Katamari Damacy Review

 

Alright, so for the longest time I avoided this game like it was the plague, thinking it was the stupidest thing ever.  However, as I slowly grew up, I found myself interested in this game more and more.  I finally decided to get this game when I found it in the store, especially seeing how happy my girlfriend was to see it, since it turns out it was her favorite series.  So really, if I wasn’t dating the girl I’m dating now, I probably wouldn’t have played this great gem of a game.  So here we go, this is Katamari Damacy for the Sony Playstation 2!

Now, when it comes to spoilers, there really isn’t any.  Stars and what not in space are missing, so you, the son of the king, aka the prince, has to make things right.  At a very microscopic size, your job is to take your katamari and roll things up, to transform what you make into a star of some sort.

Nothing special in story,  however, the story isn’t why you want to play this game!  It’s all the gameplay!  The game will often pit you against the clock as you struggle to make your katamari as big as possible.  It’s the only thing on your mind!  Even when you complete the level, your next thought is:  “I want to make the katamari bigger!”  which often translates you to trying to get a better score, making you compete with yourself and get better, adding in more additional play time.  That and you also get to listen to the weird funky music that you would hopefully fall in love with (like I have).

In this day and age where all we see are the same shooters, assassin creed storylines and what not, I wish there were more games like katamari, trying to be unique.  Sure, there’s nintendo doing it with the wiiU, but I miss the age of gaming where you risk putting a game no one has seen before and then watch it build up to extraordinary levels.  Katamari is not a platformer, it’s not a sandbox game, nor is it one of the huge amount of FPS games we see running rampant these days.  Katamari is… well, it’s Katamari!

Now if you excuse me, I’m going to hum the song as I enjoy my day.  I give Katamari Damacy a 9.5 out of 10.

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