Namco-Bandai just announced the release this Autumn of Katamari Forever on the PS3. Nothing really new in term of Gameplay, but 1080p visuals and some new graphical features.
Loakum @Driftwood Awesome! I’m loving it! It does show a much crisper picture and the frame rate looks good! I was playing Stella Blade and Dragonball Soarkling Blast! :) (2 Weeks ago)
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Geez, that will do the trick, won't it?
Geez, that will do the trick, won't it?
jus like they did with noby noby boy.
anyway, i like the look of it, the toon shaders make it look a lot better, but at the end of the day, this is an artistic choice and has been since the first katamari. could the king of all cosmos be an ultra realistic character with lifelike textures and proportions? sure, but then you'd lose all of the quirkyness.
the game's great, it may have run it's course a little...at least going by the crappy 360 version. but this is the first game, the one said to be the best of the bunch, and finally, i get to play it. in 1080p remix style no less. i cant really argue with that. especially if its sold on the cheap.
Besides, no one is asking for a super, ultra realistic remake of the Katamari series, just that Namco sits back and actually give the game a worthy update.
Think Pacman CE (if you have not at least played the demo, then you don't deserve to own a game console) kind of update. Retains all the charm and feel of the original, but with some serious refinements and twists that truly updates both the gameplay and the graphics to make it an instant, modern classic, without sacrificing anything that made it Pacman in the first place.
If Namco can manage to do that for a game made almost 30 years ago, then they have no excuse for not being able to do the same for a game made just five years ago.
Much like Mister Driller, the only thing Namco is doing with Katamari, is milking the series for all it is worth, as long as there are still people around insane enough to keep buying into it. So we wind up five years almost to the month after the original Katamari was released, getting the same game, with zero updates outside of some filter overlays. As a fan of the original, I'm actually insulted Namco would even bother . . . especially when I can just whip out the original game (I still have the disc), and play it on my PS3 using the built-in backwards compatibility, and get about the same results.
as i said originally, there really isnt anything there i can complain about.