On your quest you encounter many wonderful characters, with one joining you from the beginning: a tiny figure called Issun. Your goal is to restore peace to Nippon after your mortal enemy, Orochi, is accidentally awoken, and to do this you must retrieve your lost Celestial powers and gather the strength to face him. The story is heavily inspired by Japanese mythology and you play as the goddess of the sun, Amaterasu, in the form of a wolf. The setting of Nippon, a fictional country based on ancient Japan, is inviting and never boring, welcoming players both old and new. The smooth black outlines and beautiful colour palette make the game feel alive, and a clear improvement in frame rate when compared to past ports helps maintain this.Īdd an equally colourful story and cast of characters to these updates and you have a game with endless charisma. Inspired by Japanese ink wash paintings, the cel-shaded style that often blurred in its original state proudly stands out in a way that it hasn’t before. On its first console, the PlayStation 2, Okami’s incredible appearance stood out as an achievement for stylised visuals, and they have been updated in a way that further compliments Clover Studio’s creativity, surpassing the changes made in the ports to the Wii and PlayStation 3. My trust was well placed.Īs a player of the original version of the game I was impressed by the updated visuals. The port to the PlayStation 3 by HexaDrive was better received due to clear visual updates and improvements in framerate (in spite of the occasional glitch), and when I found out that they were handling the latest version I felt reassured. While the original version on the PlayStation 2 was developed by Clover Studios (known for other games such as Viewtiful Joe and God Hand) over a decade ago, the Wii version was created by Ready at Dawn with some problems, such as the at-times unstable control scheme and lack of clear enhancements. When I first heard that Okami would be remade for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, I wondered how the latest version would be handled in comparison to its past versions. And while I am happy to report that Okami HD retains the personality that I have been in love with for so long, it still has its issues. I, alongside folks who had never played the game before, could experience it with a fresh coat of paint, and with a positive critical reception but disappointing sales figures, it could finally receive the credit it deserved. When I found out that it would be revived once again on current-gen consoles I could not describe my excitement. Following it along three platforms, it has a charm that is hard to top. Okami is a game I have loved for as long as I can remember.
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