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YoY: -4 My Rating: 9.0/10
Very few games have ever caught my eye in a way that Okami did when I first saw it. There simply wasn't, and still really isn't, any other games that look like it. The watercolours-in-motion look was entirely its own, and a gorgeous one at that. Obviously, beautiful visuals aren't enough by themselves, but fortunately there's a great game to go along with them. As far as games of its kind go (ones inspired by The Legend of Zelda), it's one of the very best.
Of course, it's not perfect, but the faults it has are relatively small all things considered. It is a very long game for one, perhaps a bit too long, though in general it does manage to thrown in interesting new locations, characters, and abilities frequently enough so that it never gets dull to play. The character voices can also get a bit grating at times, and some other minor aspects may not have aged without issue either, but overall this is still an excellent game.
