How ‘The Last Guardian’ uses gameplay to tell its story

Like with many ambitious works of art, its fair to say that the reaction to The Last Guardian was pretty divisive. While many recognized last months PS4 exclusive as a brilliant achievement, it is undoubtedly a game that bears the scars of its troubled nine-year development. Yet, despite its archaic controls, The Last Guardian achieves something that few games manage – it makes the player genuinely care about an AI companion. In a bid to explore how director Fumito Ueda achieved thi…
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