Last Guardian Review Thread - Meta: 84

[SvennoJ]

Cerebralbore101 said:

Brii said:
Just beat it and have to say I'm completely satisfied. Definitely both what I expected and what I wanted.

I can totally understand people who are put off by the frustrating controls, but as someone who's played Shadow of the Colossus repeatedly with the last year, I was fully prepared for jank and awkwardness from the controls and camera.

A lot of people seem to be frustrated with Trico not following instructions, but I never really encountered a moment where Trico was a burden. Once I figured out what to do, it didn't take much goading to get Trico to do what I needed him to.

Yep. Trico only takes one to four commands, before he gets the message and does what he needs to do. People are complaining that they have to spend an extra five or ten seconds issuing orders. They all think Trico should jump into action after a single command, as if he's a well trained circus animal, and not a wild creature. 

The game works better too when you behave more like Trico. Look around, plan your next move, execute carefully, repeat. Don't fight the camera. I feel a lot of control issues people are experiencing are from trying to play the game like Ratchet and Clank. Running around at full speed trying to steer with the camera. Or perhaps I'm a gaming god not having any problems with it :p

I played until after 3am again last night, the game is amazing. Already can't wait to start a second playthrough.