NowGamer: Firstly, let NowGamer just confirm that the Project Trico footage recently released is real. We know this because our own journalists from Imagine Publishing had seen it well over a year ago (albeit an extended cut), but were prevented from talking about it. But what does the trailer all mean and, being over a year old, will it really represent the final product?
The Ico Universe
Project Trico is clearly set in the Ico universe, the architecture, tone, and the boy's costume all indicate this. In fact we'll go one step further and say the footage shows the very same castle complex featured in Ico. Cast your minds back to the start of the original game. After Ico breaks free of his stone tomb he walks into a giant room with a chain protruding from a hole in a stone floor, which looks almost identical to the chain shown at the beginning of the footage. Could Team Ico's next game be a prequel to Ico?
Fumito Ueda, creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and the upcoming The Last Guardian talks about the importance of visual fidelity and technical benchmarks.
“It's thanks to that my games have a very special aesthetic profile. It's a way to make the player forget about technical limitations and focus on the gaming experience.
that is so true
exactly, SOTC didnt have the best textures and what not, but the atmosphere and landscapes where epic and beautiful enough to completely overshadow those technical limitations.
i hope the last guardian will be as epic as sotc. with the ps3's capabilities i can't imagaine what atmosphere and scale this game will have.
“If a player sees a beautiful landcape or pretty light effects that's probably what he will remember and not the bad texture next to it.”
I like that.
I like is as well, but you know it isn't really true. It was true last generation, but not in this Gametrailers/Lens of Truth pixel counting generation. These days people bend over backwards to see graphical flaws at even microscopic levels.
You are right too but you must admit good graphics sometimes detract from the bad even if for a moment or little bit..
Source: (more information without the spoon feeding) http://www.develop-online.n...
Thanks for the link fishy, that was a great read, man this guy is amazing, he brought up a very good point
LOL. I really enjoyed SOTC. With that said, I really wasn't impressed with TLG showing at E3. Gameplay & graphics were mediocre. Of course it is far from being finished and Team ICO are masters of their craft but unless they show some gameplay/art style/story element that blows me away, I won't be thinking about this game let alone buying it. Cheers.
The first Project Trico footage leaked onto the interwebs still has gamers awestruck. But although beautiful, mysterious and artistically striking in the style of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, the action on display is at least 18 months old. Well, now Trico has a new name, The Last Guardian, and the trailer debuted at Sony's press conference shows just what Team ICO have been doing since then. Below, you'll find a picture comparison between the Trico and Guardian videos and the new trailer provided by G4TV.com. What a difference a year (and six months) makes.
I hope Ueda switch the designs back cuz IMO both the boy and the bird look cuter in the original. Both were younger in the original and that is probably easier for a wider audience to feel compassion about.
Maybe both are gonna grow up throughout the game and Ueda is just showing us that. Wonder what he has in mind for online also, cuz he's been wanting to do online since Shadow of the Colossus but couldn't bad in the days.
Can't wait to play this...
If by "cuter" you mean "lacks a lot of detail in comparison", then I agree with you.
The first design of the creature has blurred features (eg lacks subtle details like a pupil and nostrils), and the shading is far superior in the re-designed creature. It's this blurred effect that gives the early design of the creature a photo-shopped look in screen shots (and even somewhat during video footage). IMO, the greatest examples of improvement between the two designs can be found in comparing their ears and fur.
I do realize that these graphical improvements could have been made without changing so many of the features in the earlier design -- to me, the earlier design looks like a cross between a bird and a mouse (or small rodent), while the later version has features more inline with a puppy, or a small dog -- but, I for one, welcome both the graphical touch-ups (which aren't very subtle) and the new interpretation of our amiable sidekick.
For some reason, the creature used in the latest trailer seems more believable (for lack of a better word), graphics aside. I guess maybe it's because the creature from TRICO (earlier trailer) reminded me of a bird and birds tend not to be very intelligent -- with a couple of exceptions like ravens and parrots. Many breeds of dogs, on the other hand, are quite intelligent and, at the same time, a caring and lovable creature. It just makes more sense to me that the creature be associated more with a lovable pet than a personality-less, brain dead passerine.
Although it was surrounded by two hours worth of major announcements and unveilings, the trailer for Team Ico's first PS3 project, The Last Guardian was, for many, the highlight of Sony's E3 press conference yesterday. In fact, we're sure many have been watching the trailer over and over non-stop since the conference.
Well hit the pause button! IGN has some actual details on the game thanks to a lengthy Famitsu interview with director Fumito Ueda.
First, some naming issues. The game that eventually came to be known as The Last Guardian has been referred to by fans for some time now as "Trico," as it's the third project from the team that gained world attention with ICO on the PS2. You might also start hearing about the game by another name: "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." More on the word "Toriko" in just a bit.
Who else could head the creative geniuses at Team ICO?
Keep things as they are,he is a mastermind...
This is beyond a game,it is an event!
Man I'm ready for this game but I can wait for something truly original to play. I love KZ2 and MW2 is cool but I need something creative to play. Games like this are really why I chose PS3 over the other guys.
Best title ever!!! :P
Anyways, the BBC guy has confirmed that this game was the game he saw years ago. ^_^
I don't think I blinked once.
I never played ICO or SOC but this game is an absolute must buy for me day 1. I don't think there is a word to describe what I saw in that trailer. All I know is I fell into a state of tranquility while watching it.
so overwhelmed.
This game will be the ultimate this gen.
Hands down.
If this don't sell a butt load of Ps3s,
it will hair lip the pope.
"For this third project, Team ICO is making use of some advanced technology. Different from their past titles, they're using real physics. As an example of this, Ueda made note of a scene where the creature eats a barrel. This is not done with motion capture, but with actual physical calculations involving the barrel and the creature's mouth."
Its all in the details. Top drawer!
Did you read the last sentence in the article....?
"He did not mention that the word can also be transcribed as "Trico." Yes, it appears that we've known the name of Team ICO's newest project for some time now."
What i also know for sure is TeamICO will pull my heart strings like they did with ICO and SOTC. Man. I just love the music in the trailer. I think its better than the SOTC theme.
i agree with most of the analysis specially the story analysis.
but he forgot to mention the beast is shown attacked by the guards. and clearly we will see the beast wounded by guardian arrows.
i think and i hope that escaping from the castle is a part of the story.
but neither were any of the other games. It wasn't the graphics but the art style and atmosphere that pulled you in.