Catherine

[Grimnebulin]

This one's been in my peripheral vision for a while, and not that I normally take IGN seriously, but colour me suddenly intrigued and eager.

[Drone]

This game looks pretty cool. Some strange ****...

But will definitely look out for it. Is there a release date for it yet?

[Incognito]

I like games that are released by Atlus. It's always some weird demented **** and this one is no exception.

[Grimnebulin]

This game looks pretty cool. Some strange ****...

But will definitely look out for it. Is there a release date for it yet?

26th July, but I don't see a local release date or distributor yet. Will see if I can track something down.

Atlus are also responsible for Megami Tensei, which makes them BAMFs in my book.

[Incognito]

Don't forget Demon's Souls and Trapt too. And I loved the Persona games.

[Cleric]

What does Atlus have to do with Demon's Souls? Wasn't that FromSoftware?

As for Catherine, from what I've seen, the Japanese culture and "humour" just turn me off too much. I'm still really interested in trying one of the Persona games at some point though, if only because of Extra Credits recommendation.

[Incognito]

What does Atlus have to do with Demon's Souls? Wasn't that FromSoftware?

Oh! errrrr oops! They published it along with Bandai Namco. My bad...

[Grimnebulin]

@Cleric: I think Atlas were just the publishers for North America.

Here's a clip of the main aspect of gameplay, as the rest seems to be more like an interactive anime (which is not a bad thing). The cerebral puzzle aspect looks challenging and different enough.




The danger with this type of game is that the novelty weirdness wears off quickly and is left with nothing solid to support the rest of the game. I'm also always nervous when a game is held up as an example of mature storytelling, or that the erotic aspects will be hackneyed. Will see what further reviews say, but it would seem the game avoids those pitfalls.