![]() Developers Clover Studios recently closed their doors and that’s a crying shame as Okami pushes the ageing PS2 hardware to infinity and beyond. You’d be hard pressed to realise you’re looking at a mere PS2 game if you hadn’t stuck the disc in the system yourself. You’re looking at around 30 hours for the main game and an extra 5 to 10 hours for the side missions, so you’ll certainly get your money’s worth. Though not quite a Final Fantasy epic, Okami will certainly last you a fair old while. By using it to paint a few strokes on the screen you’ll make trees blossom, destroy enemies in a colourful explosion of flowers and learn many many more techniques throughout the game’s lengthy story. This brush – or tail as we prefer to call it – pretty much makes the game. ![]() Well, that’s before you take into account Amaterasu’s Celestial Brush. Up to now you’re thinking this all sounds like your typical adventure fare. No, you’ll find yourself helping out villagers in their time of need too. You don’t just go slaughtering the baddies and have done with the consequences though. Luckily for those of us who don’t know much about the history of the Land of the Rising Sun, it all boils down to your typical tale of good versus evil. Just like the Zelda titles, Okami’s steeped in masses of Japanese folklore. Its closest gaming pal would probably be the good old Zelda series, so not a bad pedigree. To help you along the way, Amaterasu packs a pretty unique helpful tool – a tail that can be used to manipulate the world, attack enemies and do all kinds of weird and wonderful stuff.īut can this unbelievably Oriental title manage to charm the pants off us set in our ways Europeans?Īs unique as Okami looks, it’s a style of gaming we’re familiar with. Starring the Japanese sun god Amaterasu in the guise of a gorgeously detailed white wolf, you traverse this ink and watercolour filled world in a quest to purify Japan and bring colour back to the desolate landscape you find yourself in. (Pocket-lint) - To say that Okami immediately strikes you as, well, Japanese is like stating that Scarlet Johansson is only a little bit hot.
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