


I’m an artsy person, and therefore the beautiful style of this game scores it major points with me.

I was enamored with it at the very beginning and still consider it an amazing game. Occassionally you would run into a stronger character that was really complicated to fight and it was frustrating because I sometimes felt unprepared.I still very highly recommend this game. They seemed to be easily avoidable and not especially challenging. The challenges are set on a good curve – easy and explanatory at the beginning and move toward puzzles that take more thinking or ingenuity to solve.My only annoyance with the game was the battles. There are tons of sidequests to keep even the best gamer busy for a long time, even after the main storyline has run its course. One of the few adventure games that lives up to Zelda (and in some ways surpasses it). Most of the characters and stories are based on Japanese folklore and tell a fascinating tale.The gaming experience is great. The story made it hard to pull myself away from this game and each time I started to rejoice that I had nearly completed the game the plot thickened and a new thread was introduced. The interface of trying to paint with a joystick takes some getting used to but once you adjust it seems both smooth and creative. Amaterasu, the wolf that you play as, wields the celestial brush to alter the world. The art in this game is awe-striking (and isn’t just reserved for the cutscenes – it lasts throughout the game). Okami first caught my attention with the graphics.
