Okami Comments by Keza MacDonald

Yeah, I guess a 10 is warranted if you like it enough.

I'd have given it a 9 though - the first few hours or so are very boring indeed (l guess having an irritating small glowing thing that won't shut UP is another way it's like Zelda), and there are some bugs with the way the combat pointer brush has been implemented.

*blinks*

10/10!

No danger is Okami a ten for me. It's lovely yes but by christ is it repetive.

This is the reason I held off getting Okami for the PS2. W00t1! ;-)

ok then. sold.

Great!...
Was always tempted to buy this on PS2 but never got round to it...

Well worth the 10/10, awesome game.

Finally, something new to get for the Wii!

If Wii owners overlook this as much as the PS2 lot did, you deserve all the cooking mamas you get.

The very basics of Okami's design are similar to the Zelda series' - indeed, this is probably the only truly great game outside of that series that has ever managed to pull it off so well.

Heresy! What about Beyond Good and Evil?

BG&E was shit that's why.

The best third party game on the Wii.



Is a PS2 port.

wow a wii with a 10/10 game? this is like the third now...


o wait, The PS3's had one, right?

This + Zelda + Mario Kart = Quint is buying a Wii

Whilst a proper 480p widescreen display on the Wii is better than how the original would have got displayed on the Euro PS2, I actually played Okami on my PS3 and the 1080p upscaling actually did a rather good job on it.

Obvious this was going to be a 10/10 it was a work of art on the PS2. Good to hear the Wii control is better definite buy for the Wii even though I have the PS2 version.

/Looks for pre-order

Nice, nice, nice.

A game worthy of a ten. Not GTA, not BioShock, not bloody Halo 3. Take note, other EG/gaming reviewers.

"The best third party game on the Wii. Is a PS2 port"

Well it is one of the few excellent games that the PS2 had, it did after all have the same probem as the Wii, having loadsa shit made for it.

"Is a PS2 port. "

True - I own the PS2 version (never completed it though) but will still buy and play this on my Wii also... just for the (slightly) improved graphics and wiimote controls :)

One of the best games of 2007 IMO but was severely overlooked by many - hopefully the Wii version will do the game justice saleswise.

"A game worthy of a ten. Not GTA, not BioShock, not bloody Halo 3. Take note, other EG/gaming reviewers. "

SHUT UP!!!!!

Even on the Wii, it'll likely still be overlooked.

But screw it, the developers are already gone, just live in the knowledge that if you enjoy this game, then you're a much better gamer than 90% of the others out there.

"Nice, nice, nice.

A game worthy of a ten. Not GTA, not BioShock, not bloody Halo 3. Take note, other EG/gaming reviewers."

Oh shut up you pretentious knob. Go and bore yourself by watching some arty farty films and reading some arty farty books while I enjoy both the best of both worlds.

Great, another game to buy. I need moneys.

Well... EG handing out 10's like sweeties now eh?

Okami is due out on Wii in Europe on 13th June.

Meh. :-/

"Even on the Wii, it'll likely still be overlooked.

But screw it, the developers are already gone, just live in the knowledge that if you enjoy this game, then you're a much better gamer than 90% of the others out there."

If you can complete Ninja Gaiden you're a much better gamer than 90% of the others out there.

When is this out in Europe? Will be getting it day one (never played the PS2 version).

EDIT: 13th June? OMG a MGS4 killer!

A reviewer friend of mine was tearing his hair out over this a week or two ago, saying that the controls were borked, and overall it isn't as good as the PS2 version.

I am half way through the PS2 version and I am waiting for Sony to re-introduce BC to the PS3....


...might be along wait.

TEN??

Oh well, I guess this is one ten I'm not remotely interested in given that I've not even played Mario Galaxy to completion yet.

I love the PS2 version of Okami, and enough of a fanboy to have bought the Japanese art book and soundtrack CDs.
However I'm really gutted at what they've done with the Wii port - the ugly over-saturated colour palette, the rubbish controls, the ripped-out end sequence, the parchment effect, the fugly cutscenes, etc etc. If you think Okami is a 10/10, you're right and it is - the PS2 version that is.

