This is the best Zelda game in the same way Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek movie.

With Okami 2 announced (we are so back) I decided to complete the game once again.

It is in my opinion an Masterpiece..

First, the visuals. This game is STUNNINGLY beautieful, the entirety of it Looks like a japanese ink Washington painting, but with nice and vibrant colors.
Bringing back the life, the plants and the colors into the corrupted gray areas is very satisfying

A unique Mechanic is the celestial brush, which you can use to basically paint Symbols and shapes on your screen, which will then habe different effect. Those can aid you in combat and are needed to solve Puzzles and traverse the World. You unlock more and more while progressive the Story, allowing you acces New areas or part of old areas you couldn't reach before gaining this brush skill

The Story and characters are oozing with charm. Amaterasu is, a lot of Times, just behaving like a dog, being super cute, while at the same time being a literal god.
Issun can be a bit annoying sometimes, but it still fun most of the Times. Even side-characters like Waka, Susanoo and Oki are very well written.

The bosses are well designed too, I just didnt enjoy how we had to fight Orochi 3 times in the story. The Boss is fun, but not playing it 3 times. Same with the Spider Queen/Bandit Spiders which is basically the same fight. However, at least the bandit spiders are optional and only needed if you are going for the 100%

Playing this game to 100% is a lot of fun. There are combat-trials yoi have to complete, a race, feeding animals, doing side-quest und finding hidden collectables.


All in all, Okami is a journey that is absolut worth experiencing.

The game is carried entirely by its art style. Characters ramble on without saying anything interesting. The combat can be fun, but it's so pathetically easy that engaging with its mechanics feels pointless and as a puzzle game, it's on par with Skyirm. The solutions are so obvious that it makes you wonder why they were included in the first place. A game this simple, dull and boring should not be 30 hours on top of it, there's so many mundane and uninteresting tasks that you are required to do that exist solely to pad out the game's length.