Eternal mode?

[rockChairLawnKit]

Is there a way to play without time limits in this version?

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There are only 3 stages that have eternal mode, the grandma, the grandpa and blue elephant. These are the levels where the only objective is to get big. To unlock eternal on these stages you have to beat them twice - once on as large as possible, then once on as fast as possible. The option for eternal will appear on all attempts after.

[rockChairLawnKit]

Oh great. I was having trouble remembering if the PS2 game had that or not.

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Originally posted by rockChairLawnKit:

Oh great. I was having trouble remembering if the PS2 game had that or not.

It didn't, it got added just for this release.

[User]

Disappointing that it's only 3 stages in the game that have the eternal mode in this version... it would've been fun to have eternal mode in almost every stage in the game... But I guess they wanted to stick to the original katamari damacy format. I was hoping they'd do more with eternal mode. I can understand some stages not having eternal mode though, because it doesn't make sense, (like the cleaning stage, or the candy one, you can only roll up so much before there's nothing to roll unlike every other stage in the game.)

Also would've been cool if instead of giving up all your progress in eternal mode after you're done, that they instead show you how big your katamari managed to get in the level just for fun after you played through it and that it'd update every time you beat your size record.

(Some levels may need the size record to be replaced with a more appropriately fitting record for that level, like "How many of this thing did you gather in the level?" for those certain levels, like for instance, in the Sun level, you'd be able to see the record of how many stars you could roll up in eternal mode and beat that record, or how many fireflies you've gathered to lit up the katamari as a record.)

[This would add to replayability.]

So it'd be fun because then you'd be able to think strategically and pick up the smallest items before picking up the largest or else you won't fit and get everything in every stage.

Just my opinion, though.

[Yeek-cir]

Originally posted by DogeCubeGamer:

Disappointing that it's only 3 stages in the game that have the eternal mode in this version... it would've been fun to have eternal mode in almost every stage in the game... But I guess they wanted to stick to the original katamari damacy format. I was hoping they'd do more with eternal mode. I can understand some stages not having eternal mode though, because it doesn't make sense, (like the cleaning stage, or the candy one, you can only roll up so much before there's nothing to roll unlike every other stage in the game.)

Also would've been cool if instead of giving up all your progress in eternal mode after you're done, that they instead show you how big your katamari managed to get in the level just for fun after you played through it and that it'd update every time you beat your size record.

(Some levels may need the size record to be replaced with a more appropriately fitting record for that level, like "How many of this thing did you gather in the level?" for those certain levels, like for instance, in the Sun level, you'd be able to see the record of how many stars you could roll up in eternal mode and beat that record, or how many fireflies you've gathered to lit up the katamari as a record.)

[This would add to replayability.]

So it'd be fun because then you'd be able to think strategically and pick up the smallest items before picking up the largest or else you won't fit and get everything in every stage.

Just my opinion, though.

100% agreed, well said. Personally I was surprised that Eternal Mode only showed up in ALAP3-5 when they made a pretty big deal of Eternal showing up this time around. I agree it'd probably not make sense on a few levels, but having the option just for the heck of it would've been nice. We can only hope they patch it in one day.

[Coffee Addict]

Originally posted by rockChairLawnKit:

Is there a way to play without time limits in this version?

yes

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1730700/discussions/0/3844431603858365572/

[sumolagann]

I dislike eternal mode, I can understand if people like it to just roll around, but it ruins the improvement, mystery and payoff aspect on the stages since you can just see it capped with no effort.