2001, Game of the Year (Runoff)

[SvennoJ]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

It makes sense that Ico inspired Dark Souls.  However, I had always seen Shadow of the Colossus having a major impact on Dark Souls.  There are so many giant bosses in Dark Souls, but there is action combat.  It feels like they took the puzzle-bosses of Shadow of the Colossus to the next level of gameplay.

That would make sense. Ico inspired Miyazaki to get into making video games and no doubt he played SotC as well.