The Last Guardian Review l Gamespot

The Last Guardian's peerless animation and character development bring a fascinating relationship between boy and beast to life.

[DragonDDark]

Nice! My tears are ready! ;_;

[RpgSama]

My reaction to the 9.0 : "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! ". YES, YES, YES, YES!!!.

Reviews for this Game don't matter to me, was going to get it either way, I knew what to expect having played both Team Ico games on PS2, but it's SO nice for this game to get a good review, the developers deserve it after all these years working on it.

[bouzebbal]

Nothing against you but "gamers" waiting for review scores to decide themselve is so pathetic.
If you played the previous ones then it's easy to assume that this smells masterpiece miles away, just through the gameplay videos we have been given.
This might be the game of the generation to me. I don't care about multiplayer i don't care about DLC, all i want is not to lose grip of the controller and TLG is the kind of game that gives me the feeling.
On PS3 it was Heavy Rain.

[UltraNova]

Cant frickin wait to get my hands on the game. Sorry FF 15 you are going back in the case for sometime.

[RpgSama]

@Bouzebbal

Yeah, like I told you, I was getting it either way, I knew what to expect from this game.

But it sure is nice to see great critical response, not for me, but for the general audience that never played a Team Ico game and that now based on reviews might give it a chance, instead of laughing at a 6,5/7 that has been 10 years in the making.

[ShottyatLaw]

@bouzebbal

"Gamers" who have been subjected to broken releases time and time again are not pathetic for waiting for reviews.

Ive been excited for TLG, and it has looked like it was going to be special for awhile, but I will continue to wait for reviews for any game. The scores aren't so much of an issue. It's the buggy and over hyped mediocrity that we get all too often that has made me skeptical of all releases.

Sounds like TLG delivered in spades, and I too am excited to see these high scores.

[FITgamer]

Gamespot giving any a game 9 is rare. They must have really enjoyed it.

[thekhurg]

@bouzebbal

There is nothing wrong with waiting for scores. Especially on a game in development hell as long as this one.

[Epicor]

Great score! Too many amazing games to play but TLG is truly something unique and stands out from the pack.

[Bathyj]

Does anyone know if they put the Y axis invert in?

[UCForce]

Wow ! That's suprise. Damn, it's so good to hear.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Man, this game came out at the worst time, too close to FFXV. And FFXV is disappointing so far. But if it wasn't for Final Fantasy XV this would of been day 1 for me, but now I spent my money on FFXV, didn't pre-order The Last Guardian and probably won't play it till well after I beat FFXV. It's so frustrating but I can't just turn to The Last Guardian like that in the middle of playing FFXV. Seriously I have to question to release day, I mean I've been without a major game to play for most of the year and then this happens.

Worst part of it all is that FFXV seems to be a huge letdown, I should of got The Last Guardian instead but how was I suppose to know? FFXV came out first and I've been looking forward to it for years. Actually I've been looking forward to both of these games for years, two of my most wanted games that would both be pre-ordered and day 1, and then they basically come out on top of each other. WTF

[ninsigma]

That's why I'm really pushing my patience to the limit and waiting until after tlg to play ff15. Gonna kill me!

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

@ninsigma

Yeah, I should of gone with The Last Guardian. I mean I should of known, Sony's been killing it lately while Square Enix has been disappointing for a while. Should of seen it coming.

[MRMagoo123]

I would just trade in ff15 like I did it's such a disappointment. then use that money on the last guardian.

@ninsigma

I would suggest getting ff15 out of the way so you can enjoy the better game in the last guardian.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Yeeees!

[Genuine-User]

Gamespot gets it :)

[greywolf39]

I EXPECTED NOTHING LESS FROM UEDA SAN

[GamePeace]

9 out of 10 from Gamespot. Trico must be awesome ...

[StormLegend]

Playstation I love you

[AizenSosuke]

My wallet is ready to be thrown to my bud Shunsei to get the game.

[P_Bomb]

I'm breaking my streak and buying this full price. Rest assured I haven't said that very often this gen!

[Moe-Gunz]

9/10 from GameSpot? I'll admit as a huge fan of SoTC, I still felt the troubled development of this game would lead to it getting 6s and 7s. This is pleasantly surprising.

Can't wait to get this.

[SlightlyRetarted]

Yeah i thought it would be this few generations old game risen from the dead just as a fan servive. But it's getting amazing reviews all around.

[Moe-Gunz]

Yeah this is crazy. Seems TLG and FF 15 shows some games deserve to survive.

[kevnb]

ign gave it a 7, but they have a really weird way of scoring games that I dont understand. Gamespot is just as bad often as well, but I guess it depends on who does the review. I mean I read/watch reviews from gamespot/ign and often I have no idea what the game is like at all and the score doesn't match what they said.

[Moe-Gunz]

To me Gamespot is often very hard on games that's why this score surprised me. IGN always confuses me how they score games. I seen IGN reviews where they spent almost the entire time praising a game and gave it a bad score, also seen them bad mouth a game and finally give it a good score.

[theshredded]

Yes Yes Yes! I'm beyond happy!

[kevnb]

oh wow, thought they would give it an 8 no matter what.

[S2Killinit]

Boom. I expect many more. Time to pick it up.

[Relientk77]

Hyped for this, sounds great

[2pacalypsenow]

Im seeing a ton of 8's 9's and 10's but IGN with the 7?

