Why It's Great: Any art history buffs will immediately recognise that Ico's superb cover is based on the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico's The Nostalgia of the Infinite. De Chirico is known for painting when psychoanalysis was an emerging theory, influencing him to transfer his subconscious landscapes and dreams onto the canvas. Ico's cover has an incredible quality where you feel like you're peering into someone's dreams. Anyone who played the amazing game all those years ago will definitely feel strong pangs of nostalgia as they look at this classic cover. How It Represents The Game: The artistic influences Ico's cover draws on reflects the experience of playing the game. The game's director Fumito Ueda purposely allowed the classic platform game to finish with a vague, ambiguous ending where it was unclear if Yorda was alive, if she traveled with Ico or if the whole experience was the protagonist's dream. Icos cover which is after all the first part of the game you interact with certainly suggests that everything could be a dream.
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