20 PS2 Games That Prove It's The Best Console Ever
10. Ōkami
Ōkami is a beautiful union of Japanese folklore, iconic cell-shaded graphics and action, platforming and puzzle-solving gameplay. Players control main character Amaterasu, a white wolf incarnation of the sun goddess, who wields a celestial brush with the power to mend the broken world of Nippon.
Travelling through a world cursed by an ancient evil serpent, the player can follow the linear story, collecting all the brush arts and using them to progress and move from area to area, healing them as they go. There are side-quests and collectables, and experience is earned in the form of 'praise' that is released from plants when you heal them, animals when you feed them, and people when you solve their problems.
With the power of the celestial brush, we can bring dead trees back to live and heal tainted ground, attack with powerful slashes, conjure explosives, change the time of day, direct the wind, fix broken bridges, and much more. Combat is a perfect blend of hack n' slash and puzzle solving, with options to build your stats and equip different weapons based on your preferences.
First released on the Playstation 2 and already looking bloody gorgeous on it, the game has since been released on modern consoles and PC, which further accentuates it's beautiful watercolour environment, and tightens up the gameplay mechanics.