Holy shit-age: Okami

[The Sceneman]

I picked this up yesterday and popped it into the PS2 after downing a bottle of Pinot Noir at a local bar. And OMG it is the most gorgeous game I have ever played. Still playing through the intoductory/tutorial sequence but I can tell this game is going to make me very happy.

How did this sell? I dont understand how Zelda:TP got soooo much hype and adulation when this plays the same if not better and looks so much cooler. 

[Vizzys]

*backs away slowly from thread*

do NOT start a *-age trend here

[MrAngryFace]

Okami DOES rock, but dont tell Himuro

[demi]

Open Letter to NeoGAF Staff and members whom I have caused grievance to.

I apologize to the neogaf staff. The last time we did this, I messed up badly. I burnt a lot of bridges by using the last chance you gave me last time and reignited arguments in the Okami thread. I also apologize to Amir0x for my juvenile comments. Neogaf is really the only big name gaming board I ever felt comfortable posting at and that is because the community was always so good. If unbanned, I'll be sure to let every post count. I feel I can offer something to the gaming side of the board, better than I have attempted to in the past. Neogaf is my favorite gaming board and It would mean a lot to be able to continue posting if possible. I know we have had a rocky relationship in the past, but if you gave me one more chance, I promise I won't mess it up.

[The Sceneman]

*backs away slowly from thread*

do NOT start a *-age trend here

I did that because I thought it would be a good idea to ride this GAF pisstake vibe that feels like its going on here at the moment

[Himu]

Good game.

[bluemax]

I picked this up yesterday and popped it into the PS2 after downing a bottle of Pinot Noir at a local bar. And OMG it is the most gorgeous game I have ever played. Still playing through the intoductory/tutorial sequence but I can tell this game is going to make me very happy.

How did this sell? I dont understand how Zelda:TP got soooo much hype and adulation when this plays the same if not better and looks so much cooler. 

It bomba'd.

[Van Cruncheon]

actually, it sold above expectations in the US and bomba'd in Jappyland.

[MrAngryFace]

Japanese dont wanna know about nuthin but naughty maids!

[G The Resurrected]

i'm not worthy two fantastic looking ps2 games that shame nextgen consoles and this is one of them. i finally started to play it tonight amd its very original. Love it and odin sphere looks amazing too cant wait to play it.

[Powerslave]

its only 20 euros here i might pick it up

[The Sceneman]

So Im about 5-6 hours in now in some sort of ancient ruins with statues and stuff.  Im loving the inventory/ collectable stuff, mainly because theres tons of it, and the games chock full of humor too.

"Fish, babes, whatever. You can get it all with attitude."

[G The Resurrected]

You know if ever a game deserved a second chance at life it would be Okami it should be ported to the wii and marketed properly towards the masses of wii owners that are looking for something more. i bet it would sell a hell of a lot more than it did on ps2

[Eduardo24]

What a boring game.  It is 35 hour game that should have been 20 hours.

[G The Resurrected]

What a boring game.  It is 35 hour game that should have been 20 hours.

You must suck at the game i'm a little over halfway through the game and i'm only 12 hours in. i'll clock in at around 23 hours or so.

[Himu]

What a boring game.  It is 35 hour game that should have been 20 hours.

You must suck at the game i'm a little over halfway through the game and i'm only 12 hours in. i'll clock in at around 23 hours or so.

Um no. This is a common occurrence for many people, and some people even bother having 40-50 hour clocks.

You know if ever a game deserved a second chance at life it would be Okami it should be ported to the wii and marketed properly towards the masses of wii owners that are looking for something more. i bet it would sell a hell of a lot more than it did on ps2

 

[G The Resurrected]

You know its true if it was marketed right and shown the brush elements of the game it could easily sell a metric crap ton on wii. Dont agree, well then fuck you. its the perfect type of wii game but it came out on ps2

[Himu]

You know its true if it was marketed right and shown the brush elements of the game it could easily sell a metric crap ton on wii. Dont agree, well then fuck you. its the perfect type of wii game but it came out on ps2

 

[AdmiralViscen]

TP is better than this game.

[Himu]

TP's not even that great a game.

[AdmiralViscen]

I agree.

