![]() ![]() In the final act of the game, the people of the world pray to you in order to help you in battle. Essentially, you spend the game restoring people’s faith in a higher power, and spreading hope across the land. But the people of the world have forgotten the gods, because they feel that the gods have forgotten them. Some rude ass people go so far as to call you a DOG. ![]() When the people of Nippon look at Amaterasu, they don’t see the divine wolf with red markings carrying a burning shield. The people of the world have lost so much of their spirituality that they cannot even perceive gods anymore, even when one is standing on four paws right in front of them. The world was plagued by monsters and evil, and the prayers of the populace were left unanswered. In the 100-year period of time that occurred between Amaterasu’s reincarnations into the world, many of the world’s inhabitants lost their faith in the gods of old. The story of this game begins as a traditional “You’re the good guy, kill the bad guy” arc, but in reality, it is much more complex. Drunken warriors of myth, nine-tailed foxes, and an entire city of inch-high humanoids are only a fraction of the wild and wonderful characters that you stumble across as Amaterasu, and each one of them has an important part to play in the story. Nearly every single major Japanese folk tale character is featured in this game, and all of them are seamlessly woven together into a breathtakingly beautiful tapestry. And in this game, you get to meet all of them. There are alien Moon princesses who appear in bamboo groves, little boys who were born out of peaches who become renowned warriors, and absolutely terrifying demons and ghosts that could send a chill down Homer’s spine. And as you galavant through the beautifully rendered, watercolor world of folkloric Japan, you encounter a million and one other gods, demons, and heroes from Japanese myth and legend.įor those who don’t know, Japan has a rich tradition of folk storytelling and has a menagerie of tales that rival the very best of stories that Greek and Norse mythology have to offer. First off, you get to play as a wolf-and not just any mangy old wolf, but a wolf GODDESS. Not convinced? Okay, let’s break it down piece by piece, starting with characters. Now that’s a game you want to play right? (Capcom) Accompanied by an inch-high warrior named Issun, Amaterasu sets out on a quest to expunge evil from the world once and for all. Amaterasu is reawakened into the world after the eight-headed snake demon Orochi returns to Japan after lying dormant for 100 years. Okami is a game set in a mythological Japan, where players control the reincarnation of the Shinto sun god Amaterasu, who appears in the form of a white wolf. It sounds like video game sacrilege, blasphemy against the gaming gods, but let me explain. I would say it’s better than Twilight Princess and, perhaps, even Wind Waker. Dare I say it? I think that it’s better than many Zelda games. It is the Legend of Zelda game that never was. This game is hands down one of the greatest games of all time, but no one knows it. Waiting for you to close your eyes so I can set up the Nintendo Wii and play it while you sleep. Drawing shuddering breaths from the shadows. If you don’t play it, I will see you tonight. ![]() So here it is, the game that I believe to be the most underrated game of all time. Today, I am willing to be that intrepid, some would say “misguided,” author. Sometimes it just takes one keyed-up Mary Sue author to break into your apartment in the middle of the night, crawl into your bed as you sleep, and grab you by the shoulders screaming “PLAY THIS GAME PLAY THIS GAME PLAY THIS GAME” before vaulting out the sixth floor window and leaving no body behind in the street below. It’s the most tragic of outcomes, but hope is not lost. Sometimes something horrible is made but everyone appreciates it, like smelly cheeses, or IPAs, or Tommy Wiseau’s The Room.īut sometimes, something really beautiful is made and no one appreciates it, like this game. Sometimes a horrible thing is made, and no one appreciates it, like a really bad cake, or every other middle schooler in existence, or these god awful video game film adaptations. Sometimes, a beautiful thing is made and everyone appreciates it, like a really good cake, or a middle schooler who isn’t insufferable, or these Zelda games. ![]()
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