Okami

I started playing a PS2 game, which I've never seen before! It's called Okami and the graphics are very unique. It has this watercolour feel. It kinda suits the main theme of the game which talks about Japanese folklore and things like that. You basically control a wolf, which is a god named Amaterasu. Like most of the games I've played, this is one of those save-the-world type of game.

Yea, the evil 8-headed demon thing called Orochi was released from its seal somehow when someone pulled the sacred sword, of which I have forgotten the name. Gah! And so, you know what comes next.

There are also battles, and you battle with your weapons that you've equipped and also, get ready for this, a paintbrush and a rice paper!

YEAP! That's right, you fight by drawing! Isn't that cool! Ok, the brush and paper are not only weapons of destruction, they can help you to traverse through dungeons and explore hidden places. This cool brush, called the Celestial Brush, has a total of 13 powers apparently, and each must be unlocked by completing the constellations in the sky when they appear (just put a dot on the sky using the paintbrush to form a star).

The powers are damn cool, you can make a sun/moon appear, thus changing the time of day. Then you have the Bloom power, where you can make withered plants look lively again. Somemore, there's my favourite, the Cherry Bomb, which can blow stuff apart, especially enemies! And the one of the most basic of all power, the Power Slash, which can slash almost anything (except really solid stuff!)