Okami

Ok, I know I said in one of my last posts that I wouldn't review stuff, but man, I feel the need to talk about this game. It is incredible! I absolutely love this game. Everything about it is perfect, except for one thing, which I'll get to in a bit. I'm not a professional, obviously, and this is based on one run through. Anyway, here it is:

Gameplay: 10/10 - Great mechanics, and the paintbrush attack moves are really cool. It's a a very neat way to do things, and you can interact with the environment, like cutting down trees and exploding walls.

Graphics: 10/10 - Phenomenal artwork. It really added to the playing experience. Very surreal, does everything you want it to do, and above all, gorgeous.

Story: 10 - 10 - Very good story, with a very epic showdown at the end. To tell the truth I almost cried at one of the ending bits, and I don't cry for sappy things in movies and whatnot. This is the closest I've gotten to crying for a fictional character. So, obviously very involving.

Sound: 6 - 10 - The one part of the game that lets me down. The character's voices are just random gibberish, which is kind of cool at first, but it gets really old and annoying, really quickly.

Value: 10/10 - This game is cheap, and looong. Took me 40ish hours. That's because I'm bad. You get gifts at the end, too, like invincibility and different styles for your character, which are just begging for replays.

Overall: Really the only bad part was the sound, and even that only hampered my experience until I turned the sound off. Really, really great game. If you have a PS2, this is required playing for anybody. Get it, enjoy it. It's awesome. 10/10