Katamari Damacy 2

[Josh]

Then we could sue them

I love america!

[Dolemite]

New gameplay details.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/574/574160p1.html

[Cheebs]

I like this idea.

I would also hope they would make the items in each world more realistic this time around. Endless trails of bananas around a pond and large groups of spoons standing on end in the middle of the street doesn't strike me as something I would actually have any hope of finging in real life. The giant animals and guys are fine, so I'm not really asking for more realistic items per se, but I want the towns and indoor environments to reflect a more realistic layout and composition.

Why on earth would you want a game like this to be more realistic. You're a little dude with a stickyball rolling crap up. Realism can take a flying leap for all I care.


*reads gameplay descriptions*
I don't like the sound of that. Different objectives on each stage? Bah. The constallation stages sucked in the orriginal. The last thing I want to do while playing this game is think about anything. I just want to relax and roll stuff up. Oh well, maybe the game will have a "free" mode for each stage, or maybe I'll just ignore the objectives and never bother actually passing the stages.

[D_N_G]

if you read the scan i posted from game develop mag, the creator of Katamri talk about this exact topic of using objects. Size was the concern, not what the object actually is.

You are not supposed to think about it being realistic, thats not the intent.

Exactly how realistic is the game in the first place?:

you are a little green martian prince of the universe rolling around a soul sucking ball (which eventually becomes exponentially bigger than anyone could ever push around), picking up everything in sight, literaly destroying peoples cities, homes and lives and turning them into a gigantic ball of shit, only to it shoot out into space where all attached living organisms will definitely suffocate to death due to the lack of o2, just so that you can fix the fuck up of your dad (who is a mulit-planet sized rainbow lovin liberacci homo looking mother fucker), and essentialy destroying the planet just to make a measly star

[Jeremy]

I love the plot, and the fact that accessories will now play a more prominent role. Maybe they'll tell you what they are this time around.

[Partialartist]

Can't view every link, so I don't know if all of these shots were posted.

http://namco-ch.net/katamari_damacy_ps2/stage/index.php

In the underwater level, I hope they let you pick up a yellow submarine.
Edit: Is it weird that this game'll probably be the one that puts me over the edge for getting a network adapter?

[Salsashark]

*reads gameplay descriptions*
I don't like the sound of that. Different objectives on each stage? Bah. The constallation stages sucked in the orriginal. The last thing I want to do while playing this game is think about anything. I just want to relax and roll stuff up. Oh well, maybe the game will have a "free" mode for each stage, or maybe I'll just ignore the objectives and never bother actually passing the stages.

I agree that the objectives where you had to pick up certain objects just detracted from the fun of it all and didn't actually make it more challenging either. Hopefully that won't be the emphasis in the sequel...I was actually kind of hoping they'd get rid of levels like that all together. Oh well.

And that racing level seems like it has potential. Getting the katamari big enough to crush all of your oponents before the finish line sounds like a good idea anyway.

[Opaque]

Can't view every link, so I don't know if all of these shots were posted.

http://namco-ch.net/katamari_damacy_ps2/stage/index.php

In the underwater level, I hope they let you pick up a yellow submarine.
Edit: Is it weird that this game'll probably be the one that puts me over the edge for getting a network adapter?

The candy level and underwater level look neat.

[Partialartist]

I'm waiting for Hori to come out with a special edition Katamari controller, with directional nubs on either side, and you tilt to go diagonal.

Maybe they'll team up with Rockstar to make Katamari Damacy:San Andreas(Although Vice City would fit the color scheme better. Matter of fact, why not just set it in the 60s? The King scolds the prince, so he runs away to an earthlike planet that's in perpetual hippietown. At the same, there is a star making contest between the King and rulers from other universes(Emperor, Czar...). These other rulers conrtact the prince to do the rolling, which prompts the King to send the prince's cousins after him. This sets up a lot of vs. AI battles with the two of them racing to make a set size star from limited amount of stuff.

In between missions, the prince is free to roll around the city and add to his collection, though all of the stuff he picks up resets for the missions. He can store his balls in a galactic garage. The prince moves up to other houses, towns, cities, planets, until he finally faces off against his father in a race around the galaxy.

Edit: On second thought, make the controller two katamaris instead, serving as the analog sticks. Put the buttons on the surface.

[Dolemite]

Hands on/videos:

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/582/582219p1.html