I have been following every little bit of news about the last Guardian since it was announced. Here is everything I learned and have watched in videos. Please fill in the blanks or correct if not accurate. (forgive spelling errors)
-The game was announced at the end of Sonys press conference at e3 2009
- Later it was announced it would be released holiday 2011
- In april 2011, it was delayed to TBA
- 6 months later the Ueda and the lead producer(?) left Japan studio and Sony
- Ueda would stay on to work on the last guardian through contract
- I watched an interview with Ueda and he talked about making The Last Guardian and how he wants everything to be the best it can be when it comes to his games.
- Playstation 4 was announced for a release in 2013
- I feel Ueda and his team saw how fast PS4 was coming out and how much he could make this game better for the new system
- Im sure there were a lot of problems with this transistion but recently Ueda said everything was ironed out. Progess was being made.
- Yoshida and Adam boyes are asked about the last guardian form Geoff keighly. Yoshida says "it is very pretty". He played it...it was playable...great sign
- Last year IGN claimed that it was cancelled.
- Sony said no, it is not cancelled.
- Sony renews trademark and there is constant reasurrance that the game is till on track.
Now the question we all ask is why has it been in limbo for 6 years? The answer is very clear why.
Ueda and Sony knew that this game was being reworked and re-engineered to match the power and expectiation of Ueda and PS4. They did not want to show or even broadcast this game because they made that mistake in 2009. I feel that them saying we will show The last guadian "when it is ready" means they will show it when it will be near complete. As tough as it was not to see anything it was smart for them not too. As much as it pains me not to see a video, a picture , hell even Ueda describing anything new, it was for the best.
I feel that it will be released this year , spring 2016 or at worse Fall 2016.
ICO and shadow of the colossus are two of my favorite games of all time. I listen to the soundtracks of them all the time and even read the ICO book last summer (will read again). These games are very special to me because of there music, story, pacing, characters and art direction. You actually play the story rather than watching cinemas and pressing x or square in a quicktime event. I look forward to playing this game one day, and I cannot wait
This is the year....this is the time.