Action, Adventure, RPG, Puzzle

Atlus, Atlus Persona Team

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC

Catherine is a platformer/visual novel developed by Atlus for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. ###Plot The plot follows the adventures of Vincent Brooks, who is choosing between the two girlfriends — Katerine and Catherine with the opposite personalities. While making relationship choices throughout the daytime, Vinet is forced to participate in realistic nightmares at night. The setting of a title is two narratives folded one into another: on the outer layer, the game has TV-Show "The Midnight Versus" which tells the story of an inner layer — the adventures of "Catherine" world. ###Gameplay The gaming process consists of two stages, according to the protagonist's activities. While the ventures during the day resemble the usual visual novel mechanics: walking, listening to dialogues and watching cinematics pieces, the action gameplay reveals itself in the night. There Vincent has to climb a set of stairs by removing and climbing blocks to avoid traps. If he fails — the protagonist dies in real life. ###Reception The game journalists generally lik...