I'm starting to get far enough into Okami where I feel I can judge it against Zelda: Twilight Princess, so I'm wondering which one you guys think is better. I'm sort of torn. They both have their pros and cons.
For instance, Okami easily trumps TP in terms of art design, overworld design, personality, gameplay outside of dungeons in general. I also think it has a more entertaining story and better dialogue. It's also funnier.
On the other hand, Twilight Princess absolutely crushes Okami in terms of dungeon design. While I do enjoy Okami's dungeons, they are not as cleverly designed, they are not as meaty, the puzzles are not as dynamic, etc. They're just not as satisfying or as well-designed and they don't use your equipment (which would be the brush techniques) nearly as cleverly as TP does.
I think Okami's combat is a little more interesting due to the brush techniques, but I don't like how the game boxes you into these little combat zones and puts a ranking screen at the end of the fight. I feel like this breaks up the immersion as do the numerous loading screens.
Twilight Princess is rather easy compared to Ocarina and Majora's Mask, but it's much more challenging than Okami due to more sophisticated, fleshed out dungeon designs.
All in all, I think TP has a sturdier design while Okami is more inspired. I'd give both games a 9.5 and I'd probably give TP the slightest edge, and some of that edge probably is due to me being a Zelda fanboy. Okami is definitely noticeably superior in many areas.
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