diff --git a/bin/GameIndex.yaml b/bin/GameIndex.yaml
index b89bcbd155..f10ca45515 100644
--- a/bin/GameIndex.yaml
+++ b/bin/GameIndex.yaml
@@ -1028,14 +1028,8 @@ SCCS-40005:
   name: "ICO"
   region: "NTSC-C"
   clampModes:
-    eeClampMode: 2  # Game require EE clamping set to Extra + Preserve Sign to not freeze.
-  patches:
-    BF3A46DA:
-      content: |-
-        author=kozarovv
-        // Game expect sceCdStatPause at some point, but for some reason value is never set.
-        // So instead, set expected value to be sceCdStatSpin, to allow further modules loading.
-        patch=0,EE,0010EDD4,word,24100002
+    eeClampMode: 2  # Otherwise freezes in various spots, check full intro.
+    vuClampMode: 1  # Otherwise camera gets stuck off the player in various spots.
 SCCS-40006:
   name: "Shin Sangoku Musou 2"
   region: "NTSC-C"
@@ -3797,12 +3791,6 @@ SCPS-11021:
 SCPS-11022:
   name: "Yoake no Mariko 2nd Act"
   region: "NTSC-J"
-  patches:
-    0cf7e6ff:
-      content: |-
-        comment=Patch by Prafull
-        // Fixes initial hang.
-        patch=1,EE,00176000,word,00000000
 SCPS-11023:
   name: "Bravo Music - Chou-Meikyokuban"
   region: "NTSC-J"
diff --git a/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp b/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp
index 85f82a5314..dd76bbe977 100644
--- a/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD.cpp
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ __fi void cdvdReadInterrupt()
 	//Console.WriteLn("cdvdReadInterrupt %x %x %x %x %x", cpuRegs.interrupt, cdvd.Readed, cdvd.Reading, cdvd.nSectors, (HW_DMA3_BCR_H16 * HW_DMA3_BCR_L16) *4);
 
 	cdvd.Ready = CDVD_NOTREADY;
+	cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_READ | CDVD_STATUS_SPIN;
 	if (!cdvd.Readed)
 	{
 		// Seeking finished.  Process the track we requested before, and
@@ -905,9 +906,6 @@ __fi void cdvdReadInterrupt()
 		cdvd.RetryCntP = 0;
 		cdvd.Reading = 1;
 		cdvd.Readed = 1;
-		//cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_PAUSE; // check (rama)
-		cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_READ | CDVD_STATUS_SPIN; // Time Crisis 2
-
 		cdvd.Sector = cdvd.SeekToSector;
 
 		CDVD_LOG("Cdvd Seek Complete > Scheduling block read interrupt at iopcycle=%8.8x.",
@@ -1002,9 +1000,11 @@ static uint cdvdStartSeek(uint newsector, CDVD_MODE_TYPE mode)
 	cdvd.Ready = CDVD_NOTREADY;
 	cdvd.Reading = 0;
 	cdvd.Readed = 0;
-	//cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_STOP; // before r4961
-	//cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_SEEK | CDVD_STATUS_SPIN; // Time Crisis 2 // but breaks ICO NTSC
-	cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_PAUSE; // best so far in my tests (rama)
+
+	// Okay so let's explain this, since people keep messing with it in the past and just poking it.
+	// So when the drive is spinning, bit 0x2 is set on the Status, and bit 0x8 is set when the drive is not reading.
+	// So In the case where it's seeking to data it will be Spinning (0x2) not reading (0x8) and Seeking (0x10, but because seeking is also spinning 0x2 is also set))
+	cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_SEEK | CDVD_STATUS_PAUSE;
 
 	if (!cdvd.Spinning)
 	{
@@ -1255,9 +1255,6 @@ static void cdvdWrite04(u8 rt)
 	CDVD_LOG("cdvdWrite04: NCMD %s (%x) (ParamP = %x)", nCmdName[rt], rt, cdvd.ParamP);
 
 	cdvd.nCommand = rt;
-	// Why fiddle with Status and PwOff here at all? (rama)
-	cdvd.Status = cdvd.Spinning ? CDVD_STATUS_SPIN : CDVD_STATUS_STOP; // checkme
-	cdvd.PwOff = Irq_None;                                             // good or bad?
 
 	switch (rt)
 	{
@@ -1275,6 +1272,9 @@ static void cdvdWrite04(u8 rt)
 			cdvd.Action = cdvdAction_Standby;
 			cdvd.ReadTime = cdvdBlockReadTime(MODE_DVDROM);
 			CDVD_INT(cdvdStartSeek(0, MODE_DVDROM));
+			// Might not seek, but makes sense since it does move to the inner most track
+			// It's only temporary until the interrupt anyway when it sets itself ready
+			cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_SPIN | CDVD_STATUS_SEEK;
 			break;
 
 		case N_CD_STOP: // CdStop
@@ -1283,8 +1283,12 @@ static void cdvdWrite04(u8 rt)
 			CDVD_INT(PSXCLK / 6); // 166ms delay?
 			break;
 
-		// from an emulation point of view there is not much need to do anything for this one
 		case N_CD_PAUSE: // CdPause
+			// A few games rely on PAUSE setting the Status correctly.
+			// However we should probably stop any read in progress too, just to be safe
+			psxRegs.interrupt &= ~(1 << IopEvt_Cdvd);
+			cdvd.Ready = CDVD_READY2;
+			cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_PAUSE;
 			cdvdSetIrq();
 			break;
 
@@ -1292,6 +1296,7 @@ static void cdvdWrite04(u8 rt)
 			cdvd.Action = cdvdAction_Seek;
 			cdvd.ReadTime = cdvdBlockReadTime(MODE_DVDROM);
 			CDVD_INT(cdvdStartSeek(*(uint*)(cdvd.Param + 0), MODE_DVDROM));
+			cdvd.Status = CDVD_STATUS_SEEK;
 			break;
 
 		case N_CD_READ: // CdRead
diff --git a/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD_internal.h b/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD_internal.h
index b70f4836e1..ac40a8fc62 100644
--- a/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD_internal.h
+++ b/pcsx2/CDVD/CDVD_internal.h
@@ -50,17 +50,22 @@ enum CdvdIrqId
 
 };
 
-/* is cdvd.Status only for NCMDS? (linuzappz) */
-/* cdvd.Status is a construction site as of now (rama)*/
+/* Cdvd.Status bits and their meaning
+0x0 = Stop
+0x1 = Tray Open
+0x2 = Spindle Motor Spinning
+0x4 = Reading disc
+0x8 = Ready but not reading
+0x10 = Seeking
+0x20 = Abnormal Termination
+*/
 enum cdvdStatus
 {
-	//CDVD_STATUS_NONE            = 0x00, // not sure ;)
-	//CDVD_STATUS_SEEK_COMPLETE   = 0x0A,
 	CDVD_STATUS_STOP = 0x00,
 	CDVD_STATUS_TRAY_OPEN = 0x01, // confirmed to be tray open
 	CDVD_STATUS_SPIN = 0x02,
 	CDVD_STATUS_READ = 0x06,
-	CDVD_STATUS_PAUSE = 0x0A, // neutral value. Recommended to never rely on this.
+	CDVD_STATUS_PAUSE = 0x0A,
 	CDVD_STATUS_SEEK = 0x12,
 	CDVD_STATUS_EMERGENCY = 0x20,
 };