As stated by the game's creator Fumito Ueda, Trico is driven by its own instincts, and the player must figure out how to harness these to complete the game's puzzles. The player's movements are augmented by interaction with Trico, a large mythological beast whom the Boy can climb upon and ride as a mount. To escape these adversaries the Boy can run, jump, climb, and perform other various actions quite similar, in fact, to the gameplay featured in both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. Although the guards are slower-moving than the Boy, they are still capable of capturing him and, if the player is unable to free the Boy in time, the player is defeated and the game ends. The player takes control of the Boy who, being unarmed himself, utilizes objects within his environment to move undetected or assault the game's enemies, the Armored Soldiers. The Last Guardian is a third-person perspective game that combines elements from both the action-adventure and puzzle gaming-genres.
10.2 The first trailer (leaked) and final version.9.1 E3 2015 re-reveal (PlayStation®4 in-game screenshots).
