Katamari Damacy for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

When innovation comes to mind I normally think Nintendo, but Namco created a quirky, innovative and incredibly addictive game in Katamari Damacy.

You are the prince of all cosmos and need to pick up objects by rolling a Katamari ball. The bigger the ball, the bigger the object you can pick up. It starts out by picking up tacks and other small objects, but as your katamari gets bigger you are picking up dominoes, cans, small animals, furniture, people, bears, giant octopi, islands, etc.! If it were not for the time limit you would not stop.

As simple as rolling a ball is, it makes for great and unique game play. Anybody in the family can pick it up and have a great time. My step dad, who never plays video games, would not put the controller down. Graphics are not its strong point, but it does not need to because it has its own art style with vibrant colors.

I highly recommend at least renting this game to experience the uniqueness of it all.

When i first saw this game i thought "it's no good" so i rented it and was proven wrong...

Story-6/10
Here's the story: The king of all cosmos is apparently "drunk" and knocks all the stars out of the sky, so you, as the prince have to roll junk up into a ball or "katamari" to make a star.It's weird and quirky and to me just not that great.

Gameplay-9/10
The greatest part of this game is the gameplay, you roll a katamari around the level picking up junk, weird but alot of fun especially since it uses both analong sticks to control the katamari which is very innovative.

Graphics-7/10
It`s really blocky and low rez which is ok since it's an import but it was weird having this transparent symbol on-screen as you're playing

Sound-9/10
The music is weird and the sound effects are even weirder but they sound great, the theme will have you singing for weeks.

Overall-9/10
It's fun, innovative, and weird which seems to make a great game the story is passable so unless you like epic stories, look elsewhere, this will disappoint.