The Last Guardian

 PlayStation 4
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2785 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 415 out of 2785
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  1. 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
  2. Empyrea
    Feb 11, 2019
    7
    I've played half of this game till I got stuck/tired so I gave up although I know I could finish it. But because I got this game borrowed I don't care to beat it, although I saw the end in youtube and looks really cool. Let's start about the gameplay, this is like a puzzle and most of the time you have to explore by your own to keep advancing, so most of the time you have to be with aI've played half of this game till I got stuck/tired so I gave up although I know I could finish it. But because I got this game borrowed I don't care to beat it, although I saw the end in youtube and looks really cool. Let's start about the gameplay, this is like a puzzle and most of the time you have to explore by your own to keep advancing, so most of the time you have to be with a guide in your mobile. Graphics, sounds, soundtrack are all really good. Trico, the monster, although it's a mixture of many animals, looks real. Its movements, growlings, everything. But the kid looks like cartoons which it's been made on purpose but I don't quite like it. My main complaint is the puzzle style gameplay. i'm a patient person but I don't like to be around without knowing what to do. I think this game would have been better if they give you some advices or at least give you this option. If they had done that and was a little bit shorter probably would deserve an 8, maybe 8.5 but not more. To sum up, I really understand people who rate this game with a 10 and those who do it with a 0 because first of all, this is not a game for everybody. What I enjoyed more were the first 3 hours.… Expand
  3. carlvazq_
    Sep 27, 2017
    7
    Emotivo, sentimental y una experiencia única, pero que no se encuentra a la altura de esta generación a causa de su apartado técnico. Aún así, sigue siendo muy recomendable si lo que buscas es una experiencia única e irrepetible.
  4. ChoosableOne
    Sep 9, 2018
    7
    I loved Ico, and i loved SOTC even more than that, and expected the same experience in this game. But i was disappointed. Clunky controls and abysmal camera problems aside, this game didnt pull me in like other two. Just made it to the end to see that so praised ending but disappointed in there too. Its not a bad game, it has good puzzle parts in it but, director raised the bar too highI loved Ico, and i loved SOTC even more than that, and expected the same experience in this game. But i was disappointed. Clunky controls and abysmal camera problems aside, this game didnt pull me in like other two. Just made it to the end to see that so praised ending but disappointed in there too. Its not a bad game, it has good puzzle parts in it but, director raised the bar too high for me and i guess that expectation made me disappointed in this. I loved Trico btw… Expand
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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!
  8. Javichuck
    Apr 30, 2019
    8
    Cojo con reticencia los juegos de Ueda porque suelen tener unos controles con los que no suelo encajar y en este título me ocurió lo mismo. Acabe de culo con Shadows Of the Colossus por este motivo e intuía que me iba a pasar igual. Sin embargo, la conexión con Trico, la sensación de tratar con un ser vivo y la propia historia me hicieron dejar de lado todo lo incómodo para disfrutar de laCojo con reticencia los juegos de Ueda porque suelen tener unos controles con los que no suelo encajar y en este título me ocurió lo mismo. Acabe de culo con Shadows Of the Colossus por este motivo e intuía que me iba a pasar igual. Sin embargo, la conexión con Trico, la sensación de tratar con un ser vivo y la propia historia me hicieron dejar de lado todo lo incómodo para disfrutar de la experiencia.

    Es un juego de puzzles ingeniosos, paisajes bonitos pero lo que destaca es el vínculo que se crea con Trico, su independencia y la evolución de la relación entre los dos. No he visto nada similar en otro juego.

    Arte 8, Jugabilidad 8, Historia 8    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. kereba
    Jul 30, 2018
    7
    A beautiful minimalistic game with superb artistic detail. The only problem is that this masterpiece cannot be fully enjoyed due to the horrible camera and game physics. Presently, one cannot be fully amazed by how rare it is to complain about camera issues in present day games.
  11. nandika
    Jul 28, 2020
    1
    It could and should have been a masterpiece. But I don't really get what's going on with the controls. Are they deliberately this bad or the creators got used to it that much that they didn't notice? What the hell is up with the snap-in camera??? By the way, I fell in love with Trico so much that I didn't finish the game. I know (s)he is supposed to live, but I just couldn't see him/herIt could and should have been a masterpiece. But I don't really get what's going on with the controls. Are they deliberately this bad or the creators got used to it that much that they didn't notice? What the hell is up with the snap-in camera??? By the way, I fell in love with Trico so much that I didn't finish the game. I know (s)he is supposed to live, but I just couldn't see him/her suffer anymore. :/… Expand
  12. 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
  13. BeboFett
    May 22, 2019
    8
    The "trilogy" of Fumito and Team Ico ends with a title that seems to take references and mechanics of the two titles that precede it (Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, PS2), creating a good combination in the gameplay, in fact it feels something very fresh and fun, with a plot, which as always, leaves many doubts, theories and details that seem to be left to the interpretation of the player.The "trilogy" of Fumito and Team Ico ends with a title that seems to take references and mechanics of the two titles that precede it (Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, PS2), creating a good combination in the gameplay, in fact it feels something very fresh and fun, with a plot, which as always, leaves many doubts, theories and details that seem to be left to the interpretation of the player. In the end the experience, in conjunction with the audiovisual, is beautiful, however it doesn't feel as epic as Shadow of the Colossus.

