

these two first party games are the biggest reason i bought a PS3. god knows how many folding@home units i'll have by the time i get to play them.


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