Ico is an adventure developed by Team Ico, released 25 September 2001 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Ico is
Ico is an adventure game developed by Team Ico and released in 2001. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ico, a horned boy, is taken by a group of warriors to an abandoned castle and locked inside a stone coffin to be sacrificed. A tremor topples the coffin and Ico escapes. As he searches the castle, he comes across Yorda (ヨルダ Yoruda?), a captive girl who speaks a different language. Ico helps Yorda escape and defends her from shadow-like creatures. The pair make their way through the castle and arrive at the bridge leading to land. As they cross, the Queen, ruler of the castle, appears and tells Yorda that as her daughter she cannot leave the castle. The Queen destroys part of the bridge; although Yorda tries to save him, Ico falls off the bridge and loses consciousness. Ico awakens below the…
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.
How it was received
Ico holds a critic score of 97 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 25 points above the year average. Players rate it 91, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Ico launched on 25 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Advance Wars and Commandos 2: Men of Courage. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Advance Wars, Commandos 2: Men of Courage.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ico yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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