Originally Posted by Aardark (Post 702827)

Game ending spoilers: Gryphoncat dies. You cry.

Originally Posted by NovaX (Post 702856)

The game looks amazing apart from the kid's face. What the hell went wrong there?

Originally Posted by Taco (Post 702862)

Pretty much this. Stunningly realistic-looking catgryfon thing, followed by a kid that looks like he walked out of Toy Story. Kind of jarring. Here's hoping that's a placeholder or something.

Originally Posted by Hantei (Post 702847)

Great looking environments, especially the sunset, as expected, though I was expecting better looking character models. Liking the music, I wonder if Kow Otani is back for the soundtrack.

Originally Posted by Encephalon (Post 702867)

Either way, I'm really liking that trailer although I'm not really digging that name. Hopefully we'll see more of how this will pan out in the next few months.

Originally Posted by Shin (Post 702889)

Of course it's a placeholder name. N(ew)Ico and now Tr(iple)Ico.

Originally Posted by Tamburlaine (Post 702896)

I wonder how that cat will influence gameplay. I hope thye don't add bullshit stealth-elements for all the parts in which the cat isn't present.

Originally Posted by Aardark (Post 702885)

I don't think Trico is the actual name, it's likely (hopefully) just a working title, like Shadow of the Colossus was called Nico.

Originally Posted by Shin (Post 702889)

Of course it's a placeholder name. N(ew)Ico and now Tr(iple)Ico.

Originally Posted by Shin (Post 702945)

It looks kinda furry though, like a luck dragon!

http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimag..._044Falkor.jpg

A Neverending Story game would pretty much be the best thing ever.

Originally Posted by Dagobert (Post 703160)

in-between

Originally Posted by Cat9 (Post 706670)

There's no way I can apply the theme to Miller's Crossing to anything else but that movie, so It had a jarring effect to me. I would have rather had more Ico-like ambient track.

Originally Posted by IGN

Interacting with the eagle appears to be one of the central aspects to the game. You're free to touch the eagle whenever you like. Its reactions will differ depending on where you touch it.

There's a care aspect for the eagle as well. You can feed the eagle and remove spears and arrows that have pierced it. Ueda feels that the development staff will have to take care to strike a balance and make sure the care aspects do not becoming a chore.

Growth and stage puzzles are major elements to the game. There are platforming aspects as well -- you can climb, grab things and crawl.

The flow of the game is a bit of a mystery right now. Asked if your movement through the stages will be seamless, Uedo said that it's seamless as far as there being no load times as you move about. However, there is an order to the locations that you visit.
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...the stage design involves how you go about getting the eagle to do stuff for you. Rather than simply saying you're giving orders to or working with the eagle, it's better to say that you're using the eagle's behavior as a living creature. The eagle may not simply follow your orders. But you can, perhaps, throw something that it likes in order to make it move.

Also something to keep in mind as you work through the levels is that eagle's level of intellect isn't all that high (this is what Uedo said -- don't send nasty e-mails to us). It may not move according to your expectations. As an example, you may be able to clear an area if the eagle would just sit still. However, the eagle ends up moving.

Originally Posted by IGN

"Hito Kui no Oowashi Toriko." That's the official Japanese name, as listed in Famitsu. It literally translates to "The Giant Man-Eating Eagle Toriko."

Originally Posted by Shin (Post 706943)

So this game is aimed at Furries then? I can already imagine the moutain of shitty, furry fan-porn that this game is going to generate.