Ico excels at making you feel like a child, and as you squeeze ‘R1’ to gently grab this mysterious glowing girl’s (Yorda) hand, it’s a gesture that feels genuinely sweet.

I'd already been getting a bit of an Ico vibe from this new Xbox game I was playing, called Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, but the benches clinched it.These, I thought, had to be an homage to the ...