Katamari Damacy Reroll

Straight up classic, this one. All the way from 2004. I don't usually play games this old, but it's a remake of a PS2 game that I've heard significantly much about, so I simply had to try it regardless. It's Katamari Damacy.
It's a game about rolling around a ball, running over items smaller than your ball to attach them to your ball and grow it while avoiding running into things larger than your ball, lest you break your momentum and bits of your ball chip off. There's different levels, each with a starting size, a size goal, a timer, and uh... That's it. That's the game.

I'm not going to lie, I was expecting something a little bit more, but then again, it's literally everything I heard it was. Which is what I just described. Honestly though, it's essentially a 2004 indie game, so it's not all too bad for that. For the most part it's polished and nails the rolling activity. The levels you roll around, the size progression of items, the humorous aspect of what you're doing, and oh, most definitely the soundtrack, are all great. I have to make special mention of the soundtrack because it kept me playing as I was about to leave due to the game not being quite gripping enough. I usually couldn't understand the lyrics, but it had amazing energy.
I can't conclude without mentioning a very significant downside though, which was that the control scheme for the keyboard (and mouse, except there wasn't much mouse support) was terrible. I'm afraid many people exclusively play games with a controller, so they haven't the slightest idea how to make controls for a keyboard. A mouse maps pretty well to an analog stick, but alas, no mouse look. As fluent and rapid control over the katamari was necessary, the terrible control scheme was hugely detrimental to my experience.

I think most of the positive reviews come from people who played the original on the PS2 back in the day, and that's fine. But as a first time player, there isn't much of a game here, to be honest. The shoddy KB&M support doesn't help either. It isn't a long game, and at least I can now say I've played Katamari, but I still wouldn't recommend it for first time players. If you're already familiar with the game then I don't think my opinion is important for you. Still loved the soundtrack though...