    It seems that Team Ico still can't develop a control and a functional camera; they are still two frustrating elements and although the game looks great, I feel that graphically is not up to the console and the year it came out, maybe because it's almost visually as it was developing for PS3.    … Expand
  14. jppgarcia
    Jan 16, 2019
    7
    While the story is incredible and the atmosphere is also amazing, the game is highly impacted by the low and inconsistent fps rate and the clunky controls and camera movement. The graphics are okay, but the problems i mentioned really weight down on how much fun you'll have with this game. In my opinion, it's disappointing really how a game that took 7 years to make can run so poorly on a ps4,
  15. 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.
  16. karmic_devil
    Aug 10, 2019
    9
    A beautiful game with rare frustrations from the camera angle and conveying the right directions to your companion.
    The story is beautiful and melancholy with high highs and low lows.
    The ending leads to some real reflections on the relationships we form. For the gameplay alone it is worth taking this cinematic journey as a young boy who makes an unlikely friend. That is only enhanced    A beautiful game with rare frustrations from the camera angle and conveying the right directions to your companion.
    The story is beautiful and melancholy with high highs and low lows.
    The ending leads to some real reflections on the relationships we form.
    For the gameplay alone it is worth taking this cinematic journey as a young boy who makes an unlikely friend. That is only enhanced if you are the sort who likes to think about your games after they are gone and feel all the the feels an emotional tale can leave you with.

    Very highly recommended!    … Expand
  17. MasterGames
    Jan 8, 2019
    7
    The Last Guardian is a fascinating game that portrays the relationship between two unlikely friends: a boy and a giant creature named Trico. The story is breathtaking but the game has some camera and control issues.
  18. SamComedian
    Feb 19, 2019
    7
    Mi puntuación a The Last Guardian es de 7, me explico;
    Estamos ante un juego que dura alrededor de 12 como mucho 13 horas, corta duración a mi parecer, después de 10 años de desarrollo. El título cuenta la historia de un niño y su relación con una bestia alada llamada Trico, con un diseño muy bueno y unos gráficos ligeramente mejorables ( correctos ). El juego contiene una muy buena    Mi puntuación a The Last Guardian es de 7, me explico;
    Estamos ante un juego que dura alrededor de 12 como mucho 13 horas, corta duración a mi parecer, después de 10 años de desarrollo. El título cuenta la historia de un niño y su relación con una bestia alada llamada Trico, con un diseño muy bueno y unos gráficos ligeramente mejorables ( correctos ). El juego contiene una muy buena banda sonora, por contra la historia de este queda un poco tediosa y en momentos quiere transmitir sentimientos de amor y de pena hacia Trico y el niño pero no logra del todo ese cometido y el jugador lo puede encontrar confuso. Le pongo un 7 sobre 10 ( comparándolo con juegos de su plataforma, PS4 ). Mi vigesimoprimera crítica u/o review.    … Expand
  19. nintendofreund
    Mar 19, 2019
    2
    animal stupide ne fera pas ce que je veux, je suis très déçu et ce n'était pas amusant du tout
  20. 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
  21. Tseppelin
    May 21, 2019
    6
    Not good sa the predecessor of fumito ueda, nice and playable but short and technically imperfect
  22. 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.
  23. ToddChavez
    Aug 19, 2019
    7
    The Last Guardian is a beautiful, melancholy game filled with the highest highs, and the lowest lows.
  24. BetoVip
    Sep 4, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Chorei como uma criança no fechamento, joguei novamente após fechar, diversão garantida.… Expand
  25. 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.
  26. Hamza_2323
    Jun 10, 2020
    10
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  27. marian_vismek
    Feb 15, 2020
    2
    Nice story, but the worst gameplay experience ever. Camera sucks, Trico is not listnening most of the gameplay time. Trophies like All talked out are out of my mind.
  28. 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.
  29. dariazzo_
    Apr 20, 2020
    7
    Is The Last Guardian worth of your time, especially in comparison to the rest of the games on PS4? Yes, absolutely. Is it a good videogame? Maybe not as much. Moving an enormous creature and a small boy, cooperating, in narrow spaces was an impossible task that led to shaky controls and infuriating camera movements and dead angles. It could not be any other way.
    It is undeniable on the    Is The Last Guardian worth of your time, especially in comparison to the rest of the games on PS4? Yes, absolutely. Is it a good videogame? Maybe not as much. Moving an enormous creature and a small boy, cooperating, in narrow spaces was an impossible task that led to shaky controls and infuriating camera movements and dead angles. It could not be any other way.
    It is undeniable on the other hand that TLG is a masterpiece of companionship and one of the most unique games ever made. All in the usual Fumito Ueda presentation and approach to a plot that will keep you entertained well after the console is switched off.
    All sums up to a great experience, with playability pitfalls that could lead you to abandon Trico. Use your patience, it is totally worth it.    … Expand
  30. SemenGalyutin
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Игра не для всех из за специфического управления, но это моя самая любимая игра. 12 из 10 Волшебство. Магия. С кем-то сработает, а с кем-то нет. Жаль что пропустил коллекционку. Жду дальнейших работ Ф.Уеды. и ремастеред ICO.
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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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