[PS2] ICO appreciation thread 2.0

Well it wasn't quite what ICO fan would like to see but =) Thing about 7 hours game was good to =D We're walking here for 5 hours already, it's 7 hour game so we have 2 hours left =D

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What price should I expect to pay for a new copy of this game? I see it going new on Ebay for around $25 plus shipping. Does that sound reasonable? If so, I think I'll pick this up before it becomes more rare...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I was so glad this game got re-released since I recently got a PS2. About 3/4 of the way through and I love it. Such an artistically beautiful game!


BTW...am I the only one who finds the game looks worst in 60Hz mode (PAL version)?

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Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga

BTW...am I the only one who finds the game looks worst in 60Hz mode (PAL version)?

It depends on your TV. I have same problem. I have PAL TV and PS2 with PAL converter. 50Hz usually look better then 60Hz. Besides PAL have higher resolution then NTSC.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

It depends on your TV. I have same problem. I have PAL TV and PS2 with PAL converter. 50Hz usually look better then 60Hz. Besides PAL have higher resolution then NTSC.

Tell that to my PAL version of FFX which has larger black boarders than you could possibly imagine.

That's the first time somebody has ever said 50Hz looks better than 60Hz, unless you're meaning PAL60 which I haven't experienced first hand.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

mainly because FFX is not in 50hz... they didn't do any converting(sp?) to FFX so the game look like crap on PAL TV

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PAL, the actual signal, is better than NTSC, Elixir. The problem is that since most games are originally made in NTSC, developers are too lazy or inexperienced to properly convert them to 50Hz and adjust the slightly larger resolution, so they tend to just squish it, which results in the type of borders FFX suffers from.

Meanwhile, look at Konami's conversions of Silent Hill 2 and 3 and Metal Gear Solid 2, Sony's God of War, and you'll see good PAL conversions.

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Picked this up for $37 US. The disc is in incredible condition and it appears as if it's been taken really good care of.

Unfortunately I rarely even remember anything from the first time I played ICO. Currently I'm up to the part where you find the sword, and I've had to use a guide already because I'm horrible at 3D games and suck at puzzles.

I never noticed this before, but the demo I've been playing is different from the game. The european demo has you save Yorda, open the Idol doors which leads into the windmill, which leads into the outer door closing. It all appeared to fit properly in the demo, but apparently that wasn't the case in the actual game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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After blistering reviews (particularly from Eurogamer) and Gamingforce members I decided to go out and purchase this game they call ICO. What a buy. I'm only an hour and a half through - including being stuck on some basic puzzles - but even so the game is absolutely magnificant. I actually didn't think I would love ICO too much as I'm not a huge fan of puzzles in your average game but I loved Another Code while it lasted and I'm on the road to loving ICO.

How long does this game last? I'm at the Main gate at the moment.

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the game is about 8hours long i think

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more like 4-5h the first run >.> maybe 7-8h if you are really slow or get stuck long time on a puzzle

I can do the game now in 2h30-3h (probably less if I skip all cutscene but who want to do that in this so beautiful game ^^)

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If you can do ICO in two and a half hours you might as well submit a video to Speed Demos Archive.

I'm 4 hours in and I'm taking it pretty slow.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It's quite possible to run through the game around 2 hours, but I usually end up taking around 7-8 hours since I keep stopping to admire the views.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah Q you're right I just can't resist to step on the wall and look as far as I can... it's just that you are hypnotized with the view. My first time took me 6-7 hours and this is how long you should play it to feel the game as it really is.

FELIPE NO

Why is it that whenever I'm at the windmill, east reflector or west reflector I just like to sit down and relax. Yum. Oh, there's a girl that's dumb as a nut, Double Yum!. ^____^ Sup Q.

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I must confess, I often like seeing Ico stumble and start to fall, then hang off a cliff.

It's pointless, but I always end up doing it. It's a really bad habit.

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I like to jump over a cliff then tell Yorda to jump, but right before she jumps, I release the R2 and hopes she falls down the cliff. LOL!!!!

Dumb nut.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

I like to jump over a cliff then tell Yorda to jump, but right before she jumps, I release the R2 and hopes she falls down the cliff. LOL!!!!

Dumb nut.

LoL and you have a t-shits with "Kill Yorda" sign? You're bad bad person...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

No, I'm just very sadistic.

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don't get me wrong i'm like most of you all, I take my time for this game too, but sometime when I have 2-3h of free time and feel like playing ICO. I put it in my ps2 and I do not really a speed-run but the whole game mostly without saving ^^ in like 3h, anyone can easily do it in 3h. I should try someday to see how much I could do in a speed-run, I think the minimum would be 2h30 or so...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah. Puzzle games are generally short so I guess this would be completable in around three, four hours.

I'm three hours in and am really, really enjoying it. Its a pure game with none of the fancy 'extras' which I often feel are needed for a good game - music, for example.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

*Revive*

Dear gods, how I love ICO! It's such a wonderful and fun game. <3

I rented it in either.. 2001/2002 from Blockbuster in the Summer. Good times..

Now I'm going to go through all those shiny links~

FELIPE NO

ICO is back into the Limelight I see.

I played through the game during the school year and it was wonderful. I didn't use an FAQ and got through it in about 5 hours.

I like the European box art better than the dumb American box art


Elixer - nice pics

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Originally Posted by Hydelloon

I like the European box art better than the dumb American box art.

I had never seen box art that bad... I'm lucky that I live in EUR =D

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Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

I had never seen box art that bad... I'm lucky that I live in EUR =D

I just went to http://www.cdcovers.cc/ and picked out the "proper" ICO cover, threw away the old crappy cover, and got a nice colour laser printer to print up a new cover. I did the same with the MGS2: Substance one since the old copy didn't have a proper cover either.

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