"A long time ago in a faraway country village stood KAmikA ..." - so begins a long fifteen-minute introductory video Okami. He is not a color, and consists, mainly, from the text and primitive images with little animation. Gamers who are accustomed to, which is usually saver - the most beautiful part of the game, this may frighten off the top. Do not be afraid, is still correct, and if you bother to look, turn away, we'll still tell you how it started.
Thus, in the village KAmikA at the dawn of time have lived and we were naked, boy and girl. And next door lived a terrible monster vosmiglavoe Orot, which every year eat a girl. We turn came to be eaten, but Nagy has decided to rescue his beloved. He went to the cave where the monster lived, fought with him and won .... Because it helped him a white wolf, who could conjure. Grateful villagers erected in memory of the two sanctuaries, which put the statue Nagi and the wolf, and the battle over the place where forever remain sacred sword Nagy, built a temple. A hundred years later, and behold, on the eve of the anniversary of the night someone had stolen the sacred sword, and the specter of monsters come to life, flooding the countryside demons. Dryad, who lives on a peach tree, the keeper of the village, the last effort conjured over the statue of the wolf, and that's you, please! We welcome the sun goddess Amaterasu! She-wolf, is not saying the services of an interpreter. In the role of interpreter boy-in-law Issun, a great artist, accidentally stuck in the folds of her dress dryads. He has his own interest - to learn new techniques of drawing from the gods. Together, these two begin a long journey.
 | |  | Temporarily lost magical powers, Amaterasu otbrykivaetsya the Demon wolf techniques of kung fu. | | If suddenly you have not noticed, brush our goddess is a fluffy tail. |
The illusion of similarity Initially, Okami gameplay may seem familiar and rather monotonous. There is a map. On the map there are monsters, and a key place in which we need to talk to someone or something to do. Combs the area, incidentally cutting all the monsters and pumping, we find a key point, say / do, open the passage to the next level. Repeat as many times as far as the imagination of the designer. No, no, this is not about Okami, but about many other games, which it looks like the first three to four hours.
The truth is opened gradually and imperceptibly. Here are prowling everywhere on the map demonic Hayaki Stroll (something like the famous Black Sheets). Run into them - there is a meeting place for a magical barrier surrounds, from the ground climb demons and starts a fight. Win once, twice, three, and you want to pump. Yes, there it was! Experience points, it turns out, is not given for it.
 | On the way from "Genji" |
Found in Okami, and two personalities, you are already familiar to the game Genji (or the same epic): Yoshitsune Minamoto and his associate Behnke. But if Benkeya in the game and the name, then performing under the name of Yoshitsune Waka (Usivaka in the Japanese version). Usivaka-maru - the so-called Yoshitsune in childhood.
 | |  | "Freeze, freeze, wolf's tail!" Helps a boy-Bunny to fish. | | Fisherman - without pants! Believe me, in front of his modest outfit looks even more original. |
Welcome to the teeth and claws Kindly do good deeds. What? Comfort offended, humiliated protect, feed the hungry. People around a bit, but the role of the disadvantaged suit and animals. Save the princess from the old lady sparrow-ogress, feed the hungry tiger - and here then and get valuable points to "respect" that improve performance! True, just to avoid a collision with the monsters will not succeed. Some of them are close "key points" on the ground, getting the flowers to grow, and the rabbits multiply. After the destruction of the foe the land is transformed, by flowering meadows resort beasts (do not forget to feed them then!), And the astral goddess pocket portions securities tumbled thanks. But endlessly pumped through the ever-hungry pigs and raccoons do not give, each flock can feed only once.
Monsters must be understood, nor to whom respect is not experienced, so the killing of them drop out of money. In addition, it is easy to fill up a purse, breaking the road all that is bad - orphan pots, barrels, clay figurines. Broken all the same "otrastet" back (the trick can be repeated any number). Money spent at local merchants, who, like other ordinary citizens, the goddess Amaterasu does not recognize the gift of goods leave does not intend to require a "Caesar".
