Okami HD

The best Zelda game of all time. So much heart and creativity, game is beautiful and levels and gameplay are very creative. Just when you think it will be over, the game throws like 10 more levels at you. Peak.

This is such beautiful and unique game, with one of the most gorgeous art styles and unique gameplays out there that I can recommend this game to everyone. The gameplay, the music, the story, the characters, the art style, I love everything about it. My only regret is that I did not play this sooner. You will get lots of hours out of this game too, I'm 23 hours in and I don't think I'm anywhere near the end. Some people mention issues with their Xbox controllers, however personally I have zero issues with my 8BitDo controllers, both Xinput and Dinput.

Beautiful game with a fantastic art style and enjoyable characters. I wasn't sure i'd like it when i bought it a long time ago but i'm glad i was wrong. Now for the achievements...

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MY mother's a dog !

One of my favorite games of all time gets an HD remaster! Like a cross between Zelda dungeons and overworld exploration with Tales of like instanced action battles, Okami provides a unique and extremely memorable experience. It's beautiful art style alone is worth a look taking inspiration a variety of traditional art styles such as Ukiyo-e, wood block prints, ink wash painting, and a variety of older schools of Japanese art from the early modern period and later. The music is extremely effective at setting mood, place, and even giving a sense of character when the very simple faces of the character models might not communicate as much. The story itself is a twist on classic hero stories taking on the role of a slightly disinterested goddess who comes back to life during a catastrophe of evil awakening to bring life back to the land, while a bumbling hero to be happens to be at the right place at the right time to take credit throughout. A much more endearing concept than it might sound at first but it has wonderful payoff both in character moments and asides for humor. The gameplay itself can take some slight getting used to with many powers being based on drawing shapes on the screen to use them. Some part of me wonders if the wii version had it best with the brush like wii mote motions but it works well in any case, with a controller in my experience anyhow. The rest is very much a mini combo system of basic attacks with rock paper scissors using your slowly accumulated powers to defeat specialized enemies. Exploration is a joy and mostly gated off by boss fights or simply exploration elsewhere to find them. Very similar to a Zelda map progression or Castlevania type in that regard. The dungeons themselves are quite memorable as well with a bit of puzzling and mandatory fights to hop through to even more memorable boss designs. Between the endearing character, wonderful art direction, and enjoyable gameplay, I highly recommend it. As for the HD features, they never made me feel like I'm stretching any of the textures and it definitely cleared up the fuzziness of, say, the og PS2 version. I've also tested it quite a bit on deck and the touch screen even provides a neat new way to use the brush powers!

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