Katamari Damacy REROLL became a game I always went back to ever since I played it, so when they announced the remaster for the sequel I was incredibly excited yet worried; I have played so much of the first game in different versions that I was afraid of disliking the sequel because it's common for sequels to have a different vibe or soul to it, but We Love Katamari felt amazing. It felt as if the designer(s) were able to fully explode in creative freedom. I found myself laughing multiple times at the dumb scenarios like a salesman offering a spinning grilled pork to someone else or a tiger entering a carwash and leaving as a tiger rug, stuff like this is why I love Katamari. Katamari is not afraid of being silly and this entry embraces all of its sillyness by making the main premise of the game "people liked the first game so much they asked us to do more; those people are the ones that will give you the directions on what to collect" and it's just so great
I love the king and how his story was expanded in this game. I've always loved his chats in Katamari Damacy but I've grown bored of them. Here his egotistical personality shines so brightly it's blinding.
The levels this time do make you use the spin dash thingy which I used to hate, but with how much We Love Katamari makes you use it for higher scores, it growned on me how good that mechanic is, I was just bad. There's a lot of different types of katamari. Hell, there's a level where you make a sumo fighter get fatter and fatter by collecting food to defeat a rival. There's also gimmicky levels that can be difficult like carrying fire and if you touch water, it turns off and being fully honest, with how many levels there are and how much I've played the prequel, I really enjoyed these levels. They felt like fresh air and they're just perfect imo.
The cousins and presents are the best here because most of the cosmetics you get from presents look different when you use other cousins. For example you can get a bikini early on and that bikini on a character can have a skirt and bra, sometimes it's more like a swimming outfit, there's lots of different things that really makes the cousin's personality shine with just their cosmetics + animations. I'm so glad they made the cousins playable outside of multiplayer because I had so much fun switching around and collecting every single one of them.
this remaster added new content; Royal Reverie, where you play as the King when he was just a prince. Most of the levels are not great imo in the sense of them just being gimmicky and difficult. Given the context of his father and his youth, I understand why, so while they're the least enjoyable of all the levels, they do add a bit to the story and I really enjoy them.
one thing I didn't like is how the stickers force you to use the camera costume, making it so if you want the 100% you can't really wear a cosmetic place, as the camera occupies a slot. Truly a shame, but just minor nitpicking on what is an incredible game.
At release this game had some drawing distance issues but they've been resolved and it's now the same as the original. I really wish they incremented the draw distance for PC because sometimes getting cousins/gifts can be tedious as you are waiting for something invisible to pop in and be visible but once again, this is just nitpicking.
Overall, a 5/5, absolute fucking peak. I don't think any other katamari game will top this but once again, I thought the same about the first game so I'm really hoping they port the rest too because I'm so in love with this franchise.
I love the king and how his story was expanded in this game. I've always loved his chats in Katamari Damacy but I've grown bored of them. Here his egotistical personality shines so brightly it's blinding.
The levels this time do make you use the spin dash thingy which I used to hate, but with how much We Love Katamari makes you use it for higher scores, it growned on me how good that mechanic is, I was just bad. There's a lot of different types of katamari. Hell, there's a level where you make a sumo fighter get fatter and fatter by collecting food to defeat a rival. There's also gimmicky levels that can be difficult like carrying fire and if you touch water, it turns off and being fully honest, with how many levels there are and how much I've played the prequel, I really enjoyed these levels. They felt like fresh air and they're just perfect imo.
The cousins and presents are the best here because most of the cosmetics you get from presents look different when you use other cousins. For example you can get a bikini early on and that bikini on a character can have a skirt and bra, sometimes it's more like a swimming outfit, there's lots of different things that really makes the cousin's personality shine with just their cosmetics + animations. I'm so glad they made the cousins playable outside of multiplayer because I had so much fun switching around and collecting every single one of them.
this remaster added new content; Royal Reverie, where you play as the King when he was just a prince. Most of the levels are not great imo in the sense of them just being gimmicky and difficult. Given the context of his father and his youth, I understand why, so while they're the least enjoyable of all the levels, they do add a bit to the story and I really enjoy them.
one thing I didn't like is how the stickers force you to use the camera costume, making it so if you want the 100% you can't really wear a cosmetic place, as the camera occupies a slot. Truly a shame, but just minor nitpicking on what is an incredible game.
At release this game had some drawing distance issues but they've been resolved and it's now the same as the original. I really wish they incremented the draw distance for PC because sometimes getting cousins/gifts can be tedious as you are waiting for something invisible to pop in and be visible but once again, this is just nitpicking.
Overall, a 5/5, absolute fucking peak. I don't think any other katamari game will top this but once again, I thought the same about the first game so I'm really hoping they port the rest too because I'm so in love with this franchise.