The man behind Ico and Shadow of The Colossus, Fumito Ueda, was a special guest speaker at GDC today. He talked about about games made in the east vs. games made in the west. He also gave off hints at his new game, saying it will be more like Ico. Also, he said that he didn't feal the Shadow Of The Colossus was not the stepping stone of artistic games, and this new game will be.

Ueda's response? "Well, let's see. It might be similar to the past, probably... I'm struggling. The essence of the game is close to Ico... I can't talk about this anymore. Don't ask any more questions, please!"
The second and final question, lauded Shadow of the Colossus as the posterchild of "games as art", but Ueda disagreed. "My team and I are making a game which is close to art -- that's what people say. Personally I don't think that way."

"We're making a game to entertain people. Sometimes my personality and my team's might be reflected on the game, and it might look like art, but it is a game to entertain people. That kind of feedback is welcome but it's not what I'm trying to achieve."
The second and final question, lauded Shadow of the Colossus as the posterchild of "games as art", but Ueda disagreed. "My team and I are making a game which is close to art -- that's what people say. Personally I don't think that way."

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