Abstract: Atlus is known for being willing to give a chance to some rather unusual games, going forward with ideas that other publishers and developers wouldn’t risk. Catherine is their latest effort along those lines, mixing the conflict of a love triangle and ...
Abstract: Meet Vincent Brooks. He's probably a lot like you. At 32 years of age, Vincent is unambitious and in a long-term relationship with the dependable but frustrated Katherine who has been dropping not-so-subtle hints about marriage. Most of his friends w...
Abstract: If you had to put a name on it, I suppose you'd call Catherine a puzzle game. After all, a sizable portion of the game -- well more than half of it -- is spent pushing and pulling boxes in a series of challenges that can trace their ancestry straight b...
As if it wasn’t already obvious, I loved my time with Catherine. In many ways, I was completely blown-away by it. While I’m sure some gamers will be turned-off by its anime-style presentation and difficult gameplay, I implore those of you who are looki...
Clever block puzzles are satisfyingly challenging. Mature story explores adult relationship issues in an original way. High quality anime narrative sequences breathe life into character interactions.
Navigational controls in the puzzle sequences are confusing. Strong Japanese themes—including gender preconceptions that may not ring true for Western audiences—may turn off some players.
It starts off squarely in the court of bizarre Japanese pop culture, but Atlus’ romance/puzzler may win over Westerners by dint of its grown-up story and some devilishly addictive conundrums. These block puzzles are clever, challenging, and have surpr...
Abstract: Catherine is a Persona series spin-off that throws out the school-crawling RPG gameplay and replaces it with unforgiving block pushing puzzles, an (un)healthy dose of sexual innuendo, and then caps that off with multiple story endings. Intrigued? Keep ...
Intriguing plot, good presentation and voice acting. Moderately high degree of difficulty. Extra challenge levels available outside the main campaign. Hypnotic title screen.
The social interaction aspect isn’t for everyone, some of the cut-scenes drag, some choices present a blatant false dichotomy while others appear superfluous.
