The relationship between Trico and the kid goes beyond just helping each other get around, though. More importantly, neither move like an adult-sized acrobatic archeologist. Trico can jump a lot higher than the boy can, and even fly short distances, and the kid can fit between the bars in large gates as well as smaller holes and cracks in the wall. It also helps that the two each bring something different to the table.

While some parts have the kid jumping and climbing his way to a switch that will open a large gate thatвЂ™s in TricoвЂ™s way, others parts have Trico doing all of the heavy lifting in getting the kid to the switch. WhatвЂ™s also unique about the escorting in The Last Guardian is that itвЂ™s as much about the kid helping Trico get around as it is Trico helping the kid. HeвЂ™s also a good guard dog when the kid is beset upon by the gameвЂ™s version of the Terracotta warriors, who will drag the boy off if Trico doesnвЂ™t smash them to bits first. Granted, itвЂ™s usually as a surrogate foot stool, letting the boy climb up onto his back so the kid can then jump onto a ledge, though Trico also lets the kid use his tail like a rope, and can even carry the boy on his back when he leaps up onto a ledge or takes flight. Which is why this is somewhat reminiscent of the parts in Rise Of The Tomb Raider or Uncharted 4: A ThiefвЂ™s End when youвЂ™re doing all the climbing and jumping.Д®xcept that unlike a lot of games where you have to escort someone around, Trico is actually helpful in The Last Guardian. Instead, youвЂ™re navigating the twosome through some abandoned ruins. But itвЂ™s not like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze or some other game where youвЂ™re trying to make your way through a sadistic obstacle course. Not sure where he is, how he got there, or why heвЂ™s now covered in cryptic tattoos, the kid befriends the beast, who he calls Trico, and the two set off on an epic journey back to the kidвЂ™s village.ДЄt its core, The Last Guardian is a third-person platformer. In The Last Guardian, a young boy wakes up in a strange cave with a large animal that looks like someone crossed a chicken with a wirehair dachshund.

But thatвЂ™s only one of the reasons why the third-person action game The Last Guardian ( PlayStation 4) - in which you help a kid and a dog-like animal get around - is so infuriating and disappointing. While dogs and small children can be adorable, they can also be a huge pain in the ass when you want them to do something.

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