Bonfireside Chat 174: Ico
Added 2021-01-31 15:01:00 +0000 UTCThis week we're doing something different, and looking in-depth at the game that inspired Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of Dark Souls, to get into making games. A young boy is exiled for growing horns, and he must escape from a huge abandoned castle while rescuing a strange princess from a surely miserable fate. It's a simple game that has a lot of problems, but its atmosphere and obscurity are master-class, and you can see the direct lines between this and Miyazaki's FromSoft games.
A huge thanks to Simon, who originally sponsored this episode for Watch Out for Fireballs!
Comments
Did NOT expect this, but I'm so glad to see this game in the Bonfireside Chat context! 🥰
gwenny_
2021-02-05 23:24:07 +0000 UTCThis sent me back to your Shadow of the Colossus episode, which I really enjoyed. It reminded me that I downloaded the PS4 remaster of it a while ago. I booted it up, wandered around a bunch, saw the first Colossus and just...decided to not go any further. I'm happy with those guys just hanging out on my machine. I've killed them once in a past life. I don't need to do that again. I don't think I've ever not played a game before purely because I prefer the story of that timeline!
Guy Kelly
2021-02-04 22:18:25 +0000 UTCThat's a good idea! In the meantime, I did guest on a Retronauts about that game. -GB
Duckfeed.tv
2021-02-02 19:33:22 +0000 UTCSpeaking of, when are you guys going to do a WOFF for Out of this world? I would LOVE to hear that
Dick Carroll
2021-02-02 19:20:37 +0000 UTCNausicaa (the manga and the anime) is one of my faaaavorites, really excited to hear the ep!
Tom Jacques
2021-02-02 13:19:34 +0000 UTCFor whoever might need this, Nausicaä is available on HBOMax!
Eli Leslie
2021-02-01 07:20:16 +0000 UTC
