I first played this game when I was 12, replayed it at 25 and been in love with it ever since I first loaded up the game on my ps2. One of the best ps2 games ever made; the art style is so unique and fantastic, the music is absolutely beautiful.
Combat can be challenging when getting to harder monsters at first but becomes easier after the first couple of fights. The brush technique is one of the best mechanics I've seen in a game and makes it stand out.
The whole gameplay really is top notch, open world but doesn't give you a map of all the stuff you have to collect which makes it more challenging but that's what I like, too easy when you know where everything is. Okami is such a fun and enjoyable game, it ticks all my boxes for what a game should be. I'll never not love this video game and if you play it you'll understand why