Another prime example of a great game no one buys while they complain theres no good games for the Wii.

User Rating: 8.5 | Okami WII
By fhiz | Review Date:
Capcom has had some crappy luck for Wii games that aren't Resident Evil. They make great games, GREAT games but no one pays attention to them or buys them. First example Zack and Wiki. Did you buy it? yes? good for you. No? Turn in your gaming license, you don't deserve to play video games. Second example is Okami, a game when originally came out for the PS2 was so critically acclaimed for everything in it, that reviewers practically asked everyone to buy it. Now it comes out for the Wii the same happens, reviewers love it and so do a select few gamers, buuuuuut the masses more or less ignore it. Shame on you

First off lets talk about the main thing that comes to mind when you think about Okami, the graphics/art style. This game is art. It is pure art. The classic Japanese painting style is a breath of fresh air in a world of "BROWN IS REAL + lots of HDR lighting" graphic styled games. The colors and effects just pop out like a moving painting. Difference from the original include, more vibrant colors (which some do not like since it looks less like paper) widescreen support, and 480p support. The only gripe I have with it is that on an HD tv, the visual sort of seem blurred. Its still a very beautiful game and it looks perfect on a regular tv, but when they're talking so much about widescreen and 480p, it sort of sucks that you can't get around it.

Gameplay wise, Okami borrows a lot form The Legend of Zelda, minus fighting enemies. Much like Zelda you will travel town to town talking to villagers, breaking open pots, opening chests, the whole nine yards. Fighting enemies though is more like an action RPG. You'll go to a certain point in an area and an enclosed circle will come up with enemies for you to fight. This is where a problem comes up, the Wii motion controls. To attack you must swing the wii mote, but for some reason for me at least it seems to only pick up big swings of the wii mote, smaller swings seem to do nothing. This is both annoying and dangerous to those around you.

More control issues are found in the celestial brush, which allows you to stop time and paint various shapes to create or attack something on the screen. The motion tracking isn't the problem, its the fact that you must be extremely precise or your technique won't work. This is found early in one of the most prominent techniques that allows you to slash an opponent by drawing a straight horizontal line. It seems Ready at Dawn did not ease up on the requirements needed to do the celestial brush techniques with the Wii.

Negatives aside, Okami is a great game that everyone who likes action adventures must play. NOW GO AND BUY IT. Support good games and not crappy movie tie ins.

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