You can however, hold her hand to make her go places faster. You can’t control her, aside from calling her to your location. The unique aspect is that you have to guide Yorda through the environment too. Ico can jump, climb, hang and push/pull his way through the environment. This is a fairytale: it is a child’s journey into adulthood, rebelling against the rules and standing up for the little guy. A young boy protects a young girl, like a brother would a sister the theme of a difficult childhood takes centre stage. Playing as Ico, and uncertain as to why he is in the castle as well, you must escape with Yorda in hand (literally in most cases) while being chased from what could be her shadows her nightmares taking physical form. Ico – a puzzle platformer at heart – throws us into a giant castle and its surrounding grounds, and introduces us to Yorda, a ghostly-pale girl who has been kidnapped. The stick is quite fun but why not use his rather Darwinian genetic gifts like an enraged bull instead? Well then there wouldn’t be any poetry, now would there. You do this all as Ico, a boy with horns. You swish away evil shadows with a stick as they try to grab her, sucking her into a black hole.
You grab Yorda’s hand as she’s about to fall to her death for the umpteenth time. Playing these games will test your patience rather than your reactions, they’ll test your imagination rather than your ability to bash triangle repeatedly. Because compared to other big-budget titles, they do offer something different.
Unless, of course, you want to know what the Ico & SOTC HD Collection offers as a modern release.
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