Another resource is Captured in the fighting - the claws of demons. Some collectors, and even the Emperor himself, are willing to exchange for their unique items. However, if you are not lucky with its claws (they just are not given, you need a cunning way to kill monsters), that's okay. Be sure to arm each received a new artifact is not necessary because the main weapon of Amaterasu - her brush.
| Issun |
The name of the partner and the "voice" of Amaterasu Issuna refers to a Japanese fairy tale image of a boy-in-law. Its hero, the tiny baby growing Issun Bosi, sent by the gods to childless couples, went to seek his fortune in the city. There he entered the service of a prince and became a private secretary to the prince's daughter. During one of his trips to the princess and Issuna assaulted by two man-eater. One of them had swallowed the boy, but he stabbed the monster inside his sharp sword, until it spat out a hero.Drawing both ogres fled, Issun picked lost their magic hammer acting desires. Issun, of course, the same put forth to become big, grown up and married a princess.
 | |  | The game drink sake, not only men and monsters, but also a deity. At least, that this was not the sheep away. | | To damage the monster flower bud should make him open up. |
High Art Okami can safely assume that "graphic novel". Or album for coloring in which only identifies the contours. The main part will be to finish the player. At first she-wolf knows not a lot - to destroy some objects sharp stroke and restore (dorisovyvat) others. In the course of the story is one of the other releases from captivity, representatives of local zodiacal pantheon of deities, who, in gratitude, taught her new techniques. Gradually we learn to call the wind, slow down time, fire and cook things and do lots of other interesting things. Skillful use of the newly razuchennyh techniques - a pledge to move the plot, but the secondary problem to the delight of the players can solve a variety of ways.
Here's an example. Say, you need to cross the big pond. But Amaterasu (remember that its animated stone statues?) After a short time, surely sink! You can create a surface of the water lily and a string of leaves to jump on them, and you can conjure only ONE list and get the wind to blow it in the right place. The more familiar methods, the more options a combination of techniques, the more original will come and the journey itself, and fighting with enemies, which can also be cleverly "paint" to death.
There is one significant difference from the "linear" games. The plot does not keep the heroes in the chain once opening levels, and throwing at random from one end of a global map in the other - from the capital back to KAmikA in forests and caves, and back again. And every time again razuchennye technology opens inaccessible corners of the card, the new developments and opportunities.
| Amaterasu |
According to Japanese beliefs, the first people at the same time the first male deities were Izanagi and Izanami woman (in the game, as you recall, featured the legendary warrior Nagi and his beloved by us). Sun goddess Amaterasu, Izanagi's daughter, born when he washed his left eye. Her brother, Susanoo was the god of storms, underworld, water, agriculture and disease. Dissatisfied with the fact that Amaterasu got the best of ownership, he crept on the ground and sister gave it a terrible mess: destroyed balk at Amaterasu cultivated fields, irrigation canals to sleep and frightened celestial weavers, girlfriends Amaterasu. In ferklempted goddess hid in a cave. To lure her back and return the light to the earth, the gods manufactured the sacred mirror - Mi-kagami, hung on the branches of a sacred tree a magical necklace of carved jasper - magatama. After that, the goddess Ame-no-Udzume began to dance on an inverted tub, dissolving the ties of their clothes.Hearing the laughter of the gods, laughing at the dance Ame-no-Udzume, Amaterasu could not help looking out from his hiding place and saw my reflection in the sacred mirror. Deciding to consider a heavenly choir in detail, the goddess came closer and, eventually, it still managed to settle back into the sky.
A Susanoo after falling out with his sister and the whole of the divine family, was banished from heaven to earth, where he performed his major achievement - killed vosmiglavogo snake Yamata-no-Orot, podpoiv his eight-purified from eight barrels of sake. From the tail of the dragon Susanoo pulled out a sword, Kusanagi, who posted a sign of reconciliation Amaterasu. He himself married the goddess of rice fields Kusinada-hime (seven of her sisters were, unfortunately, the monster has had time to eat).
