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[More_Badass]

In the vein of The Witness' 8 years of progress thread, I thought it would be fitting to take a trip down the long bumpy memory lane that was The Last Guardian

2007
- Team Ico hints at working on a PS3 project, looking to add new programmer to team

2008
- First teaser image released

2009
- Project Trico footage leaks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3fED8EXl4

- The Last Guardian officially revealed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPczooewzU

2010
- TGS trailer released. Release slated for Holiday 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhwNI8LiWs

2011
- The Last Guardian postponed "to provide more challenging and better quality of content", delayed till 2012
- New footage included in Ico/SoTC Collection featurette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44g8-EUqXpc
- Fumito Ueda leaves Sony, while "committed to completing" the project on a contract basis
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39100/Confirmed_Ico_Creator_Fumito_Ueda_Leaves_Sony.php
- Executive producer Yoshifusa Hayama resigns and joins Bossa:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/last-guardian-executive-producer-resigns/0110691

2012
- The Last Guardian trademark expires, is renewed later in the year
- Shuhei Yoshida comments that the team doesn't want to commit to a release date yet, game may not release in 2013

2013
- Fumito Ueda and Jack Tretton confirm that the game is still in development
- Yoshida states that they're working on "re-engineering" the game and how to re-introduce The Last Guardian
- Ueda apologizes for the delays and long wait

2014
- Yoshida says the game probably won't be seen at TGS 2014 when asked
- A rumor surfaces that the The Last Guardian may have been cancelled, reports of such are quickly stated as false
- Yoshida reaffirms that the team "continues to work diligently on the game"

2015
- The Last Guardian re-revealed at E3 with a new trailer and as a PS4 exclusive, given a 2016 release timeframe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXLZvsSmBIs

- Yoshida states that the the original 2009 trailer was not representative of how the game performed, and "was running on a much lower frame rate" on PS3, as well as was missing features

- No demo at TGS 2015, but Trico is featured in an interactive display at Sony's booth

2016
- Pre-E3 IGN Firsts interview Ueda on the game, its 10 years-in-the-making development history, and its soundtrack
- The Last Guardian gets a new E3 trailer and a release date of:October 25th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL2zzgW6YOo

- A wonderful tribute to Team Ico and their games is shown at TGS 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1e4p0dQcI
- In September, the game is delayed to December 6th, to allow more to time to fix bugs in the final stretch of development
- Twenty minutes of gameplay footage is released; perhaps the most notable is Pewdiepie's video which surprassed even the offical E3 videos with 12 million views
- The Last Guardian ads begin appearing on billboards and buses

- Yoshida announces that The Last Guardian has gone gold on October 21st

- Kieghley reveals the world's first boxed copy of The Last Guardian

 

[Barkley's Justice]

There's never been any real explanation for the development period, has there? No one has actually sat down and chronicled this game's development history to any real extent.

 

[ViolentP]

The Last Guardian Forever.

 

[Agram]

Great thread!

There will be an even more detailed timeline in OT I'm working on.

 

[maxcriden]

Awesome thread. Thanks for making it! I'd be interested to hear, how have everyone's gaming tastes changed during this period?

 

[Courage]

It's been a long time coming. If it was any other game that's been in development for so long, I'd be pessimistic. But I'm feeling good about this one.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

I'd like to see the FFXV "Almost there" screenshot but with Trico, instead of the moon.

 

[silva1991]

Great thread. The wait is almost over.

 

[hateradio]

:]

Amazing.

 

[Jawbreaker]

The ending theme from Miller's Crossing still plays in my head whenever I think about this game.

 

[dragonzdogma]

Images section B. TOS violation spotted
EDIT: BTW - I cant wait for the game

 

[Kayant]

Only thing missing here are the tears of defeat from Y2Kev.

 

[AAK]

TLG missing at E3 year after year begot some of the best GIFs on GAF:

It's too bad we lost the SunhiLegend GIF to min.us's demise.

Only thing missing here are the tears of defeat from Y2Kev.

And this legendary post:

This picture is so full of life, Trico really seems to be a living creature, looking and admiring his creator.

 

[silva1991]

TLG missing at E3 year after year begot some of the best GIFs on GAF:

It's too bad we lost the SunhiLegend GIF to min.us's demise.



And this legendary post:

Dat first gif.... and dat Neuromancer post..

 

[AAK]

And then there were the Castle Vidcon gems:

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

TLG missing at E3 year after year begot some of the best GIFs on GAF:

It's too bad we lost the SunhiLegend GIF to min.us's demise.


And this legendary post:

holy shit, haha!

 

[Jawbreaker]

Only thing missing here are the tears of defeat from Y2Kev.

Understandably, Kev doesn't have enough tears to shed for The Last Guardian right now, I reckon.

