I genuinely adore this game. For a game that came out nearly 20 years ago, I couldn't help but look in awe at the art style of this game. The kind of game that makes you wanna pull out a sketch book and just go to town. It really is a beautiful game to me, I could probably talk about it all day!
Featuring the enigmatic and troublesome, "King of All Cosmos" to his silent but almost as emotive son, "The Prince", Katamari Damacy dropped me into a childlike rendition of our Planet Earth with one goal, to rebuild the stars. As the son of the god of the universe, it is a simple task of course, just as long as I ignore the cries of the poor (or blessed) humans who I happen to roll up along the way.
The game play loop is really simple, roll small things up to make one bigger thing, but it's the presentation of it all that really left a mark on me. I probably wouldn't call it a visual benchmark but for a game that seems to refer to an abstract view of literally whatever it can, Mr. Takahashi managed to still keep it cohesive. The OST can be described in so many different words and genres, and I'm ready to add to the pile of praise by saying it's easily in my top 10 VG OSTs, and that's saying a lot.
One of my favorite parts of this game was going to the collections section and reading all of the childlike descriptions of real life items, presumably written by The King of All Cosmos himself, who doesn't dabble in the affairs of humans.
I will say, Reroll is far from a perfect upgrade to the original. It kinda sucks you have to play through the tutorial to get to the settings menu, and the mixed FPS can be jarring for the first 30 minutes or so. (The game runs at 30 but the prince in the bottom right is displayed at 60.)
For game I didn't really think I would enjoy, a Katamari sized hole in my chest has been filled. I'm glad I took the time to play this and I can't wait to try out We Love Katamari Reroll!
Featuring the enigmatic and troublesome, "King of All Cosmos" to his silent but almost as emotive son, "The Prince", Katamari Damacy dropped me into a childlike rendition of our Planet Earth with one goal, to rebuild the stars. As the son of the god of the universe, it is a simple task of course, just as long as I ignore the cries of the poor (or blessed) humans who I happen to roll up along the way.
The game play loop is really simple, roll small things up to make one bigger thing, but it's the presentation of it all that really left a mark on me. I probably wouldn't call it a visual benchmark but for a game that seems to refer to an abstract view of literally whatever it can, Mr. Takahashi managed to still keep it cohesive. The OST can be described in so many different words and genres, and I'm ready to add to the pile of praise by saying it's easily in my top 10 VG OSTs, and that's saying a lot.
One of my favorite parts of this game was going to the collections section and reading all of the childlike descriptions of real life items, presumably written by The King of All Cosmos himself, who doesn't dabble in the affairs of humans.
I will say, Reroll is far from a perfect upgrade to the original. It kinda sucks you have to play through the tutorial to get to the settings menu, and the mixed FPS can be jarring for the first 30 minutes or so. (The game runs at 30 but the prince in the bottom right is displayed at 60.)
For game I didn't really think I would enjoy, a Katamari sized hole in my chest has been filled. I'm glad I took the time to play this and I can't wait to try out We Love Katamari Reroll!