The hardest part about anticipation is that of the unknown. Looking forward to the latest installment in a series comes with its own set of luxuries. Most importantly of all is that you kind of know what to expect. One's mind never wandered over the possibilities of what a sequel to 2007's Call of Duty 4 might bring, because you knew that no matter what extras they throw on, you're going to be iron-sighting baddies in unnamed exotic lands.
But it's the unknown that makes me sweat.
All we've known about Team Ico's next game can easily be listed without any need to search for references:
- there's no way in hell it will actually be called Trico
- if you think it's going to be shown at the next upcoming gaming convention, you're wrong (see E3 2007/2008, TGS 2007/2008, etc.)
- it'll cause further discussion in the "are games art" debate, at which time I'll zone out and say something like "But are games fart?"
And it's based off these few facts that makes these kind of anticipations the hardest to deal with. The "unannounced" are what drives me to insanity. Once I have a firm grip on what I'm in store for, I become a much more sedated individual.
But I don't think the leaked Trico trailer helps me out much. Because of how hard the fact that this is barely even a concept video is bored into my mind, I'm still left wondering just what I should be looking forward to. It's exciting to have a peek at what Team Ico have cooking in the lovin' oven, but it's heartbreaking knowing there's the possibility that the final product won't be anything like what is shown. Hopefully the final product will retain this element of pairing Ico's and Shadow of the Colossus's gameplay. I will try to remain patient for the 21st century's interpretation of My Pet Monster.
Hopefully the disgust I read for CatBird doesn't blossom any further, as it's something that I believe to be both badass and cute.. Not since Catbus have I been so happy to see a cat rammed into something else.
Oh, and if you like the music from the trailer, I found out it's from Miller's Crossing. Which in turn pulled it from something else. But I don't know what that original source is, so Miller's Crossing wins.
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