Ōkami (2006)

Developer: Clover Studio, HexaDrive
Publisher: Capcom
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 256 player ratings
Main story: about 20 hours
Completionist: about 40 hours
Where to get it: Website

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How it feels

Painting miracles across a living Japanese ink-brush world feels like stepping inside a sacred folktale brought to joyful, colorful life.

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About

Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf with celestial markings covering its fur. It features a distinct sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system used to perform miracles.

What players say

A commercial flop that became a beloved cult classic, praised for its timeless sumi-e ink-and-wash art that looks like a living watercolor. Players find it a charming, artful action-adventure widely seen as one of Capcom's most underappreciated gems.

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