Gamerace on 09 February 2010
| RolStoppable said: Oh, another reason might be that many people might not be able to relate to a wolf as playable character which makes Okami only appealing to those who are totally into video games and that genre. Zelda is popular because it's very easy to relate to a boy/young man going on a big adventure. |
I think it's a combination of this and the unique - love it or hate it - art style. People don't mind playing as anthropomorphic animals or bugs or blobs or whatever but when you ask them to play as an actual animal (or insect as in the sales disaster Deadly Creatures) people are turned off. Probably as you mention, they just can't relate to it.
Shame because there's obviously a lot of love for this game.
