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- Platform: PlayStation 3
- Media: Video Game
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Featuring the largest collection of stages, modes, songs, and cousins to date, remixed classic Katamari Damacy tunes, a brand-new storyline, multiple new visual effects and 1080p graphics, Katamari Forever is the ultimate Katamari experience.
Staying true to the eccentric Katamari universe and its unique gameplay, players in Katamari Forever will use the Prince's Katamari to roll up everyday objects. The more objects the Prince rolls up, the larger his Katamari becomes, allowing him to roll up even bigger items. In Katamari Forever the Prince faces his toughest challenge yet with more weird and wonderful Katamari to roll up than ever before.
A terrible event has occurred causing the stars to disappear from the night sky and the King of All Cosmos to fall into a coma. The Prince must use his finely tuned Katamari rolling skills once more to re-create the absent celestial bodies, save his royal father and restore order to the Cosmos. Thumb tacks, sushi, cats, people, skyscrapers, ocean liners and continents - nothing is safe as the Prince makes his way through the largest variety of stages ever in a single Katamari game.
New graphical styles give Katamari Forever a certain "je ne sais quoi" that all-new Katamari games possess. The Wood style uses warm sepia tones to give stages a wooden feel while Comic creates thick black outlines on every object, filled in with deep, rich colours. There are various styles to choose from, so make sure to try them all out and find your favourite for a totally new way to experience the world of Katamari.
In addition to all these great new features, Katamari Forever will also contain local cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes. Choose your favourite cousin and play together or take on friends and family in heated competition. Who will become the Katamari champion?
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Ahhh Katamari... how I love you.
Once again the utterly bonkers roll-and-collect game is upon us and despite being more of the same is still fantastic fun.
The flailing legs and terrified screams of passers-by as they get rolled into a massive Katamari never fails to amuse but this time it's in glorious HD.
For the uninitiated: You are the Prince (of all cosmos) and you roll a Katamari (a kind of sticky ball) around levels collecting all the objects left lying around. As you collect more objects the Katamri scales-up and you can roll up bigger and bigger things evenually rolling up skyscrapers, ocean liners, trains and other huge objects. There is usually a time limit and a size-needed but some levels impose more stringent targets. My favourite level (Ring-Out) involves rolling a Sumo wrestler and picking up food until he is big enough to bounce the other wrestler out of the ring.
You've got your mad-as-a-box-of-frogs storyline (as usual) concerning the King being hit on the head by an asteroid. A Robot-King replacement is built who promptly eats all the stars then has an attack of conscience and wishes us to replace them all. Meanwhile the King recovers and has lost his memory so we must roll some highly defined Katamari to help it's return. Last but not least are the intermission-style TV cutscenes that absolutely defy all attempts at any rational description.
The menu pages are in the style of a pop-up book and work beautifully within the context of the game allowing you to switch levels, change character, view your collection of rolled objects or even visually customise your character with presents you find on each level.
"Katamari Forever" is almost a collection of greatest hits mixed with some new ideas. The older levels are black and white but colour-in as you collect more with your sticky ball of doom. Two new features are a jump button which proves extremely useful and the broken-hearts that when collected cause all nearby objects to be sucked into your Katamari for a limited time. Other than that it's business as usual.
This is a tremendously inventive and visually amusing game which is unlike anything you've played before (unless you're a Katamari veteran of course) and proves to be highly addictive when you surrender yourself to its undoubted charms.
Anyway...I could rattle on about all the things I love about Katamari games but I have a Katamari race to win and this time when I pass the starting line I'm determined to catch that Tarzan as he swings temptingly from right to left.
Once again the utterly bonkers roll-and-collect game is upon us and despite being more of the same is still fantastic fun.
The flailing legs and terrified screams of passers-by as they get rolled into a massive Katamari never fails to amuse but this time it's in glorious HD.
For the uninitiated: You are the Prince (of all cosmos) and you roll a Katamari (a kind of sticky ball) around levels collecting all the objects left lying around. As you collect more objects the Katamri scales-up and you can roll up bigger and bigger things evenually rolling up skyscrapers, ocean liners, trains and other huge objects. There is usually a time limit and a size-needed but some levels impose more stringent targets. My favourite level (Ring-Out) involves rolling a Sumo wrestler and picking up food until he is big enough to bounce the other wrestler out of the ring.
