The Last Guardian

 PlayStation 4
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2785 Ratings

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  1. Stark007
    Dec 9, 2016
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I waited 10 years for this? Graphically I did not see anything that the PS3 would not do. The impression I had was playing a remastered product. Even so, with all his technical problems, it's a good game. Just good and nothing more.… Expand
  2. HAHDGSFH8TRGH
    Dec 13, 2016
    6
    No es para nada un mal juego pero me esperaba mas ya que espere 7 años para que sacaran este juego.
    Lo bueno para mi son los personajes y la historia y lo malo es que es un juego muy aburrido y que no engancha del todo a pesar de que tenga una buena historia. Es solo mi opinión sobre este juego
  3. UnbiasedGamer11
    Dec 6, 2016
    6
    This game has some very emotional moments and a pretty cute story. But it has its obvious issues as well. Very poor frame rate, outdated graphics and mechanics. It's an okay game at best, luckily I wasn't hyped for it so I am not disappointed. Overall, it wasn't terrible but there definitely were some times where the game was frustrating to play.
  4. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    May 11, 2017
    6
    I have mixed feelings about this game, the story was refreshingly different and the game mechanics are something that I have never seen before. that being said it did have some short comings. The controls could of been tighter and the camera angles could definitely be improved on. I cant tell you how many times I was frustrated trying to get Trico to do as i ask. All in all it wasI have mixed feelings about this game, the story was refreshingly different and the game mechanics are something that I have never seen before. that being said it did have some short comings. The controls could of been tighter and the camera angles could definitely be improved on. I cant tell you how many times I was frustrated trying to get Trico to do as i ask. All in all it was something different so I cant fault the devs for that, but the execution could of been better especially since they took a lot of years creating this game. I bought it on sale for $30 and probably took me around 13 hours to finish it.… Expand
  5. Bowgames
    Dec 6, 2016
    6
    The last guardian is a good game, don't get that wrong but does it live up to the hype? no. While it has a fascinating story its lackluster game play and camera controls really damage the quality of this game. Don't get fooled by the haters hating on this game, or the fanboys praising this game because of shadow of colossus and ico's reception. Its a solid experience at best, but its worthThe last guardian is a good game, don't get that wrong but does it live up to the hype? no. While it has a fascinating story its lackluster game play and camera controls really damage the quality of this game. Don't get fooled by the haters hating on this game, or the fanboys praising this game because of shadow of colossus and ico's reception. Its a solid experience at best, but its worth a pick after a sale.… Expand
  6. PabloDark03
    Dec 21, 2016
    6
    Ultimamente este videojuego está siendo llamado como uno de los mejores de la historia . Sin duda , no es un mal juego , aunque no se le puede llamar juego. Es más bien una experiencia . No tiene jugabilidad,tiene errores y controles deficientes.
  7. sphirit
    Dec 27, 2016
    6
    Not fulfilled my expectations.I can't understand how it took 10 years to do it.The camera controls are very bad
    Shadow of the colosus It's much better game.On the other side, Ttrico is adorable
  8. Avrae
    Jan 18, 2017
    6
    This game had lots of potential to be an masterpiece. But you cannot shake the feeling that this game feels like it is unfinished. Sloppy controls and annoying camera angles makes it feel ever worse. Also the game is pretty repeative and probably only thing in your mind at later parts of the game is "when is this gonna end?"
    Strongest part in The Lat Guardian is the feeling of growing    This game had lots of potential to be an masterpiece. But you cannot shake the feeling that this game feels like it is unfinished. Sloppy controls and annoying camera angles makes it feel ever worse. Also the game is pretty repeative and probably only thing in your mind at later parts of the game is "when is this gonna end?"
    Strongest part in The Lat Guardian is the feeling of growing bond beetween you and Trico. Also story is good and interesting. Althought it leaves too much in dark and does not tell why everything happened in the first place. Too much questions remains.    … Expand
  9. EEKtheratbat
    Mar 20, 2017
    6
    This game has a big pro and that's the flying dog. He looks just great but that doesn't make up for the simple boring puzzles, the terrible camera-angles and other frustrating gameplay. I never mind dying in a game because i made a mistake but i do mind dying when the game makes the mistakes.
  10. MeherBabafan
    Jun 13, 2017
    6
    In a video game I am looking for an immersive and enriching experience. I put less emphasis on game mechanics. I found the Last Guardian to be very satisfying in their visual presentation of the boy, Trico, and their relationship. The two go from one problem to another, working together as they try to escape their current confinement, and move to the next. One problem is that theirIn a video game I am looking for an immersive and enriching experience. I put less emphasis on game mechanics. I found the Last Guardian to be very satisfying in their visual presentation of the boy, Trico, and their relationship. The two go from one problem to another, working together as they try to escape their current confinement, and move to the next. One problem is that their dilemma is pretty inexplicable. They're trapped in this huge labyrinthine castle. Not only are there no clues as to why given, but there are no little respite areas to explore. The demands just go on incessantly. Because the boy and Trico are, naturally enough, unable to converse, the stark settings and endless problems make the game's tempo austere and relentless. A bit more reveal on the backstory to stir up curiosity could have been melded with some non-death-defying interludes of exploration to open up the experience and make it more fun. As it is, if you want to spend many hours escaping a sometimes gorgeous prison, with leaps and creeps, going from one puzzle to another, with the help of a beautifully rendered beast-helper, but with nary a sign of another human (evil robots don't count) this is a great game for you.… Expand
  11. saysay
    Jun 18, 2018
    6
    Cons: Controls are garbage - unresponsive, finicky, inaccurate. Camera is garbage - doesn't follow well, often gets stuck. The timing and pacing of auto-events/cut scenes is confusing and frustrating. They either take way too long to trigger or have long pauses right in the middle, so it isn't clear if you need to do another thing or not. This happened a lot. The puzzles aren't superCons: Controls are garbage - unresponsive, finicky, inaccurate. Camera is garbage - doesn't follow well, often gets stuck. The timing and pacing of auto-events/cut scenes is confusing and frustrating. They either take way too long to trigger or have long pauses right in the middle, so it isn't clear if you need to do another thing or not. This happened a lot. The puzzles aren't super challenging, but manipulating the boy and beast to solve them is often infuriating.

    Pros: Trico is a cute character. Graphics are beautiful. Storyline is interesting and creative.

    Final Thoughts: With the controls being as unresponsive as they are, this would make a better movie than game. I can't recommend it unless you have patience for finicky controls. I found myself screaming at the game throughout even to the very end when there was yet another repetitive cut scene where I wasn't sure if I had to press a button to make it continue or if I just needed to watch Trico look right then left then right then left then right then left again and again until he started doing something else. It was the latter, but I still pressed buttons, saw the boy do stuff, and then saw it have no effect whatsoever on the scene making me still not sure if I had to do something else. The pacing reminded me of older style Japanese films that are edited to progress slowly. It can be nice in a movie, but it's extremely frustrating in a game where it's unclear when the player is in control of pacing and when they aren't.
    I'm so glad I got it on sale for $15. I would have been absolutely furious if I had paid $60 for this piece of beautiful garbage. Unfortunately, the stuff I liked didn't overcome the extremely frustrating experience of the game as a whole. I really want to like this game as much as I like Trico, but I just can't. The gameplay was too frustrating.    … Expand
  12. SplitMind
    Jun 27, 2018
    6
    Most mixed reviews complain about the same thing, and I wish to echo this.

    The monster is an innovative concept but is not executed well enough. I felt like I was wasting a lot of time standing around waiting for it to do what I needed it to do. Also, there was not much direction at the start of the game so there was a lot of wandering around lost in circles which also felt like I was    Most mixed reviews complain about the same thing, and I wish to echo this.

    The monster is an innovative concept but is not executed well enough. I felt like I was wasting a lot of time standing around waiting for it to do what I needed it to do. Also, there was not much direction at the start of the game so there was a lot of wandering around lost in circles which also felt like I was wasting time. I think I would have enjoyed it much more if I could actually control the creature directly.

    The atmosphere, environments, and the story are where most of the 5 star reviews seem to be coming from. These facets of the game are indeed excellent, but unlike the five-star reviewers I cannot look past the frustration of the controls and the camera angles.

    If you can tolerate the frustrations outlined above, then you will have found yourself a very interesting game. Otherwise, it might be best avoided.    … Expand
  13. Xplocion
    Nov 9, 2019
    6
    The good: The feeling of loneliness. The feeling of helplessness of the child in front of creatures that capture him again and again. Trico's fur.

    The bad: a very intimate game. The pace of the game is slow. Trico does what he wants, does not obey and you will have to repeat certain parts of the game over and over and over and over again. The repeated on-screen announcement of how to do    The good: The feeling of loneliness. The feeling of helplessness of the child in front of creatures that capture him again and again. Trico's fur.

    The bad: a very intimate game. The pace of the game is slow. Trico does what he wants, does not obey and you will have to repeat certain parts of the game over and over and over and over again. The repeated on-screen announcement of how to do things (press LR ...). You have to forge close ties with Trico so that in advanced stages of the game he hears you, almost at the end.

    Lo Meh: 8 years ago this game was announced and sold as a PS3 incentive and there were reservations with content, stuffed animals, stickers and soundtrack in special editions and the game never came out or was canceled, in the end it came out but all that extra merchandise disappeared.    … Expand
  14. elolugo
    Nov 28, 2020
    6
    Impressive game the first half but then you start to see it flaws. For example Trico(the monster) behaves erratically sometimes and makes you think that it cannot do one thing but then it does. Very confusing
  15. Tseppelin
    May 21, 2019
    6
    Not good sa the predecessor of fumito ueda, nice and playable but short and technically imperfect
  16. Fernandogagas
    Jul 26, 2019
    6
    The last guardian , puro humo y marketing... Muy mal optimizado por dónde lo veas , le pongo un 6 porque Trico es lo mejor que tiene.
  17. BradMorgan
    Apr 1, 2021
    6
    The last guardian is a game that requires patience. Contols often do not cooperate and the beast that supports you during the adventure often does not know what to do with the environment or your instructions. The result is that you are waiting in areas for an unnecessarily long time before you can continue. The story is a bit difficult when it all comes together at the end but that isThe last guardian is a game that requires patience. Contols often do not cooperate and the beast that supports you during the adventure often does not know what to do with the environment or your instructions. The result is that you are waiting in areas for an unnecessarily long time before you can continue. The story is a bit difficult when it all comes together at the end but that is precisely why it feels right and logical within the adventure.