[The Sceneman]

TP is not a very good game, fuck the Zelda series in its stupid ass.

I got laughed at on GAF for saying Castlevania: PoR will be better than Twilight Princess. Look who was fucking right shitheads

[AdmiralViscen]

TP is not a very good game, fuck the Zelda series in its stupid ass.

I got laughed at on GAF for saying Castlevania: PoR will be better than Twilight Princess. Look who was fucking right shitheads

Of course TP is a good game. It does about as much new as Okami does, that's for sure. Once you get past the ooh and ahs of drawing on the screen and ogling the graphics, you realize you're doing the same shit over and over again in the overworld and that the dungeons aren't worth slogging through the rest.

And PoR is a worse game than TP. It's just as formulaic, but is more repetitive and just isn't as enjoyable to play. Tied with HoD as the worst of the handheld CVs.

[Himu]

And PoR is a worse game than TP. It's just as formulaic, but is more repetitive and just isn't as enjoyable to play. Tied with HoD as the worst of the handheld CVs.

Kill yourself.

[hyp]

good game, too much text.

[Beezy]

Even drohne like TP...

TP is not a very good game, fuck the Zelda series in its stupid ass.

Wow, you're actually hating on the whole Zelda series?

[G The Resurrected]

whats up with the hate on free thinking, honestly if i was capcom i would not have released okami for ps2, i would have made it a wii game. it would be very easily to seperate someones view between tp and okami i think enough so that the game would have dont a lot better than it did. The game deserves more credit, its fucking beautiful and lots of fun.

[Oblivion]

TP's not even that great a game.

Eh? Weren't you one of the people saying it was 'omg the best Zelda game evar' a few months back?

[Van Cruncheon]

ironically, the dev team at clover feels that okami was a bad fit for the wii (see their interview in an egm from last year), stating that while the drawing controls might be marginally improved, every other portion of the controls would be weaker.

[G The Resurrected]

Thats bullshit prole they could have made the controls work wonderfully. The basic mechanics are action/draw, brush toggle, jump, camera and analog stick for movement. The other things could have been attached to the dpad.

[Van Cruncheon]

so you're a developer now, too, g?

[demi]

And PoR is a worse game than TP. It's just as formulaic, but is more repetitive and just isn't as enjoyable to play. Tied with HoD as the worst of the handheld CVs.

Um, PoR is pretty good dude, sorry. Havent played HoD though.

Or Twilight Princess.

[CajoleJuice]

I gave up on TP like 10 hours in.

[Himu]

TP's not even that great a game.

Eh? Weren't you one of the people saying it was 'omg the best Zelda game evar' a few months back?

It's dungeons are the best, but sidequests, and so forth are lacking. By the end something felt missing, be it the plot that goes to shit halfway or the retardedly easy bosses. So much potential is wasted because the game tries too hard to be goddamn OOT.

Plus, I think everyone's love for TP was initally a high for finally  having it in our hands. It's not the best Zelda but it does a lot right. Wind Waker, LTTP, and LA are still my faves.

[Third]

This game is so MUUUUUCH better than Zelda Twilight Borefest.

TP with Halo 2 are the most overrated games of the past generation.

[jiji]

Goddammit. This game is so beautiful. Why'd they have to fuck it up by filling it with so much pointless bloat? I realize that feeding the chirpy birds and circling the oh-so-referentially-cute-clovers and all that other stuff is optional, but dammit, I'm a sucker for it anyway, and I want more of a reward than seeing a percentage go up. It's like Dark Cloud 2 without the town-building masturbation. And the RPG-style encounters suck. Every hour of this game past the first feels like the first hour all over again.

I'd have been happy with a 15-hour Okami.

[Himu]

Goddammit. This game is so beautiful. Why'd they have to fuck it up by filling it with so much pointless bloat? I realize that feeding the chirpy birds and circling the oh-so-referentially-cute-clovers and all that other stuff is optional, but dammit, I'm a sucker for it anyway, and I want more of a reward than seeing a percentage go up. It's like Dark Cloud 2 without the town-building masturbation. And the RPG-style encounters suck. Every hour of this game past the first feels like the first hour all over again.

I'd have been happy with a 15-hour Okami.

I love you.