It essentially functions as any other fantasy realm. The game does a good job at building its world, so even if you don’t know a thing about Japan it won’t matter. Narrative: Despite being heavily rooted in Shintoism, foreknowledge isn’t required to understand & enjoy Okami. As you travel, you’ll bring light & life to the dying world, earning Praise by creating miracles & leveling up your Godhood. For example, you can slash foes by making a short, straight line across them, or you can creating a massive fireball by drawing an infinity sign. The Celestial Brush is your primary tool in the game, allowing you to pause the world to draw various designs, resulting in different effects. But whereas Link picks up new weapons & items, Amaterasu unlocks new brush techniques. Okami’s game style is very much inspired by The Legend of Zelda games, where you travel through various locations & dungeons earning new ways to advance. But later you uncover that Orochi was the just a pawn to something much darker. Initially your task focus’ on slaying the eight-headed dragon Orochi, who was mysteriously released from his prison & demanding human sacrifices. Your job is to vanquish the darkness that has taken control of the land of Nippon with the help of your Celestial Brush, allowing you to literally draw on the canvas of the world. In Okami, you take the role of Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess, incarnated as a wolf. Not only did I breeze through levels that had previously given me trouble, but I was able to complete the game. And shock of shocks, it actually did, thus continuing to prove motion controls are little more than a gimmick to entice new gamers. Thanks to the HD re-release on current consoles, including an upcoming release on the Switch, I purchased an entirely new copy in the hopes that using a regular controller would make the game easier. The game in question was the Wii version of Okami. Readers from the earliest days of this blog might recall a rare rant post on how the Wii’s motion controls sucked & clearly weren’t intended for calligraphy writing.
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