Ico (2001)

We have finally arrived at our final game of 2001: A Game Odyssey and we're going out with a bang. Ico gave one of Sony's most legendary development studios its name and provided Fumito Ueda with a massive boost to his budding career in the game industry. Depending on who you ask Ico is either the overshadowed little brother of Shadow of Colossus, or the cliché video game hipster opportunity to say "I liked it before they were cool." Either way, it's a legendary game with aspects of its design found in many games that have followed it.

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The List So Far

1. Disco Elysium
2. Silent Hill 2
3. Elden Ring
4. Celeste
5. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei
6. Super Mario Brothers 3
7. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
8. Super Smash Bros. Melee
9. Metal Gear Solid 2
10. Katamari Damacy
11. Quake
12. Raw Danger!
13. Metal Gear Solid
14. Hyper Light Drifter
15. Halo: Combat Evolved
16. Yakuza Kiwami
17. Papers, Please
18. OutRun
19. Snatcher
20. Into the Breach
21. Neon White
22. Ocarina of Time
23. Jet Set Radio
24. Final Fantasy 7
25. Bangai-O
26. Centipede
27. Hitman (2016)
28. Super Monkey Ball
29. Crusader Kings 3
30. Final Fantasy X
31. Skyrim
32. Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
33. Portal
34. Soulcalibur
35. Pikmin
36. Secret of Monkey Island
37. Kirby Super Star
38. Mass Effect 3
39. Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
40. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
41. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
42. Halo 3
43. Journey
44. Inside
45. Journey to Silius
46. To the Moon
47. Mario Kart 64
48. Inscryption
49. Mass Effect 2
50. Max Payne
51. F Zero
52. Mirror's Edge
53. Forza Horizon 5
54. Darkest Dungeon
55. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
56. Advance Wars
57. Grand Theft Auto III
58. Kingdom Hearts
59. Donkey Kong Country 3
60. Anachronox
61. Sonic Adventure
62. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
63. Twisted Metal 2
64. Solar Ash
65. Mass Effect
66. Aliens vs Predator 2
67. Metroid Dread
68. Killer Instinct
69. Goldeneye
70. Halo 2
71. Sonic Adventure 2
72. War of the Monsters
73. Black & White
74. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories