You can expect a game to be good, but sometimes you're taken aback by just how good. Katamari Damacy is such a game.
I'm glad I preordered it. My local EB scored exactly two copies. I bought one and the sales clerk bought the other one. I find it highly unlikely that I'll see many of these warming the racks.
Seeing games like this reminds me that video games are not a dying medium, that they're not stagnating like many suggest, and that there will always be those who take the effort to come up with something really different. And given generous publishers like Namco, some of them will actually reach the US market.
This weekend was another tedious motorcycle-related tourist event in York, so Rhon and I skedaddled down to see Mike and Noelle's new place... and Katamari Damacy was along for the trip. We all played it quite a bit. Multiplayer mode is weak (I'm sure I'll hit that in my inevitable review) but this is one of those times when watching somebody else play a 20 minute level is perfectly acceptable entertainment. Even the soundtrack is awesome. I've already ordered it from play-asia.com.
This game should be in your PS2 collection. Good luck finding it.
