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Spectacular, fun, and original game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm about half-way through this game (missed it in it's original form on ps2 as I never had one) and I'd seriously have gladly paid more than $50 for the wonder, joy, and fun I've had so far in my 25 hours of play.

This is a fantastic game with art, style, controls, ideas, and goals like nothing you've ever seen before. The artwork is incredible -- like a living, breathing Japanese watercolor scroll. The action is exciting and challenging, but at the same time "wholesome" and "family-friendly" as you restore nature to a bleak landscape while befriending and feeding wildlife. It may sound pansied-down, but it's really not -- they somehow make it simultaneously challenging, exciting, wholesome, and rewarding all at the same time. It's more "extreme" than any game I've played with "extreme" in its title!

I claim that this combination has never been achieved in any game without "Mario" in the title ever in the history of video games. I may be wrong and forgetting one or two, but there can't be many that are this awesome, and certainly no others have this incredible -- almost museum-quality -- artwork.

If you have a wii (or even a ps2) buy this game no matter what the age or interests of the potential players. Everyone can play, and will love, Okami.

Japanese Mythology and Art brought to life

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

While few have likely played this game, far less than the PS2 version, a lot of good things can be said about Ookami, or Ôkami as printed upon the box. First, it is a solid adventure, taking the player through a sort of version of ancient Japan. Demons and beasts from Japanese Mythos confront the player often, and the battle style is often fast paced and lively.
The Wii version could easily be called a little more difficult to play at first, with the combination attacks on the WiiMote made a bit harder to time. The use of the pointer on the Mote, however, often makes drawing a little easier, though a steady hand could be more helpful. Overall, this port is an excellent transition, and makes a great addition to any adventurer's library.

I can't love it more

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have not been able to put this one down! The Wii was a perfect choice for the re-release of Okami. This game looks great and plays very well. The brush can be a bit temperamental at times but that has not been a huge thing for me.

If you want fun then go for this one!

very good, but not quite great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game. Having been a huge fan of Zelda Twilight Princess on the Wii, and of this genre of games in general, I had high hopes for Wii Okami. And it really does have its moments that lived up to expectations. But it simply runs out of steam towards the end. The story gets too convoluted, and the final boss is RIDICULOUS in the LAME sense of the word. I don't want to write any spoilers, but that thing was just plain dumb. In fact, Im still not really sure what it was supposed to represent. The end of the game felt rushed and forced.

Still, there's lots to love here. Lots of gameplay, and some truly unique artwork and ideas (eg the brush). Clearly, this game is inspired by Zelda, and it did get a lot of those things right. But other things were kinda dumb and unnecessary.... for example, it's always great to find chests, but it gets old when there are WAY too many of them, and they all contain kinda lame treasures. You would have to have a LOT of spare time to actually track down all of the stray beads and trinkets (incense burners, whatevers). Feeding the animals is a cool idea, but why not have some type of reward once you feed ALL of a particular type?

I guess this review might come across as more negative than I had planned because the ending was a pretty big letdown, and I just completed it. But overall, this is a very good game for this genre. So if you've already played Twilight Princess, and you're into these types of games, you should definitely give Okami a try on the Wii.

On a final note, the reviewers who claim that this game is easy are on the mark. There's too much hand-holding, and I don't recall a single boss that I didn't defeat on my first attempt. But the puzzles, the artwork, and just the creative use of the brush interactions still kept things interesting throughout.

fantastic visuals and great use of the wiimote

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

a wonderful upgrade and port from the old ps version. i love the visuals. while the use of the wiimote for the celestial brush techniques is cool, it takes a lot of practice to get it right.

Just Buy It!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Okami is one of the most unique, interesting, exciting, cultural, and revolutionary games to hit the shelves.

Graphics- Wow. Japanese art really brings this game to life in 3D. The colors are bright and vivid. There are almost no glitches and the characters look great. Throughout the whole game you will never forget that you are in Japan.

Gameplay- Hmm... where to start. It has the familiar and welcome formula as the Zelda games, but once again, the game turns it into something of it's own. You are in a huge Japanese world called Nippon and must restore the areas that are cursed by evil ( a bit like the Twilight Zones in Zeldas, except you can't go in them). This can be done by making Guardian Saplings bloom with your Celestial Brush. The brush is a powerful tool that freezes the game so you can draw stuff that help you fight enemies or do whatever you have to do. You have to play it to see what I'm talking about. With the brush you can do things such as turn day into night or the other way around, draw a bomb, create a stream, or make a gust of wind. The power of nature is in your hands! The Celestial brush has 13 handy techniques. They help you get through dungeons. The dungeons are nice because they aren't too long, yet aren't too short. In games like Zelda, the dungeons were way too long.

Sound- Beautiful Japanese music plays in the background. When you speak to other creatures, there voice sounds like Animal Crossing voices.

Plot- The plot is my favorite out of any game I've ever played. The story is based on a real Japanese legend, making it very interesting. There are many cutscenes that make you excited to go to the next area/dungeon. The plot can't be described in only a few sentences, so you can figure it out for your self. There's a cool twist at the end!

To sum it up, Okami is an outstanding game that anyone shoud at least rent. it is very similar to Zelda, so if you love Zelda you'll also fall in love with Okami. It is a perfect blend of all elements that a game should have. Parents, ignore the teen rating and just buy it for your kids. It is very educational. There is a lot of alcohol reference, but the sake they drink is just pretend. Just Buy it!

Very engrossing game overall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

- very good, imaginative game
- actually got easier to play later in the game because of Ammy's new powers
- dialogue too long but important to story
- spent 50 hours to finish game and read the story w/o skipping
- probably minimal replay value once you finish it

Okami is a great game for the wii

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

So different from the thousands of RPG hunt-and-fight games with a beautiful hand-drawn art style. It gets a lot of play at my house along with Zelda and sports (tennis).

It's good, man.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Too many people stop after the into cut scenes. They suck, whatever. The gameplay picks up after you get far enough that it decides you're no longer a complete newbie, and the game's actually quite epic.

The visuals seem blurry and smudgy and thus hard to read for most of the game, but there are certain points, especially within cut-scenes where you get to see something so beautiful that you realize why they render everything the way they do.

Painting is the hardest thing to get used to. Don't make my mistake: quick strokes work, slow strokes NEVER work, and it's really bad at telling you why your strokes don't work.

Zelda but all wolf

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: June 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Awesome. A Great RPG and great use of the Wii mote. If you like Zelda it will feel real good.

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