I'm not saying story is a bad thing. It's not, but it seems like a lot of devs focus so heavily on coming up with an engaging story and good visuals that they forget to actually make the game fun to play.
I think about some of the games I've played over the years, and a lot of my favorites either had fairly limited or even downright absurd plots that basically boil down to an excuse to make the gameplay loop happen.
Just a random musing.
prolly need an emulator at this point, but try out Katamari Damaci or one of the sequels if you haven't already. story's retarded, but the game's fun. just try to make a bigger and bigger ball of stuff.
heads up; you're gonna want a playstation style controller for best results, xbox/switch style controls have the sticks in the wrong position.
Have you tried the remake by chance? I almost bought it for my Switch a couple years ago.
I may just download a ROM of the original and see, PS2 emulator is not a problem.
I think I might have? I'd have to check, but If I have, it would be on the shelf, most likely ps4.
If I'm remembering correctly, it's basically just a graphical update. controls were always fairly solid, so no worries there.