Okami.
Originally came out for the PS2 and was amazing sadly a lot of people didn't get a chance to play like myself so I rented it and played it like crazy for the fact that I couldn't stop this one of a kind adventure.
The story seems like something straight out of Japanese folk lore. The story speaks of a legendary hero and a wolf god who slay a 8 headed dragon. The wolfs name is Amatarasu. You play as said wolf, the wolf has powers of 13 magical brush techniques. That is only barley scratching the surface of the story there but, I don't want to go on a complete rant about it. The story has many plot twist that seem to do a lot for it. I would say if you tried to do everything or mostly everything the game should take around 40 hours to complete a worthy length.
Gameplay- Smooth virtually no lag what so ever. Since you are playing as the wolf I know what your thinking. No you don't bite all of your enemies, since you have magical powers you use your brush to attack enemies or the weapon that is on your (wolf's) back. When you first start you have no brushes but you will claim all 13 and many different weapons, that are called Divine Instruments, as your journey progresses. The controls have virtually no flaws. Swing the wiimote for basic attacking. Press B to bring up your brush screen to cast one of your brush skills. A button to jump and C button to dig in the ground. Z button is to interact with people and other things. The only problem with the gameplay is SOME of the brush skills some require a little practice and you probably wont always nail them the first time. Enemies aren't roaming around in this adventure. They are in these floating to what look like giant Japanese wall scrolls and when you touch them it makes a battlefield where monsters appear. Boss battles are Zelda quality, meaning that you don't just run up and attack you have to do something first to lower there defenses then attack. At first (like all games) you will think the bosses are a joke. Until later in the game.
Sound- That's another problem well not really a problem but, it could be that there isn't voice acting but, its kinda like Star Fox or Sims it sounds like a language but at the same time it sound like gibberish. If you can get past that the game has an amazing sound track that sound like ancient Japanese music using classical instruments.
Graphics- What can I say? They are amazing. Some people will say the graphics look "old" or "bad" but no it is suppose to look like a Japanese watercolor painting. The environmental effects are also a strong point of the game.
If you love adventure games or Zelda you owe it to yourself to buy this game or if you want to try something new. Okami is a game that wont disappoint and will keep you interested just to see how the story ends.
9.5/10
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think youve missed the best one of all! using chameleon in dark souls to troll other players....had some great fun with this
