Ico is an adventure developed by Team Ico, released 12 January 2012 on PlayStation 3.
What Ico is
Ico is an adventure game developed by Team Ico and released in 2012. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a remote, sunlit forest, several masked men travel on horseback to the edge of an enormous sheer cliff overlooking the sea. Off the coast is an otherworldly, dilapidated fortress, built on tall rocky spires. Some of the men have horns on their helmet. These horns look like those of Malus's head. The men proceed down a winding path towards sea level, get in a small boat, and row silently towards the castle. They have a prisoner with them: Ico, a boy with an immediately identifiable characteristic: two large horns protruding from his head. These horns are the result of an ancient curse, one that has stricken Ico's village for generations and earned him all its hatred and blame for whatever…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ico series
Ico is the sixth of 8 entries we hold in the Ico series. The next entry was Shadow of the Colossus in 2018.
What it launched against
Ico launched on 12 January 2012, within three weeks of Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Resident Evil: Revelations, SoulCalibur V and Wipeout 2048.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Resident Evil: Revelations, SoulCalibur V, Wipeout 2048.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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