Okami.(Product/Service Evaluation)

Capcom * 2006

The basics: Just your usual adventure game--chatting with townspeople, battling enemies, and solving puzzles, all in your quest to vanquish evil and bring peace back to the land. But with its folklore-steeped story, unique art style, innovative combat system, and wolf-god hero Amaterasu, Okami is anything but typical.

How was it? Amazing. Okami's animated-ink look caught our eye when we first saw it a year ago, but what impressed us when we played it was how well the graphics blend into the gameplay. At any time, you can stop the game and bring up a giant calligraphy brush over the …