A depressingly unambitious HD port of what was a terrific game. The soundtrack remains excellent but sticking to a simulation of the PS2 game (I assume) leads to things like the game mostly moving at 30fps but a majority of animations at the 120 refresh of my monitor, which looks really offputting. Having the katamari spray out items and slam around because you get caught trying to climb up the wrong polygon seam of there's something within half a mile of the edge is something else that's been long solved so it shouldn't happen.

Also, Bandai Namco - if you're going to try and be clever with language selection with Windows 10 apps, then follow the app language I've selected, not the Windows display language. I shouldn't have to log out to avoid your ropey translations. I've not been invited to 'set' a controller in a decade.

Reviewed on Jan 16, 2022


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