Katamari creator no longer surprised by gaming

28 November 2007

Posted by:Ferry

Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi admitted he might leave games development to try something new. Speaking about creativity in a recent interview, Takahashi said: “Defining the word creativity is difficult in a sense. Even the likes of God of War, for instance, it is really well made. It’s a great graphic game with an interesting story. It’s not fair to tell them that their games have no creativity. Having said that I do feel many games do lack the wow factor in a sense. Something that you feel very surprised by.”

Katamari games in essense are a bit crazy, but as a result completely mental and thus awesome. But Mr. Takahashi said of the series: “I feel that the setting is normal for me. There’s nothing surreal about it. I think if Katamari is considered so creative then to me it feels like the videogame industry in general has lost its direction.” — Full interview later today at CVG

Mr. Takahasi is currently working on Nobi Nobi Boy for PS3.