I love this game! I never played the originals but this game is super fun and entertaining. The only qualms I have are: the chit chatting and words takes up WAY too much time I just wanna click on the level and start playing without all the chatting. The other qualm is the movement of the camera. I’ve tried every option for co trips and I’m on Simple but half the time that camera is turning itself, and half the time I have to move the camera it’s so weird and annoying. I wish there was a way to zoom out the camera so I wouldn’t have to rotate the camera so often. I would legit pay real money to upgrade to a passive camera totally. Other than that it’s fun! Sometimes new levels appear randomly without hitting a certain number of subscribers and it’s cool :) I do wish there were “boosts” I could purchase, like where I could freeze the clock for 30 sec or start with a bigger ball, etc. Can’t wait to see where this one goes!!

I’m happy to see a new Katamari game, but it needed more time in development. It’s disappointing to see that they kept the awful alarm sound that plays continuously when you have 30 seconds left in a game, all it does is cause stress. It’s still possible to get temporarily stuck in small parts of the map, so the physics are identical to past games. The main “screen” where you choose missions doesn’t allow the Prince to roam, everything is done through menus instead, feels phoned in. There are still loading pauses when the map expands, which seems like a holdover from the older games; you’d think it would just smoothly transition to the next map change. Perhaps this was done for older devices to be able to load. There aren’t any options for adjusting text speed; the King is notoriously verbose, but at least he doesn’t talk as much in this one. Currently there’s a bug when viewing leaderboards that cause the game to hang. Finally, this game really causes phones to get hot. Considering that it looked very close to the same, graphically, as the PS2 version, it’s disappointing to see such a heavy demand on the hardware. The game needs serious optimization and bug fixes.

If you can look past the difficult controls, wasting time getting stuck because of the difficult controls, an annoying character, wasting time because of an annoying character, and the occasionally disorienting camera perspectives when in cramped spaces, then this the game is incredibly fun! I love how goofy some of the scenes are! That said, it’s lack of a casual approach and high control difficulty is why I say it’s not child friendly. The King of All Cosmos character is obnoxious. Seriously, the character talks WAY too much and is aggressively intrusive in what would otherwise be really fun, fluid gameplay. So much so, unless there’s an option to turn off his rambling before, during, and/or after missions, and the controls/camera are tightened, I cannot recommend the game and will stop playing it. I will check in on its updates. Note: There isn’t much of an explanation on what any of the acquired items do, there isn’t a decent general guide in the app or online, there are no tutorials aside from briefly teaching you the rolling mechanics. Also, this is one of the few apps that runs the phone hot.

Having played the original, this does not disappoint, the Prince and his cousins are just what I needed to help me escape the woes of the day. Now if they could just hurry up and roll up this mess.13 years ago I Love Katamari was released for the iPhone. Finally I had the opportunity to play the well loved game that I saw heavily praised on G4 tv. I beat the game and replayed it. Some years had passed and I was sad to see that it was removed from the App Store. Fast forward 13 years and I’m looking at the App Store one day and I see the announcement for this game. At first I thought it was just going to be on the iPhone, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was also available for MacBook. I’ve so far put in maybe about 10 hours, thanks to my 8bitdo SNES30+ Bluetooth controller. This game is just as fun as the others in the Katamari franchise, but it is certainly an introduction of an old favorite in a strange new world.