Of games and . . . games
Over at the Woolley's apartment this past election day, I got to try out Steel Battalion. I must say the game and the massive controller are awesome. I'm so very tempted to get it since it doubles as something you can throw at house intruders, but the near 200 dollar price tag keeps me at bay. I'm beginning to realize that I really like the novelty of peripherals and might have to open up an arcade some time in the future. I can picture it now, racing wheels, motorcycle rigs, all the music games from Konami. Besides the Steel Battalion thing, my other temptation at the moment is Taiko Drum Master, which is like Donkey Konga and its bongos. One of the main reasons I want to get it is the fact that the theme song from Katamari Damacy is on it, which brings me to my next topic.
Katamari Damacy is quite possibly one of the best games I've played this year. I haven't been so addicted to playing a game in a long long time. After Sandra, Naty, and Joe stopped by for some DDR insanity, I popped the game in. Having only played the multiplayer aspect to the game I decided to give the one player a go. Little did I know what I was getting into. I started playing at 2 AM and played the game to the very end by around 5:30 - 6:00. I couldn't stop. When a game brings a smile to my face and later on makes my jaw drop, stopping after the first few levels of gameplay becomes an impossibility. The basic idea of the game is that you are creating stars from junk that you accumulate on Earth because your crazy Dad, the King of the universe, had too much fun and accidently destroyed all of them. Very light-hearted indeed. So you go to Earth with a small katamari, which is a ball that you roll around with the ability to pick up anything that is smaller than itself. The concept is pure genius. You start off small and pick up paper clips and sticks of gum, but then you get bigger so you can pick up things like mice and tape dispensers, and then you get bigger and start picking up people, and bigger picking up cars and the like. Lemme just say you get really really f'in big. So excited for this game I am. Time to play some more. All I know is that next halloween I'm dressing up as one of these things.
The Damashii of Katamari
GenuineOtaku
Katamari Damacy is quite possibly one of the best games I've played this year. I haven't been so addicted to playing a game in a long long time. After Sandra, Naty, and Joe stopped by for some DDR insanity, I popped the game in. Having only played the multiplayer aspect to the game I decided to give the one player a go. Little did I know what I was getting into. I started playing at 2 AM and played the game to the very end by around 5:30 - 6:00. I couldn't stop. When a game brings a smile to my face and later on makes my jaw drop, stopping after the first few levels of gameplay becomes an impossibility. The basic idea of the game is that you are creating stars from junk that you accumulate on Earth because your crazy Dad, the King of the universe, had too much fun and accidently destroyed all of them. Very light-hearted indeed. So you go to Earth with a small katamari, which is a ball that you roll around with the ability to pick up anything that is smaller than itself. The concept is pure genius. You start off small and pick up paper clips and sticks of gum, but then you get bigger so you can pick up things like mice and tape dispensers, and then you get bigger and start picking up people, and bigger picking up cars and the like. Lemme just say you get really really f'in big. So excited for this game I am. Time to play some more. All I know is that next halloween I'm dressing up as one of these things.
The Damashii of Katamari
GenuineOtaku
posted by Genuine Otaku @ 10:39 PM
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