    Pros:
    - The physics and look of the beast
    - Bond between character and beast

    Cons:
    - Controls
    - The beast slows down the overall gameplay    … Expand
  18. ErsinEkiz
    Aug 21, 2020
    6
    Cute story and graphigs but boring gameplay and bad camera angle.İ cant finish but if you like puzzle games you may like it
  19. f0r3m4n
    Jul 8, 2020
    6
    Hi,

    These are my notes for the most important sections of the game. It is a personal opinion and obviously for each person it can be different. ● Playability → 5.6 - Control → 5 - Gratification (Player's pleasure or complacency with the game) → 6 - Learning (Easy to understand the system and mechanics of the game) → 6 - Effectiveness (Capacity to capture the player's attention    Hi,

    These are my notes for the most important sections of the game. It is a personal opinion and obviously for each person it can be different.

    ● Playability → 5.6

    - Control → 5
    - Gratification (Player's pleasure or complacency with the game) → 6
    - Learning (Easy to understand the system and mechanics of the game) → 6
    - Effectiveness (Capacity to capture the player's attention from the first moment) → 6
    - Immersion → 8
    - Re-playability → 3

    ● Technical section → 6.3

    - Graphics → 5.5
    - Physics → 6
    - AI → 5
    - Game Sound → 7
    - OST→ 8

    ● Story Line → 6.5

    - Main Story → 6.5
    - Additional missions → N/A

    Final note → 6.1

    Greetings    … Expand
  20. ricky6
    May 9, 2023
    6
    This game should more short and intense, to be qualified like good experience, yes its kinda deep and spritual or act deep and spiritual but instead of shadow of the colossus remake . The game have garbage camera and IA yes i know we dont control trico but when you need to spam the buttons 10 times or more , or when he act like he can’t jump but he do it alone after 10 minutes by chance.This game should more short and intense, to be qualified like good experience, yes its kinda deep and spritual or act deep and spiritual but instead of shadow of the colossus remake . The game have garbage camera and IA yes i know we dont control trico but when you need to spam the buttons 10 times or more , or when he act like he can’t jump but he do it alone after 10 minutes by chance. No realism have not to kill game otherwise let’s go add some eating **** system, a disease system a psychological system and a realist luck system.. The physic realism strangely stop when you juste need to put the barrel 3 cm up but no you cant you need to throw it 256 times to the other platform so he can fall and stabilize. The graphics are prehistoric but the AD is good i like the way the game look even with the blinding brightness.
    The game have full points with the experience and deep spiritual things okay i really liked trico, much less the kid( because of the **** physic I suppose). The puzzles are good , the game is not punishing you at any time it helps with the gameplay frustration.
    Finally we don’t have mythical OST like colossus i don’t remember any maybe because there are any.    … Expand
  21. arshia781
    Apr 22, 2023
    6
    It was an average experience. It wasn't a bad game, but it wasn't really a good game either.

    The function of the buttons in this game was not standard, for example, the character of the game jumps with the triangle button instead of the X button, which was not compatible with the habits of us gamers. (This problem does not affect the score I gave to the game)
  22. Tubey
    Dec 7, 2016
    5
    It's heartbreaking to me to have to score this game as low as this, as I love the premise, the characters, the world design and at moments the overwhelming charm this title has.

    But ultimately, the controls are completely broken and the AI is patchy at best. And when you consider this is a game which has to rely on tight controls and solid AI to be a success, the fact both are the    It's heartbreaking to me to have to score this game as low as this, as I love the premise, the characters, the world design and at moments the overwhelming charm this title has.

    But ultimately, the controls are completely broken and the AI is patchy at best. And when you consider this is a game which has to rely on tight controls and solid AI to be a success, the fact both are the weakest points of the title renders the whole thing dead on arrival. It is mechanically not fit for purpose.

    Look, this will get high scores from those who are charmed head over heels by Trico (stunningly cute by the way), as well as the art style, to an extent the story and, let's be honest, the hype this game has received for years and years - but they're not scoring it high because it's a good actual game. It is borderline unplayable for large parts of the experience; you will fall off ledges, fail to interact with Trico, wait around for minutes for the AI to react to what you want to do... these really are deal breakers. Read the positive reviews on here - not one will realistically praise the game as a game; instead, they'll bang on about story and so on.

    But I'm reviewing a game. This isn't a good game. And it's a crying shame, as they did the hard work and completely ballsed up the basics.

    Oh, and for those who excuse Trico's AI because he's a dog and "dogs don't always listen in real life"... that's an unbelievably dumb argument, because we're talking about a video game, NOT real life. It has to work as a video game first and foremost. I can yell at a hedgehog in real life and it won't turn blue and run fast, and that's obvious as you wouldn't compare Sonic the Hedgehog to an actual damn hedgehog! Stop making excuses for broken AI.    … Expand
  23. atta_uchiha
    Dec 8, 2016
    5
    I have played the game over the last three days and I have to say, even after such a long time, that this game isn't finished yet. The camera and the controls can be so infuriating that its hard to enjoy the game. The performance issues arent really helping either. The massive framerate drops break the game immersion even more. Besides that, its sometimes really hard to see where you haveI have played the game over the last three days and I have to say, even after such a long time, that this game isn't finished yet. The camera and the controls can be so infuriating that its hard to enjoy the game. The performance issues arent really helping either. The massive framerate drops break the game immersion even more. Besides that, its sometimes really hard to see where you have to go or what to do. I waited a long time but alas. I loved Ico and Shadow of the Colossus (which I consider one of the best games on ps2) but I can't enjoy The Last Guardian.… Expand
  24. Underpants158
    Jun 6, 2017
    5
    CONS:
    -God awful camera
    -Slippery movement
    -Poor framerate
    -Gameplay=look around environment for way to proceed then proceed.

    PROS:
    -Trico...he is quite cute
    -Art style
  25. DreamCore
    Dec 5, 2017
    5
    The game design is really cool and the way you use Trico to solve puzzles is amazing. Unfortunutaly the game suffers from severe technical issues. This is unnacable considering how long it's been in development. Because of this I can't possible give it more than 5/10.

    So what's the issues? 1. The movement and input is among the worst I've ever seen. I've fallen of edges and missed    The game design is really cool and the way you use Trico to solve puzzles is amazing. Unfortunutaly the game suffers from severe technical issues. This is unnacable considering how long it's been in development. Because of this I can't possible give it more than 5/10.

    So what's the issues?

    1. The movement and input is among the worst I've ever seen. I've fallen of edges and missed jumps countless times simply because of how bad the input system is. It's easier to drive a tank than to control the character in this game. It's impossible to explain, you have to experience it.

    2. The camera, well, I won't even go there. Pathetic how it made it past quality assurance.

    2. Trico is literary retarded. Often you have to tell him 10 times what to do before he actually does it. Sometimes you try to make him jump and it doesn't work in 3 attempts which makes you think you're supposed to do something else and run around for 30 min just to come back and try again and this time it suddenly works. I've had to restart checkpoints simply because Trico bugs out (tail getting stuck on things so I can't reach and climb it, getting stuck not doing anything etc) and after restart it works again, when I do the exact same commands at the exact same spot. You won't know if you're unable to progress because you're doing something wrong or because the game has simply bugged out. If it happened once or twice it would be okay, but it's happeing ALL THE TIME.    … Expand
  26. Jafenhar
    Dec 6, 2016
    5
    Team Ico is a lot like Taylor Swift after Kanye interrupted her at the MTV Awards a few years back, meaning they're pretty much immune to criticism. If The Last Guardian was released on PS3 it would be deserving of a higher review score, but releasing and charging premium price for a game that is tantamount to a upscaled PS3 port on PS4 is just dirty pool by Sony.
  27. GamerJosh0137
    Dec 14, 2016
    5
    The Last Guardian was a game I wasn't sure I would like going in. I just never was that big a fan of Ico or Shadow of the Colossus, that isn't to say I don't appreciate the impact those games had on the industry or their fan base. I would say though that if you like Ico and SotC you should probably try The Last Guardian. The Last Guardian to me was a great idea that didn't quite panThe Last Guardian was a game I wasn't sure I would like going in. I just never was that big a fan of Ico or Shadow of the Colossus, that isn't to say I don't appreciate the impact those games had on the industry or their fan base. I would say though that if you like Ico and SotC you should probably try The Last Guardian. The Last Guardian to me was a great idea that didn't quite pan out. To be honest it really feels like a ps2 game. It is definitely very beautiful in it's own way but I feel it suffers from a lot of problems ps2 games had back in the day that have by now been improved upon and almost perfected like the camera, or hit detection etc. The camera is the absolute WORST when in tight spaces. Granted, once the game opens up a bit it's not quite as bad, but when it is bad it is super frustrating. My other problem is Trico (the bird dog). Sometimes you will ask Trico to do something and 60% of the time he will either just stare at you like an idiot or do the exact opposite. I understand that Team Ico wanted to make the relationship a bit more complex by giving Trico a mind of his own, and setting a sort of "language barrier", but in my humble opinion that is NOT fun. I got to a environmental puzzle where I thought I had to get Trico to jump up to a small platform and I kept telling him to jump SEVERAL times and he just wouldn't do it. Then I started to think that maybe that was not where I was supposed to go so I spent a little over 30 minutes trying to find the way to go. When I couldn't find anywhere else to go besides up, so I go back to the same EXACT spot I tried before and tell Trico to jump one more time and he does it immediately! WTF!? That and the completely absurd camera made this game so frustrating to the point where I almost didn't even finish it, but my friends kept telling me the ending is worth the frustration. Well, I just finished it and I gotta say it's really good. The whole story is really good! It is just a shame that my frustrations with the game totally erase any motivation to ever play it again. Although I have the utmost respect for both Team Ico and their fans I just can't give The Last Guardian anything higher than a 5. Like I said the story is definitely worth a play through but with all of the ps2 era problems that have for the most part been fixed by now The Last Guardian should be bought at a very steep discount.… Expand
  28. Deadheadbill
    Jul 27, 2017
    5
    Trico is awesome. This game is not. So many apologists for a game that has horrendous controls and atrocious camera work. The camera wanders around like a drunken wino and the controls respond correctly about 50 percent of the time. It's unfortunate because I feel there is a truly great game hidden in there.
  29. Lazlo21
    Apr 6, 2017
    5
    Shadow Of The Colossus is my favorite game of all time, and Ico is amazing in it's own right too. However, I am pained to say The Last Guardian, perhaps my most anticipated game of all time, has fallen extremely short of my expectations.

