Another thing that is hard to take with Okami HD is the pacing of the cutscenes and the annoying sound effects that are used instead of proper dialogue. Please don’t let it spoil your fun though because you will eventually get used to it. It’s not the game’s fault or the design, because that’s how we played games back in the day, but for the here and now in 2017 it really grates and gets on your wick. There is a whole lot of content and tons to do, with you probably looking at something around the 25 hour mark or more if you decide to tackle all the tasks and mini quests.īut for all the good, there are a couple of little wrongs, with the camera being one of my pet hates.
The rest of Okami HD consists of you exploring the map, and bringing life back to the infected and cursed areas with your magic brush. The boss battles are very inventive too – but be warned some can be very tricky indeed. However you can probably escape those by just avoiding the creatures on the map. These fights are great fun and for me never get boring, but occasionally things are a bit random. You gain special attacks and weapons as you get deeper into the game, but everything in Okami basically follows a formula of attacking, dodging, defending and using your brush power attack to finish them off, with the end of each battle seeing you gather up money depending on how well you have done in battle. In the combat you are placed in a closed off battle arena, with a little window to escape through if things start to get too rough. I’m not going to spoil anymore of the secrets of Okami HD because they’re a joy to play with. Then there is the cherry bomb which lets you create a bomb that can be used to open secret entrances or help you out in battle. Or there’s bloom, where you draw a sun in the sky, to make a village light again and to grow mushrooms so you can climb to a higher point. For example the power slash mode works by simply pausing the action mid fight with RB and then drawing a slash across the enemy or item, before damage occurs or the item is smashed. It works very simply, but the combinations are so interesting and complex. As you progress you gain special powers where you can use your brush technique, which is one of the most innovative pieces of gameplay design ever made. You wander around the world of Nippon, interacting with characters and items, partaking in a main story and completing a load of side quests. You see, when Okami HD gets going, it really gets going! Just don’t stop there, because you will be missing out on a treasure of a game. The first thing I will say though, as a newcomer to this game, is to please don’t get put off by the 20 minute intro scene that goes on and on and delivers some serious pacing issues. It’s up to you to try and gain back your magical powers of the celestial brush and rid the curse away.
This evil is an eight headed demon who has woken up after a hundred years of cursing the land, whilst filling it with terrible monsters and poison. Okami HD puts you in the capable paws of a god wolf called Amaterasu, who with the help of their little insect buddy Issun, has to save the world of Nippon from a terrible evil.
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