ICO

A bargain at half the price

User Rating: 7.7 | ICO PS2

By Boomshakkalakka | Review Date: December 29, 2005

I bought this in the bargain bin a little while back . It only cost me like 5 bucks, and I'd heard such great thigns about it, so I picked up a copy. At first glance, I really wasn't impressed, but it was when I started getting into it that I was taken.

The game is all about you, this helpless chick, and these shadow things that want to steal the aforementioned girl. It is your job to protect her, and I have to warn you: This girl's as dumb as a bag of hammers. It's like she hates you and purposely tries to get kidnapped.

However, you do have your trusty, um, stick to beat the shadows away and reclaim your woman. It's very puzzle driven, which I like, and it does stand apart from other games.

Check it out if you can find it cheap enough.

-B

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