An expanded game of Catherine
Catherine: Full Body is an enhanced remaster of the adult-oriented puzzle-platformer Catherine. Full Body features a new love interest, online multiplayer, new puzzle mechanics, harder difficulties, new story segments, and new endings.
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The puzzle mechanics AND the themes and idea involved in the story really don't do it for me. I just ended up getting stuck on the puzzles. But the atmosphere is alluring enough to keep me until the end.
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(NOTE: played the game on Hard Remix (beat most levels on my own but did look up the solutions for a good few), got the Rin True Ending)
I have conflicting feelings on this game. I really think that the gameplay is massively improved, even though Classic's was by no means bad in any way shape or form. The formula is just really perfected and well made, as the new remix mode made replaying the game really fun with new layouts and changes, and the overhaul of some of the core features I felt made the gameplay all the better. For a true gameplay experience, Catherine Full Body is the definitive experience of experiencing this game.
However with that said, the story of this game goes off the rails at the end, and I believe to this game's detriment. Rin is a really interesting character, and aims to tackles the aspect of sexuality which was something (for the most part) unexplored in Classic. However the alien shit just made this game really fucking weird and confusing at the end. I think the last few levels of the game were some of the most fun I've had in my 35 or so hours playing Catherine, but afterwards the story just becomes goofy for no real good reason and ruins the more grounded and real aspects of the story. Classic's narrative was by no means completely grounded, but it at least walked a line between being batshit insane and still able to tackle mostly unexplored themes in games (especially for it's time) in a realistic and mature way. FB just says fuck it and takes a nose dive into the absurd, which my only real reaction from was just laughter at the weird turn this game took, but I just don't think was needed from this game.
Another thing I didn't really like about this game was admittedly a minor nitpick but still I believe substancial and important to the discussion of Atlus's games as a whole. The jukebox added in a lot of new songs, including some from 2 of my favorite games of all time, P4G and P5R. However, Atlus chose to only include songs from Persona 3, 4 and 5. I think this choice furthers a narrative that I've seen from Atlus and the persona community as a whole, which is that Atlus as the years goes on is slowly ignoring Persona 1 and the 2 duology. While the recent leaks by Midori of a Persona 2 remake has definitely disproved this common thought I've seen in the persona community, I feel like for the time this game released, this decision by Atlus really set in stone this belief that people in the Persona community hold that the first 3 persona games don't really matter that much to experience.
Overall while I feel like the gameplay in Full Body is essential to experience, especially to fans of Classic, I feel like the story decisions with the Rin Route and the minor point I have with the jukebox really harms this game for me, and I feel like as a full experience Classic is just better in my eyes. I will definitely be coming back to this game and Classic to explore more of the possible routes you can take, and also to maybe attempt Babel, but for me at least, Catherine Full Body is one step forward, two steps back from the original
I have conflicting feelings on this game. I really think that the gameplay is massively improved, even though Classic's was by no means bad in any way shape or form. The formula is just really perfected and well made, as the new remix mode made replaying the game really fun with new layouts and changes, and the overhaul of some of the core features I felt made the gameplay all the better. For a true gameplay experience, Catherine Full Body is the definitive experience of experiencing this game.
However with that said, the story of this game goes off the rails at the end, and I believe to this game's detriment. Rin is a really interesting character, and aims to tackles the aspect of sexuality which was something (for the most part) unexplored in Classic. However the alien shit just made this game really fucking weird and confusing at the end. I think the last few levels of the game were some of the most fun I've had in my 35 or so hours playing Catherine, but afterwards the story just becomes goofy for no real good reason and ruins the more grounded and real aspects of the story. Classic's narrative was by no means completely grounded, but it at least walked a line between being batshit insane and still able to tackle mostly unexplored themes in games (especially for it's time) in a realistic and mature way. FB just says fuck it and takes a nose dive into the absurd, which my only real reaction from was just laughter at the weird turn this game took, but I just don't think was needed from this game.
Another thing I didn't really like about this game was admittedly a minor nitpick but still I believe substancial and important to the discussion of Atlus's games as a whole. The jukebox added in a lot of new songs, including some from 2 of my favorite games of all time, P4G and P5R. However, Atlus chose to only include songs from Persona 3, 4 and 5. I think this choice furthers a narrative that I've seen from Atlus and the persona community as a whole, which is that Atlus as the years goes on is slowly ignoring Persona 1 and the 2 duology. While the recent leaks by Midori of a Persona 2 remake has definitely disproved this common thought I've seen in the persona community, I feel like for the time this game released, this decision by Atlus really set in stone this belief that people in the Persona community hold that the first 3 persona games don't really matter that much to experience.
Overall while I feel like the gameplay in Full Body is essential to experience, especially to fans of Classic, I feel like the story decisions with the Rin Route and the minor point I have with the jukebox really harms this game for me, and I feel like as a full experience Classic is just better in my eyes. I will definitely be coming back to this game and Classic to explore more of the possible routes you can take, and also to maybe attempt Babel, but for me at least, Catherine Full Body is one step forward, two steps back from the original
I started Catherine: FB with low expectations, hoping to just play a simple game with a fun story in my cellphone, to end up liking it more than I'd imagined.
Its simple puzzle gameplay is very fun and the story is quite charming, especially the message behind it. Like I said, I started the game expecting just a easy game to play on my cellphone when I was bored, and I got exactly that, the gameplay is fun and not hard (to play on a cellphone) and saved me from boredom when commuting to my very far away college. One thing about the game that it is very remarkable, is the multiple endings. Of course, this is not new in games, it is actually very overused, but here in Catherine, the multiple endings matches so well with the story and its goal, that for the first time in a game (with choices), I felt that my choices were actually MY choices, since the theme of them were very connected to actual human feelings and thoughts. It was very enjoyable to see the reflections of my feelings, thoughts and opinions taking shape in the ending of the game, so this gained a lot of points with me.
Although Catherine: FB was a quite enjoyable ride, it didn't start that good in my opinion. The beginning was repetitive and a little boring, it took a little to finally take off and get me hooked.
Overall, it was a really great game that surprised me. I'll definitely cherish my memories playing it and recommend it to friends.
Its simple puzzle gameplay is very fun and the story is quite charming, especially the message behind it. Like I said, I started the game expecting just a easy game to play on my cellphone when I was bored, and I got exactly that, the gameplay is fun and not hard (to play on a cellphone) and saved me from boredom when commuting to my very far away college. One thing about the game that it is very remarkable, is the multiple endings. Of course, this is not new in games, it is actually very overused, but here in Catherine, the multiple endings matches so well with the story and its goal, that for the first time in a game (with choices), I felt that my choices were actually MY choices, since the theme of them were very connected to actual human feelings and thoughts. It was very enjoyable to see the reflections of my feelings, thoughts and opinions taking shape in the ending of the game, so this gained a lot of points with me.
Although Catherine: FB was a quite enjoyable ride, it didn't start that good in my opinion. The beginning was repetitive and a little boring, it took a little to finally take off and get me hooked.
Overall, it was a really great game that surprised me. I'll definitely cherish my memories playing it and recommend it to friends.
Tbh, i can say nothing more then just jump into this game. its not remotely what it looks like and its a blast from the start to finish.
game made me a homo unironically
This review contains spoilers
Outside of the typical, canon ending for this, there's endings where you become the king of hell, go broke after betting and losing all your money on women's professional wrestling, become an astronaut in a futuristic space colony and attend an alien concert with your homies. Truly, Atlus dug deep and discovered the innermost desires of me and every man I've ever met.