Okami HD

I'm only sad it took me 'til adulthood to enjoy this great game. While certainly not perfect, Capcom did a phenomenal job at presenting a grand, humorous, and genuinely unique video game that--at the time?--was so completely, visually-unique that almost nothing else seemed to compare. OKAMI is an mythological tale of epic scale, sprinkled with sci-fi, horror, tragedy, and even comedy to keep a player engaged until the cinematic conclusion. I must admit that multiple times throughout my playthrough, I found myself asking aloud, "It's STILL not over?!" That's not to say I was upset, though I did find myself growing a touch bored by the mid-point of the penultimate arc (mostly because I couldn't honestly gauge how much I had left). To those reviewers who've said that OKAMI is great for patient gamers? I would agree. Combat is a decent portion of the experience; there are repeating grunt-enemy types (even boss types) throughout the story, though (luckily) there is also enough variation in gimmicks, elements, vulnerabilities, and difficulty-curve to have kept me engaged. Pleasantly: there were also puzzles, secret bosses, hidden troves, and all kinds of side-quests/goodies to collect. Even if you're just a fan of the art (like I was, years before when I first saw it on the PlayStation)? Give it a try, and try to stick with it. You might just end up finding a long-lost-love in this game, just like I did.