I am so mad at myself for not playing this sooner holy shit. I legit could not put this game down.
Ya get in a kinda zen state with it where ya bounce from level to level just wanting to continue on the fun joyous ass ride that you're deep in on. Getting a handle on the controls and what the game demands of you feels so good once ya got it down. Rolling shit up just FEELS good in this game. The use of vibration, the visuals, the sounds all gives it this perfect tactile feel to it that just works so perfectly.
While I do wish there was a bit of a better visual indicator of when you could roll something (there were multiple times where I was sure I could roll like a person or a pole or something only for the game to stop me from doing so multiple times which kinda annoyed me) I never felt inconvenienced or fucked over at any time by it and as I got better with rolling I got better at collecting and getting bigger much quicker. Snowballing a real good roll is fuckin godlike in this game it's so satisfying.
It offers pretty fun and clever little mix-ups in how you approach collecting shit thrown in here and there and it all just feels fuckin great. The moon level is just an absolutely perfect stage like godDAMN.
This is also now just straight the fuck out one of my new favorite OST's too which I guess shouldn’t be too surprising given the reputation this series’ music tends to garner I’d just never listened to it really! I've listened to like the main theme and I dug it but I didn't know this shit went THIS fuckin hard with it so lemme geek out about this shit for a second!
LONELY ROLLING STAR makes me smile every time it comes on, it feels warm and adds a kind of vibe to the game that I can't really describe all that well. It makes me feel at home?
Cherry Tree Times also just fills me with a happy kinda calm whenever it would come on. It just makes me smile at the cozy fun vibe this game wants to carry on. It's like the singers are cheering me on as I roll up all this shit to turn into a big beautiful star or series of stars and it just hits.
Gin & Tonic & Red Red Roses in ways reminded me of like a Judy and Mary song or something from a Mariko Goto solo project for some reason with a bit more swing type flavor and that just made me really happy whenever it came on during the game!
This game absolutely rocks the amount of pure VARIETY this game tackles in like every aspect on all cylinders at all times no matter what. Whether that be visual, musical, gameplay, just all fuckin over feels perfect.
For whatever reason, I’d been hesitant to really give this game a shot. I wasn’t sure if I would vibe with it or dig what it was doing but that was clearly the thoughts of a complete dumbass. I’m never doubting myself on shit like this ever again my g o d. I see the vision, I truly get it now.
Ya get in a kinda zen state with it where ya bounce from level to level just wanting to continue on the fun joyous ass ride that you're deep in on. Getting a handle on the controls and what the game demands of you feels so good once ya got it down. Rolling shit up just FEELS good in this game. The use of vibration, the visuals, the sounds all gives it this perfect tactile feel to it that just works so perfectly.
While I do wish there was a bit of a better visual indicator of when you could roll something (there were multiple times where I was sure I could roll like a person or a pole or something only for the game to stop me from doing so multiple times which kinda annoyed me) I never felt inconvenienced or fucked over at any time by it and as I got better with rolling I got better at collecting and getting bigger much quicker. Snowballing a real good roll is fuckin godlike in this game it's so satisfying.
It offers pretty fun and clever little mix-ups in how you approach collecting shit thrown in here and there and it all just feels fuckin great. The moon level is just an absolutely perfect stage like godDAMN.
This is also now just straight the fuck out one of my new favorite OST's too which I guess shouldn’t be too surprising given the reputation this series’ music tends to garner I’d just never listened to it really! I've listened to like the main theme and I dug it but I didn't know this shit went THIS fuckin hard with it so lemme geek out about this shit for a second!
LONELY ROLLING STAR makes me smile every time it comes on, it feels warm and adds a kind of vibe to the game that I can't really describe all that well. It makes me feel at home?
Cherry Tree Times also just fills me with a happy kinda calm whenever it would come on. It just makes me smile at the cozy fun vibe this game wants to carry on. It's like the singers are cheering me on as I roll up all this shit to turn into a big beautiful star or series of stars and it just hits.
Gin & Tonic & Red Red Roses in ways reminded me of like a Judy and Mary song or something from a Mariko Goto solo project for some reason with a bit more swing type flavor and that just made me really happy whenever it came on during the game!
This game absolutely rocks the amount of pure VARIETY this game tackles in like every aspect on all cylinders at all times no matter what. Whether that be visual, musical, gameplay, just all fuckin over feels perfect.
For whatever reason, I’d been hesitant to really give this game a shot. I wasn’t sure if I would vibe with it or dig what it was doing but that was clearly the thoughts of a complete dumbass. I’m never doubting myself on shit like this ever again my g o d. I see the vision, I truly get it now.
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@moschidae yeah same! I'm super happy that I dig it and finally got through it. I'm super pumped to get to we love Katamari once the reroll for that comes out cause like hell yeeeeah.
I love that you love this game as much as I do! A funny bit of trivia I learned about the music: The composer Yuu Miyake likes to hum while he's working, and his coworkers were giving him shit for it. So he made the loading song a chorus of himself humming, just trolling his friends who would have to hear it every time they started the game throughout development.
@cowboyjosh oooo that's really cool! Honestly makes sense given the whole vibe of the entire soundtrack, all the humming and little melodies especially too. Good for him sticking to his guns in such a fun way like that.
moschidae
1 year ago