Okami is a timeless classic, with a revered art style and an outstanding protagonist in the form of the sun goddess Amaterasu in a wolf's body. Enticing gameplay and an elaborate painting mechanic mark the game as being full of wonderful ideas.
But one of♔ the greatest aspects of such a game, are🧔 the smaller details. The things that many players may not even notice that help a world and its mechanics feel all that much more alive. And Okami is packed with plenty of them.
10 Sei'an Clock Tower Measures In-Game Time
A certain length into the game, you reach the city of Sei'an, and after even more adventuring, you can access the aristocratic quarter. This area is home to the palace of the queen, and various other shops and people. One of the standouts of these is the great clock tower that sits in the city.
An interesting note about this clock tower, however, is that the clock is actually moving according to the in-game day. What's more is that by changing between day and night yourself, the clock fast-forwards to the relevant time, letting you see exactly how long the game classes a day and night as lasting.
9 🦄 Elements Can Be Pulled From Enemies And Weapons 💃
A major aspect of Okami's gameplay is the use of elements, Namely, those are fire, lightning, wind, water, and ice. Many enemies can deal damage with these elements or are weak to them, themselves. The right idea then would be to counter them with elements, though in many combat scenarios, it may be hard to find the exact elements you need.
As a nice touch though, any element can be dragged from enemies too. So fire can be pulled from a flaming enemy and used on an icy enemy. But even more fascinating is th😼at some weapons have elemental properties, and simply having those weapons🙈 equipped gives you constant access to the element.
8 There Are Secret Brush Techniques ꦕ ꦓ
Another key aspect of the game is, of course, the celestial brush techniques. They are core to every aspect of the game. And though they re🦩main the same for most of the game, secret wishing wells can be found later that let you upgrade them, such as power slash cutting through tougher materials, or cherry bomb getting more bombs at once.
But there are also wholly unique secret techniques, too. These exist for the main elements and allow you to summon a powerful effect like tornadoes or a lightning bolt without a source. They're heavy users of ink, but with good reason. They're usually unlocked through a more involved processes than the wishing well upgrades though, mainly in sidequests.
7 You Can Create Your Own Shooting Staꦛrs
At a certain stage in the game, a man will ask you to see a star, and you, of course, oblige the request, drawing a single 🔯dot in the sky that turns to a shooting star. This is a section that stumped many players at first, wondering how they were possibly meant to figure it🎃 out.
However, you can actually do this 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:anywhere in the world with a view of the night sky, and can even make multiple dots to create a sky full of shootings stars. It's a nice touch that shows that Amaterasu is meant to be a god over all of nature.
6 Fa🔯shionable Graffiti In The City 🔜
Prior to arriving in Sei'an city, you need to blend in with some imps and draw a design on your mask to keep up the act. Nothing suspicious there. But once you arrive in Sei'an city, your mask design is then spread all over the city on walls, grounds, and even some people's clothes.
The presumed reason for this is that Issun says your mask is stylish. So pe♒ople must have then picked it up thinking it was a fashion trend. You can even change it later by going to a fashion designer, and the design people around the city use will update with it.
5 The Meaning Of The Game's Title
In one that is ⛎definitely more s🌳ubtle in the west due to the language-based nature is the title of the game itself. The goddess Amaterasu is herself often referred to with the title ōmikami, and the title of the game itself, Okami (大神), means great god.
But of course, the full length of the joke goes in another meaning that can be at▨tached to the pronunciation "Okami". Okami can also mean wolf. Hence, Amaterasu in-game being portrayed as a wolf. So really, the whole game is based on a language pun.
4 The Original Am🐎aterasu ꦜ
Okami is often praised for having one of the most gorgeous, timeless art styles in gaming, and with good reason. It's one of the game's defining features and one that fits incredibly with the core gameplay of painting. That said, the game was almost very different, featuring a much more realistic art style.
Upon completing the game, a trailer can be viewed for this original prototype game. But even more interesting, is that outfits may be unlocked of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:various canine warriors in the game and even an outfit of the original realistic wolf design. It stands out agai🐷nst the styled world, but that just makes you 𝐆appreciate even more what could have been.
3 Loading Screen Mini-Gam💞es
An aspect that existed in the original game were mini-games that could be played during loading screens. These were small things, like tapping a button in time, or rapidly mashing it, and gave you a chance to earn demon fangs, rare materials used to pꦰurchase powerful items.
They were subsequently removed in later versions of Okami due to faster loading times, only returning in the newest Okami HD releases. However, they are dis♛abled b♛y default, meaning many players may well miss that these little games have even returned.
2 Messy Battle Taunts 🦩
Typical for any game revolvi꧒ng around stylish combat are taunts, and are especially prevalent in a game directed by Kamiya. That said, taunts in Okami actually have to be purchased from the dojo and are unlocked later in the game as you gather more skills, rather than immediately.
That said, they come with the benefit of guaranteeing an enemy will drop demon fangs upon defeat, usually only acquirable upon a floral finisher. The taunts themselves are, well, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:fitting for a wolf. Amaterasu may first perform "Golden Fury" to urinate on an enemy, or later "Brown Rage" to, well, you know.. I'd be angry too if a god that could easily defeat me decided to do that first.
1 🐷 On-Demand Shape-Shifting Of The Oina Tribe
In the ending section of the game, you are introduced to the shape-𒈔shifting Oina Tribe of Northern Nippon, based heavily on the real-life Ainu people of Japan. They are a fascinating bunch, with designs drastically different from characters in the rest of the game. But they also react differently to the celestial brush.
Unlike most characters, who run to Amaterasu and shower her in affection after be🌄ing circled with the celestial brush, members of the Oina tribe instead swap between their human and canine forms, naturally continuing conversation with you and even having their dialogue portrait updated.