Got the PS2 version playing on my PS3 recently and the upscaling is indeed gorgeous (as is the game)

It definitely loses a point (maybe 2) though for the beginning and the little glowing thing going on and ON. It somehow fails to get mentioned in any reviews I've read of it though.

Really wears down any enthusiasm you had.

"I am half way through the PS2 version and I am waiting for Sony to re-introduce BC to the PS3.... "

I assume you have the 40GB model?

Don't expect PS2 BC to return to PS3 - sadly. Okami seems to run fine on the 60GB model though.

"However I'm really gutted at what they've done with the Wii port - the ugly over-saturated colour palette, the rubbish controls, the ripped-out end sequence, the parchment effect, the fugly cutscenes, etc etc. If you think Okami is a 10/10, you're right and it is - the PS2 version that is. "

Doesn't sound to good :(

first year ever without a summer drought?

I'm glad I didn't play the ugly PS2 version of this. I can enjoy this less ugly version. :)

Probably the best game I played through on the Ps2 - I loved the way it always felt like it was going to end at the next boss, but then just led into another10 hour jaunt... great pacing

@Beano

Still haven't bought PS3 yet.

I am waiting for Sony to bring out a new model with BC which is unlikely.

Perhaps once MGS4 and a FF game are released I will take the plunge.

first year ever without a summer drought?

I thought the same thing. But once again, it's all published with in the same few days. I've Mass Effect PC and Age of Conan on preorder, and Okami and Grid will be out within the same few days as these two. Would it kill them to publish a game in April or early May?

EG are normally the first to moan about wii controls normally..

first year ever without a summer drought?

heh, yeah i've been waiting for the summer drought so i can get caught up on some 360 games (i only got one fairly recently so 2 yrs of games to catch up on)... still a ton of new stuff coming out all the time tho!

If you have a PS3 that supports backwards compatability, the PS2 version of Okami upscaled looks bloody gorgeous.

Look, I can appreciate that not everyone will detest the Wii controls equally - some people are more patient with that sort of thing than others. But if you're a fan of Okami you can at least recognise that having the end credit sequence ripped out and all the subtle colours of the original cranked up to maximum saturation is hardly ideal. I had high hopes for the Wii port - the Wii remote seems like an obvious match for the celestial brush powers, and the chance of seeing the game in glorious 480p is obviously an attractive prospect. If the Wii version is the only means you have of playing Okami, I recommend it. But if you have the ability to play the PS2 version, upscaled or not, that's much much better.

"People saying the PS2 version is a 10/10 and the Wii version isn't are on crack. Wii version is better in every department."
Not sure I agree, just because it seems like an ideal match, doesn't make it so.

Brilliant review for a brilliant game!

@ Spanky

BG&E was a masterpiece! it was one of my favourite games of last gen.

You can hardly call it "crap" even if you personally didn't like it.

"I am waiting for Sony to bring out a new model with BC which is unlikely."

My crystal ball is in the shop, but I really doubt you will see a new PS3 SKU with PS2 BC again. You will have more luck hunting down a used 60GB unit.

*gasp*
O_o

Already have the PS2 version,as should every PS2 owner, but that sadly isn't the case. It's a definite 10 on the PS2. A wonderful game.

It was a purchase, now it's a preorder.

You guys don't often sound so enamoured with games, and this has certainly warmed a heart.

@Beano

I agree.

But given the reliability of current hardware I am a little wary of buying a machine without a warranty.

(my 360 has broken down twice and my Wii only reads the disk after around 3 attempts)

Does anyone else have the same problem with the Wii - it is most annoying!

"But given the reliability of current hardware I am a little wary of buying a machine without a warranty."

PS3 hardware is known to be very reliable compared to the 360. But of course buying any hardware without warrenty, is a risk... just a much lower risk when it's a PS3 :)