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Ōkami
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Ōkami is an action-adventure game in which the goddess Amaterasu restores life and beauty to a world that has been taken over by malevolent beings through the power of celestial calligraphy techniques.
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A Simple and Richly Artistic Adventure

There are few games that devote themselves so much to the concept of historical art as much Okami does. I would say the majority of the player experience does not involve the registration of what is b… Read more

Beautifully Flawed

Six Years Later.... Man, it feels great to finally finish this game and get it off my backlog; a place it has been lingering since it's release in 2006. I played a good chunk of it on PS2 when it came… Read more

OKAMI HD

Clover Studio, a game company that sure did pass away way too soon from the gaming industry made this game for the playstation 2 back in the days. Now this game has been released once again in HD and… Read more

A glorious marriage of art, gameplay, and innovation

It doesn't take very long to see that Okami is unlike any game that you have ever played. The game oozes eccentricity and surrealism from the moment that you begin watching the opening cutscene. Soon… Read more

The blossom's beauty is not foreshadowed by the seed

In short, Ōkami is a nearly perfect 20 hour game that happens to be 40 hours long. Tons of weapons, abilities, and collectibles populate the already beautiful and expansive world of the game. On top o… Read more

A Tale of Art, Beauty, and Restoration of Life

Hideki Kamiya created a name for himself early in the lifecycle of the Playstation 2 with the game Devil May Cry. It was a sword-swinging action game with tremendous style, a rare game that wanted to… Read more

Okami is an outstanding, beautiful game that rises to perfection

Throughout my life I've always thought achieving true perfection was impossible. As no matter how good something is, there's always some sort of flaw. And that flaw -- whether it be a big one or a sma… Read more

This magical adventure game is beautiful and charming at its best

Playing the role of a sun god is pretty fun, but when you have to go on a journey to save the world from evil, revive nature, and restore the people’s lost faith, it is definitely epic in a grand scal… Read more

I can't believe I waited so long to play this game.

Review/Rant : I played this game for the first time in December 2008; a couple of years after its release on the PS2. Even at this age of next gen games, this one is surprisingly still fresh. It doesn… Read more

Wii-Makes.... Not all they're cracked up to be.

Well, Ive played both versions of Okami now and have to ask simply, Why? I Mean, it makes sense i suppose to release it on the Wii, The paintbrush felt better i suppose, but took more trys to get the… Read more

Okami was fun but better than Zelda? ha!

Ok, I liked Okami alot. I want to get that out of the way before I go into my rant. Okami was FUN. There is no denying that. I loved the puzzles were creative, the dungeons were fun to figure out. I t… Read more

A beautiful and exciting experience, one of the best on the Wii

The Good: Beautiful artistic and sound design - Great story – Long adventure with lots of tasks to do – Fantastic gameplay The Bad: Minor graphical and gameplay flaws – It ends ______________ Of the m… Read more

An all around work of art.

Okami is quite possible the most unique and beautiful looking game to grace the video game industry in decades. Aside from it's incredibly stylish and aesthetic appeal, it is a really fun game to play… Read more

Final Thoughts: Okami

Okami is a game that I had been interested in ever since it was first shown for PS2. But unfortunately, I never got to play it (not owning a PS2 will do that). Luckily, that all changed last year with… Read more

A masterpiece

The story begins exactly a 100 years after the great wolf Shiranui and the fearsome warrior Nagi defeat the evil Orochi. Once again has Nippon been overrun by evil forces and now it is up to you to de… Read more

One of the prettiest games of all time.

Okami is the 2006 PS2 game from Clover Studios, a sadly now defunct developer that turned out one of the best games of last year. Okami is basically a Zelda game, but rather than play as an elf-child,… Read more

Amazing, but not Perfect...

33 hours, okami is finally finished for me. I liked it a lot overall, it had it's issues but overall its an excellent title that Wii owners all need to take a look at. My favorite aspect of the game i… Read more

The Game That Combines Myth, Gaming.....And Horny Sidekicks.

I will not bore you the reader with facts about this game which have been repeated before me hundreds times ,if you do not know by now that the graphics are artistic ,and the voices are annoying then… Read more

6h05tly's Okami Wii Review

Ever since this game was released for the PS2, Okami was critically acclaimed for its graphics, gameplay, and innovation. Okami didn't break records for Sony's console and became a rare find in variou… Read more

A warm welcome to the Adventure Genre

Take Zelda and turn Link into a wolf and have him restore light and destroy darkness...wait that already happen...oh well. It is said the director of Okami is a big fan of the Zelda series so you will… Read more

One of the most beautiful games out there

Finally. Okami for the Wii. I had seen a bit of this game back when it arrived at the PS2, but being a person that more or less dislike Playstation, I did not want to know too much about the game. If… Read more

Okami

If you have a PS2 and don't play Okami, you're a bad person. It's simply a fantastic game. The graphics are stunning - I don't care about the GE Force 8800 or the new current generation of high defini… Read more

Okami Review - Playstation 2

It’s when you play games like this that you know you’re in for a real treat. Okami is a beautiful self-shaded Adventure RPG that takes you across vast environments in an unbelievable fictional world.… Read more

An astonishing Adventure into Japanese Folklore

Okami could very well be the game that settles the debate whether or not video games should be considered art. It's hard to not be enthralled by its lush, flowing colours, breath-taking art design and… Read more

didn't sweep me off my feet

The game's visuals are what drew me in, and I still love the art style. It's unique, amazing - beautiful. However, the game itself just seemed to drag on and on for me and gave little sense of where t… Read more

A fine farewell to the PS2

Okami is a game developed by the late Clover Studios. Clover Studios are a development studio funded by Capcom. Some of their most famous titles include Viewtiful Joe and the upcoming God Hand. Okami… Read more

Okami: A Swan Song Most Worthy of Clover's Name

Created in a time when venerable developer Clover Studio was on its last legs, Okami is a game which naturally burdens itself with a number of expectations. Not only does it come after a line of well-… Read more

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