The Last Guardian – Delayed Once More

Once again The Last Guardian is delayed. You will now have to wait until December to play with our dragon-like friend. The Last Guardian was announced in 2009. With many delays it seems no one was surprised by this announcement.

Sony announced On Monday that The Last Guardian’s release date will be moved from October 25 to December 6. But Everyone doesn’t seem surprise by the delay, in fact they would rather wait for the PS4 Pro and play it with better graphical power. This is now a joke around the gaming community. This long in development and with so many delays, gamers have made a joke out of the announcement. Maybe joking about it distracts players and lessens the impact on the delay.

In the announcement Fumito Ueda (Director and Lead designer) shared the reason for the delay. “We have encountered more bugs than anticipated while in final stages of development.” “To ensure that the game delivers on the experience that the game’s creators have envisioned, we need to take the extra time to work on the issues.” Taking extra time to work on polishing a game will always benefit the game. Team Ico (developers) has been working on this game for nearly eight years and for the development time they had, that extra time might be the downfall of The Last Guardian.

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The last two games Team Ico released were critically known. Their first game, Ico was released in 2001 (PS2) and Shadow of the Colossus in 2005 (PS2). Both games were released in the PlayStation 2 generation. They skipped a whole console generation to make The Last Guardian. That creates a lot of pressure on this development team.

This is a game that a lot of players were excited about when it was first announced. With all the delays players are just laughing about the game now, but this game’s development is interesting. A lot of gamers want to see how the development turned out after 8 years. I was really excited about playing The Last Guardian next month – and I am still excited, but I guess I’ll will have to wait like everyone else. Are you still excited or disappointed by the announcement?

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