Assuming the port is good I'll grab this. Loved playing it back in the day, such a strange and wonderful game.
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Katamari Damacy REROLL |OT| Now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
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But... They're so close in feature set.... Katamari time > no Katamari time, every time.
I will definitely get this again at some point but may hold off at launch. For a blast from the past, here is a pic of me at E3 in 2005. I have a very strange expression on my face but I was so freaking excited to take a photo with The Prince. I also kind of marvel at how thin I was then.. the good ol days of being poor in college.
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they said something like that earlier (or maybe they didn't and some website made it up), but then changed to all versions launching on december 7th.
Damn shame they've gimped the PC version as much as the PC Gamer review suggests. Having to complete the tutorial just to access graphics and controls options sounds like a disastrous first impression for Steam players who have different expectations. Since I'm not into conspiracies about companies messing up PC versions to make console ones more attractive (edge cases aside), this just seems like Bamco's oddly selective about which of their PC releases deserve proper preparations. Would it kill them to adopt a consistent PC release quality and accessibility strategy?
I'm still in, though, whether on PC or Switch. This game's still one of my all-time favorites, mainly for how it marries crazy ideas with solid old-school mechanics. Maybe the PC version has mod potential, too.
I'm still in, though, whether on PC or Switch. This game's still one of my all-time favorites, mainly for how it marries crazy ideas with solid old-school mechanics. Maybe the PC version has mod potential, too.
Yeah, I mean it makes sense no reason to cannibalize physical sales.
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does anyone know when the game will go up on the eshop? it's on the 7th, but at what hour? i'm talking about the US eshop.
the port is done by a studio called monkeycraft, looking at their past work they've only done mobile, 3DS and switch games so that may explain the shoddy pc version. bamco should have gotten a studio with experience to do the PC port.
So I can pick up my reserved copy today after work? Maybe I'll call ahead just to be safe.
10/10 thread title. Bravo!
I'm ashamed that I've never played a KD game. May remedy with this rerelease.
I'm ashamed that I've never played a KD game. May remedy with this rerelease.
I don't mean to absolve Monkeycraft for doing a disappointing port, but it's also likely that Bamco didn't dedicate enough resources and consideration towards this PC release to begin with. Misalignment between commercial parties working on a release can often cause more trouble than one party doing a notably bad job. We may or may not learn more later, of course.
Correct, at least that's what I was told by the store clerk earlier today. Think it was due to the Smash release.
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yeah i guess. thankfully with pc versions there's more of a chance of fans fixing the issues and making the port more acceptable. of course fans shouldn't have to do that, but that's the way it is sometimes with pc ports.
Physical copy coming soon-ish. It's a pity about sharing a day with Smash, if only the Prince was in that game, too...
For Europe I've noticed that anything that isn't on the eShop before it's officially available for purchase tends to appear on release date at some random time during the day, sometimes as late as the afternoon. Perhaps it's similar for Australia.
So has anyone had success yet in going to or at least calling their local GameStop to try and pick this up? Theoretically was able to be picked up 20 minutes ago?
I get off in half an hour and would love to stop by after work and grab for the night before Smash.
I get off in half an hour and would love to stop by after work and grab for the night before Smash.
The PC version came out early and I just bought it, some impressions:
- Katamari Damacy Reroll is powered by Unity which I didn't expect, so that was surprising to find out
- The game starts in a 1280x720 window and it's impossible to change it until you finish the tutorials and first stage and such
- The core gameplay is seemingly 30 FPS, but some things play out at 60 (2D HUD stuff, King of All Cosmos interactions, running around your hub world, some of the Prince's animations across the board, maybe more?)
These are the display options:
For anyone morbidly curious, here's the KB controls:
Here's how the gamepad controls look on PC for comparison, par for the course:
- Katamari Damacy Reroll is powered by Unity which I didn't expect, so that was surprising to find out
- The game starts in a 1280x720 window and it's impossible to change it until you finish the tutorials and first stage and such
- The core gameplay is seemingly 30 FPS, but some things play out at 60 (2D HUD stuff, King of All Cosmos interactions, running around your hub world, some of the Prince's animations across the board, maybe more?)
These are the display options:
For anyone morbidly curious, here's the KB controls:
Here's how the gamepad controls look on PC for comparison, par for the course:
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Update - Posted this in another thread:
PSA: If your image quality looks off after changing resolutions, restart the game.
Almost everything looked like a pixelated mess here after I switched from 720p to 1080p in-game. (Make sure to enlarge, etc.)
By restarting the game, it seems to render fully at the native resolution instead.
I'm still trying to figure everything out myself. If you have the same issue, try that I guess.
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Did they remove the English voice acting in story cutscenes? I just got to the first scene and it was only in Japanese. I don't think there's an option for voice language or anything. Really peculiar.
I got too caught up in my excitement of playing to notice this is reaffirmed on Steam too.
I got too caught up in my excitement of playing to notice this is reaffirmed on Steam too.
Yeah. Just left here in Central time. He said his notification said 6 also so it was probably 6 local time and not just Eastern like the previous poster mentioned.
Just got it on the UK eShop, feels good from playing the first level. Nothing seems off or broken, just nicely upscaled from the original. I guess it's a pretty straightforward port, but for £16, I ain't gonna complain. Put a smile on my face going through the opening again and reminiscing on playing the Japanese version in my first year of uni and utterly baffling my then-new mates from my course. Gonna take some getting used to the stick positions...
Austin TX Gamestop confirmed it's ready to be picked up. Gonna swim through a crowd of Smash fans to nab it.
I think everything with animations runs at an uncapped framerate. Meaning, any animals running around move around at 30 FPS, but their animation is smoother. It's so damned weird.
Yeah, uncapped might make more sense, I was a bit careless in hindsight since I'm playing with vsync on at 60 hz so I couldn't speak for anything higher.
I don't think it's been posted in this thread yet: https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/katamari-damacy-reroll-steam-key--3878-1
Steam key available for $19 USD, activates in the U.S. no problem
Steam key available for $19 USD, activates in the U.S. no problem
I know the feeling. I picked up my copy of Katamari Forever during the Halo ODST midnight launch. Lol.