Once Upon A KATAMARI

i REALLY wanna recommend this game to more people but there are literally so many over-arching flaws that ruin the experience because the game is poorly programmed. ive literally had moments where i finally get the power-up if been searching for, just to get a cutscene and the power up to keep going after only freezing half way through, i skip through it but most of its still gone. the camera is never zoomed out nearly enough and the katamari view/prince views are also not zoomed out or high enough. frankly the fact the prince view doesnt sky rocket you above everything so you can actually see what your trying to do (like it used to) makes it entirely useless, its basically just katamari view at this point. not to mention the amount of times my katamari has been behind something just for the view to not work and the things in my foreground to stay opaque meaning i can see where i am. the controllers can also be very unresponsive at times, with flipping the camera not working any multiple instances. Ive fallen through the map 3 times now. the game also forces you to go through just about every cutscene right away meaning you cant always step away when you need to. the settings, including accessibility, are meager and arent going to provide the options every person is going to need, which should be the standard for games produced by a AAA company. why has this series evolved so little in 25 years??? why cant you just put the kings dialogue in the corner instead of it taking up half of the screen?

Worst one ive played, forced myself to finish. >get power up >get stuck >power up gone Id rather have cleaner collision. This one killed the franchise for me.

So, you are really just rolling around. Pretty simple. And, no word of a lie; it feels GOOD to roll. The king has a lot of speeches but you just need to understand it. If you don't understand, keep quiet about it! I just cannot listen to that. Have a great day and play this game for Pete's sake.

Having only played the Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari remakes, this one is the least favorite of the three for me, despite being a decent game. For a game that centers time travel in its level design and story, every era of time has minimal visual distinction to be truly unique. Like yeah, you could tell what each era is from iconic props and sets, but i still think the game does the bare minimum on that front. It relies heavily on the designs from the previous games, but i think this was played way too safe and the game suffered from that. The gameplay is as good as always, movement feels okay as far as Damacy goes, tough turns and the heavy feel of the Katamari does feel fustrating at times, but it pays off when you get big enough to be rolling everything in the way. I miss the way we dashed by wiggling the two joysticks back and forth, now you can simply press L2, way to simple. The camera is the most frustrating part, the walls and set pieces are almost always in the way blocking the screen, the levels are just too tight. Also, there are power ups now, i honestly was excited for them when i started, they were quite useful, but by the end i was reminiscing on the simpler Katamari times without them, i definitely could do without them. Now to the King, oh oh King... how annoying you are, The King talks too much! the dialogue has pauses between skips, have to press and hold the pause button more than once to skip all the dialogue to start playing, even if you already finished the level previously, and the King's face takes up most of the screen when he randomly pops up to comment on collected items and you have to skip manually through his text box to free up the screen!! so annoying. As for the story, it is quite a nothingburger, I'm not saying the previous games were pinnacles of story telling, but they were perfectly fine for what they were. This game however introduces many concepts and story elements and fails to do anything interesting with any of them. The S.S. Prince, the scroll of time, the King and Queen's adventures throughout the different eras of time, all just... nothing. The King stayed in the Edo period outfit the whole game, i know its the main area, but at least the Queen changed head pieces in each of her shorts. Oh yeah, there are short animated cutscenes every once in awhile, the Queen ones are fine and charming, but the King ones suck, the King is lame in this game, not unlike himself but come on don't be boring. Finally the scroll of time, i won't spoil anything... because there's nothing to spoil. One of the most boring final levels of any game i played. One of the worst things a game can do is be boring, and this game unfortunately was, despite being the longest out of the three i played. Overall, I'd recommend this game only if you played the first two and liked them and wanted some more Damacy, but otherwise it's not worth it. Definitely not a good introduction to the franchise. Good day gamers.

恐らく10ワールド中？　7ワールド解禁した時点での感想。 「昔の日本」「昔のエジプト」といった各ワールドにステージが複数ある構成だが、これがかえってステージの雰囲気の幅を狭めているかなと思う。「あーまた昔のギリシャステージかぁ…」といった感じで飽きやすく感じた。 あと他の方のレビューでも触れられているけれど、これまでのシリーズにもあった「〇〇を××個集めろ！」といった条件つきミッションが今作では非常に多い。 モノを指定されず時間内にひたすら巻き込んでいく爽快感が好きな自分にはストレスだった……。 新機能が解禁されるたびに場所を移動させられたり、ステージ中のお助けアイテムがあまり役に立たなかったり、シリーズを重ねてきていろいろな工夫をしなくてはといった試行錯誤は感じるのだが、それらがあまりプラスに働いてない印象。個人的には2作目ぐらいが一番遊びやすかったな、と。 塊魂といえばクセになる曲の数々だが、今作は概ね良曲ぞろいだと思う(塊魂っぽくはないかも)。公式が太っ腹にもYouTubeで公開しているので聞いてみるのもいいと思う。 細かいことだが、お気に入り登録した曲のみからランダムに再生する機能が欲しかった。（全曲/それぞれのDLC の中からランダムに再生はできる）

she once upon my till i katamari

the love i feel for this game is only mirrored by unspoken rage of the prince cleaning up the king's goof ups 11/10 soundtrack love the new area selection challenges feel less "whoa when did this become an esports trial" and more like the game just got a little harder. cousin customization? with a dj outfit unlock? the prince can show off his questionable decisions in style? it feels like playing the og katamari for the first time

This game is in my top five games ever. "I may be glazing, but what's a donut without it." ~Toko, 2025

IF I were to give this a 1-10 rating, it would get an 8. I do like the game, but the random hiccupping lags makes it annoying. That and the King's constant yapping. Shut up. I know how to roll things up. Just give me a quick directional instruction. Not your life story.

We Love Katamari, but in HD (we love is better tho)