Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth.
I know he would hate it if he played because aside from Tetris he hates any and every kind of puzzle game
ICO has very few parts that could justifiably be called puzzles. It's almost completely straight-up platforming.
Does anybody have a link that can show me the Japanese/European cover art?
Here. And for comparison, here's some of Giorgio de Chirico's artwork.