Best VGM 364 - ICO - Castle in the Mist

[electricmastro]

Song of Storms much?

[DivineBanana]

@electricmastro not even close man. completely different tempo, instruments,melody measure, and the list goes on, but i'd run out of characters.

[blood6425]

Simplemente hermoso^^

[gunslingerfry]

Is that a pair of mandolins? That's beautiful.

[balltavorb]

I like how Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven is in the related videos. Just goes to show you how awesome this game is

[PXRacer1]

Notes for a violin?

[RockingTheFro]

Best video game of all time? I think so. Well it's tied with Shadow of the Colossus of course.

[calvinsora101]

@VenomousWoe: Agreed :P I did like it a lot, though, thanks to the awesome colossi.

[LightFykki]

I remember watching a trailer of this game with playing this music in the background. When I heared I knew that I have to buy this one.

[Lerroy007]

@shadowgeyser indeed i have, that was an epic impression xD



[calvinsora101]

I wouldn't say "undeniably", since I don't completely agree, but there's a lot of heart in the game that shines through.

[calvinsora101]

Though Yousini's comments are obscene, you can't say that a game is awesome and expect everyone to agree. I think Ico has a number of gaping flaws which bug me, and make me like SotC much more. I won't call anyone who loves the game wrong, though, but differing opinions exist. This is all just my opinion, btw.

[MetalSonicEX]

@calvinsora101 And it's truly a great one. ICO won't please everyone, but this game is undeniably a masterpiece.

[VenomousWoe]

@calvinsora101 And SotC has some gameplay flaws as well, summed up in the words, "pointless trekking" and "drunken horse."

[Ashitaka255]

@VenomousWoe both deliberate

[Jcolinsol]

@VenomousWoe

I never felt that the traveling was pointless. It ultimately does serve the purpose of getting to the colossi, without it you would have a series of boss battles with nothing in between. Besides, I always enjoy exploring the worlds that team Ico produces.

And I also dug the horse control scheme, particularly the way that it was more like directing than controlling. You may read that as drunken, but I always felt that the horse worked with me, not against me.

[TetriminoDK]

Sounds like Akira Yamaoka could have done the soundtrack

[rdfox]

Though modern sounding, It gives off this sound that makes me associate it with a sleepy Japanese town and people working on the farmland. Very pretty song.

[NYCrazyRob]

This sounds a little bit like Diablo's town theme.

[palgash]

Guitar does that ^^

[shenloken2]

Good "reflection" music IMO.

[SomeSunshineOutside]

I want this game D:

[NARVVHAL]

Simply put, this game is a masterpiece.

'Nuf said.

[FierceDeity835]

Yes.

[Kagemusha08]

It always baffles me when people accuse a universally acclaimed game of sucking. I mean movies I can understand that everyone has diffrent tastes, but except in some very isolated instances most people can agree if a game is good or not since it either has broken gameplay or it does not. I respect someone who said Ico is overrated, but to say it flat-out sucks despite refined gameplay is just stupid.

Anyways, I always get shivers when I hear this song.

[bushwhacker2k]

Well, like you said, people have different tastes. I haven't played this game tho :P

[ThatGuyKnowsBest]

ICO rules!!!!!

[blackdranfire]

whats all this about expirenence? Some people like diffrent kinds of games better.

[nepharius]

That intro sounded just like The Doors whiskey mystics and men

[yousini]

This was not a good game, but it wasnt as bad as SOTC at least.

[mikeyzor]

O_O

[Castortroyy]

DIE IN HELL YOU BASTARD.

[yousini]

Why you hater!!!!

..what the hell is Moldova?

[mmstick]

These games were so good that not even Encyclopedia Dramatica can think of anything bad to say about it. These games are Epic

[Castortroyy]

haLOL.

[mmstick]

Halo is for the young an inexperienced. I played that crap a looong time ago. The worst level design I had ever seen! Where is all the models and props and detail and vista's? What about those crappy controls? If you want a good series why not try the Half Life Saga? Halo was the crap that tried to be like Half Life but failed.

[yousini]

When you grow up, hopefully you'll know when not take the bait.

[Aurongel]

fuck Halo and all the mainstream virgins that say it's the best

ICO is incredible, and any person that calls themselves a "true unbiased gamer" would agree

[yousini]

When you grow up, hopefully you'll know when not take the bait.

[NathanWubs]

Only someone that was defeated says something like that.

[pussylumpessru]

GOD THE SHADDAFOCKUP!

ico FTW

[yousini]

retard

[pussylumpessru]

lol..i love you

[yousini]

-1 to you

[pussylumpessru]

well why dont you minus it..

[Jcolinsol]

@yousini

Hopefully when you grow up you'll be a little more emotionally secure, and won't have to resort to trolling to validate yourself.

[yousini]

@Jcolinsol what kind of a no life loser reads year old comments? thats how you spend your fridays? reading through comment pages on youtube? Id feel sorry for you, but Im too busy, get lost. Dont bother commenting, I wont bother reading

[Jcolinsol]

@yousini

You haven't matured any in that year have you? Heh heh.

[hund4n0kh4n]

@yousini now tell us.... have matured any the following 3 months? :P if you come with a trolling response, that means no

[Koopsas]

@yousini try not to be so hostile to those with other opninions man :P life more fun if people dont allways agree with your thoughts.

[pussylumpessru]

i love you. Ico is art ^-^

[ThatGuyKnowsBest]

DID U KNOW UR A LOSER YOUSINI???

ICO and SOTC are amond the best games I've ever seen.

Halo is for loser who can't get dates. Halo is so boring all u do is shoot shoot shoot it gets so boring.

[yousini]

don't breed

[ThatGuyKnowsBest]

??????

[OsmanZeki]

You should learn to enjoy a bit more diversity. I have no problem enjoying ICO/SOTC type games as well as shooter such as Halo. Different games, different experiences.

[Koopsas]

@OsmanZeki so many people fail to enjoy different genres of games, but those who do, are true gamers.

[flensdude]

@OsmanZeki Spoken as a true gamer.

[ChrisDC1992]

@OsmanZeki I agree , not ever genre will have the same experiance and others will like certain ones better then others :)

I love RGPs, mixed with a shooter like the mass effect series

[odorobou]

Amen. :D

[WINGMASTER7]

Just got it and it's awesome so far.

[mega20968]

Wow...

[TZCHHK]

Never forget Yorda.

[Sayeth0Di0Puppeth]

I wish I could play this game.

[luco0007]

It's about TIME! What took you so long to post this one?! Still waiting on the theme to Shadowgate.

[KefkaJr]

Aw, yeah.

[thetubeaccount]

darky you da man now dawg, again!

[The0rangeCow]

Great game, a work of art

[Sephiko]

Skillful strumming that soothes, yet saddens.

[PAVGN]

Lol, For some reason I thought the title said "Castlevania: ICO", And I thought "I've never heard of that Castlevania before". Great music though, It truly deserves be in the Best VGM series.

[BM2341]

Awesome. I love Italian folk guitar. I don't know why it hasn't been explored more in games. Same with Spanish guitar.

[sox4d]

uhm... its in the theme to silent hill!

[BM2341]

It's still pretty rare.

[Xaynr]

So soft yet powerful.