[MRMagoo123]

go see their review for dr4 tho lol they forgive it's shortfalls cos it's Christmas themed but they score the last guardian lower because the animal in the game acts like an animal ¿¿ colour me confused

[slappy508]

Well if 8spot gave it a 9 you know it's good!

[Thunder_G0d_Bane]

Like Evolve right? Right???

[UCForce]

You are wrong. This isn't like Evole.

[G20WLY]

The main thing wrong with Evolve was the insane amount of microtransactions, which became clear AFTER launch and LONG AFTER review copies were sent out.

Nice try though... ;^/

[S2Killinit]

His games are unique. Even though there is a ton of must have games, I must make room for TLG.

[RAM0N]

The only reviewers I trust is gamespot

[ShadowKnight]

The wait was worth it. Another exclusive with a great score.

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[bluefox755]

I knew this game was going to be great, I knew I'd love it, I wasn't sure many reviewers would "get it" though. SotC was a bit of a niche game, and had it's share of issues, but it was a special game because it did something unique and was greater than the sum of it's parts. I'm glad it's being received well though, it's important for these types of games to exist in an industry saturated with shooters (nothing against them).

[King_Lothric]

I am not impressed because I know this game is a master piece. I am more impressed with the fact that GameSpot gave a 9.

Oh. And let's not forget that ICO and Shadow didn't received good scores and yet they became masterpieces and cult classics.

[Sevir]

Lol! Green Gangsta is TROLLING HARD!

*On topic*
Pleasantly surprised that this stood the test of time and is releasing to acclaim. The vast majority has been 8 and up for this. So I'm happy that both FF15 and TLG all we out well after sooo many years in Vaporware hell.

Great time to be a gamer to enjoy both These Epics deserves to be played and enjoyed. Congrats to both Square and Sony on finally releasing both these games 2016 is a marvel year in gaming.

[Officialxandr]

All the credible sources (the ones I've seen) are giving it high praise. IGN is a joke, I only go there to read comments. Lol.

[GoldPunch-TR]

OMG 7 (which is very bad score) from IGN and this is 9!! Big conflict!

[MRMagoo123]

troll harder how is 7 a very bad score ? you f×#*¥$g kids now days and your 7 being bad. 5 is average on a scale of 1 to 10 how can 7 be very bad ?

[pitythefool]

Hey Rookie, do one of those low score lists for QB.

[Drizzy]

Wait for this 1 to hit the bargain bin. No single player game is worth the $59.99 price unless it's a a Rpg with the content to warrant that price tag. At $24.99 this would be a day 1 buy for me

[Skankinruby]

You got it twisted kid, single player games are the ONLY ones worth 60. Multiplayer only games don't deserve more than 20-30.

[Elda]

Agreed!

[Rob_Ko]

was expecting fail tbh, but the positive reviews like this one, really made me want to play this game asap.

[silvacrest]

Great score but my backlog is so real, it's never been this bad, quality games coming every month + my last year at uni = 5 to 10 games i cant touch

[jznrpg]

This game will be totally different than anything in your backlog, unless you have Ico/SoTC in it but still different because of Trico

[RomanPSX]

How long is the game?

[Miss_Weeboo]

Gamespot a 9 and IGN a 7, probably is not for everyone. I love ico and shadow, so probably I'll pick this up... for cheap.

[MRMagoo123]

7 is a good score 9 is an amazing score ......I don't see your point. it's either a good game or an amazing game , either way it's worth buying

[its_JEFF]

So far the game has been getting good reviews. Kinda sad that it seems some people would only regard this game, and games like it, as a "rent only." I'm guessing mainly because it's "just" a single player game and doesn't come with any multiplayer component. I understand that games can be expensive, which I don't think they are cause they've been $60 for years now, but If you base your purchases strictly on replay value your missing out on a lot of great games.

[richyque]

green_gangstaZX2, too bad xboxone dont have any exclusives for you to play instead of being envious about yet another game that you and the pc port begging race will never have . You should be spamming xbox site asking them why they dont invest in any 1st party studios and real exclusives.

[Hardiman]

It really sounds interesting and I'm liking what I'm hearing about Trico. Like it's been said it can try your patience but at the same time it adds to the immersion because it's a wild animal/creature and I like that it gets distracted or investigates things. The developing of the bond is going to be amazing. I can't wait till tomorrow to play this!

[Elda]

My tissues for my eyes are ready!!

[tulholdren]

Sweet nice to see others enjoying the game like I will. Was getting it day 1 even with bad reviews because I knew his work which is what I liked. Now let the haters keep hating.

[DarXyde]

I've been waiting for this game since I was in my late teens. No review is ever going to diminish my anticipation for The Last Guardian.

That being said, a bloody NINE OUT OF TEN from GameSpot is phenomenal.

They're a pretty tough crowd, so seeing this is exciting.

[loverlink]

We need to get rid of numbered scores and follow Kotaku and other gaming sites that doesnt give scores that give solid written articles. It forces the viewer to read and go into details about the game.

[MagicBeanz]

Good review. Despite the few fake and slanderous reviews its doing really well on Meta. Must really be upsetting the hate club LOL!

[Testfire]

Looks great, can't wait to play!

[Tapewurm]

Been waiting for this for what seems like an eternity ... Can't wait to pick up my preorder ... the statue that comes with the collector's edition and the ornate steel book will be the icing on the cake! 8D