    I'm going to come out and say it right now, This game looks beautiful. I cannot find a single fault in the graphics, as such with the soundtrack.    Shadow Of The Colossus is my favorite game of all time, and Ico is amazing in it's own right too. However, I am pained to say The Last Guardian, perhaps my most anticipated game of all time, has fallen extremely short of my expectations.

    I'm going to come out and say it right now, This game looks beautiful. I cannot find a single fault in the graphics, as such with the soundtrack. Although no tracks exactly stuck with me like in SOTC, i still enjoyed it all. Trico is adorable, and I found myself engrossed in his small mannerisms and personality than I probably should have. As much as I love all the care and effort put into the world, and the aesthetics of the game,....I have to say it.... this game is just boring for the most part.

    Let me just say, if you're not a fan of Ico or SOTC, The Last Guardian may not have anything for you. This game sold solely based on its likeness to those 2 games. The beginning of the game is great, the ending is fantastic, but I found myself loathing almost everything inbetween. Really, not much happens. The gameplay mostly consists of you, as a little boy, guiding Trico to the next area, where you can do it again to get to the next area. I just didn't find it fun. While I did enjoy the 2 characters and the bond they formed, I for the most part couldn't bring myself to play the game for more than an hour before shutting it off.

    I see a lot of complaints about the controls, I don't see that at all. The controls are fine, it's just the overall gameplay design that falls flat. The combat is mostly just watching Trico smack enemies across the room, then petting him when its over. A lot of the time, the puzzle solutions are really easy, it's just the tedious act of getting there that kills it for me. Also, Trico's AI is sometimes amazing, sometimes poor. I found myself having to give a command 20+ times before he heeded. Part of me feels this is a gameplay design, to have it behave just like a wild animal, and if so, I applaud. But if not, then it needs to be fixed.

    Like I said, I am really hurt to give this game such a low score, but this is legitimately how I felt when playing it. I just didn't enjoy it. I really would have liked to, but I just couldn't. This was my most hyped game of all time, it was supposed to be my GOTY, not my most dissapointing game of the year. 5/10    … Expand
  30. janettaplanetta
    Apr 4, 2017
    5
    Unlike many people who have reviewed this game I had not anticipated it at all. I'm a new (18 months) gamer who went into it without knowing anything about it. From the get go I was intrigued and beguiled by Trico. My own character less so...mostly because of the incredibly soft controls and the fact that the only forward motion available is slowly creeping along in a funny cartoon likeUnlike many people who have reviewed this game I had not anticipated it at all. I'm a new (18 months) gamer who went into it without knowing anything about it. From the get go I was intrigued and beguiled by Trico. My own character less so...mostly because of the incredibly soft controls and the fact that the only forward motion available is slowly creeping along in a funny cartoon like pose or running headlong, and subsequently falling off ledges etc. However, sadly I found that I could only play it in short bursts because I just found it not fun enough to put up with the ongoing frustration of the rubbish controls and trying to figure out what to do and where to go next with virtually zero direction. I eventually 'got' that you have to try everything until something works but it's hard to tell sometimes whether you're simply barking up the wrong tree or the right tree but doing it wrong. In the end though, the thing that broke it for me was the difficulties in managing my own characters movements. I got to a place where I had to get Trico to jump up against a wall so I could leap off his head onto a broken staircase and I did eventually get Trico in position four or five times.....each time taking quite a while as he does everything slowly...but then I could NOT get myself positioned to make the leap accurately and would just fly off into space instead, then have to start the whole process again. I don't know what's going on with that but I found at different times in the game I fell off him because my character wasn't holding on or he wouldn't stop holding on when I wanted him to jump off. Aaaargh! What is that? Other than just bad programming?? It's not a a new experience for me to arrive at a point in a game where I hit a wall and have to repeat over and over until I get the hang of it or figure out what I'm supposed to do, but in this instance I eventually came to the conclusion that I just wasn't having enough fun to want to keep trying. Visually it is beautiful - the animation is often stunning - and I would have liked to see where the story went but at the end of the day it was a definite 'IRBPSE' situation....I'd Rather Be Playing Something Else.… Expand
  31. tomvs123
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    The next-level giant pet simulator. That's all I could think of while playing the game. If you like pets and don't mind them getting beat up every now and then, then this is the game for you!

    The game is basically ICO, but full of obstacles and basic puzzles that require your giant pet to progress. The variety in puzzles is a little disappointing. They mostly consist of opening doors to    The next-level giant pet simulator. That's all I could think of while playing the game. If you like pets and don't mind them getting beat up every now and then, then this is the game for you!

    The game is basically ICO, but full of obstacles and basic puzzles that require your giant pet to progress. The variety in puzzles is a little disappointing. They mostly consist of opening doors to get your pet through them, and then after you get your pet through the door, having your pet jump to an area that was previously inaccessible to you. Also disappointing is that there's normally only one way to solve each puzzle. Many are carefully scripted with specific pet actions, so there's not much thinking outside of the box possible here.

    Initially, controlling the pet is annoying. You get some hand signals later on that improve things, but then it just becomes slightly less annoying.

    The story is vague, though less vague than ICO or Shadow of the Colossus. You'll actually get some background story information and closure with this installment. The game goes for an animal friendship theme and does it pretty well, though some people aren't big fans of this type of story.

    Oh, and don't forget the Uncharted moments. There's plenty of impossibly amazing moments in the game, primarily consisting of your giant pet's weight or size breaking bridges or other things and then you just barely escaping though no skill of your own, but because it's a scripted scene. I'm a bit sad that the studio who bought us ICO and Shadow of the Colossus has stooped to this level of dumb storytelling. But hey, kids these days like it.

    So it was an alright game for me. After I got used to the initial pet-controlling annoyance, I ended up completing it in less than 15 hours. And I'm glad it didn't take longer than that.    … Expand
  32. Antioch
    Jan 16, 2017
    5
    The last guardian is a beautiful game that I would say is something like an AAA indie title. The first half of the game might be confusing to people as to why they are doing. The story isn't told with alot dialogue or cutscenes really, it is hinted here and there and some people might find hard arguments to keep going.
    The gameplay consist of solving environmental puzzles by using the boy    The last guardian is a beautiful game that I would say is something like an AAA indie title. The first half of the game might be confusing to people as to why they are doing. The story isn't told with alot dialogue or cutscenes really, it is hinted here and there and some people might find hard arguments to keep going.
    The gameplay consist of solving environmental puzzles by using the boy and the beast.
    They can be challenging and sometimes frustratingly vague or difficult to perform due to the delayed controls.
    My main issue with this game is that it is a work of art, but as with work of arts not everyone appreciates or cares for it. And this game is that work of art for me. Fantastic beautiful environments and there are some precious moments as the bond unfolds between the boy and beast but, the controls that are slightly delayed, the frustrating moments you are trying to get the beast to perform an action and it's stubbornly hard to get it to move (sure maybe that is deliberately lifelike but it's still not a gameplay aspect I enjoy), the lack of replayability unless you really care for trophies and very similar actions and environments throughout the gameplay did not make this game all that enjoyable to me.
    I'd probably rate it a 4 but the fantastic animations, especially Trico (probably one of the best animated characters/figures in a game to date) really deserves a point on it's own.
    I have a Whippet and sometimes I swear it was like I was watching a film of my dog, that's how well animated and lifelike Trico is.
    If you come into this game and expect anything like Shadow of the Colossus, you are going to be dissapointed.
    If you get it through PS+ or at a "indie price" it'll be well worth a try but for me, this game at full price wasn't worth it.
    It's a game let down by the controls and in my case because it's niche doesn't appeal to me personally.    … Expand
  33. negativeions
    Nov 14, 2018
    5
    Fumito Ueda's incompetence and obsession with animation is this game's fundamental flaw.

    Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the, if not the greatest game designer in the world once said that the most important aspect of game design is game play. Every serious game developer should have that tattooed into their damn brains. I find it surprising that Ueda tested the game before release and thought    Fumito Ueda's incompetence and obsession with animation is this game's fundamental flaw.

    Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the, if not the greatest game designer in the world once said that the most important aspect of game design is game play. Every serious game developer should have that tattooed into their damn brains. I find it surprising that Ueda tested the game before release and thought to himself, "this is good, let's go with this". To me, there are obvious problems with the game. First of all, the game play of the boy is just ridiculous. Sure, it's nice to have all these animation but there's no reason why he couldn't be programmed to take advantage of the full range of movement of the joystick. You're either moving at a snails pace or running. It's obviously ridiculous. And many games do this and it's just objectively wrong. A perfect example of better gameplay when it comes to movement is A Link Between Worlds. Every minute increase of the thumbjoy in a certain direction directly translates into a noticeable increase in Link's movement speed, giving the user the full range of motion and speed that is possible with the stick. THAT is how you do it. Secondly the camera is ridiculous. You test the game out and still think that camera is ok? I don't know what to say to that. Thirdly the graphics look like they're from a PS3. They should've been improved.. or, honestly, the game should've been released for PS3. Then just get some other developer to take care of the port to Ps4. In the meantime Ueda could've been half finished his next game. Come on, man. Fourthly, the game runs poorly. The low framerate hurts my eyes, I can't play longer than a couple of hours at a time. It seems like the game was not ported that well and it took way too long to do it. I wish Japanese developers in general would put more money into a project. Anyways, I really thought this could've been much better.    … Expand
  34. bocas10
    Dec 6, 2016
    5
    Well I have to say that the game play is poor and the camera is annoying sometimes, the game have some problems of frame rate, I don't know how Sony gave "green light" to sell the game with this basic problems, this important things that make a video game a VIDEO GAME. Some people are giving 90-100 without looking this important an basic problems, they put first their "feelings" over a theWell I have to say that the game play is poor and the camera is annoying sometimes, the game have some problems of frame rate, I don't know how Sony gave "green light" to sell the game with this basic problems, this important things that make a video game a VIDEO GAME. Some people are giving 90-100 without looking this important an basic problems, they put first their "feelings" over a the things that make playable a game but most important feelings are different in everyone of us.… Expand
  35. Quijote
    Dec 13, 2016
    5
    Para mi gusto fracasó en todos los aspectos: lo emotivo nunca lo logró, y lo jugable y lo gráfico fue lo peor, le doy 5 por eso: si funcionara bien le diera un 7, pero realmente la calidad del juego le baja mucho la nota.
  36. Danieljreid1987
    Dec 17, 2016
    5
    I can see what the developers were trying to achieve but its years to late old clunky controls wonky camera and A.I constantly plays up not to mention poor graphics for this generation rather than connecting with the creature you'll end up frustrated and angry with him not listening to a word you say is everything worked properly I should get behind the story a lot more and would enjoy itI can see what the developers were trying to achieve but its years to late old clunky controls wonky camera and A.I constantly plays up not to mention poor graphics for this generation rather than connecting with the creature you'll end up frustrated and angry with him not listening to a word you say is everything worked properly I should get behind the story a lot more and would enjoy it but after one playthrough I would never want to do it again and if you are a trophy Hunter you'll have to do it many times… Expand
  37. jenesuispasbava
    Jul 8, 2017
    5
    Horrifyingly bad camera and character control, and massive frame rate drops even at 1080p on PS4 Pro; it's a crying shame that the amazing story and beautiful setting is paired with such disappointing gameplay and performance.
  38. drmoth
    Aug 1, 2017
    5
    Lack of precision in game controls ruin an otherwise beautiful game. Some of the most frustrating and challenging puzzles in the game involve picking up barrels of food and throwing them from place to place. The problem is intellectually simple, and should be very easy, but because the direction the character is facing can only be changed in 60 degree increments it is nearly impossible toLack of precision in game controls ruin an otherwise beautiful game. Some of the most frustrating and challenging puzzles in the game involve picking up barrels of food and throwing them from place to place. The problem is intellectually simple, and should be very easy, but because the direction the character is facing can only be changed in 60 degree increments it is nearly impossible to aim. In addition, moving objects around on the screen becomes nearly impossible if there is more than one selectable object - the 'grab' function automatically targets what object you want to grab, but there seems to be no way to control which one you pick up. Very, very, annoying.… Expand
  39. BJR225
    Feb 1, 2018
    5
    Not doubting the strength of the story from reviews I've read, but severely broken controls make this game unplayable for me. Trudged through 5 hours of frustrating gameplay and don't see myself going back.
  40. DumitruLozovanu
    Jan 2, 2019
    5
    Terrible camera and terrible AI, the rest is pretty good but nothing revolutionary, maybe if it came out on the PS3. The trophies for the game are exceptionally dumb and annoying and will ruin any enjoyment of the game, good visuals and story but has a lot of issues.
  41. skskskddd
    Sep 19, 2021
    5
    DISGUSTING gameplay. This game is unplayable. Great story but I CAN;T FOCUS IN THE STORY WHEN THIS GAMEPLAY MAKE ME WANT TO EAT MY EYES. If you want to platinum this game is better for you to suicide. What a waste of time **** this game
  42. Drug812
    Oct 12, 2019
    5
    The most dumbest, clunkiest, unresponsive controls you can ever play in a game. The camera is also an utter mess.
  43. Arqivadi
    Dec 15, 2019
    5
    This games is so boring. 30 hours of walking and climbing to pull levers and take barrels. I just cant play it anymore. I am not having fun at all.
  44. Azamander
    Jan 5, 2020
    5
    The Last Guardian is a very bittersweet game from a developer who truly cares about their craft. I both loved and hated this game.

    I love Team Ico. I played Shadow of the Colossus over and over again - every released iteration of it. I even scoured the game for years looking for the ill-rumored 17th colossus along with many other people on the internet. After that I bought and played    The Last Guardian is a very bittersweet game from a developer who truly cares about their craft. I both loved and hated this game.

    I love Team Ico. I played Shadow of the Colossus over and over again - every released iteration of it. I even scoured the game for years looking for the ill-rumored 17th colossus along with many other people on the internet. After that I bought and played through Ico, which I loved in spite of having some issues with it the core gameplay. I think Team Ico offers something not seen anywhere else in their excellent ambiance, storytelling, and world building. In those aspects, they are masters of their craft and have my utmost respect.

    That being said, do you remember the several smaller colossi from Shadow of the Colossus? The ones that shook around and were hard to move around on, causing a lot of frustration? At its worst, The Last Guardian is an entire game of that, except you also have to convince that colossus to go where you want it to go.

    I watched the very first video reveal of this game back in 2009, on the day it game out, and was excited for the next seven years until the game was released. On the surface it is an incredibly charming game that masters the three qualities I listed above, but it is so frustrating that at times it is hardly a playable game. It is an escort quest where your progression depends entirely on the cooperation of the character being escorted, who just happens to not listen to you most of the time. This leads to many, many gameplay segments where you have already solved the puzzle, but have to keep spamming commands for 40 minutes before you can get Trico to do what you want and progress. All the while, the game is giving you blatant hints for the puzzle you have already solved. There is even a part of the game where you are falling to your death and Trico has to catch you, and very often, he just... doesn't. I fed Trico every barrel I came across to make him like me more, but there wasn't much of a noticeable difference. I think the people who rate this game so highly have never run into the unfortunate stuck points that seems to plague a bunch of players, so their experience wasn't marred by it. This mechanic is a great idea on paper, but in practice it unfortunately takes much of the game down with it.

    It's no surprise that I sold the game in frustration back in 2017, abandoning hope of ever enjoying it enough to make up for the frustrating gameplay. This year (2019) I found it again for rent at the local library and decided to give it another shot, since I have so much good faith in the developer (and maybe I was just in a bad mood in 2017). I continued where I left off. Unfortunately, not 10 minutes into playing my old file, I ran into what is apparently one of the most infamous spots in the game where Trico doesn't listen, and became stuck in a pit waiting for him to decide to lower his tail for me to climb up on. I think I waited down there for about half an hour before I could get the game to do what it was supposed to.

    This game is one of the most beautiful games I have ever played, and in spite of the frustrations, I truly cared about Trico by the end of it. But you need a lot (and I mean a lot) of patience to get there.    … Expand
  45. ViperXT
    Mar 28, 2020
    5
    Very over hyped after almost 10 years in development. Story was just OK. Game had many technical issues at launch. Game play was fairly boring. The AI and cooperation of Trico was sometimes frustrating. Graphics were amazing and the fantasy element was nice.
  46. Martma
    Jul 30, 2020
    5
    Game is quite boring imo , it doesn’t grab my attention, lack of tutorial telling u what u need to do so I was there just jumping onto everything.
  47. FRIST_008
    Jun 14, 2021
    5
    Слишком сложно и непонятно. Гайд не хотелось открывать. Удалил, не понимаю я эту недоделанную игру.
  48. petriAND
    Jan 19, 2023
    5
    Cool concept and story, great animations, and visually very artistic and impactful but the most clunky gameplay I have ever seen in gaming history. This game should have been 4-5 hours, but it took 10-11 because of the bad mechanics. This game is an insult to your time. It's so damn frustrating to point Trico in a direction and he just doesn't want to go or do the thing some tasks you gaveCool concept and story, great animations, and visually very artistic and impactful but the most clunky gameplay I have ever seen in gaming history. This game should have been 4-5 hours, but it took 10-11 because of the bad mechanics. This game is an insult to your time. It's so damn frustrating to point Trico in a direction and he just doesn't want to go or do the thing some tasks you gave him could be done in like 30 secs and then you stay for him 15+ minutes to turn around and sad thing is that I'm not even exaggerating. It often feels like a tester of a game, not a finished product. This game is not for you if you do not have a lot of patience it sure has some good things in it like animations which are incredibly made but the gameplay literally fuks up the entire game.… Expand
  49. ZangBang
    Feb 15, 2023
    5
    Imbued with the same striking atmospheric artistry of its predecessors, The Last Guardian naturally develops its immersive story through gameplay as the bond between player and companion evolves. Pleasantly diversified puzzles challenge both brains and platforming skills in intriguing if not always intuitive ways, although the companion’s deficient AI sometimes makes them frustrating.Imbued with the same striking atmospheric artistry of its predecessors, The Last Guardian naturally develops its immersive story through gameplay as the bond between player and companion evolves. Pleasantly diversified puzzles challenge both brains and platforming skills in intriguing if not always intuitive ways, although the companion’s deficient AI sometimes makes them frustrating. Furthermore, the lack of meaningful threats deprive the experience from Ico’s thrilling sense of danger.… Expand
  50. bobbsyw
    Sep 10, 2017
    4
    At the end of the day, as much as I loved certain elements of this game (beautiful to look at, the character/mannerisms of Trico, and the way the relationship between the boy and the beast developed), overall it just frustrated me. The number of times that I was stuck, wondering if I needed to move somewhere/do something, or just try to coax Trico into jumping in the right direction. TheAt the end of the day, as much as I loved certain elements of this game (beautiful to look at, the character/mannerisms of Trico, and the way the relationship between the boy and the beast developed), overall it just frustrated me. The number of times that I was stuck, wondering if I needed to move somewhere/do something, or just try to coax Trico into jumping in the right direction. The camera is terrible, the controls poor and unintuitive, and actually there's very little challenge in the gameplay...overall, it left me feeling sorely disappointed.
    I remember playing through SOTC on the PS3, and thinking "I bet this was good on the PS2, but it's a bit dated now"...which probably sums my opinion about TLG too.    … Expand
  51. darkfury45
    Dec 9, 2016
    4
    This is a game that gives loads of promise through stunning visuals, a gorgeous soundtrack, a creative concept and loveable companion, but fails to deliver its promises due to inconsistent frame rate, a finicky camera, awful controls, unresponsive AI and a story that I didn't want to read but rather know how it ended. For a game that was in development hell for ten years, I have toThis is a game that gives loads of promise through stunning visuals, a gorgeous soundtrack, a creative concept and loveable companion, but fails to deliver its promises due to inconsistent frame rate, a finicky camera, awful controls, unresponsive AI and a story that I didn't want to read but rather know how it ended. For a game that was in development hell for ten years, I have to tragically say I'm disappointed in this game. It can deliver on such a cinematic level, but with so many flaws, I can only applaud its cinematic performance. If you want art, this game is for you. If you want fun, find something else to spend $60 on.… Expand
  52. Echoes
    Jul 31, 2017
    4
    Couldn't play it more than 2 hours, got motion sickness and the gameplay is stupid, the whole narrative and the world seems good, but I will not force myself to play it again just for the sake of completing it...
  53. madno
    Jun 7, 2017
    4
    El juego esta bien, pero esta lleno de fallos, errores y problemas de control, se salva por Tico que es encantador, pero es un juego de ps3, no de ps4, una tomadura de pelo clásica de Sony. Merece la pena alquilarlo un finde y pasarlo, comprarlo ya a decisión de cada uno.
  54. doug_quaid
    May 9, 2017
    4
    Shadow of the Colossus is easily in my top 10 games of all time, making this review a bit of a sad affair.

    The Good - It's an interesting concept, combing Ico with Shadow of the Colossus, tag-teaming with a giant creature to try and solve puzzles and navigate a crumbling ruin. - The graphics, while overall looking very PS3 instead of PS4, occasionally have their moments and can    Shadow of the Colossus is easily in my top 10 games of all time, making this review a bit of a sad affair.