Three sacred relics: a mirror, a necklace (or rosary) and the sword of Amaterasu gave to her grandson, the first emperor of Japan. In the game, these things are bogovolku weapons.
In the role of Mr. Driller But do not just brush - weapons Amaterasu. Have to work and claws, and a fishing pole to wave. Hello, mandatory mini-games. Choosing a small but unexpected lessons. There are, for example, a fantasy on the theme of Mr. Driller on the same engine as the main game. It looks very unusual. There is fishing (it is surprising that it had to deal with the wolf!). The trouble is that sometimes these lessons seem as though "by attached", the repetition kills the novelty. For the first time to fish is unusual and fun, the second - is interesting, then the question is inevitable: "What, again?"
 | |  | Monsters-nurikabe similar to the wall with handles (remember the same in games of Mario?), Sake is not poi, give way to block occupied by a she-wolf. But for these brushes Amaterasu Kamenyuki - not a hindrance. | | Amaterasu may at any time to change night to day, just pririsovav in the sky the sun. Toward the middle of the game, she learns to reverse action - drawing the moon. |
Riot of colors Graphic design games - an amazing combination of technology and artistry. At the cel-shading, like, everything has already seen enough, but there is something more. Feeling that really got the picture, made in the techniques of traditional Japanese painting nihonga. Even some obvious simplifications not hurt the eyes. For example, most trees and bushes are sprites, but they are forgiving. In fact, they look like painted, but it does not require three-dimensional. Plane and solid blend beautifully. Due to the skillful imitation of a circled in ink drawing smoothed out or disappeared unfavorable angles and postures of characters.
Design heroes of people - different story. Even without the story, but just the song some. Immediately clear who the cowardly braggart, who is a mighty warrior, who is a cowgirl, a simpleton, who hand-written and beautiful. Even though the red noses for the majority of the population (however, the beautiful noses do not see).
| 13 zodiacal signs |
15 ways to draw a magic brush accrue from the deities, Amaterasu-animals, "working" the Chinese zodiac signs (Amaterasu herself, apparently corresponds to the dog). However, as you may recall, in the zodiac, even Chinese, 12 characters. Where did the "extra" animals? Firstly, the game has three monkeys, three aspects of teaching a wolf "floral art." They constitute a sign of the zodiac. Secondly, the developers decided to restore historical justice and return to the zodiac cat. According to legend, the cat was not hit on the red carpet hand signs of the zodiac Jasper Emperor, because her friend, the rat tricked her by saying that the festival will be a day later. Since then, the cat with a rat and became enemies.
 | |  | If the enemy during the fight turned gray, it must quickly erase the brush! | | Like the hero of Dog's Life, Amaterasu can dig into the ground. But so deeply mongrel Jake would not climb. |
Wine Humor Noses, however, be explained simply. All the inhabitants of the country's Nippon would not mind a drink with or without, a direct descendant of the great Naga, Susanoo swordsman, and only those engaged in the guise of training. Even Nagi once won Orot not only with the help of a wolf, but also because a good portion of the sacred sake. Sam gulped and foe poisoned. Dalas authors of this wine theme! However, not only it. Go to Japanese mythology (whence came the names of heroes and even serpentine plot) are the creators of the game with a big - no, huge! - Humor. Even people ignorant to realize that the myths, of course, things were not so, because as in the game something is not quite as it should be with admiration and respect for the myths. That there is a village elder, with inexpressible solemnity performing a ritual dance ... squatting, and then no less a ritual ... breakdancing! A "traditional Japanese" dryad-neck dress by the pope in the form of a peach ... studio employees Clover took the soul, imbuing the game world so that's not very noticeable, but extremely expressive details. List them useless, they are closely intertwined with the plot, and throughout the game's great spur the desire to move on to a good laugh with friends, delightfully poking a finger in the screen.
