The Last Guardian Comments by Robert Purchese

COR BLIMEY!

I cant wait for this it looks awesome - and anyone who has a backward compatible PS3 must pick up play shadow of the colossus PS2 with smoothing on. It's still truly an awesome experience and puts many games in this gen to shame. Its an absolute master piece! And this look like more of the same and thats absolutely fine with me!

Those tattoos seem to hint at being images of the cat/dog/rat/eagle in an abstract way.

Really can't wait for this.

Beautiful.

I will be pulling out those spears/arrows though. Already feel sorry for the poor bugger.

I pray that Penny arcade is utterly wrong about the ending of the last guardian

Every time i see this game, its so beautiful i want to cry.

PS3 insta-purchase for me.

I keep getting strange urge to write "O HAI, I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER NOW PLZ" on some of the images

Cool. Some nice new wallpaper for the PC and PS3.

@Erinan

That's what I recon too i.e. that the thing dies in the end. It's kind of implied by the fact that it seems to have arrows sticking out of it where it's been shot. Stupidly the hero doesn't seem even remotely interested in taking them out and healing the poor creature.

I'm just not getting the vibe I got from ICO or Colossus with this one. All teams eventually produce a turkey. I'm hoping that the stupid doe eyed creature you travel with doesn't turn out to be Team ICO's very own Bernard Mathews special!

Maybe the boy has to sacrifice himself to save the creature? That's more Team ICOs style. I'd be surprised if they went with the obvious...

Maybe the creature is voiced by Sean Connery...

@ Penhalion.

Saying your not getting the vibe from the game is one thing, but suggesting it will be a "turkey" just because you havent liked a handful of screen shots and a trailer is going a bit far, don't you think?

Ueda has already confirmed you get to remove arrows and spears from the creature's body.

To be honest though I'm mainly intrigued by the heavy physics element that is apparently a big part of the game. In the interview I read (can't recall where, sadly) he made a big point of that in the sequence where the kid is throwing the barrels into the creature's mouth, every part of that is physics based - from the flight of the barrels to the actual swallowing motion once the object is in the "pet's" mouth.

And yes, while it's true that no team is above making a clinker, the sheer length of time the Ico team gets to work on their projects (not to mention the fact that it clearly builds upon their experiences making Ico & Colossus) makes me optimistic that it will turn out well.

And quite honestly, as a piece of visual storytelling the announcement trailer is simply brilliant. So its fair to say I think that that side will be extremely well covered in the final product.

If that thing whimpers/whines when you leave it behind for the on-foot sections I'll never get past the first split. It's like looking at every childhood pet you ever had rolled into one.

@Vertical Stand

haha! :)

"pash me that barrel, boy"

Where the boy is hiding behind a pillar looks suspiciously like a stealth bit to me... /sigh

Otherwise, it looks ace.

Okay, what I want to know - all the videos and screenshots that we have seen. How much of it is actually in-game engine (gameplay engine) and how much of it is CG?

Its all in-game i'd imagine - they've never used CGI in the past so i wouldn't have thought they would start now.

If you look at the HD video of the trailer, you can see sorting issues on the..erm.. "cateagle" feathers...