VERSION VERSUS: Katamari Damacy (PS2 vs Reroll)
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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0:00 Intro
1:28 Visuals
10:13 Audio
22:43 Story
28:42 Controls
34:14 Structure & Level Design
43:51 Sidequests
46:35 Conclusion
50:06 Patreon
50:33 Outro 
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Just so you know, a friend of mine told me that a lot of Katamari music falls under its own genre called "Shibuya Kei".
Great video! I appreciate how comprehensive you are about both versions. Personally I really like how faithful this is to the original, since a lot of remakes change so many things that completely transforms the game, but I wish it was it at least had toggleable options. Something to strike a middle-ground between people who want an experience as close to the original as possible, or something updated with modern game standards. I gotta revisit this game sometime, I never beat it :P
1:04 HELP I WASNT EXPECTING THAT LMAOOOOO
Honestly the lack of changes or additions in this game's remake is so bizarre after seeing what they did with the sequel, which while not much was at least *something.* And sure I get it, since the sequel is arguably the best game in the whole series for the vast majority of people they'd of course want to put some more attention to it, but doing almost nothing with the first game despite being just as iconic is weird... Funnily enough, I had the same concerns back then as well since I skipped Damacy and went straight for the sequel, and that was when I was 6 when the sequel first came out, so Reroll was my first time playing the original, unless you count some of the content in Forever which I also got when it was new and grew up with. (I also tried Me & My once from someone else, and actually got Touch My when that was new as well but I was 12 at that time and already had some problems with it. It's a shame that's what it so far ended on) And even after all that time it was still just as sluggish and barren. Make no mistake, I still like Katamari Damacy, and the charm helps so much, but it is the prime example of what a short game is. At least in terms of pure gameplay, it pales in comparison to most if not all of the main entries up to Forrver, with only Touch My Katamari possibly being worse, but idk since I haven't played that in ages. Still good games though, I'd hardly consider *any* of them as genuinely "bad". They all definitely beat out most AAA and mobile games being released today that's for sure.
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Good video. Really makes me want to get back into Reroll, now. Could have bet my life that this was a simple remaster and not a full-on remake.
Nice Felix cameo @ 7:16 btw
My first and favorite PS2 game. I go absolutely CRAZY for this series. Great video :D
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@@ahbeef Stinky Steve video??? 😭
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Your section on the sound changes between the versions made me realise that yea it's for some reason a common thing with Namco ports/remasters to just use the Japanese version with no option for the other ones. My example for this is also Pac-Man Museum + with how it uses the Japanese version of Pac-in-time with English subtitles for the cutscenes. It's just a really weird quirk.
PMW Re-Pac also bases itself on the japanese version, but thankfully in that case the japanese version of the original came out later than the US release and is way better than the US version. im hoping they stick with the original US version for hypothetical World 2 Re-Pac though, since they kinda babyified the level design in the JP release of that game.
Hmm I feel like I knew that about Re-Pac, but I guess I forgot about it. So thanks for reminding me.
Anyway Yea I definitely mostly agree with the World 2 Re-Pac sentiment, even though I'd rather them just give an option between the versions rather than having one of 'em. I just think it's always nice for having the choice, since it's still subjective at the end of the day.
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35:26 This isn’t even a valid strategy, by the way. The eggs are partially randomized, so memorization doesn’t help that much.
this is why it’s the worst stage
LMAO WHAT
IN DURING
That's weird. You said you liked Reroll's controls. When I played it on Switch, the sensitivity on the sticks was terrible, and I would go from 0 to 60 by just gently nudging forward. It made playing through pretty miserable because I was always banging into everything. I pulled out the PS2 version right after to check, and the sensitivity there was fine. I don't know, maybe it was patched?
well, i played both versions back to back and, despite my criticisms, i did feel that reroll's controls were tighter and more responsive than the ps2 version. not as much as the sequel, but still enough to make it my preferred control scheme of the two versions. as far as i know, reroll never got any patches or updates
i got this game on the golden week sale because of this video, ive never played any katamari game until now, i think your review is pretty good but one thing i think you acted pretty biased towards is the games difficulty
i mean, i know you mention you are already seasoned in katamari, but thats the reason i think you should have not been so harsh to the leniency they gave on this game because it is actually pretty fucking hard for a newcomer to play this game, because of its really unconventional control scheme and TERRIBLE camera work and collision system, on the first three stages, if they hadnt added the extra time i would have failed and i didnt managed to beat it first try (literally just failed it before writing this comment here) because it is just way too hard, the game is NOT piss easy as you said it were by a long mile, i thought it would be a walk in the park but it is far from it lmao, im not gonna say the game is bad because im having fun with it but it can be pretty frustrating because of all the above mentioned (but pretty much the terrible colision which makes you lose a bunch of size for no fucking reason, which is a flaw you mentioned on your review too)
that is pretty much what i have to say about it, nice game, i just think you should reconsider this aspect of both the remake and original game :)
to be fair, everyone's first time experience is going to be different. i still remember my first playthrough, and i only failed a couple of levels, notably the last one. some might struggle to get to grips with the very unconventional control scheme at first, while others might pick it up pretty naturally. really, either way you slice it, my complaints about the difficulty are moreso an issue concerning the game's *replayability.* after just a couple playthroughs it's become so easy that it poses no challenge, and even something like going for high scores just isn't that fun because the game isn't really all that demanding. after recently releasing my video on the game's sequel, i went back for 100%, all super clears and all items, and the super clears in particular really put into perspective just how satisfying a real challenge can be in a katamari game. some of those super clears were slogs, but every single one came with a crazy pop off when i finally nailed it. damacy just does not offer anything like that and for that reason i really dont have any desire to go back and 100% it. i definitely could, but at that point i'd rather just move on and replay the sequels or something. i do empathize with your first playthrough struggles, and i'm glad that my review convinced someone to pick up a game that i adore, but i do still stand by my criticisms, even if they apply more to a long time player than a newbie. the game does try to encourage replay value, but in this particular entry, i believe it misses the mark in that regard. thank you for the comment and i hope you enjoy the game (and its sequels if you decide to pick those up too!)
@@ahbeef it makes sense, i am liking the game a lot though, it just feels a little bit frustrating sometimes but it's still kind of fun, i would totally buy the sequel tbh, the rest of your review aligns pretty much with everything ive seen in-game so far, it manages to be really charming and i cant stop listening to the soundtrack lol
also, i forgot to specify the level that i failed on the previous comment lol, i failed on level 4, the way i put it makes it seem like i failed all three first levels lol, after failing two times i managed to beat it but honestly i dont know if i want to go back to that stage and look for the present ☠️
prince redesign praised. you hate to see it
he’s cute. ratio
@@ahbeef the old one is better & more distinct & has better proportions. new one tries way too hard to be cutesy. counterratio.