![]() While it might seem unnecessary to cram in another character to the story (although Atlus has a track record of this with Marie in Persona 4 Golden as well as the forthcoming Persona 5 Royal) Rin nonetheless shows a different side to Vincent and, should you follow this new path, even opens up a new perspective, showing a change in attitudes to gender roles and sexuality from before. Further complicating Vincent’s dilemma of cheating on long-term girlfriend Katherine with the blonde and provocative Catherine is Qatherine, or just Rin, a mysterious pink-bobbed amnesiac who becomes Vincent’s new neighbour and also plays the piano at the local boozer where he hangs out every night. ![]() ![]() It not only features new anime cutscenes including flashbacks of Vincent and Katherine’s relationship, which definitely gives Katherine more dimensions as a character, but also integrates a whole new storyline and path. #Catherine full body steam Ps4It would be easy to label Catherine: Full Body as a remaster of that game for PS4 (the Japanese version included a Vita port, but sadly not included for the West) but it’s actually far more than that. The puzzles themselves were notoriously difficult but the rhythm of balancing blocks to create stairways (accentuated by the female voice calling out ‘edge’) was hypnotic, compelling, and would you believe, became its own competitive esport. Then there’s the core game itself, where you take control of protagonist Vincent Brooks trying to escape his nightmares where, in just his underwear, he’s climbing ever more elaborate towers filled ever more fiendish traps. Of course, fast-forward to 2019 and some of its depictions of relationships and gender roles feel antiquated or at worse, with its female characters, sexist and transphobic, but it’s still unlike any other game around. While still including an anime aesthetic, it also takes inspiration from early Lynchian horror to The Twilight Zone to Fatal Attraction. From the same talented team behind the Persona series, this was a much more mature work (not just in an, ooh sexy ladies sort of way - although that too), exploring male anxieties dealing with issues of relationships, commitment and infidelity, a world away from high school kids using super powers in another dimension. ![]() When Catherine first released in 2011, there was nothing quite like it. Reviews // 10th Sep 2019 - 3 years ago // By Alan Wen Catherine: Full Body Review ![]()
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