Japanese magazine Famitsu decided to look back at Ico, released more than 20 years ago, and talk about the impact it had on the gaming industry.
As it turns out, without Ico there would be no Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, Sekiro, the Dark Souls series, or Elden Ring, since it was this game that once drove Hidetaka Miyazaki to quit his job and join From Software.
“After getting a new job after college, I stopped playing games for a while, but I still made time to play Ico at a friend’s place. It was just an indescribably beautiful experience and a story that I could never have even imagined. That was when I quit the company I was working for and joined From Software. I’m not exaggerating when I say this game changed my life.”
Miyazaki-san also confessed that he is a huge fan of Fumito Ueda [the creator of Ico] and looks forward to his new games.
Besides Miyazaki, Ico also touched Yoko Taro (known for his work on Nier and Nier: Automata), Masahiro Sakurai (creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros.), and other creators.