Features - Weird videogames...like caring for babies and erotic horrors

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Eroticism, baby minding and extreme sports are amongst some of the themes that make the grade in our list of weird videogames.

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[directhex]

you REALLY don't get katamari?

first step is to not play beautiful katamari, which sucks - play we love katamari, for ps2. next, actually revel in the weirdness. pick a single level, and aim for a high score. by all means think "wtf" as you play, but you should be so focused on maximizing your karamari, your thought process should be along the lines of "coins coins coins coins ooh, cherries on mouse... EEK! CAT! aha! small cakes!" - play it franticly, aim to do as damn much as possible, and get some old-school crazy-taxi-style fun from it

[Steven W]

you REALLY don't get katamari?

first step is to not play beautiful katamari, which sucks - play we love katamari, for ps2. next, actually revel in the weirdness. pick a single level, and aim for a high score. by all means think "wtf" as you play, but you should be so focused on maximizing your karamari, your thought process should be along the lines of "coins coins coins coins ooh, cherries on mouse... EEK! CAT! aha! small cakes!" - play it franticly, aim to do as damn much as possible, and get some old-school crazy-taxi-style fun from it

I knew there'd be someone who love s it. I don't get it at all.

[Tidus]

Exactly the same reason I stopped playing Enchanted Arms, the characters were just to much to put up with.

[Rosaline]

The point of katamari is the existentialism, the need to collect things to define ourselves and mould the universe around us. It is about realising that everyday items around us are but small parts in the greater collection of being...

Or maybe the truth is, how much you get the game really does depend on how queer you are Katamari really is perhaps the campest series of games ever made, and I love them so much for this

Katamari also really will simply fail if you "sit down for a good long hardcore gaming session". Katamari really isn't the type of game that works for that, and indeed even the King of All Cosmos tells you to go outside and do other things It is best used for instant de-stress, and then put aside to allow more serious gaming to take over. Next time you've just finished something stressful and need a gaming unwind, try starting off with a round of katamari, and it should make more sense then.

[Blademrk]

Atsuma’s friend, Makoto is the most camp character that I’ve ever witnessed in a game - think Graham Norton crossed with Will’s flamboyant gay friend Jack from Will and Grace and you’ll get the picture. Now, I haven't got a problem with people being camp, but it’s totally over the top in this game, so much so that it distracted me from playing it and I had to turn it off.

Very annoying character that one, luckily he drops out of the game fairly early on (the first chapter I think). I quite enjoyed playing the game though and I still need to finish it (I'm about halfway through looking at the achievements)

[Steven W]

Very annoying character that one, luckily he drops out of the game fairly early on (the first chapter I think). I quite enjoyed playing the game though and I still need to finish it (I'm about halfway through looking at the achievements)

My wife really likes it too. I assumed that guy would stay in it all the way through, I couldn't take any more.

[Blademrk]

He's not in it for long. As soon as you wake the Ice Queen up, he's out of it. the game is a lot more tolerable from that point.

[DavidM]

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