Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
92
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

From Capcom's Clover studios, the team behind Viewtiful Joe 2, comes a 3-D cell shaded action adventure in the world of feudal Japan. Ōkami tells the tale of a wolf-goddess named Amaterasu who must prevent an evil being known as Orochi from taking over the beautiful world of feudal Japan. Ōkami takes the already well established cell shading technique and turns it into a traditional Hokusai-style Japanese woodblock print visual.

To give the player a sense of being in a painting, Amaterasu is given a paint brush in which the player can cut enemies down with, create bridges or wind, and restore the forest to its natural beauty. With each defeated enemy, color returns and the natural life force slowly regenerates. While playing, players call up a canvas where they can draw with the celestial brush. New abilities and techniques are acquired as you progress.

Ōkami is filled with large worlds and dungeons to explore on your quest to restore the lush trees and wildlife to their former glory. Many monsters and large epic boss battles come between Amaterasu and her goal. To fulfill her objective there will be many people along the way that will help her if she helps them.

Alternate Titles

  • "大神" -- Japanese spelling
  • "Okami" -- Common Roman alphabet spelling

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User Reviews

Oh Amaterasu, origin of all that is good and mother to all PS2 games Solid Flamingo (1275) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
A Strikingly Beautiful Adventure Ben K (18330) 3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars

The Press Says

GamePro Sep 19, 2006 5 out of 5 100
Game Shark Oct 13, 2006 A+ 100
Gamereactor (Denmark) Feb 06, 2007 10 out of 10 100
Mansized Jan 30, 2007 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Ferrago Ltd. (play.tm) Feb 26, 2007 96 out of 100 96
Fragland.net May 01, 2007 94 out of 100 94
GameDaily Sep 20, 2006 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Video Game Talk Oct 12, 2006 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Gameplayer Mar 19, 2007 9 out of 10 90
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) Feb 14, 2007 9 out of 10 90

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Cat statues 1 Donatello (85)
Jul 28, 2007

Trivia

To the dismay of Ōkami's director Hideki Kamiya, in the Wii version the entire PS2 Clover Studio Co., Ltd. staff end credits have been cut from the game. The official explanation comes from Seth Killian, Capcom's Community Senior Manager:

"The credits were removed because they were a pre-rendered movie that contained the Clover logo. We have no legal right to use the Clover logo in a game they were not involved with directly. We also didn't have the source to the credit movie itself, so we couldn't just use it and remove the Clover logo."


This entry was contributed by gamewarrior (5127) and Cartman86 (250)
 

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