![]() ![]() Ōkami is an epic adventure inspired by Japanese folklore and mythology, which is brimming with memorable characters, entertaining writing, stunning music and an enjoyable combat system. Play involves completing quests, fighting monsters and exploring beautiful areas by gaining abilities and using the Celestial Brush – an ink brush that allows you to draw on the screen using a number of techniques to aid you through the journey. With the help of the bug-sized artist, Issun, you must free the land of Nippon from a corrupting evil. You play as Amaterasu, the sun goddess and mother to us all, who has taken the form of a white wolf. ![]() On Nintendo’s Switch, Ōkami finds a perfect home, offering the player the greatest choice in how they wish to play than any of the releases to date. Now, in 2018, we have an HD remake on the Switch.Īlthough graphics may age and date a game, style remains timeless. Sprinting at full speed through Shinshu Field with a wake of flowers blooming behind you is as joyful and beautiful an experience now as it was 12 years ago. It seems strange then that probably one of the most stylish games ever created should be subject to so many HD remakes. But anything that makes this game more widely available to those who may have missed it the first (second, or third) time around can only be welcome. In 2012, there was an HD remake for the PlayStation 3, which was then released on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One in 2017. Despite the 2006 original suffering poor sales initially, 2008 saw a version appear for the Wii. Despite this the combat is not a highlight of the game, since it’s rather too easy and often repetitive.Ōkami has had a few re-releases. As well as brush attacks you can use a range of other weapons, swapping between primary and secondary slots at will. In docked mode you can use the analogue stick or Joy-Con motion controls but in handheld you can paint straight onto the touchscreen, which works much better than it ever has before.Ĭombat in the game is initiated by moving close to a generic demonic banner, at which point you become enclosed in a small circular arena. How exactly you control the brush though has always been a point of contention and it’s never quite worked perfectly in any version. As you progress you learn new magical shapes that allow you to create objects in the world, make plant life bloom, or set off giant bombs. The structure of the game is very similar to the pre-Breath Of The Wild 3D Zelda games, as you gradually open up access to a large overworld and a series of dungeons.Īlthough Amaterasu can jump and headbutt, her primary interaction with the world is via the celestial brush, as she paints on the screen with her tail. Throughout the game you control the goddess Amaterasu, who appears as a white wolf (okami is a pun on the Japanese words for both wolf and god). And even if the Switch version lacks the 4K resolution of last year’s Xbox One and PlayStation 4 editions the visuals are still incredibly impressive, with the only real technical shortcoming being the somewhat awkward camera. The low polygon count does betray the game’s age, but that’s no real issue. ![]() The effect is still as unique as it is beautiful and is perfectly exploited by both the gameplay and the storyline – which sees you returning colour and life to a world cursed into darkness. Using a variant of cel-shading, that mimics the Japanese art of Sumi-e, the whole game world looks like it is painted in sumptuous water colours. It’s pointless to discuss anything else in the game without first mentioning the stunning visuals. ![]()
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