Who knew that a game where you just roll things into a ball could be so dang addictive?
I'll be honest with you, a game like this is extremely difficult to review. Seriously, how far in depth can you go with a game which main objective is to roll things into a ball. The concept of Katamari Damacy is the King of All Cosmos (I'm guessing he's a god) got drunk one night and ended up losing all the stars in the sky. He then decides to send his son (The Prince of Cosmos) to earth to collect items to make new items. Using the "katamari", the prince begins to roll any and everything on earth into large balls to replace the missing stars.
The plot is absurd but it's just crazy enough to draw you in. Every level you have a time limit, in which you must get your ball to a certain size. Basically, anything you see on the playing field can be rolled into the ball. You start off so small but as you go along, it becomes simply amazing how big the ball can get. You'll start off as the size of a mouse, and almost by the end, you can be rolling in sky scrappers.
With an insane plotline and a different gameplay mechanic, there's one more piece to the Katamari puzzle and that's the music. The sound track is phenominal. Quite frankly, speaking as someone who isn't the biggest fan of J-pop, there will be atleast one song from this game that'll be stuck in your head.
If you're looking for a cheap game for your PS2, then this may meet your standards. It's quite quirky and addictive.