![]() ![]() There’s also no extra bells and whistles with this re-mastered version, so you are getting the bare bones of the original, with no extras on the side. This probably balances out well with the game’s overall playing time, which around 10 hours, is relatively short. It’s also still quite a challenge, as some of the stars can be tricky to achieve with a lofty expectation of height placed upon you from his majesty. Occasionally it can feel that your thumb wrestling with yourself, as you desperately prod the analogue sticks in all directions at once, usually resulting in the Prince not going very far, fast. ![]() The control system really takes some getting used to, as you mostly use the thumb sticks to push the ball in various directions. That said, the game still has some issues. What’s more, his dialogue is still as sharp and funny nearly fifteen years on since its release. It would be amiss not to mention the King of the Cosmos himself he is so entertaining that it’s disappointing that he hasn’t had his own spin-off game, perhaps revolved around that fateful drinking night, to find out what went down exactly. Helping to enhance the gameplay is the game’s kinetic soundtrack, which still remains candy floss for the ears it is gloriously bouncy and some tracks are the very definition of ear worms. It’s a concept that is unashamedly bonkers, with a world that is just a joy to explore. You start off indoors, picking up every day items, and trying to avoid the many cats and mice that seem to inhabit the world, because if you hit them, it can knock things off of your Katamari flying. What makes this game stand out however, is its execution it’s a bright and vibrant world, littered with curious objects and creatures that you have to navigate through. All you do is roll a ball and collect stuff, and that’s it. This ‘Reroll’ then is the re-mastered version of that original release.Īt the heart of this game is a simple premise that echoes the initial gameplay of the first video games, such as shooting invaders, eating pills in a maze and hitting a ball with a bat. So much so that it managed to build a nice franchise from it. Originally released in 2004, this quirky title soon became a cult favourite. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to review it on the Switch, but I imagine the added benefit there is to have Katamari Damacy on the go.Don't worry guys, it's part of the mayor's regeneration programme for the city. Although I see it as charming, I imagine most people will find this frustrating. Which means of course that you can only edit settings, including display resolutions in the Steam version, on your Home Planet after you complete the entire tutorial, just like in 2004 when most games had physical landing spaces for the options menu. Other than that, Katamari Damacy is left simply as it was. On PC, you’re able to play with the keyboard as well, but it was so counterintuitive I wasn’t able to get past the tutorial. There’s also a new control style, called the “simple” style, which is anything but simple as it places the rolling mechanism on one joystick while the other moves the camera. There are a few other minor changes, like the cutscenes being in their original Japanese with subtitles and an added tutorial screen reminding you to save your game manually (remember when that was a thing?).
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