Katamari Damacy

a.k.a. 塊魂 / Katamari Damashī / Katamary Damacy

created and published by Namco in 2004-03-18, running on PlayStation 2

type: action/reflex, puzzle
genre: Humorous
series: Katamari Damacy
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player, split-screen

languages: eng jpn

4.7/5

Description

The game's plot concerns a diminutive prince on a mission to rebuild the stars, constellations and Moon, which his father, the King of All Cosmos, has accidentally destroyed. This is achieved by rolling a magical, highly adhesive ball called a katamari around various locations, collecting increasingly larger objects, ranging from thumbtacks to schoolchildren to mountains, until the ball has grown large enough to become a star. The game falls under both the puzzle and action game genres, since strategy as well as dexterity are needed to complete a mission, but the game is fundamentally peaceful and somewhat meditative.

Katamari Damacy's story, characters, and settings are bizarre and heavily stylized, rarely attempting any semblance of realism, though the brands and items used are based on those current in Japan during the game's production.

huug # 2008-06-17 07:54:21 - source