Reasonably Well Done Katamari Clone

As you can probably tell from pretty much any video or screenshot of this game, The Wonderful End of the World is pretty much a Katamari Damacy clone.  For those who haven't played Katamari (as I hadn't) and don't automatically understand the reference, the goal here is to move your character around, automatically picking up items in the world that are smaller than yourself.  These items attach to your character, thereby increasing its size and consequently making it capable of picking up more items.  The more items picked up, the higher the score.  It sounds pretty simple, and at base it is, but the main mode of the game provides a time limit, making you hurry to grab as much as quickl as you can.  The game provides you with a grade after each level, based on your score.  If you do sufficiently well in each level, the game unlocks one final level.

Given that this is a casual game, I think expectations have to be tamped down a bit.  I bought it as part of Steam's Potato Sack (a purchase I do not regret), a collection of games put together for less than the price of a standard triple-A game.  In general, the difficulty level here is about right.  On a first effort, I was generally able to get at least a B on every level.  Achieving an A+ grade on some levels took a bit of work, but I don't think I ever had to try more than six or seven times to do so.  The game is fairly short, but that's to be expected given its price point and casual nature.  I probably spent around 4 or 5 hours playing through and unlocking all of the achievements.  The game does provide several additional game modes, but by the time I had finished the achievements I felt comfortable putting the game aside.  The graphics are nothing special, but are more or less sufficient.  The level design is reasonably well done.  There appear to be multiple ways to approach completion of each level, although probably only one optimal one.