 

[More_Badass]

Almost forgot the awesome TGS 2016 tribute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1e4p0dQcI

 

[EVIL]

So cool seeing a scene from the first leaked trailer
https://youtu.be/xF3fED8EXl4?t=2m32s

being still in there in the latest builds

you can realy see how the direction stayed the same and how graphically the title evolved from its early prototype stage to final shots.

 

[John Kowalski]

Think about it, if you were born when this game was announced you're now old enough to drive, own a house, have a job, pay your taxes, rob a bank, escape to another country, live out a summer love in western europe, live a life of drugs and sex, and then die of cocaine overdose. Amazing.

 

[alr1ght]

Nothing matched that leaked trailer with the Miller's Crossing theme. I must have watched that 10 times.

I think I canceled it last year.

 

[EVIL]

Think about it, if you were born when this game was announced you're now old enough to drive, own a house, have a job, pay your taxes, rob a bank, escape to another country, live out a summer love in western europe, live a life of drugs and sex, and then die of cocaine overdose. Amazing.

quite a life for a nine year old

 

[More_Badass]

So cool seeing a scene from the first leaked trailer
https://youtu.be/xF3fED8EXl4?t=2m32s

being still in there in the latest builds

you can realy see how the direction stayed the same and how graphically the title evolved from its early prototype stage to final shots.

It reminds me of Inside. I was listening to a podcast and one of the hosts had seen a super early version of what would become Inside in the months after Limbo's release. And then said that those same moments were still in the finished game

When a developer has a specific vision and achieves it exactly as they want to, it usually tends to be something special

Here's a version comparing the Project Trico footage to the 2009 trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E6AB2uma_A

 

[Memento]

quite a life for a nine year old

LMAO

 

[Theosmeo]

Think about it, if you were born when this game was announced you're now old enough to drive, own a house, have a job, pay your taxes, rob a bank, escape to another country, live out a summer love in western europe, live a life of drugs and sex, and then die of cocaine overdose. Amazing.

Holy shit, that's my life exactly!

 

[silva1991]

This one is also part of the long awaited journey for me

also this

Think about it, if you were born when this game was announced you're now old enough to drive, own a house, have a job, pay your taxes, rob a bank, escape to another country, live out a summer love in western europe, live a life of drugs and sex, and then die of cocaine overdose. Amazing.

Game was announced in 2009 and not early 90's....

 

[DoctorFling]

We did it

It's finally here

Provided we make it to December

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Don't forget in 2014, its own Support Group was founded

 

[DangerMouse]

^
That's great, haha.

The ending theme from Miller's Crossing still plays in my head whenever I think about this game.

Indeed. That reveal trailer with that song was absolute magic.

 

[HonMirin]

Think about it, if you were born when this game was announced you're now old enough to drive, own a house, have a job, pay your taxes, rob a bank, escape to another country, live out a summer love in western europe, live a life of drugs and sex, and then die of cocaine overdose. Amazing.

... This has to be sarcasm. It just has to be. Otherwise I'm very worried about what people you know who can those things at 9 years old...

 

[Acquiescence]

This is a great thread man. Shame it's been so overlooked.

This game's timeline was a frickin' rollercoaster ride. I hope Ueda makes it to the other side smelling of flowers when the game comes out.

 

[More_Badass]

I was saying in the other TLG thread that I hope this gets the kind of reception that Inside and Witness got. When you consider games like Inside, Rocket League, The Witness, Stardew Valley, and Owlboy, they all share a similar variable: a singular version slavishly worked on for years.

You can go back to the early days of Inside and The Witness, and see the exact same ideas and areas in the finished game, or see how Rocket League was basically just a refinement of the team's previous game

The Last Guardian falls in those same categories, in how you can see the same moments in the Project Trico footage in the 2016 gameplay and how it seems to be a refinement/evolution of the design ideals seen in Ico and SoTC

 

[wapplew]

Any kickstarter documentary about the making of TLG that I can fund?

 

[Anth0ny]

this game and FFXV need a "making of" documentary. it's necessary.

 

[he who dwells]

Much needed thread. I feel like there is no hype for this game here, I mean Ueda san appeared in an interview with Keighley yesterday and a new trailer was released but I don't see anyone hyped for it. Man I really hope this game succeedes, It 's been a long journey. Day 1!

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Saw a billboard for this on one of Los Angeles' major freeways and it warmed my heart

And now watching this Fumito Ueda and Geoff Keighley Interview on Last Guardian

THE HYPE IS REAL OMG

 

[Auctopus]

I can't believe I still remember seeing the teaser image for the first time.

 

[Lima]

This would be a good game for Geoff to cover with his Final Hours series.

 

[Auctopus]

This would be a good game for Geoff to cover with his Final Hours series.

Would probably have to be the "Final Years".