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 Very poor frame rate, outdated graphics and mechanics.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
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Awards & Rankings

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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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Metascore
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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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