Catherine launch trailer causes mental blocks

by Richard Mitchell on Jul 19th 2011 7:50PM

If you haven't studied up on Catherine, it might surprise you to know it's not just a weird game about women and sheep-men. In fact, the core gameplay is actually an ordinary block puzzle game. As ordinary as any puzzle game with giant, angry babies can be, anyway.

Tags: atlus, catherine, microsoft, playstation, ps3, xbox

Reader Comments (25)

This trailer completely lacked Catherine :(

@Domino2097
But it had Katherine :D

This game... not what I thought it was. Reminds me of Crazy Climber if Crazy Climber was on crack and being chased by a knife wielding maniac. Must try this one.

So much hype... I wonder if that game will even be worth 10 minutes of my time.

@yoshinatsu The trailer was worth the 10 seconds that made me want to cook and eat a sheep.

@Miranda Lawson - Mutton to see here. Move along!

@yoshinatsu Uh, play the 30+ minute demo and you'll find out?

It's like some warped sexual Q-bert?

@Gaddes Silly. Q-bert was already warped and sexual.

I demand you show Q-Bert some respect.

I enjoy strange and unique games, and plot and art style of this one seem captivating. However, the gameplay is certainly not the strongest aspect. The block-pushing puzzles seemed simultaneously boring and frustrating.

o.o

co-op?!?!?!?!

OH HELLS YEAH, I tried the demo out last night with the wife and we both liked it. she spazes out under pressure so the plan was that I would actually be playing the climbing while she watched but CO-OP sounds like a good way for us to practice together so she can get used to it and play on her own.

@Fakeassname Yeah it's a very intense, well done game. I can't wait to try it on Expert...and with the 20 foot baby trying to curb stomp me.

@Fakeassname
Catherine + Wife = you missed the point completely

Can't wait for this game and the best part about it is the ganeplay is simple, genius.

Still worth buy if your into mystery,puzzle,and dating sim games

Still worth buying if you're into clever, artistic, original games.

I've already cleared this game (japanese version obviously). And as strange as the puzzle-part of the game looks, it's fun and makes you want to clear it all that much faster to see more of the main story. You can use many different tricks to get through easy and it is after all only a minority of the game. I personally spent most of the gameplay in the bar (the other actual gameplay part of Catherine). I'd be lying if I said this was what I hoped Catherine to look like (I was expecting some form of turn-based RPG) but I like that ATLUS are experimenting with new ways of gameplay :>. I totally recommend it. PS, BEST limited edition release EVER in US XD a must buy even though I already have the game itself.