its been a few years and i have to say while ico might have (slightly? not as much as sotc) underwhelmed me at the time i grow increasingly fond of it in retrospect
like when both the creator and several of the VAs have been riding that pony for maybe 10-20 years now its kind of a given i feel 😭 even if i feel like "Anime Voice" is mostly a meaningless phrase
that quote from the art i rt'd last night is maybe the most like, evangelion breakdown coded set of lines i've seen in something other than eva. its like a mix of the pathetic vulnerability and the breaks and the repetition
we've reinvented the walking sim/visual novel discourse for 2026 and my loyalty to the idea gameplay is a limiting quantifier outweighs the fact the game looks boring and stupid