In Catherine, by contrast, Vincent's nightmare sequences splash the screen with the noise and colour of arcades. "COOL!!" screams the game out loud as you reach a platform ahead of schedule ...

Despite the game's unorthodox schism of gameplay and story, the gravity of Vincent's romantic exploits are clearly woven into his dream world. "Catherine" is anything except what players have come ...

Vincent spends his days toiling in the ... Playing between day and night in Catherine gives the game much-needed structure and lets you know what to expect next. While the puzzle sequences are ...

Actively choosing to pursue either Catherine or Katherine as Vincent's ultimate goal always feels like trying to hit a moving target. Trying to push Vincent in a certain direction on the game's ...

New journeys are also being prepared for Catherine and Katherine, the heroines of the original game. New love problems. New awakenings of values. One day, Vincent starts having nightmares.

When Catherine was first released in ... “How are we supposed to present [Vincent] in our marketing, or how is the game supposed to present to him? Are we supposed to identify with him?” ...

she is video games. Vincent faces a choice between fantasy and reality, but it’s also a choice between escapist fantasy and the female gender itself. Catherine is a bellwether for what tech ...

What Vincent does during the day changes the shape and feel of the game he’s forced to play in his nightmares. I asked Ben what winning Catherine looked like. “I don’t know if there’s even ...

Just like the original. Oh yeah, and for those of you who didn’t know: This is a puzzle game. Catherine’s most challenging feature is Vincent’s nightmares, which are born from his biggest ...

Catherine is a game that appears to feed into all the tropes women have been fighting: woman as sex object, nagging shrew and beastly bitch. The game begins with our hapless protagonist Vincent ...

An odd hybrid of life sim and puzzle game where both flawed halves somehow work well together. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to really get to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The marketing campaign in Japan for Catherine, the first HD title from the makers of ...