Okami

[k0pp0]

A special Belm in my direction for not noticing that then! Cheers squire.

[Mr Fujisawa]

woo, finally finished the game, 50 hours lol, ceraintly much bigger than i ever though it would be! got full maks for everythign at the end which i guess is nice, but dont think i got all the stray beads.

overall i enjoyed it, i agree sometimes the story felt like it was going off on one, but it seemed to tie in at the end i liked the

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time travel to the past, that was really nice

and there was some really spine tingling bits in the game. its certainly up there with zelda, and will give twilight princess a run for its money tbh. bad things id say the weapons are all pretty much the same thing and collecting treasures u care nothing about is a bit tiresome, u might as well just get money as u just sell em straight away. hwoever theyre minor niggles. a deffinate 9/10 from me, id love to stick a + on that too, its not quite a 10, but its as close as ive seen in a long time.

[shuzo]

I completed this on saturday - 35 hours for me. I totally agree with you Fujisawa, a brilliant game but it does have minor issues. I hope the next zelda is better if not as good as this, but okami definitely reminded me of why I love playing these types of games so much .

[Big Seany]

Got this thursday last week. Onyl an hour in, but am loving it loving it loving it, soooo beautiful, cannot really say much else really, it is like a work of art in game form, just so lush. COmparisons to Zelda are justified - very similar sort of style, reminding me of the first time i played OOT.

How the **** am I going to play this through though with Wii out in mere days? have also just scored God Hand as well, not even done half hour on that yet! What is wrong with me?

Anyways, am off to play Okami some more as am off works today

[Escape-To-88]

Just picked this up from the States, stunning. Not really into these Zelda-esque games but this blew me away. F'ing blinding. What a bastard Clover had to close it's doors, were all doomed I tell ye.

[Ostrog]

This one is an Illustrated Art Book with minimal text, just pages and pages of art ranging from childish innocent villagers to the wolf dripping with blood at the hands of a masked assailant. I see why the game gets so much props, they really spent a mind boggling amount of time on its 'look'.

The amazing thing about the characters is that every one of them stands out in some way, with no 'generic bystander' look to them. Each character is so unique and memorable. Love the voices too - they suit the characters perfectly. I've read a few complaints about the speech, but I couldn't imagine them speaking anything other than those chirping sounds. Proper voice acting just wouldn't work, I reckon.
And the game itself is bloody brilliant. I'm about 20 hours into it now, having fought and defeated

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Orochi

, (and what a battle that was! bleedin' phenomenal!) and now I'm on my way to the coast. I still feel I haven't scratched the surface. So far, the game feels like this big epic film that just flies by despite its' length. I was so engrossed, those 20 hours didn't feel very long at all. Feckin' marvelous.

[PeteJ]

I started the PAL version yesterday (promo straight from capcom), pretty much blown away so far. Took me a little while to get used to it and I do have a few faults, but I don't think I've ever played a game so rich in charm, love and detail. Absolutely mind-blowing stuff.

I feel it is leading me by the hand too much, but also not in the right areas. I still don't quite understand several things about the mechanics, but three hours in and they haven't been explained - yet i've been told about a few other things several times even though they were blatently obvious. In this regard the game isn't as polished as Zelda, however I think so far I am enjoying it more than Zelda TP. Where as Zelda felt like I was running through a set - though refined - template, this feels fresh and exciting.

So far so good.

(PAL looks and runs great on my LCD TV, though I'm only running it via RGB)

[Wools]

I can't wait for this, should be out this Friday in the UK.

I'm sure it does considering Capcom but is it 60hz PeteJ?

[PeteJ]

Sure is!

[jimmbob]

You basts, I've just been reading this thread, I wasn't going to buy any more games this month.
I will be back soon with my first play impressions.

[iloveannie]

Bollocks. Had this on preorder with Play. I now have two copies. &#163;50 out the bank two weeks before paday

[jimmbob]

If you'd have said I'd have took that off your hands mate, unfortunately I've ordered with Shopto. To the trade forum post haste.

[iloveannie]

If you'd have said I'd have took that off your hands mate, unfortunately I've ordered with Shopto. To the trade forum post haste.

Play do a return thingy which means I won't lose anything.

[elkatas]

Hmh, I have played this game for about 20 hours, but I'm not really that impressed. Sure, it is goddamn beautiful looking and well-crafted, but also extremely clinical and formulaic at same time. Can't really explain why I feel like this, but I'm probably overburned on Zelda-esque adventure genre.

[NekoFever]

I can see what you mean in that respect - it's essentially a by-the-numbers Zelda clone, albeit a really competent one (most aren't), with its own innovation in the celestial brush. For me, though, the gorgeous visuals were almost enough on their own to keep me playing. I wanted to reach the next area or get the next brush power just to see what it'd look like.

Does that make me shallow? Probably, but I don't care