Okami was really a good game, but don’t take our word for it. Around the gaming industry, as well as with gamers themselves, it has won enough awards that if we actually had hardware to go with them, we’d need to set aside a whole corner office just to house them all.
Here’s Okami’s impressive resume of awards to date!
IGN – Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time
#18 of Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time
7th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards
Innovation Award
Best Character Design
Japan Media Arts Festival
Grand Prize, Entertainment Division
Associated Press
Best of 2006, #1
PSM
2006 Game of the Year
Village Voice
Best Games of 2006, #1
IGN – Overall Best of 2006
Overall Game of the Year
Best Adventure Game
Best Artistic Design
Best Story
Most Innovative Design
IGN PS2 – Best of 2006
Best Adventure Game
Best Artistic Design
Most Innovative Design
Game Revolution – Best of 2006
Game of the Year
Action Adventure Game of the Year
GamePro – Best of 2006 Editors’ Choice
2006 Editors’ Choice Award: Action Adventure
GameTrailers – Game of the Year Awards 2006
Best PlayStation 2 Game
GameShark.com – Game of the Year Awards 2006
PS2 Game of the Year
GameSpot – Best of 2006
Best Graphics, Artistic
GameZone.com – Game of the Year Awards 2006
Best Art Direction
Best PS2 Adventure Game
San Jose Mercury News – Dean and Mike’s Games of the Year (published Dec. 30)
#8 of Dean’s Best Games of the Year
#7 of Nooch’s Best Games of the Year
Next Gen
Top 50 Games of the year, #9
Gamasutra – Gamasutra’s Quantum Leap Awards (Most Important Games, 2006)
#4 of Top 5 list
GameSpy – 2006 Game of the Year PlayStation 2 category:
#2 of PS2 Top 10 Games of the Year
PS2 Adventure Game of the Year
GameSpy – Game of the Year Overall Winners
#5 of Overall Top 10 Games of the Year
#4 of Console Top 10 Games ot the Year