Okami
So, I picked up the long-awaited game yesterday (a week after its release). I was excited to play the game that I had pre-ordered so long ago , as I had read several excellent reviews of the game recently. After playing the game for a couple hours last night, I can see why the game received such praise. The gameplay's not only beautiful, it's fluid. It actually looks less like cel-shading and more like art.
However, the game nearly drove me mad! The "voice-acting" (which is a fake "cute" language similar to Animal Crossing) is absolutely horrific. The story-telling is awful to sit through, and the characters are all asinine, excluding the Wolf.
When I'm in control, the game is great. It moves at a fun pace, it's beautiful... interactive... everything I'd expect for a Zelda clone. But, between scenes I just have to grit my teeth and press X as fast as possible (which doesn't do much, because the dialogue goes at its own slow pace).
I saw a PSM headline that called Okami Playstation's Zelda. I hadn't thought of Okami to be like Zelda before I saw that headline... but, when I played the game last night, I can see what they mean. The game's basically a scanned image of OoT or Twilight Princess that's had a couple runs through Photoshop. It looks nicer, and it's a little different.. but deep down, the fundamentals are the same. In fact, a lot of the character designs seem to be ripped directly from the Zelda series.
Ah well, the gameplay's good, so how can I complain. I'd stick it on mute to ignore the "voices," but then I'd be missing out on the decent music.
For now, the game gets an 8 of 10 for me. It's good, but I was expecting more; maybe the game was just made for a different audience.
Has anyone else played the game? Does anyone actually like the story, characters, and ... "voice-overs"?
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