Video games reviews: Okami (PS2)

With all the talking going around about Next-Gen games and thoughts on what video game developers are doing to change the experience of the games or how beautiful they can make the graphics and sound. People are still forgetting that there are still games coming out for the 2nd top selling console according to "Video Game Chartz" the Playstation 2. And the one game stands out from the rest is a BIG game from a small company *sarcasm* Capcom in Clover Studios makers of the Viewtiful Joe series and the funny beat-up God Hand. And that why were here to talk about there newest game kami.

The game's game designer Hideki Kamiya also to be noted as the creator of both Devil May Cry and Viewful Joe but not the sequels was called into to create a game that was meant to be rendered in a more photo realistic 3D style. But that was easily scrap because of the limitations of the PS2, and a more colorful sumi-e style would help them to better convey Amaterasu's association with nature and the task of restoring it. With this new Graphic Style introduced a brand new idea popped in the head of Clover Studios CEO Atsushi Inaba he noted that "Once we fixed ourselves on a graphical style and got down to the brushwork, we thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if we could somehow get the player involved and participate in this artwork instead of just watching it?' That's how the idea of the Celestial Brush was born." kami was shown at the 2005 E3 convention it won a few Awards from some Video Game review Websites but nothing major tho it did get "Most Original Game" by X-Play. When it was finally released it had a critical reception but was in the shadow of Gears of War so it only sold 0.15 Million copies and as such Clover Studios shut down and a new one has taken place Seed Inc.

Now that the history is out of the way I can talk about the game itself, well at first the cover art is just awesome you've got a picture of Amaterasu looking cool and how he looks in the game under the sumi-e style painted sun and the title kami. The Japanese version I think personal is way better cause again it's Amaterasu, but he's draw like what he would look like in an Ancient Japanese Style drawing of him and again under the sun, but kami is spelt in kanji characters which translates to "great deity" it can also be used to spell out the characters name Amaterasu-mi-kami.

So you load up the game it starts with all the logo of companies that helped in the production the Clover Studios one is my favorite,

Video game reviews: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) – Part 2

One of the benefits of not reviewing video games for a living, is that when you get a new game you don't have to rush through it and judge things on first impression. Of course, they do have the added benefit of receiving a must-have a while before the rest of the public, but do they really know what they're talking about? Take for example, the latest big name game to be released and Wii's title of the year - Super Mario Galaxy. Not only is the internet been buzzing since the games release of how it is the best game on the Nintendo Wii console right now, but there is also a lot of discussion on whether or not this is the single best game ever (a title that would usually fall to the hands of Zelda: Ocarina of Time). Gameranking's, a website that collects reviews from all over the world and then accumulates them is worth a look as well, seeing as there has been an ongoing battle at the top spot between the two games in question. Each to their own, I guess..

Now have Nintendo just been splashing the cash around, and rather than just putting out an elaborate television campaign for the game, decided to leave some big money sacks on the desks of say - IGN and Gamespot? Just recently a story emerged of how Ubisoft had put a lot of cash into Gamespot to advertise their new big game, 'Kane & Lynch', only for when the game received a bad review for them to campaign to get that reviewer the sack. And it worked. No fears here though, as Nintendo haven't given me any swag bags to put up this review, in fact - they refuse to speak to me in general. Nevermind aye, I guess the benefits of not being one of the guys that has to do this for a living is the pure joy you can get from working through a game. I think it's time.

Super Mario Galaxy has been a long time in the works, apparently, ever since the world was wow'ed by Mario going into 3D in the Nintendo 64 classic 'Mario 64'. Ever since that game was made people have been buzzing about a possible sequel known on the internet for a long time as 'Mario 128'. When the Gamecube, Nintendo's previous console, was first being publicised there was a video that showed many mini-Mario's wondering around a sphere and though I heavily doubt this was a clue to Super Mario Galaxy, I think Nintendo took the idea of Mario walking around 360 degrees and applied into a space age situation. Of course there was a Nintendo game to fill the gap between 64 and Galaxy, and that was known as Super Mario Sunshine - although to many this could

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