You've got your mad-as-a-box-of-frogs storyline (as usual) concerning the King being hit on the head by an asteroid. A Robot-King replacement is built who promptly eats all the stars then has an attack of conscience and wishes us to replace them all. Meanwhile the King recovers and has lost his memory so we must roll some highly defined Katamari to help it's return. Last but not least are the intermission-style TV cutscenes that absolutely defy all attempts at any rational description.
The menu pages are in the style of a pop-up book and work beautifully within the context of the game allowing you to switch levels, change character, view your collection of rolled objects or even visually customise your character with presents you find on each level.
"Katamari Forever" is almost a collection of greatest hits mixed with some new ideas. The older levels are black and white but colour-in as you collect more with your sticky ball of doom. Two new features are a jump button which proves extremely useful and the broken-hearts that when collected cause all nearby objects to be sucked into your Katamari for a limited time. Other than that it's business as usual.
This is a tremendously inventive and visually amusing game which is unlike anything you've played before (unless you're a Katamari veteran of course) and proves to be highly addictive when you surrender yourself to its undoubted charms.
Anyway...I could rattle on about all the things I love about Katamari games but I have a Katamari race to win and this time when I pass the starting line I'm determined to catch that Tarzan as he swings temptingly from right to left.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Ok, this is one of the strangest games you will ever play. You roll around making things stick to your ball. The more you roll, the bigger your ball gets and the larger the range of things there are to roll up.
The graphics are great; cartoony and HD.
The soundtrack is so catchy. You'll be singing the main theme for days after, at least.
The gameplay is addictive. You've got to beat your score on every one of the many levels! Of course, the trophies encourage you to do this even more. The controls are a bit fiddly, but you get used to them.
The game will last for ages, but some of the levels will are quite frustrating. Once you get the hang of everything, it's amazingly fun to play.
It's different from the prequels for the following reasons: HD, hearts that absorb all available items in your area and the ability to jump (either with R2 or by shaking the controller a bit). There are also trophies. Whether this is enough to buy what is a very similar game to the prequels is your decision to make.
Overall, I'll give this a 4/5 because of the slight difficulty curve, but that's only if you're going for the high scores as soon as you start. This game is a must buy, in my opinion.
The graphics are great; cartoony and HD.
The soundtrack is so catchy. You'll be singing the main theme for days after, at least.
The gameplay is addictive. You've got to beat your score on every one of the many levels! Of course, the trophies encourage you to do this even more. The controls are a bit fiddly, but you get used to them.
The game will last for ages, but some of the levels will are quite frustrating. Once you get the hang of everything, it's amazingly fun to play.
It's different from the prequels for the following reasons: HD, hearts that absorb all available items in your area and the ability to jump (either with R2 or by shaking the controller a bit). There are also trophies. Whether this is enough to buy what is a very similar game to the prequels is your decision to make.
Overall, I'll give this a 4/5 because of the slight difficulty curve, but that's only if you're going for the high scores as soon as you start. This game is a must buy, in my opinion.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Nah-n-nah-na-na-nah-nah-nah, Katamari Damacy!
Having never before played (or indeed, heard of!) any of the Katamari series previous to stumbling across this little gem, i was completely astounded as to why i hadn't. Quite simply, this game is awesome.
The idea is simple. You play 'The Prince' (or one of his cousins), who's job it is to go around collecting items by rolling a sticky ball (known as a Katamari) round each level at the request of his majesty the King or the Robo-King. The larger your Katamari becomes, the larger the objects you can pick up.. You will often have some sort of mission to complete, be it picking up certain types or a certain number of objects, reaching a target size within a set time-limit or simply making your Katamari as big as possible.. If you fail, you are punished, and then you try again.. and that's basically it.
The game looks cute, sounds fantastic and plays like a dream.. It has satisfying, simple to learn yet hard to master controls meaning that when you delicately curve your Katamari round a corner, following a line of items and hit every single one, you feel like a million bucks - even with the King's put-downs!! (seriously, you have to perfect a level to even get a compliment out of that guy!! ;^)
Warning, you may find yourself singing the soundtrack to yourself in the most inopportune places - i've been caught at work on at least two occasions already!!
