Okami HD

You play as Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess in the form of a white wolf, traveling through Nippon with her companion Issun. The land has been blighted by evil, and your journey is to restore it and confront the demon Orochi.

Explore villages, wilderness, and dungeons; solve environmental puzzles, take on quests, help people, and care for animals. Encounters lead to battles with myth-inspired enemies and bosses.

The Celestial Brush lets you pause the action and draw techniques that affect the world, aid exploration, solve puzzles, and fight enemies. New brush abilities and weapons become available as the adventure progresses, giving you more ways to navigate and battle.

Players often celebrate the ink-wash art, memorable music, folklore-inspired story, and charming characters. The brush mechanic is a frequent highlight for how it connects drawing with puzzles, exploration, and combat. Some reviewers find the journey slow or overlong, with lengthy dialogue and occasional control or camera frustrations.