    The Good
    - It's an interesting concept, combing Ico with Shadow of the Colossus, tag-teaming with a giant creature to try and solve puzzles and navigate a crumbling ruin.
    - The graphics, while overall looking very PS3 instead of PS4, occasionally have their moments and can occasionally be beautiful. The physics feels pretty cool, things bounce around and smash nicely.
    - The animation on the creature is spot-on. The animators did a really good job of bringing it to life and giving it personality.

    The Bad
    - It's clear this game languished in development hell for years. There's hints of a solid concept here, but it looks like the developers couldn't actually make things work to match with the creator's vision. The result is a glorified tech demo.
    - Many puzzles are so obtuse you will literally never figure them out without consulting a walkthrough. Puzzles are repeated a dozen times, i.e. 'oh another eye mirror, how do I smash this one?' Several puzzles just aren't that interesting to solve anyway, less 'aha!' and more 'are you kidding me, that's what you wanted me to do?'. As your frustration increases, halfway through the game you'll give up and just have the walkthrough open on your phone anyway. A few play-testing sessions watching actual players get permanently stuck would have cleaned all this up immeasurably.
    - The game is *extremely* linear. I get the impression after years of failed attempts to create an interactive, exploratory experience with the creature/code failing to fulfill it's end of the bargain the team was forced to cut back to something extremely short, linear, repetitive and largely based on cutscenes. Expect 20-25% of the game to be waiting patiently until you can play again. There is one way through and if you can't find it you will simply wander around in a room until you do. In some cases you're not supposed to be wandering anyway, the creature will simply hop to the next section for you, much to your frustration.
    - The boy's controls, presumably in the interest of showcasing his fluid animations, making the game feel tense and/or your character feel a bit helpless, are extremely sloppy. Halfway through the game you're still getting tutorial prompts because you still need them.
    - If you need a Japanese voiceover with subtitles to tell you what to do every other puzzle or so you've completely failed at prompting the player to solve things on his/her own. Go back to the drawing board and clean up the level design and cues/clues so that the player feels like they're figuring things out on their own.
    - Mashing buttons to make glowing shapes go away every time you die is such a poor design decision I can't believe it actually shipped in the final version of the game. This makes me wonder if nobody on the team is able to even give the creator feedback anymore, or if everything is subservient to his 'vision'.

    The Ugly
    - The creature's AI is a nightmare of indifference, ineptitude, confusion and irritation. The creature failed to catch me a half dozen times leading me to fall to my death, but suddenly caught me once, long after I'd assumed I was doing the wrong thing and explored every avenue for another route. I also sat in a tree for about 20 minutes mashing the 'help' button until it decided it was ready to save me. That's beyond ridiculous. That's not gameplay. It's more like if you took your dog to the supermarket and tried to painstakingly teach him to shop for groceries over days or weeks while it looked at you in confusion. After hours of begging, pleading and cajoling, and occasionally screaming at it, I actually grew to hate the stupid thing. I'm assuming this was not the studio's intention, lol.
    - The 'cinematic' camera is one of the most frustrating things I've experienced in a video game. The only explanation here is an underpaid, irate programmer who was hell-bent on creating something that would literally nauseate players.    … Expand
  55. dainotta
    Dec 6, 2016
    4
    Basic, nothing new for 10 years of performance, very ugly gameplay, graphics of ps3, this game should have come out for ps3 since in that machine could do less things, in ps4 that is so linear with such easy puzzles.
    ICO and Shadow of the Colossus were very good games and this one is not, you have to analyze it separately not with the fan rod!
  56. TiWi
    Mar 7, 2017
    4
    For me it is strange that most lower ratings are related to weak graphics, control and view port. Which is not really untrue, but is not the reason why I rated only a 4/10. Especially the graphics, even when it is "old fashioned" looks good, animation is very nice, and also the coloring. Conrol/Viewport .. sure that is very nasty from time to time ... but In my opinion the game play isFor me it is strange that most lower ratings are related to weak graphics, control and view port. Which is not really untrue, but is not the reason why I rated only a 4/10. Especially the graphics, even when it is "old fashioned" looks good, animation is very nice, and also the coloring. Conrol/Viewport .. sure that is very nasty from time to time ... but In my opinion the game play is really horrible. There is no clear game process, while playing it around 4-6 hours it seems some of the "trainigs" of the chimera works only a specific spots, and if you miss them, it does not work anymore to force/train him to do something ... without any information you walk silly around and trying "stupid" things. I can imagine that Tamagotchi Fan might like this "cute thing" and others like to watch it for hours (which explains the success of cat videos), but for me thats not enough to play it for hours, especially if the other problems which are mentioned in comments has to added… Expand
  57. lucaslt89
    Jan 24, 2018
    4
    This is a perfect example of how to ruin an incredible story. The game is great, it's pure art, but it should've been a movie. Playing this game and trying to control the player is completely annoying.

    1) Controls are not clear, it's a complete guess-the-controls game. Literally, there are parts of the game where you have to press all the buttons desperately, like when you play mortal    This is a perfect example of how to ruin an incredible story. The game is great, it's pure art, but it should've been a movie. Playing this game and trying to control the player is completely annoying.

    1) Controls are not clear, it's a complete guess-the-controls game. Literally, there are parts of the game where you have to press all the buttons desperately, like when you play mortal kombat against your non-gamer girlfriend.
    2) Camera control is annoying, it loses context all the time and it's impossible to focus on what you want. You can't even enjoy the environment because the camera moves around alone, making you lose focus of everything.
    3) You're supposed to have control over Trico (your companion), but it follows your instructions as much as a puppy, so you can imagine how annoying this is.
    4) It's the first game with puzzles where it's not enough to know the solution. You have to be completely sure about that, because you have to yield to your pet, run and scream loudly, and even pray, to get the damn pet to do what it needs to do.
    5) In terms of technical achievements, the game has nothing. Really bad graphics, bad performance (even in a PS4 Pro the frame rate drops to less than 15fps in small areas), but I think that's acceptable since the game was 10 years in development and the PS4 was not even in the radar when they started with this game.
    6) Funny thing, there's a trophy if you complete the game in less than 5 hours. It's a game to be completed in 2 hours if the god damn pet follow your instructions, but it's so slow and annoying that it ends up taking 12 hours...    … Expand
  58. 613th
    Nov 19, 2021
    4
    I cannot say that it was an incredible journey and a heartbreaking story. Sometimes it was cute and nice, sometimes it was thrilling, but in common I didn't find that deepness, which authors put in this game.

    For me the whole world of the game, it's atmosphere were empty and not very interesting. Music played a big role in this, or rather its absence. There is just silence in most parts    I cannot say that it was an incredible journey and a heartbreaking story. Sometimes it was cute and nice, sometimes it was thrilling, but in common I didn't find that deepness, which authors put in this game.

    For me the whole world of the game, it's atmosphere were empty and not very interesting. Music played a big role in this, or rather its absence. There is just silence in most parts of the game, but the good soundtrack could save the situation, in some cutscenes there are some strange sounds which are awful.
    The game is too Japanese maybe in all its forms, I think.

    Technically the game is also horrible, it looks disgusting, it plays bad. The controlling of the beast is impossible, to the end of the game I often became angry on Trico because of it's actions and moves.

    I won't play it again and don't recommend it to you.    … Expand
  59. trayman
    Sep 4, 2019
    4
    I was expecting so much more looking at the reviews. First of all i'm not a big fan of Japanese games, enjoyed most of them when it comes to story in general, but the physics, AI and mechanics were usually poor in general. Honestly it is no different in this case. Controls are an absolute disaster and you will be fuming doing the most simple jumps/grabs. AI of both opponents and Trico isI was expecting so much more looking at the reviews. First of all i'm not a big fan of Japanese games, enjoyed most of them when it comes to story in general, but the physics, AI and mechanics were usually poor in general. Honestly it is no different in this case. Controls are an absolute disaster and you will be fuming doing the most simple jumps/grabs. AI of both opponents and Trico is sometimes so frustrating that it will make you confused during the playthrough (for example while giving orders to Trico to jump somewhere, he will hesitate and walk in circles sometimes, so you might assume that there is no way through. Guess what? You are going to waste lots of time searching for another route when you will finally find out that he just needed 10 minutes to position himself before making that jump, and you had to give him at least 5 orders. I have been through ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and unfortunately this is what I will remember more than the story - TERRBILE and frustrating controls.

