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"What Ueda wanted to do with his second game, Shadow of the Colossus, was evoke an emotion. That emotion was to be the same emotion Ico evoked. According to Ueda, it's impossible for him to go out and declare which emotion that is. It differs from player to player. Whatever Ico made you feel, Shadow of the Colossus will make you feel the same thing. If you claim it makes you feel something different, then, Ueda says, you must have grown up a little bit since you played Ico. When asked how Ueda feels when he plays the game, he says, 'Tired.' When asked to elaborate, he says, 'Because I made it.'"

I bought Ico recently (which is only my third PS2 game, I'm still sort of in denial I bought one) - mostly because I saw a preview for Shadow of the Colossus and figured I should play Ico first.