| Wolf man - a god? |
The reason the game was the epitome of a wolf, Amaterasu, more linguistic than a mythological character. "Okami" in Japanese means "wolf", and if we write the same words in other characters, you get a "great god" (a legitimate prefix "on" + "kami"). Another interesting feature associated with the personality of the protagonist - his indeterminate sex. Some of the characters feel like a wolf, Amaterasu, the other - a wolf. Perhaps the confusion stems from the fact that, according to some theories, the original kami of the sun was a male deity, and Amaterasu - his priestess (just read the wife of the god). In the future, both cult merged into one.
 | |  | To masquerade as a demon, the heroine of stick on his forehead fudu - cloth with spell. Spell player himself paints with a brush on canvas. | | Boar Bakugami - deity of explosives! |
A bit of sad So why is the game does not deserve the highest praise? Of course, not only for the sluggish introduction. It is like a peacock his tail unfolds before us a bright, multicolored fan ideas, innovative solutions and extraordinary sessions. Even fights with monsters short and affordable, much more time on accomplishment of good deeds.But then comes the battle with Vosmiglavym and ... the second half of the game. Evil is not defeated, and it all starts on a new, just more fights, good deeds and there are fewer repetitions. As if the creators came to their senses (and perhaps they hint?), And finally decided to meet the needs and the category of players who typically require add-on to an expanded combat system. Two thirds of the painting techniques mastered in the first part and the second seems a blank. However, for those who do not like short games, rather, it is degrading, because no corporate humor, or magnificent scenery is not going away.
Another drawback - Tight control of "brush". Describe it in words is difficult, and why it is so - too. But alas: some spells extremely difficult to draw. Wind from left to right, for example, caused no difficulty, on the contrary - once by three. Whether business in the wrong for such action controller, or a programming error. And maybe, in particular the human anatomy? But even so, you can find something nice. Okami on the verge of intelligence and dexterity. Drawing for the hundredth time particularly difficult flourish, physically feel like you learn to be more attentive, focused and accurate. It is surprising that such a task took a simple computer game. It turns out that many have not been able to teach perseverance in school.
| SECRET! |
1. Demon Fangs In addition to the extraction of canines in a fair fight with the monsters, there may be an easier way to get hold of these valuable items. To do this in some way to press the "cross" at boot time. Only in the game there are two types of loading screens. On one of them appears a chain of wolf tracks, ending with a silhouette Issuna. If you press the "cross" with a little anticipation before the advent of the next track, it will be great, but if you collect a whole chain of big tracks, instead Issuna will demon fang.
Alternatively, when you "cross" appear on the screen randomly arranged tracks. Here, you simply peel the button as quickly as possible, until the fang.
2. New Game + Passing game, and inspection of titles, you will be able to make a final save, which to begin a "new game plus. You have saved all the weapons (except for the fifth mirrors, beads fifth and fifth sword) from the Holy Artifacts will only Peace Bell, Lucky Cat, Wood Mat, and Ink Pot. Features heroine continues, but the drawing will have to learn new spells.
3. Miscellaneous Depending on whether, with what result you finish the game, you will have the following bonuses.
- Invincibility - Find all 100 beads (Stray Beads). Remember: one bead you will be given for the passing game.
- Player soundtrack, Kamic Returner, Kamic Transfomer 1,2 - just beat the game once.
- Kamic Transfomer 3 - S rating for death (Deaths).
- Kamic Transfomer 4 - S ranking for the number of defeated enemies (Enemies Defeated).
- Kamic Transfomer 5 - S rating for the money (Money Gained).
- Kamic Transfomer 6 - S rating for the fangs of demons (Demon Fangs Found).
- Kamic Transfomer 7,8,9 - S rating for uplifted praise (Praise Earned).
- Secret Theatre - to spend on the passage of more than 31 hours.
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