    Second and maybe even worse thing mentioned already many times: how can a simple game like this, with simple graphics, nearly no in-game characters on the screen be so badly optimized? This is beyond imagination, I mean this is a software DEDICATED to one platform. This is an absolute joke when it comes to framrate in this game.    … Expand
  60. danialv4
    Jan 26, 2021
    4
    Seriously, it is a pity that the camera, the controls, the game-play are too awful. The story and the ideas are beautiful, but playing this game feels too frustrating to enjoy it.
  61. Eyyyy
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    I really tried to like this game but the way it controls is just infuriating. So slow and sluggish, half the time you’re just standing there waiting to see if Trico will do the thing you want it to. Couldn’t get through more than a couple of hours
  62. Marlim
    Oct 13, 2020
    3
    Terrible Gameplay and Mechanics. There is no way that game is fun. Frustating levels designs and puzzles
  63. robomartion
    May 19, 2020
    3
    Team ICO (or whoever is left of them) has taken the clunkiness of their games to the extreme with this title. While it is at times beautiful, the frustrating gameplay just cannot be excused. I'm sure a lot of love and man hours went into this game and it is beautiful, as is the beast, but at the end of the day, for what we have in our hands, for the consumer, for the person that actuallyTeam ICO (or whoever is left of them) has taken the clunkiness of their games to the extreme with this title. While it is at times beautiful, the frustrating gameplay just cannot be excused. I'm sure a lot of love and man hours went into this game and it is beautiful, as is the beast, but at the end of the day, for what we have in our hands, for the consumer, for the person that actually has to play the game I cannot really say any of it was worth it.… Expand
  64. Daniel_Keelh
    Dec 6, 2016
    3
    Le voy a dar un 3 porque Trico es mono... pero el juego es un desastre, mecanicas de 2001, uno framerate lamentable, una IA deficiente, la mitad del tiempo de juego es tiempo perdido esperandoq ue el estupido de TRICO entienda sobre que pixel exacto ponerse, y el final...madre mia, Penoso.
  65. Sheep_198
    Feb 17, 2017
    3
    This game is all about frustrations and patience. Never played any game with such bad camera angles and swings, makes me motion sick. Character control is very difficult. Command to Trico is testing your patience as he doesn't respond immediately, but in his time, so have command multiple times and wait a long time. Story didn't grab me, just can't wait to get out of the rubbles andThis game is all about frustrations and patience. Never played any game with such bad camera angles and swings, makes me motion sick. Character control is very difficult. Command to Trico is testing your patience as he doesn't respond immediately, but in his time, so have command multiple times and wait a long time. Story didn't grab me, just can't wait to get out of the rubbles and frustrating puzzles. Nothing about the game I enjoy.… Expand
  66. culesto14
    Dec 7, 2016
    3
    vaya truncho no valio la espera de años y años, y los estafados de ps3 que se compraron una ps3 por este juego, minimo hubieran hecho algo que valiera la pena para esta generación pero así son esta compañias .
  67. aradimis
    Apr 6, 2017
    3
    Mere annoyment of unfinished and unrefined gameplay. Autistic one way soultions with catastrophic graphics and control. The character animation technique is from the last century. Shockingly overrated.
  68. agent13
    Dec 27, 2019
    3
    This game is so boring and confusing after a long time i had the chance to play it but after a few hours playing I found it uninteresting the artistic design of the last guardian is very nice but without a good gameplay and with clunky controls it doesn't worth playing
    Trico is adorable but it's like a big dumb cat who doesn't listen to you
  69. BACON-A-TER
    Dec 15, 2016
    3
    The Last Guardian has been the biggest disappointment of the gaming year, for this SOTC lover and has taught me a valuable lesson I should have learned long ago: DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
    Having played SOTC (Shadow of the Colossus being one of the most revered gaming titles in existence, and a personnel favourite of mine-easily taking 3rd prize in my most beloved games of all time) when I    The Last Guardian has been the biggest disappointment of the gaming year, for this SOTC lover and has taught me a valuable lesson I should have learned long ago: DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
    Having played SOTC (Shadow of the Colossus being one of the most revered gaming titles in existence, and a personnel favourite of mine-easily taking 3rd prize in my most beloved games of all time) when I was younger on the PS2, I was very stoked for the release of Team Ico's next new IP when it was announced in 2008. But now, having laying my hands upon the final product, I feel nothing but regret for my purchase decision and a sense of remorse for the missed potential of this game.
    Firstly, let's list the glaring issues of The Last Guardian. The most unforgivable flaw of this game is the very thing that was that was the primary focus of the marketing campaigns: The relationship between the boy and the colossal bird-mammal hybrid, Trico. This boils down into several factors, the most predominant being Trico's AI; the majority excusing this for natural animal behaviour, which I would dispute, as the major initiative of any game development team is to prioritise gameplay that elicits a sense of enjoyment and engagement from the player (whilst realism is subjectively important, to certain games, it should always take a backseat to gameplay). To substantiate, Trico will not always obey your commands, which would be perfectly acceptable if it was done in moderation, but it instead becomes a severe contributor to the overall tedium of the game which is further compounded by the need to constantly feed the creature and also have to calm him down after every combat encounter (which whilst nuanced and endearing at first, loses its effect further into the game).
    Moving on, the level design and puzzles of the game feel highly derivative and uninspired for the most part. Whilst, admittedly, the art direction and visuals of the game are utterly breath taking when they want to be, most of the levels of The Last Guardian feel very generic and really blur together due to their similarity, in addition to seemingly being suspiciously reminiscent of the world design in Team Ico's first title Ico. In terms of puzzles, their solutions are often times incredibly simple, reducing The Last Guardian's gameplay to boring and repetitive hunts to find where Trico can jump up to or down from different points in the environment or to search and destroy stain glass eyes. A closing note concerning artistic choices of the game developers: the game is overly cinematic (not in the sense of cut-scenes) which I found to be quite jarring and disruptive of the pacing of the game, in addition to severely overdoing certain "emotionally" evocative tropes (i.e. I lost count of how many times Trico saved the protagonist's life, but it must have been more than ten!).
    Finally (props if you've made it this far) the meagre longevity of the game will be a major deterrent for most prospective buyers. Overall, I spent 6 hours slogging through The Last Guardian's unfulfilling and unengaging plotline and have not even looked at the game since. The Last Guardian's lack of any real replay value (an element which was not overlooked in SOTC with it's hard mode and time trials mode-for both normal and hard difficulties, totalling at a minimum of 4 playthroughs-which overall acted to enrich the experience) really cripples it in the long term.
    And as a final, final note: the controls and camera in The Last Guardian are borderline infuriatingly broken, ranging from inputs being either misinterpreted or multiplied by 10 (when you want to carefully walk around an edge, the game will sometimes propel you off said edge in a full throttle sprint) to the fact that there is no dedicated 'grab' button (a staple of the series) instead having to rely upon an 'auto-grab' feature which was very unreliable at the times in which I needed it the most-usually resulting in the boy plummeting to his death.
    In conclusion, as you are no doubt aware of my begrudging animosity towards this game, I would strongly recommend you steer clear of this game, at least for now (the £50 price-tag isn't worth the 5-10 hours of gameplay you can squeeze out of this PS4 exclusive). Overall I cannot assert my disappointment for this game I (and a whole host of many others) have waited for, for 8 years of which a tumultuous development cycle has clearly taken its toll on such a renown and respected development team-for which I would partly blame Sony for. I know this game has been met with mostly positive reviews, but it has not been the recipient of critical acclaim across the board. I sincerely hope the voices of those with an opinion akin to that of mine own are not drowned out and are listened to by the developers, because I know Team Ico are undeniably passionate about their products and their fan base, and I know they have in them the capacity to produce utter masterpieces and works of ART.    … Expand
  70. Ceej1979
    Dec 8, 2016
    3
    This game was averaging about 5/10 for a long time on Metacritic. It seems to me that Sony have unleashed their bots, to post fake reviews and boost the score a bit. There's a suspicious amount of consecutive 10/10s ..............if it's real reviews, why are none of the people who like it giving it in 8 or a 9? Always 10.

    Trust me, big publishers have bots that post fake reviews. As    This game was averaging about 5/10 for a long time on Metacritic. It seems to me that Sony have unleashed their bots, to post fake reviews and boost the score a bit. There's a suspicious amount of consecutive 10/10s ..............if it's real reviews, why are none of the people who like it giving it in 8 or a 9? Always 10.

    Trust me, big publishers have bots that post fake reviews.

    As for the game, if you want to waste $60 and be really dissapointed, buy this. It's really really boring, and annoying    … Expand
  71. Bayo
    Dec 11, 2016
    3
    A long time coming, but not entirely worth the wait. As a huge fan of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, this game was a bit of a let down for me. I didn't fall for the hype and kept my expectations fairly low. Sadly the game failed to meet the expectations I'd set for any other game.

    While the game has a nice concept and does minimalism well, it's the same minimalism that hurts it. The    A long time coming, but not entirely worth the wait. As a huge fan of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, this game was a bit of a let down for me. I didn't fall for the hype and kept my expectations fairly low. Sadly the game failed to meet the expectations I'd set for any other game.

    While the game has a nice concept and does minimalism well, it's the same minimalism that hurts it. The game suffers from a few big issues that negatively affect it as a whole product The controls, camera, AI and gameplay are all lacking. On the plus side, it has a relatively solid concept that is a little flawed and a great soundtrack and art design.

    The biggest issue the game has is a mixed feeling towards gameplay, AI and control. Control feels like it's taken a huge step back from SOTC and the autogrip mechanic is by far the worst thing I've seen in a game in the last 5 years.
    Gameplay is beyond non existant to incredibly repetitive. You make your way through rooms to reach the end goal fetching food for your companion, destroying obstacles or pulling levers. It has a few really low points involving physics based puzzles that really hurt the pace of the game. Speaking of pace, this is why I felt I had to give the game such a low score. Trico's AI is based around sometimes disobeying orders which is a neat gimmick, but is one that will lead to some frustration and a lot of wasted time. I had issues with the AI being so broken that I needed to restart the game to progress past some points. I can see this harming the replayability greatly for me as I didn't find the game challenging and it felt much more like a slow guided tour.

    It feels as though the concept has not been fully realised and that while it has a nice story, great art design and soundtrack it is entirely lacking simply because of the medium it is presented in. I've played lots of great bargain bin flops that I feel the same way about as The Last Guardian.

    While the game has it's good points, the negatives weigh it down so much that it can be really tough to make it through to the end. You'll see 10/10's around but it's hard to give a game a perfect score when it has imperfections. For a game that has taken so long from inception to release, certain aspects feel wholly unfinished and seem to clash entirely with the games concept.    … Expand
  72. Tigermuppetcut
    Dec 12, 2016
    3
    The worst controls in recent gaming memory. Frustrating A.I. on which you are forced to rely. Trial and error gameplay and puzzle design. Physics that can mess up preventing you going further in some cases or killing you. Poor level design in which numerous things look like ledges but aren't. Choppy framerate. Very poor camera.

    The graphics are so-so, the art direction is quite nice    The worst controls in recent gaming memory. Frustrating A.I. on which you are forced to rely. Trial and error gameplay and puzzle design. Physics that can mess up preventing you going further in some cases or killing you. Poor level design in which numerous things look like ledges but aren't. Choppy framerate. Very poor camera.

    The graphics are so-so, the art direction is quite nice though, sounds design seemed good. Overall avoid, it's terrible.    … Expand
  73. Ajglitch
    Dec 28, 2016
    3
    Terrible game for the cost. Nothing but walking around in ruins trying to get the dragon to help solve puzzles. Subtitled and unending glitches. Trade in early to get best dollar.
  74. gordoninc
    Jan 28, 2019
    3
    Very boring game.
    Both person and camera controls are clumsy and unpleasant.
    Story not really absorbing much.
  75. Dandan2212
    Apr 13, 2018
    3
    levou anos para ser lançado iria sair para ps3 e não saiu mas saiu para ps4 mas foi uma decepção gráficos fracos até para ps3! historia que da sono e jogabilidade cagada toda confusa!
  76. Greatace1
    May 6, 2021
    3
    Poor controls alone make this nearly unplayable. AI that takes 30 seconds and dozens of button clicks to work, frustrating parts that don't feel play tested at all.

    Definitely visually nice, but way too many issues to be enjoyable.
  77. B-Bog
    Jan 26, 2020
    3
    There are things that this director and his team clearly excel at: Crafting an intriguing narrative, world-building, creating atmospheric and beautiful scenery, etc. Unfortunately, programming sensible and functional game mechanics is not on this list. Once again, your patience is being tested by the clunkiest controls and climbing mechanics and the jankiest camera there is to encounter inThere are things that this director and his team clearly excel at: Crafting an intriguing narrative, world-building, creating atmospheric and beautiful scenery, etc. Unfortunately, programming sensible and functional game mechanics is not on this list. Once again, your patience is being tested by the clunkiest controls and climbing mechanics and the jankiest camera there is to encounter in a modern PS4 era videogame (aside from maybe the Shadow of the Colossus remake which is originally from the same guy/studio). Going up or down a ladder, picking things up, throwing things, jumping off a chain, etc.etc., EVERYTHING is so much harder than it has to be. Sometimes, the camera just straight up clips out and the screen goes black for a second. All of which is compounded severely by an AI companion that doesn't always seem very intent on following your commands. So, in essence, the challenge in this game comes from TRYING to get your character and his doggo to do what you want them to, not from actual gameplay. If this sounds like fun to you, get this game asap. For me, it's just a giant test of patience. In my estimation, the game would probably be half as long (which isn't very long to begin with, but seems like much more because it's so tedious, slow, and drawn-out) if you could actually get Trico to do what you want within one or two tries every time, that is to say, if the game ACTUALLY WORKED, instead of it being a constant struggle. As the cherry on top of the sh*t-cake, there's also an INCREDIBLE amount of lag in outside areas (on a PS4 Pro, mind you).

    And this was in development for HOW many years? Ooooof... Maybe this studio should switch to making animated movies or short films instead.    … Expand
  78. screenit
    Apr 4, 2021
    3
    Amazing game UTTERLY ruined by the most truly god-awful control scheme it has ever been my misfortune to encounter in a game. Utterly vile. This is definitely game as "art" at the expense of playability where the lead developer forgot to get over himself and make a game playable. Your character will stumble, trip, and fall over constantly throughout the game, whilst the game's defenderAmazing game UTTERLY ruined by the most truly god-awful control scheme it has ever been my misfortune to encounter in a game. Utterly vile. This is definitely game as "art" at the expense of playability where the lead developer forgot to get over himself and make a game playable. Your character will stumble, trip, and fall over constantly throughout the game, whilst the game's defender might say it's "realistic" it wears out it's welcome VERY quickly, the boy is so unable to remain vertical you'd think he had an inner ear infection. The other utter screaming frustration is your creature, who most of the time won't do what you need him to do... the defenders again will say "well it's SUPPOSED to be like that, it's got a mind of it own" to which i say "bullsh*t", it's utterly frustrating and a poor poor POOR design choice, when you're presented with puzzles you spend FAR longer than you should have to trying to figure out if the fact you can't solve the problem is due to the fact that you haven't found the correct solution, or because you stupid creature won't do what it needs to... bad game design. Even when you know 100% what the solution to a puzzle is, you have to spend agonizing minutes trying to get the stupid AI of the creature to realize what it's got to do, and 9 times out of 10 it won't do it, because the creature isn't in the EXACT position and the EXACT rotation if needs to be to perform the action, and there's no way you can direct it to be, it's just blind luck when it gets itself into the right place.
    When you're constantly being forced to fight against the controls in order to play the game you know it's a failure.
    Such a shame because the premise, and the bond between creature and boy is lovely, but then the game utterly ruins the entire experience with trash controls that are beyond frustrating.    … Expand
  79. zbucket
    Jun 29, 2019
    3
    I lasted about 15 minutes with this game. Clunky controls, gameplay that encourages you to puzzle solve but doesn't work consistently...and so slow.
  80. knur
    Oct 15, 2022
    3
    This game is an unplayable mess. The gameplay issues are a disaster, the controls are one of the worst I've ever seen in a video game. Did anyone playtest this? Almost every interaction feels so muddy and janky, like moving through a swamp. The AI is terrible. Even the most patient player will be frustrated by this game.

    Don't trust the positive reviews (i guess here the most recent    This game is an unplayable mess. The gameplay issues are a disaster, the controls are one of the worst I've ever seen in a video game. Did anyone playtest this? Almost every interaction feels so muddy and janky, like moving through a swamp. The AI is terrible. Even the most patient player will be frustrated by this game.

    Don't trust the positive reviews (i guess here the most recent ones are the most trustful here).    … Expand
  81. DogeWowIsBack
    Mar 15, 2019
    3
    Eight years in development and countless delays, only to match Duke Nukem Forever level of disappointment. This game was originally designed for Playstation 3, it looks like a one of early Playstation 3 game and yet it's framerate on a Playstation 4 and Playstation 4 Pro is horrible beyond believe. Not only that, it has typical for Team Ico awful controlls, really weak story and it'sEight years in development and countless delays, only to match Duke Nukem Forever level of disappointment. This game was originally designed for Playstation 3, it looks like a one of early Playstation 3 game and yet it's framerate on a Playstation 4 and Playstation 4 Pro is horrible beyond believe. Not only that, it has typical for Team Ico awful controlls, really weak story and it's pretty short.
    The whole game tries it's hardest to be emotional and make you care about that flying rat-dog thing, but Trico is just so dumb to the point where you won't feel anything but hatred with a burning passion towards him.    … Expand
  82. nw2010
    Dec 23, 2020
    3
    Good looking game with great narration. Maybe just not the kind of game I enjoy, but I found it overly slow and after giving it a couple of hours gave up and uninstalled it.
  83. benyamxn
    Jun 22, 2022
    3
    Absolutely deplorable controls. It feels like the devs considered playability beneath their artistic vision of what the game represents; or this is a deliberate choice. In any case, a beautiful looking game with presumably good story shouldn't be painful to actually PLAY. Also wish they'd remove the 30fps cap for PS5.
  84. Igorkurochki
    May 14, 2021
    3
    3 из 10 за пару приятных моментов

    Сюжет Вы весь сюжет без объяснения идете куда то. Ждал что то в финале - почти без эмоций, ничего интересного не произошло. Геймплей Самый ужасный левел дизайн в моей жизни. Точка. Геймплей. Дарит 100 видов раздражения и боли. Не прошел игру. Не смог, достало. И слава богу так как конец того не стоит. Управление - худшее в истории видео игр. Не стоит    3 из 10 за пару приятных моментов

    Сюжет
    Вы весь сюжет без объяснения идете куда то. Ждал что то в финале - почти без эмоций, ничего интересного не произошло.

    Геймплей
    Самый ужасный левел дизайн в моей жизни. Точка. Геймплей. Дарит 100 видов раздражения и боли. Не прошел игру. Не смог, достало. И слава богу так как конец того не стоит.
    Управление - худшее в истории видео игр. Не стоит тратить время на этот типо шедевр.    … Expand
  85. bdo207
    Mar 17, 2022
    3
    I found this REALLY disappointing; in my opinion, it's just a "bad game". Yes, underneath it all it's a cool and unique concept, but the execution is terrible, and overall I found it not only an unenjoyable experience, but a painful one.

    I resorted to using a walkthrough in the end just because I had no patience left or any desire to figure the puzzles out on my own, and just wanted it    I found this REALLY disappointing; in my opinion, it's just a "bad game". Yes, underneath it all it's a cool and unique concept, but the execution is terrible, and overall I found it not only an unenjoyable experience, but a painful one.

    I resorted to using a walkthrough in the end just because I had no patience left or any desire to figure the puzzles out on my own, and just wanted it to be over as quickly as possible.

    I'd read mixed reviews before I played it but thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt seeing as I loved ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. Unfortunately, all the negative stuff turned out to be absolutely true, and virtually game-breaking.

    The camera is SHOCKING, there were numerous times when my entire screen went completely black. I wondered if it had frozen on me, but no, the camera was stuck inside a wall or another object and therefore I couldn't see anything.

    The AI of Trico is unbelievably frustrating, and super unreliable and inconsistent. Yes, some may argue this makes it more genuine given its a random untrained creature, however the result is simply an unenjoyable and immersion-breaking experience. Sometimes you'll get stuck in a section, trying to figure out the "puzzle" and way to progress. You'll be questioning yourself: "I swear this is what I need to do, but it's not working, so I'll try something else..." Only to discover five minutes later you WERE doing the right thing and it was just the AI not cooperating or doing what you were instructing it to do.

    There are also multiple instances where you will die, but at no fault of your own. Either due to poor control and mechanics (especially climbing), or Trico may just decide to swat you off the edge of a castle while trying to attack the baddies.

    I'm ok of I fail at something due to my lack of skill or knowledge, but to fail due to something completely out of your control is proper rage-inducing.

    Some of the puzzles are interesting, but too often they're ruined by the aforementioned frustration and continuous trial and error. And many of the puzzles are just bland and unimaginative.

    I do not recommend this, not even for fans of the previous games. While there's a nice story or message buried somewhere, it's just not worth the pain of unearthing it and all the crap you've got to trudge through to get there.    … Expand
  86. Spoofy
    Aug 16, 2022
    3
    A 5 hour game that takes 15 hours as you try to make a stupid animal jump to a ledge. It's a beautiful game soured by rough mechanics and game design. I'd understand if trico was unwilling to listen to you in the beginning but by the end of the game, he's still just as dumb. The frustration of dealing with him completely destroyed any connection I'm supposed to have with him. This coupledA 5 hour game that takes 15 hours as you try to make a stupid animal jump to a ledge. It's a beautiful game soured by rough mechanics and game design. I'd understand if trico was unwilling to listen to you in the beginning but by the end of the game, he's still just as dumb. The frustration of dealing with him completely destroyed any connection I'm supposed to have with him. This coupled with combat encounters where enemies grab you as you button mash to escape, only to be caught two seconds later. The game just isn't fun.… Expand
  87. jcarrieres
    Jan 9, 2017
    2
    I got this as a Christmas gift and well, I'm glad I didn't shell any money for this. I'll tell you the good news to start with:

    - Great, great visuals - Interesting story (though it only shows up at the very end of the game) - Beautiful mood, music and audio design And that's all the good I have to say about the game. The controls, camera, AIs, and collision management are so    I got this as a Christmas gift and well, I'm glad I didn't shell any money for this. I'll tell you the good news to start with:

    - Great, great visuals
    - Interesting story (though it only shows up at the very end of the game)
    - Beautiful mood, music and audio design

    And that's all the good I have to say about the game. The controls, camera, AIs, and collision management are so abysmally bad and frustrating that about halfway through the game, I gave up and pulled a walkthrough off the internet to get through this as quickly as possible. Climbing on top of this creature and getting off its back (something you need to do constantly and casually throughout the game) is like pulling teeth--only far less successfully. I've stopped counting the number of times I've plummeted to my death because the controls didn't respond the way they should have. Giving direction to the creature (Trico) is incredibly try-and-error. You can do the right thing, but you'll need about 10 repetitions of the command before it finally does something. Waiting for the inevitable downtime that this game forces upon you led me to play another game on my iPad while this was happening--I'm not kidding, it was that bad.

