*Okami*

*Story* 9

100 Years Ago, There Resided A Small Hamlet In Nippon Called Kimiki Village That Was Nestled In A Grove Of Beautiful Cherry Blossom Trees Of Which Each Resident Worshipped As A God. However The Village Would Not Be Without Its Dark Secrets As A Fearsome Cave Dwelling Beast Known As Orochi Threatened The Land So In Order The Please The Appitate The The Legendary Beast A Flying Arrow Plunge's Into The Home Of Its Next Victim, The Beast Liked To Feast On The Village's Madiens & In Order The Keep The Beast At Bay She Would Be Offered As A Sacrifice. This Carried On For The Next 100 Years Until An Mystrerious White Wolf Appeared In The Village Patrolling The Streets & Keeping The Villagers At Bay, This Wolf Was Dubbed Shiruani As Was Though The Be A Familiar Of Orochi. The Village's Most Fearsome Warrior Nagi Challenged This Wolf Many Times But Was Thwarted By Its Swift Movements. On The Night Of The Festival The Villages Most Beautiful Madien Nami Was Offered However Nagi Who Had Developed A Crush On The Lady Was Outraged By This & Went In Her Stead. Nagi Arrived At The Moon Cave, Home Of Orochi & Faced The Legendary Creature & Slashed His Mighty Blade Way Into The Night But Orochi Protected By A Mysterious Force Had Nearly A Scratch Laid On Him. Nagi Knowing He Was Facing Death In The Face Collapsed & As He Accepted His Fate The Mysterious White Wolf Appeared Gurading Nagi & Faced Orochi. The Wolf Fought Valiently Against The Creature 10X Its Size And Slashed Its Claws Into The Night. Whenever Orochi Got Close The Wolf Would Summon A Tree To Guard Him Or Use The Wind To Blow Away Orochis Flames However With Orochi's Special  Mysterious Force He Was Not Bested & Over Time Shiruani Exausted Was About To Be Finished However With Its Last Ounce Of Strenth It Howled Up At The Moon Summoning It To Shine Upon Nagis Sword, The Sword Now As A Beacon Of Hope Was Raised & Nagis Chopped One By One The Heads Of The Fearsome Beast. Orochi Died In A Pool Of His Own Blood & Was Sealed Away By Nagi's Sword. Shiruani Who Has Succumed To Orochis Poision Lied Unconcious & Nagi Bought Him Back To The Village. The Village Owner Tried To Care For Shiruani But When The Elder Tried To Help Him It Growled At Him  To Keep Him At Bay & Died Shortly After, The Villagers Now In Dept Of The Wolf Made A Shine With A Statue Of The Wolf In His Honour. But 100 Years Had Passed & Susano, Nagi's Decendent Pulled The Legendary Sword From The Pedestal & Orochi Was Set Free & Set The Land In Total Darkness. Sakuya A Tree Spirit Used Her Remaining Power The Protect Kamiki & With An Ancient Ritural Shiruani Was Reborn With Her Real Name Amaterasu The Sun God & Mother To The Land & Set Out With The Wondering Arttist Issun Who Had Been Napping In Sakuyas Dress In Order To Learn The Brush Techniques That Amaterasu Has Lost In Order To Regain Her Full Strength & Take Down The Legendary Creature Once & For All!!!

*Graphics* 10

One Place Where Okami Defiently Shines Is In Its Graphics, The Game Uses Virbrant Colourful Worlds Mixed With A Unique Watercolour Japenese Art Style That Makes For An Beautiful Appearance That You Have Never Seen Anything Like! Its Has Been All Drawn By A Very Talented Artist & Makes Players Needs To Just Stop & Gaze At The Beautiful Landscapes That Surrond Them, The Game Uses Cel-Shaded Characters & Backgrounds That Make THe Game Look Even More Beautiful. The Wii Version Improves On The Original By Coming Complete With Widescreen Support & 480p That Makes A Great Looking Game Even Better However Players With A Sharp Eye Will Notice That The PS2 Version Remains With A More Papery Effect Than The Wii But Not By Much The Wii Defiently Uses A Better Processor Than A PS2 & Brings Out The Lovely Colour That This Game Produces, You Will Defiently Been Blown Away By What You See In This Artisitic Game.

*Audio* 9

Okami's Music Is Just as Good As The Visuals & Comes Complete With Beautiful Relaxing Japenese Tracks That Will Defiently Sooth The Heart & Makes You Hum Along To The Great Music It Produces. It Uses Many More Styles That Will Make You Feel Depressed, Inspirried & Every Emotion You Can Think Of. The Voice Acting In Okami Is Kept Mute Which Defiently Makes The Game Seem More Mystic & Suits It Very Well But Characters Hum To There Words Which Gives You a Hint To What They Sound Like. It Overall Is Very Beautiful & Unqiue.

Gameplay: 7 (Celesteral Brush) 9

Too Tell The Truth Okami Shares Alot Of Values That Are Commen With Nintendo's Zelda Series But Is That A Bad Thing, Not At All Any Zelda Fan Will Defiently Come Across Many Similaritys. Okami Has The Player Controlling The Main Character Amaterasu In Beautiful Rich Terrain Of Which The Overworld Serves As The Hub. Players Are Set Various Tasks By Villages Or Her Guide Issun. Tasks Can Include Anything From Talking To Key Characters, Retrieving Objects Or Using New Fount Powers To Open Up New Gateways To New Places. Players Are Free To Complete The Game At There Own Pace & Can Complete Various Side Quests & Optional Activitys Such As Reviving The Landscape Or Feeding Creatures In Need By Doing This Earns Amteratsu Praise Whcih Can Be Used To Upgrade Amateratsu's Stastics Such As Bigger Health Or Ink Pads + Many More. The Game Also Uses Many Dungeons For Players To Complete By Fighting Enermys, Explorations & Puzzle Solving In Order To Complete It & Each Finishes Off With An Intense Boss Battles Which Are Defiently A Highlight. Combat Is Staged In A Ghostly Virtual Arena With Players Using  A Number Of Weapons, Fighting Techniques & Brush Techniques To Dispatch Foes. At The End Of The Level The Player Is Awarded With Yen To Be Spend At Dojos For Players To Learn New Moves & Spend On Items To Help In Your Quest. The Most Unique Thing About Okami Though Is In Its Celestrial Brush Technique Of Where Te Player Can Freeze Gameplay & Wash Away All Colour To The Screen Here Players Can Use A Paintbrush To Change The World Around Them To Assist Them Such As If You Need To Mend A Broken Bridge Just Draw One In & It Will Reappear, These Can Also Be Used To Gain Techniques Such As Power Slashs Control Elements & Many More. These Techniques Can Be Obtained When A Player Discovers A Concelation Of Stars & Revives An Animal From The Chinese Zodiac To Obtain Them.

Replay Value* 7

Okami Is Strictly A Single Player Quest Yet People Will Not Complain They Did Not Get There Money Worth As Its a Pretty Lengthy Quest As It Takes At Least 30 Hours To Complete, Many Sidequests Expand This & Many Will Just Want To Play It Over Again. Once Completed Though Players Unlock A Room Of Concept Art, Music & Videos For Players To View.

Overall

+ A Truely Magical Adventure

+ Absolutely Gorgeous Visuals

+ Great Story, Soundtrack & Characters

+ Its A Really Huge Game

- Motion Controls Take Time

95%

Thanks

Its Took A Long Time

The Game Got A 7 For Gameplay But The Celestrial Brush Got A 9 If You Look Carefully