Is there anything I might miss starting out playing Ico?

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I have just started playing Ico and there is no help at the beginning, you're just supposed to figure out what to do. Which I like, its just I want to know if there's anything I can miss at the beginning of the game?

Asked by user1016253

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No, there's very little that's missable in Ico. There's one secret area that I'm aware of where you find the best weapon in the game, but there's only 3 weapons total, and the combat is not particularly challenging even without it.

The game is primarily focused on solving environmental puzzles and protecting the princess. There is very little dialog, and in most releases what dialog there is isn't in English, at least on the first playthrough. There's also very little story progression through most of it.

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What do I do after I make the chandelier fall?

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I've just gotten past the crane sequence and I'm now in a two-story chamber where I can climb around in the rafters. I hopped on the chandelier and broke it. Now part of the chandelier is on the bottom floor with two lit candles.

I can light my trusty stick on fire with the candles, which I would assume is important to progress. But I can't find anything else to light on fire, nor any dark places to light up within range of the torch's duration.

I saw in the chandelier crash cutscene that the support of the broken bridge is weakened. I assume that I must make the bridge crash, so I can get down to the far first-floor door that Yorda must open. But nothing I do has any effect on the support. I've tried to light it on fire to no avail. I've tried jumping up and down on the bridge above the support, and at the end where leverage would be greatest, but I don't seem to be massive enough to budge it.

Outside of the far second-floor door is a balcony area. I found the box I can push around to get up on the low pillar, and from there I can get on the high pillar near the rope. Nothing I do has any effect on the rope. I can't get there in time with my stick on fire to try to burn it. I can whack it, which makes it vibrate a little. I can't hang from it. I can't find any way to get up on the roof.

TL;DR: What do I do after I make the chandelier fall? Please give gentle nudges at first, with increasingly blatant hints in spoiler tags.

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You have to go downstairs and bring a bomb from outside with you then use a stick and light the bomb on the suport.

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How many versions of “Ico” are there?

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As seen on this question about Ico, there are different versions of this game with slightly different puzzles in some rooms. Many walkthroughs and youtube videos published show different solutions for the version I played in PS2 & PS3. What version was the first and how many are there? It is related to the region, may be? Thanks in advance.

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With respect to gameplay, there were two versions released for the PS2 (an original version and a U.S. version), and one remake for the PS3:

          U.S. Version               Original Version

          PS3 Remake

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With respect to language and region code, there were eight releases, including one reprint in Europe coinciding with the release of Shadow of the Colossus:

PlayStation 2

NA September 24, 2001
JP December 6, 2001
EU March 22, 2002

Re-Release

EU February 17, 2006

PlayStation 3

JP September 22, 2011
NA September 27, 2011
AUS September 29, 2011
EU September 28, 2011

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How do I get out of large room with a pipe around the top (after the waterfall)?

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After finishing the waterfall area, you cross a bridge with a fence on either side, and enter a large open room with a ladder to the top. At the top of the ladder there is a pipe that goes most of the way around the room, but it stops short of the window that I assume I'm supposed to go through. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get to that window! I think I must be missing something dumb?

From the Walkthrough:

Go through to a small bridge. Cross it to a large shed with no way out save the way you entered.
Find the ladder going up. Climb it, leaving Yorda where she is. Shimmy across the pipeline to the outer window, then climb to the ground using the ladder. Push the block into the water, letting it flow down with the waterfall, then jump across the stone aqueduct and go to the ladder at left.
Climb it to a switch; push it until the water stops flowing, dammed by a wooden block.

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I've been in the same trouble and in the version I played (PS2 & PS3), what you see in the video posted by Keaanu did not happen. In my version, there is a switch in the second plataform that start a machine below the second window. What you need to do in this case is to climb the piston of the machine and jump as high as possible. Take practice and several times but it can be done.

Let me tell you something: you are really close to the best kept secret of the castle! While you are on the other side of that window, try to hit the trees with the sword. What can be done with that? Is up to you to figure out! And let me tell you is really difficult (at least for me) to figure out without a walkthrough but you can use it in the very same room you are now.

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Are ICO and Shadow of The Colossus related to each other?

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Now when the "ICO+Shadow of Colossus Collection" is out for the PS3, I was wondering that are these games some how related to each other? Is it better to play ICO first or vice versa?

EDIT: After getting an answer I searched again and found out that Wikipedia has also a small section how these games are connected to each other.

Wikipedia - Shadow of the Colossus & connections to Ico

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Yes, they are. Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to ICO, set in the same world. In addition, Shadow of the Colossus explains some of the story from ICO. So I would recommend playing Shadow of Colossus before starting ICO.

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When does the Ico / SoTC HD remake come out? [closed]

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does anybody know when the upcoming remake of Ico and Shadow of The Colossus is going to be released?

I have heard many conflicting stories about when, the nearest I could find to a definitive timing was in this Playstation blog article.

Anyone have any more info?

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This article on Pinoytutorial and this one from GameRant say the game's been pushed back to the holiday season of 2011. Can't confirm how true this is, but it's the most recent news I could find regarding a release date for the Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection.

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