The Last Guardian 2016
- Released
- December 6, 2016
- Anniversary
- Turns 10 on December 6
- Genres
- Platform · Puzzle · Adventure
- Platform
- PlayStation 4
- Developers
- Team Ico · SIE Japan Studio
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
Where to buy
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- Digital
- Physical
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Is it still worth playing?
Japan Studio and GenDesign's 2016 action adventure for the PlayStation 4, in which a boy befriends a giant creature named Trico and the two escape the ruins of an ancient civilization. You play the boy from a third person view, climbing structures, carrying objects such as barrels and operating levers. Everything else depends on Trico. It can reach areas the boy cannot and fight off guards, while the boy clears what blocks it, such as gates and glass eyes that frighten it. It also has to be cared for: fed with barrels, petted to calm it after battles, and freed of spears thrown at it. You can command it to leap onto ledges or move in a direction, though it does not always respond at once. A creature that has to be worked with, not simply ordered, still gives each puzzle its own pace today.