tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post1657644476719152374..comments2023-11-09T13:19:26.329-05:00Comments on Kokoba: Read Play Blog: Surprised by a GameKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-31105889209287587172015-09-17T12:33:38.787-04:002015-09-17T12:33:38.787-04:00Rolling up random crap to the mellow jazz soundtra...Rolling up random crap to the mellow jazz soundtrack did a lot to alleviate the stress of college for me, I'll admit. The music might be what makes the game so great---if you weren't listening to anything at all, or to anything else not nearly as interesting but also relaxing, it would not be nearly as enjoyable an experience. If you can't get the game, the Katamari Damacy soundtrack is the next best thing!<br /><br />The problem with post-apocalyptic landscapes is that by default they're going to look a little monotonous and and run down. ("Oh, wow, brown grass and another dead tree, hurray.") The <i>Fallout 3</i> landscape gets a little more interesting once you've secured yourself in Megaton, gone up a few levels, and can go out and explore on your own. Yeah, the nature is all the same kind of dismal, but the run-down houses and broken cars and the way that it looks like people just suddenly dropped everything and left in the middle of something is really neat. Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-85688537771666151602015-09-17T12:27:56.604-04:002015-09-17T12:27:56.604-04:00My favorite thing about Katamari is that even thou...My favorite thing about Katamari is that even though it's so cute and surreal and adorable, it's also inspired by critique of capitalism and consumerism, like what?????<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/113886/GDC_Keita_Takahashi__The_Complete_GDC_Lecture.phpKatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-60945276041749587022015-09-17T12:26:23.862-04:002015-09-17T12:26:23.862-04:00I haven't played Katamari. I was basically lik...I haven't played Katamari. I was basically like you and just didn't get it, so I never bought it. I wish I had, because it really does look like fun. <br />I want to buy Fallout 3 so badly...I only played like 5 hours of it before I quit because I was bored. I love Elder Scrolls, but I hated the enemy system and bland landscapes of Fallout so I didn't keep at it. I didn't realize I'd want to play Fallout 4 this badly, so now I regret not keeping it. I'm sorry Anchorage was sort of 'meh'. Michelle @ In Libris Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07491579673142118208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-43227380239276592112015-09-17T12:18:35.746-04:002015-09-17T12:18:35.746-04:00I don't mind invisible walls *in principle*, b...I don't mind invisible walls *in principle*, but they were right where I thought I had to go to complete the mission. So then I guess my gripe isn't with the invisible walls per se, but with the poor level design and poor in-game direction.<br /><br />Like, at some point during the last mission you have to go north (as the crow flies). So you leave the base camp and go north and....suddenly you can't go any further! Even though you can see *something* through the locked chain-link fence and invisible wall! Instead, you have to take a long circuitous route through the trenches. Usually the Pip-Boy map is really good about "okay, you need to get to Point C by way of points A and B, you can't go there directly" but this time it gave me nothing. JV had to pause his own gaming session and do some digging on FAQs/the Wiki to figure out what to do (he's played a whole bunch of <i>Fallout 3</i> but he skips <i>Operation: Anchorage</i> every time so it's been quite a few years since he went through it himself). Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-77970404513094522232015-09-17T12:11:05.188-04:002015-09-17T12:11:05.188-04:00I kind of have to pronounce it in time with the so...I kind of have to pronounce it in time with the song, ngl. Katamari Damaaacyyy.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-66220263382011521152015-09-17T12:03:07.296-04:002015-09-17T12:03:07.296-04:00To this day, all it takes is reading the name of K...To this day, all it takes is reading the name of Katamari Damacy to get the song stuck in my head!Rae Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713420172989639975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-66871726075563610502015-09-17T11:36:19.254-04:002015-09-17T11:36:19.254-04:00I haven't heard of Katamari Damacy but I too f...I haven't heard of Katamari Damacy but I too feel like "what is this?!"<br /><br />I still haven't completed Fallout 3 either, never mind any DLC ;_; I just get too busy exploring and forgetting to actually progress. Shame to hear it wasn't all that worth it (unless you're an achievement whore, which I am lately) and invisible walls are the worst.Lauren @ Northern Plunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454835424286771394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-35743280272129483072015-09-17T05:02:45.217-04:002015-09-17T05:02:45.217-04:00Hahah I love Katamari Damacy! So nonsensical. I re...Hahah I love Katamari Damacy! So nonsensical. I really wanted to do Read Play Blog this month but I couldn't think of a game that surprised me! I'm so boring ;_;Natalie Pataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499108834853503737noreply@blogger.com