I hate how people always go "Ico! Ico!" as if that has a monopoly on stone architecture and excessive bloom. Generally people compare too many games to Sony franchises, Wheelspin got shown and people went "Wiipeout!" as if Nintendo was the copycat when it comes to high speed futuristic racing (apparently noone ever heard of F-Zero) or when 4 player New Super Mario Bros got shown some dipshits actually considerd it a copy of Little Big Planet.

Thats because lots of gamers are Playstation Generation.

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And that makes me sad that many young gamers had the PlayStation as their first console and act like Sony systems are the benchmarks. Very few Sony games are new or that good. LittleBigPlanet was one of the most over-rated games i've ever seen, the actual gameplay was mediocre (and gameplay is the main selling point in a platformer). Ico is good artistically, but is not a good game when it comes to playing it.

TJ, those games weren't exactly huge sellers, so I don't think they tainted too many young minds. I for one still want to play both of them.

Shadow Tower sounds quite awesome.

All LittleBigPlanet has going for it

If anything, your Sony comment I quoted in bold is so true it's not even funny. Alot of it has to do with popularity and what I deem "social coolness". You were cool if you owned a PSX. Nowadays, I think it's the 360/PS3 that is now within that element.

Except I don't think it helped them with their gaming skills.

Now, your comment in italics. You're my new best friend, I hate LittleBigOverhype with a passion. Ico just seems... boring. It's artistically great, but the gameplay front seems lacking.