Quiet poetry in the form of a video game. A boy with horns flees a temple fortress, leading the fragile girl Yorda by the hand through abandoned chambers and puzzles. The gesture of holding hands, which literally binds you to the other character, creates an unexpectedly strong emotional bond. ICO enchants with its visual restraint, its atmosphere of solitude and its feel for detail in every room. The battles against dark shadows serve only as tension between the silence and the loving effort to protect the girl. A commercially overlooked, critically beloved gem of artistic games.
Game 5 of 269 for Sony PlayStation 2