Also it's the scale of the game, there are several levels where you start out at a size where you can fit through mouseholes, but end the level the size of a planet, picking up entire cities, mountain ranges or even continents!! Simply brilliant.
I have never played anything quite as addictive as Katamari Forever, and i'm not sure i ever will again. I have already lost a lot of sleep - and it doesn't look like i'm going to be getting any for the foreseeable future!
So, yes... All-out Japanese madness. It makes no sense, and in my opinion, the game KNOWS it makes no sense, which i think is why i love it, pardon the pun, but you just have to 'roll' with it!
Having never before played (or indeed, heard of!) any of the Katamari series previous to stumbling across this little gem, i was completely astounded as to why i hadn't. Quite simply, this game is awesome.
The idea is simple. You play 'The Prince' (or one of his cousins), who's job it is to go around collecting items by rolling a sticky ball (known as a Katamari) round each level at the request of his majesty the King or the Robo-King. The larger your Katamari becomes, the larger the objects you can pick up.. You will often have some sort of mission to complete, be it picking up certain types or a certain number of objects, reaching a target size within a set time-limit or simply making your Katamari as big as possible.. If you fail, you are punished, and then you try again.. and that's basically it.
The game looks cute, sounds fantastic and plays like a dream.. It has satisfying, simple to learn yet hard to master controls meaning that when you delicately curve your Katamari round a corner, following a line of items and hit every single one, you feel like a million bucks - even with the King's put-downs!! (seriously, you have to perfect a level to even get a compliment out of that guy!! ;^)
Warning, you may find yourself singing the soundtrack to yourself in the most inopportune places - i've been caught at work on at least two occasions already!!
Also it's the scale of the game, there are several levels where you start out at a size where you can fit through mouseholes, but end the level the size of a planet, picking up entire cities, mountain ranges or even continents!! Simply brilliant.
I have never played anything quite as addictive as Katamari Forever, and i'm not sure i ever will again. I have already lost a lot of sleep - and it doesn't look like i'm going to be getting any for the foreseeable future!
So, yes... All-out Japanese madness. It makes no sense, and in my opinion, the game KNOWS it makes no sense, which i think is why i love it, pardon the pun, but you just have to 'roll' with it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
You either 'get it', or you don't
I'll start this off by saying if you've played a Katamari game before, you know what to expect, this is more of the same. Read more
Published 2 months ago by TheSerotonin
Best Katamari Game Yet
Really great fun is this, really worth the low price! Fantastic 1080p graphics, solid classic gameplay with the typical quirky sense of humour that you would come to expect from... Read more
Published 12 months ago by DC
More of the same, for better or worse
So for the folks in the region 2 areas that missed out on the original Katamari Damacy, Namco kindly released this HD remastering of select levels from it as well as the sequel. Read more
Published 16 months ago by bunglenutter
what a shame!
i heard great things about this game and was really looking fwd to it but when i loaded it into my ps3... nothing! it wouldn't load so i had to return it.... very disappointed! Read more
Published on 3 May 2010 by Barry J. Calvert
So much fun!
Nothing I can add that the other reviewers haven't covered other than that this game is addictive. Really. Read more
Published on 9 April 2010 by Muggy
Awesome!
Just like its predecessors but much more fun this time round as you have the ability to jump! All in super lush HD too! ;)
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by NinjaPSPete
[KK] Katamari Forever Review
Each rating is out of 4. I've chosen 4, b/c if it's out of 5, you have '3' as the middle number and that's pointless. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by Mr. H. S. A. Chan
Really nice game
My first Katamari game!
You roll the ball around picking up cheese, bicycles, harmonica, elephants and so on.. Read more
You roll the ball around picking up cheese, bicycles, harmonica, elephants and so on.. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by Rasmus Svendsen
KATAMARI KRAZY
More wonderfully wacky fun with the king and the prince.An excellent game for kids and adults alike.Can't wait till the next game in the line. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by D. Juliff
Worth it if you don't already have a stack of Katamari Games
I found the gameplay refreshing and fun, the music excellent, and the eclectic visual style to come together to create a very solid product. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2009 by JD Georgeson
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