    But I'll admit that the ending is touching and relatively well done. I hadn't expected the twist and it was a positive experience--sadly, one of the rare ones.

    I get what they were TRYING to do. They failed. Miserably.

    This should have been a movie, not an interactive experience.    … Expand
  88. Daveisonline
    Dec 6, 2016
    2
    Dear Team Ico

    You had EIGHT YEARS to optimise a game that was originally designed for the PLAYSTATION THREE!

    Hell the visuals still look like a PS3 game, and yet the framerate keeps hitting sub 20fps on the PLAYSTATION FOUR!
    I wanted to really like this game but this is simply unacceptable. I can look past the dated visuals but not when the game is running this poorly.
  89. Steyraus
    Oct 4, 2021
    2
    As an origional fan of ICO, that fell in love with that game and thought Shadow of the Colosas was an interesting, inovative experience for its time, I was very disappointed with The Last Guardian. The game is just jenky, frustrating and dosent have the heart of those first 2 games. In replacement of a cute love interest there's an anouying animal that is just confusing and infuriatingAs an origional fan of ICO, that fell in love with that game and thought Shadow of the Colosas was an interesting, inovative experience for its time, I was very disappointed with The Last Guardian. The game is just jenky, frustrating and dosent have the heart of those first 2 games. In replacement of a cute love interest there's an anouying animal that is just confusing and infuriating to interact with. The DNA of the early games are here, but the execution is off. Honestly I rage quit this game in frustration and I haven't done that in decades. The controls are just terible, they are a fkn joke..And I'm a person that defends tank controls and the variation of controls found in the PS2 era. I luv learning new controls, but the controls in Guardian are Russian rullet, fk knows what a button press or movement of the stick will do.. they suck..… Expand
  90. dimnikar22
    Dec 12, 2016
    2
    No amount of story, atmosphere or pedigree can excuse poor gameplay and subpar performance. People's judgement seems clouded having overblown expectations of this game due to it's predecessors.
  91. UncreativeName
    Dec 11, 2016
    2
    " That A.I. is so realistic.. it's like a real animal.." AKA this a pretty bad I.A., it just choose a random action to do, and we just say that because.. we don't want to say that TRICO A.I. is just bad..
    -Developers..
  92. van_persie
    Dec 13, 2016
    2
    Very weak. Outdated mechanics and graphics, weak history and in addition to everything else, realy bad performs in the standard ps4 and the ps4 pro. A waste of money
  93. DennisKJ
    Dec 16, 2016
    2
    Not really a good game completely over hyped.
    To expensive (4 hours of game-play and that 4 60 €)
    Runs like **** mostly 20 FPS
    Just good lighting but the graphics are bad (in close up sequences it look like a ps2 game)
    ps4 exclusive
    bad control of your companion
    very stretched
    bad camera in smal spaces
  94. MTrueno
    Dec 28, 2016
    2
    Después de 10 años e innumerables retrasos durante el año de lanzamiento, el juego no es ni la sombra de lo que han sido ICO y Shadow of the Colossus.

    Pese a que era un juego previsto para salir en PS3, ha acabado saliendo en PS4 con numerosas caídas de frames. Imperdonable. La IA de Trico es insufrible y alarga de manera artificial el tiempo de juego que a pesar de ello sigue siendo    Después de 10 años e innumerables retrasos durante el año de lanzamiento, el juego no es ni la sombra de lo que han sido ICO y Shadow of the Colossus.

    Pese a que era un juego previsto para salir en PS3, ha acabado saliendo en PS4 con numerosas caídas de frames. Imperdonable.

    La IA de Trico es insufrible y alarga de manera artificial el tiempo de juego que a pesar de ello sigue siendo ínfimo. Resolver unos puzzles facilísimos con esta IA se convierte en muchos casos en un infierno, sabes cual es el camino pero no puedes llegar.

    La historia es insustancial, se puede confundir con que tratan de jugar con el misterio y la teoría como hicieron con las anteriores entregas, pero es que no hay por donde cogerla. En cuanto a la relación del chico con Trico, si el juego hubiera sido más largo y completo, el vínculo emocional y todo lo que han intentado enseñarnos habría calado con mas fuerza, pero no ha sido así.

    La espera no ha merecido la pena, combina lo peor de ICO y SotC. Le doy un 2 porque el apartado visual y sonoro no me disgusta, pero del resto no salvaría nada.    … Expand
  95. macunix
    Dec 27, 2016
    2
    I played the game for some hours. I like the story. the Trico is interesting.
    BUT the camera is bad, you can hardly see useful things some times.
    The control is rubbish, you have to try over and over again for some simple move.
    Image quality is still in 2009 standard.
    Wake up! it is now 2016 4K gaming!
  96. Bonealive
    Jan 2, 2017
    2
    Excesivo hype para un juego de ps3 y con una duración ridicula. Fallos de cámara, control... las emociones que genera el juego no son suficientes para quitarte la sensación de que es un juego que pese a llevar 10 años de desarrollo, es de la generación anterior.
  97. mrvertigo89
    Jul 30, 2017
    2
    A huge disappointment after loving Shadow of the Colossus. This feels much more like a passion project for the developers than a game, the camera and controls make it nearly completely unplayable with odd button choices and no way to reassign functions. The puzzles are obtuse, although to be fair I did not play it all the way though as I think I'd have had an aneurysm. Such a shame thatA huge disappointment after loving Shadow of the Colossus. This feels much more like a passion project for the developers than a game, the camera and controls make it nearly completely unplayable with odd button choices and no way to reassign functions. The puzzles are obtuse, although to be fair I did not play it all the way though as I think I'd have had an aneurysm. Such a shame that for so much work to have gone into this they didn't make it fun to play. Don't pay more than $10 for it.… Expand
  98. allwititnowsuck
    Feb 13, 2019
    2
    This game was delayed countless of times, supposedly this game was in development for 10 years, which i find hard to believe considering game's poor performance, it can't maintain stable 30 fps, frame rate drops so often it gives me a feeling of trying to run recent games on a outdated computer, just remind all of you it was meant to be PS3 game, yet it doesn't run properly on a superiorThis game was delayed countless of times, supposedly this game was in development for 10 years, which i find hard to believe considering game's poor performance, it can't maintain stable 30 fps, frame rate drops so often it gives me a feeling of trying to run recent games on a outdated computer, just remind all of you it was meant to be PS3 game, yet it doesn't run properly on a superior hardware. This isn't acceptable.
    On top of that the game controls and camera are horrible, graphics are not very good either, it looks like game from 2006, if this game was truly in a development for 10 years then there's no hope for these developers, i have feeling like this game was meant to be scraped entirely, but Sony forced them to realese it.
    Besides i found this game's positive reviews to be very suspicious, i checked some profiles of "people" who posted positive reviews and most of them are empty profiles, just one review, no older reviews or rating or newer ones. I even checked this site on wayback machine and i saw instant jump from both negative and positive reviews matching each other to overwhelming amount of positive reviews.
    DON'T YOU GUYS LOVE BOTS?    … Expand
  99. ENDrain
    Jul 15, 2020
    2
    Point for kitty-doggie-cutie. Point for the idea. Zero for the implementation.

    Performance is horrible. Average of 15-20 FPS on a fat model with drops to 10, and the game doesn’t even look fantastic. Two years earlier, The Last of Us Remastered, looks on par or better, runs steady 50-60 FPS. It’s hard even to think when all you see is a blurred slideshow, save get immersed in the game’s    Point for kitty-doggie-cutie. Point for the idea. Zero for the implementation.

    Performance is horrible. Average of 15-20 FPS on a fat model with drops to 10, and the game doesn’t even look fantastic. Two years earlier, The Last of Us Remastered, looks on par or better, runs steady 50-60 FPS. It’s hard even to think when all you see is a blurred slideshow, save get immersed in the game’s world.

    Speaking of which, this game suffers from the same problem as Uncharted the original. The surroundings are hardly varying as you go by. Unless you enjoy mossy ruins very much, you’ll get bored pretty soon.

    Although, Uncharted the original had some chatacter interaction to make you stick around. In this game, there’s no story. There are a few cutscenes that don’t explain pretty much anything. You don’t know who your character is, why is he here, where is "here", where are you going, who are you fighting. Nothing.

    Yes, there is this cat-like creature from the cover picture, Trico, and there’re relations between it and the Boy (yes, this is officially protagonist’s name), but again - no idea who this creature is or why is it here or where is here. It’s really hard to identify or connect with someone or something you know nothing about, no matter how cute they appear to be.

    Enough has already been said about controls. I spent far more time struggling with Trico to make it do what I want that acctually solving the puzzles. Infuriating, that’s the word.

    Oh, the puzzles... there is one - no spoilers - that you cannot possibly solve on your own unless you are super patient or super stubborn.

    The last straw for me was the bug. There’s one place when you need Trico to dive, and it just won’t. It would dive and turn around and surface back again. I googled it, a lot of people had this bug too. And something broke inside of me. I felt that I’m not going to fight with this game anymore. I wasn’t emotionally invested enough to suffer much longer. So I dropped it. I never dropped a game before.

    No one should ever release, or sell, or play games of such horrendous execution quality.    … Expand
  100. Clanet
    Mar 19, 2019
    2
    The AI was horrible, my animal friend got stuck in the wall all the time and wouldn't listen to me, making the game harder than it had to be.
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#51 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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#8 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#10 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 110 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 110
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 110
  3. Negative: 1 out of 110
  1. Vgames
    Mar 8, 2017
    84
    After 7 years in what seems to be development hell, Team Ico finally introduces us to the majestic Trico and its heartfelt relationship with a young protagonist. While the long development cycle does show its age in certain parts up to a point of some frustration. The experience as a whole is one of the most unique ever.
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  2. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2017
    100
    The Last guardian is indeed suffering from some technical and control input issues, but its warm, beautiful adventure filled with countless touching moments is something we’ll never forget for the rest of our lives. The Last Guardian is not just a game, it’s an absolute work of art.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Feb 8, 2017
    90
    The Last Guardian doesn't just live up to its forebears' legacy, it goes further. Despite the callbacks to Fumito Ueda's previous works, it is a unique creation. Outside of indie experiments, we don't get to say that about modern videogames often enough.
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