Catherine
Released Feb 17, 2011
Metascore:80
User Rating: ★ 4.14
Age Rating: 17+ MatureGenres: Action, Adventure, RPG, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC
Developers: Atlus, Atlus Persona Team
Publishers: SEGA, Capcom, Deep Silver, Atlus
Publishers: SEGA, Capcom, Deep Silver, Atlus
About
Catherine is a platformer/visual novel developed by Atlus for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2011.
###Plot
The plot follows the adventures of Vincent Brooks, who is choosing between the two girlfriends — Katerine and Catherine with the opposite personalities. While making relationship choices throughout the daytime, Vinet is forced to participate in realistic nightmares at night. The setting of a title is two narratives folded one into another: on the outer layer, the game has TV-Show “The Midnight Versus” which tells the story of an inner layer — the adventures of “Catherine” world.
###Gameplay
The gaming process consists of two stages, according to the protagonist’s activities. While the ventures during the day resemble the usual visual novel mechanics: walking, listening to dialogues and watching cinematics pieces, the action gameplay reveals itself in the night. There Vincent has to climb a set of stairs by removing and climbing blocks to avoid traps. If he fails — the protagonist dies in real life.
###Reception
The game journalists generally liked the game but were disappointed by the sexists and misogynistic stories found within it. The title obtained commercial success, and thus there is a remaster coming out for PS4 and Vita. The remaster was half-ready in late 2017.
###Plot
The plot follows the adventures of Vincent Brooks, who is choosing between the two girlfriends — Katerine and Catherine with the opposite personalities. While making relationship choices throughout the daytime, Vinet is forced to participate in realistic nightmares at night. The setting of a title is two narratives folded one into another: on the outer layer, the game has TV-Show “The Midnight Versus” which tells the story of an inner layer — the adventures of “Catherine” world.
###Gameplay
The gaming process consists of two stages, according to the protagonist’s activities. While the ventures during the day resemble the usual visual novel mechanics: walking, listening to dialogues and watching cinematics pieces, the action gameplay reveals itself in the night. There Vincent has to climb a set of stairs by removing and climbing blocks to avoid traps. If he fails — the protagonist dies in real life.
###Reception
The game journalists generally liked the game but were disappointed by the sexists and misogynistic stories found within it. The title obtained commercial success, and thus there is a remaster coming out for PS4 and Vita. The remaster was half-ready in late 2017.
Tags: Singleplayer, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Atmospheric, steam-trading-cards, Great Soundtrack, RPG, Story Rich, Horror, Gore, Difficult, Steam Leaderboards, Violent, Action-Adventure, Local Multiplayer, Anime, Cinematic, Sexual Content, Puzzle-Platformer, interactive-movie, japanese-style, Steam
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Where to buy
- Steam (store.steampowered.com)
- Xbox Store (microsoft.com)
- PlayStation Store (store.playstation.com)
- Xbox 360 Store (marketplace.xbox.com)