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Odin Sphere is a gorgeous 2d game recently released on the PS2. That’s right, a game mentioned in the 2007 GameTrailers gift guide for PS2, is only rendered in two dimensions. Hopefully this is not the last of 2d games for home consoles. Either way, Okami, God of War 2 and Oden Sphere are among the final hits for the PS2, games that should make Sony proud.
As I mentioned several years ago when Valve and Sierra were tied up in lawsuits around Steam, direct distribution is the future. Here we are in 2007 and Valve’s CEO, Gabe Newell, is intending on distributing every PC game ever made via Steam. RockPaperShotgun has an awesome interview with Gabe where he talks about everything from Portal to Steam.
GameTrailers does the best video reviews in my opinion. They also have a track record of supporting wonderful games that are not necessarily well marketed like Okami or Oden Sphere, with positive reviews. The review below is for the PS2 release of the game which the Wii release will just be a straight port of. The Wii release will of course get some reworking for the Wii controller and it will be 480p with a moderately stronger graphics engine behind it. However the review below is one I endorse.
