Every hundred yards Okami stops the gameplay and has a character, usually, Issun, have to impart some information to the player or to Amaterasu. The first big problem I have with Okami is that the game constantly wants to talk to the player. I need to list three things, that hinders the entire experience and they are only in the area of how Okami handles the story. I played approximately 10 hours of Okami and it is really rough. Well ok, the problem is there’s a rather big issue outside of those three things. So we have a game with great graphics, excellent gameplay, and an interesting story, why is this even a discussion. Japanese Lore is great, and Okami does a great job delivering on it. And honestly, the story is really interesting. The game also gathers in the Susano myth. So Amaterasu and Issun fighting against the great Orochi, an eight-headed dragon. Now I’m probably going to butcher these names so apologies to those who hear it. The story of Okami is fantastic as well, the game is based on Japanese mythology. Technically this is Clover Studios, which was Platinum Games before they were called Platinum Games and they are great. In addition, the gameplay is fantastic it’s using a similar style to Zelda coupled with a fresh and new drawing system with its Celestial Brush techniques. The graphics in Okami are so beautiful that I really can’t think of anything negative about it, other than it makes other games look bad. Let’s just quickly talk about the big pieces. Now, let’s be clear about this, this is not a review I just want to discuss Okami and really one specific part of it but I still am kind of reviewing the game. Anytime a console game gets released on PC or especially steam I applaud it because I like how easy it is to preserve the games and I don’t have to worry where I could find a copy in the future if my PlayStation 2 breaks down or any other issues come up. So an improved version of the game was re-released on Steam. It’s called one of the great games of the PlayStation 2 era I remember going through it back in the day and everything was Zeldaesque about it.
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