Textures from a decade ago still haunt the game, resulting in some seriously distracting environmental detail, particularly on the ground, but luckily Okami’s intentionally soft look mitigates this somewhat. While the game now supports 4K, and looks absolutely lovely in doing so, there are numerous callbacks to its PS2 roots that drag down the overall presentation. It’s fortunate then that Okami’s gorgeous artistic style holds up as well as it does, because Capcom have seemingly made zero effort to update anything in this release aside from an increased resolution. All of these things contribute to the overall state of the world in Okami, and seeing the environment change and shift positively as a result of your work is thoroughly rewarding as well as being just as visually captivating now as it was twelve years ago. Drawing a circle in the sky to summon the sun might activate a solar mechanism opening a sacred cave for example, while drawing the symbol for wind could help a village by setting their windmill in motion. to solve previously impossible problems or reach new areas as the game progresses. Each of the dozen-or-so symbols represents a godlike power and is earned over the course of the game, allowing Ammy and Co. This is done in-game by holding a button to flatten out the current view onto page and painting key symbols onto the scene. Okami plays out much like a typical action RPG with quests to take on and enemies to be fought - but the core gimmick is in Ammy’s ability to interact with the world via her ‘celestial brush’, allowing her to paint objects and phenomena right into the environment.
Pacing is the real winner here, with the plot taking wild turns just when it seems like things are closing out, before the full scope of the game is revealed.Īll of this takes place in the semi-open world of Nippon (Japan), across a multitude of villages, plains, temples and seas, each with their own stories to tell and adventures to discover. Okami’s story deftly mixes many influences and figures from Japanese folklore and imbues them with a light-hearted whimsy and humour that makes the whole thing captivating from beginning to end. Amaterasu (or Ammy) teams up with a bug-sized wandering artist named Issun and a warrior named Susano and sets out to recreate the events of a century ago and take down Orochi once more.
Fast forward 100 years and Orochi returns to terrorise the village again, prompting the village’s guardian spirit Sakuya to call on the sun god Amaterasu, a reincarnation of the original white wolf and this game’s protagonist, to set things right. A brave warrior named Nagi and a white wolf Shiranui put an end to Orochi’s evil and seal him in a nearby cave. Okami’s story starts with the tale of an evil eight-headed dragon named Orochi, who terrorises the small farming village, Kamiki, and demands the sacrifice of its maidens.
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