![]() For more information on review scores, please read our Review Policy. Okami HD review copy provided by publisher. Sure, this is essentially the same game for a third packaging, but if you missed the remaster, and especially if you never played the original game, Okami HD cannot come any more highly recommended. Motion controls have been dropped, but then again they didn’t really feel like they belonged in the first place. This may finally be the definitive version of the game. Okami HD was great on the PS3, but is even better on the PS4. Also, trophy hunters be warned this version shares the same trophy set as the PS3 remaster, so no double-dipping here, unfortunately, even though it is a separate purchase. ![]() However, if you’re playing on a stock PS4 or a PS4 Pro hooked up to a 1080p set, then there won’t be much of a difference in the experience. If you have a PS4 Pro and 4K television, then this is also worth a purchase even if you already have the PS3 edition. If you skipped out on the original release, as well as the PS3 remaster, then this is an easy $20 buy. ![]() So is this latest version of Okami worth your money? Well, that depends. A quick trip to the options menu fixes this right up, however. So if you move the right stick up, the in-game camera moves down, and vice versa. The default control scheme also has the axes reversed compared to modern schemes. For instance, the camera behaves rigidly, as though it is locked to only a handful of directions. A few aspects to the controls show Okami HD’s age, though. That’s going to sit just fine with most players, because the game was not designed with them in mind, and maintaining control over the camera is essential during some of Okami’s more intense fights. Motion controls have been removed for this iteration. There’s usually not much to improve upon when it comes to audio work on a video game remaster, and thankfully this is one game that has been well-preserved in that regard.Ĭontrols remain essentially untouched since the original. Tiny helper character Issun is just as high-pitched and endearingly annoying as ever, while dramatic changes in the music as Amaterasu encounters various enemies sound the same as they ever did. The audio on the original Okami was always impeccable, capable of taking the player into the world of Japanese mythology. Regardless, Okami HD looks better than it ever has. This time around, the PS4 is more than capable of playing Okami HD at 4K, though it is locked to 30 frames per second. The PS3 version was using a technique known as supersampling – in simple terms, the game was actually preparing to display the game at 4K, but then outputting at 1080p as that was the PS3’s native resolution. This may actually just be the game running in its native resolution from the remake work performed initially by HexaDrive. This time around, everything has been upscaled even further, all the way to 4K resolution. He’s something of the Jar Jar Binks of the series, made worse by the game using an irritating gibberish noise, similar to Banjo-Kazooie, instead of real speech.The original game was revered for its graphics, and the first HD remaster upscaled those graphics to full HD. ![]() You’re guided in your quest, a little too closely it has to be said, by a talking bug named Issun. The structure of the game is very similar to the pre-Breath Of The Wild 3D Zelda games, as you gradually open up access to a large overworld and a series of dungeons. Throughout the game you control the goddess Amaterasu, who appears as a white wolf (okami is a pun on the Japanese words for both wolf and god). Especially at 4K, the game almost looks like it was made yesterday, with the only other technical shortcoming being the slightly unhelpful camera. The low polygon count belays the game’s age, but that’s no real issue. The effect is still as unique as it is beautiful, and is perfectly exploited by both the gameplay and the storyline – which sees you returning colour and life to a world cursed into darkness. Using a variant of cel-shading, that mimics the Japanese art of Sumi-e, the whole game world looks like it is painted in sumptuous water colours. PS2: its the original version of the game, so it has more collectors value. It’s pointless to discuss anything else in the game without first mentioning the stunning visuals. Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews Whats this Summary: In Okami, the player takes the role of the mythical sun goddess Amaterasu, in the form of a wolf.
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