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I've got over ten hours of Okami under my belt, and while the graphics aren't quite as stunning to me as they are to most people*, it's been interesting. I'm not giving it an unqualified Yes! because I'm finding certain aspects of gameplay highly frustrating, and I don't know if it's because my controller is b0rked or if it's just designed that way. The dance that Mr Orange does where you have to circle the cherry bud to get the tree to bloom? Took over an hour because I couldn't get the stupid thing to circle fast enough. And there was no option to skip the whole "It didn't work! I won't give up! blahblah blah blah blah Ammy, you should help him!" talky section, so I had to wait through it every. single. time. I'm glad that I have an option to bite, because the next time I see Mr Orange I'm going to bite the hell out of him.
And then there was the first fishing game, which took me close to two hours to powerslash a fish. That's one fish. And when I was eventually able to do it, I couldn't figure out what the difference was between the powerslashes that worked and the ones that didn't. And then the evil trees that throw fruit at you? How do you get the fruit to go back at the tree? I can't ever get the powerslash to work with that.
I have screamed more obscenities at this game than I have anything else, and considering my lack of ability at Crazy Taxi, that's saying quite a lot.
* Mostly because of my lousy TV, which makes it a bit hard to focus on things, and it always takes me a while to figure out where any particular character's face is.
And then there was the first fishing game, which took me close to two hours to powerslash a fish. That's one fish. And when I was eventually able to do it, I couldn't figure out what the difference was between the powerslashes that worked and the ones that didn't. And then the evil trees that throw fruit at you? How do you get the fruit to go back at the tree? I can't ever get the powerslash to work with that.
I have screamed more obscenities at this game than I have anything else, and considering my lack of ability at Crazy Taxi, that's saying quite a lot.
* Mostly because of my lousy TV, which makes it a bit hard to focus on things, and it always takes me a while to figure out where any particular character's face is.