I played through both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus for the first time last year (the PS3 versions) to prepare for the Last Guardian. I had messed around with the PS2 version of ICO when it came out, but never got much further than an hour in. I have to say, ICO hasn't aged very well. It has great atmosphere and animation, but it's kind of a drag to play (the combat is bad and tedious, the puzzles aren't signposted very well, the escort aspect is stressful in a bad way, and the fixed camera is not good). It started development as a PS1 game, and the PS3 version is about as good as the graphics are going to get without completely rebuilding it from the ground up. I think the PS3 version of Shadow of the Colossus still has a lot of room for improvement without completely changing the feel and look of the game. ICO is a cool little thing, but I don't have much interest in revisiting it.
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