I really wish the new questions regarding Rin were a little more flexible or, at the very least, not so obvious. Well, you may accidentally but the questions I got ensured that I wouldn’t get Rin. Adding Rin kind of destroys this since, in order to actually get Rin, you will have to intentionally not follow your instincts or moral code. The questions also serve a secondary purpose as it determines if you’ll get either Catherine or Katherine and which ending you get. Seeing how I stack up with the rest of the world (thanks to the game gathering the data of other players) was intriguing. Basically, at certain points, you’ll be asked some questions that deal with certain situations and how you would react to them. The morality questions mechanic was one of my favorite parts of the original game. It doesn’t help matters that, in order to pursue Rin as Vincent’s love interest, you will actively have to answer the new morality questions in a specific way. If I didn’t play the original Catherine, maybe I wouldn’t notice it but, since I did, it feels so awkward as they keep on switching topics instead of following a single train of thought. You can tell that she was shoehorned in because, during the cutscenes, Vincent’s friends would focus on Rin and shortly after, they’ll go “By the way…”and then talk about his problems with either Catherine or Katherine. The issue is that comes off as rather obvious that she’s wasn’t part of the original story since I played the first game. They included several new animated cutscenes where Rin is involved as well as reworking some of the dialogue so that the character’s talk about and with her. Atlus put in a tremendous amount of effort to make it seem like Rin is a part of the original story. What I don’t like is how her inclusion doesn’t fully coalesce with the original story. I generally like the concept of Rin as she’s supposed to give the player another choice instead of either Katerine or Catherine. Vincent and his friends help Rin out and she becomes another potential paramour for the hapless Vincent. Rin is a naive and innocent girl with amnesia who literally bumps into Vincent while trying to escape a mysterious stalker. After this happens, Vincent starts having nightmares where he has to climb up a gigantic wall and, if he falls, he will succumb to the “curse” that seems to be killing men in their sleep.įull Body does add a twist to the story with the addition of Rin (or Qatherine?) to the entire tale. One night, a blonde bombshell named Catherine hooks up with Vincent. Vincent Brooks, a hapless man-child, feels pressured by Katerine, his longtime girlfriend, to tie the knot. It’s more like a remaster with a whole lot of additional content. So why do I have the nagging feeling that these additions don’t really make the entire Catherine experience any better? It took me a while to figure it out but it basically boils down to the fact that I played the original Catherine a whole lot.Ĭatherine: Full Body isn’t a sequel to the original game. The basics are intact and Atlus did a good job of introducing Rin, the new potential love interest for Vincent, and the new Remix game mode gives a lot of added challenge to someone like me who wanted something a little different from the entire “push the blocks to make a staircase” gameplay. Don’t get me wrong! Catherine: Full Body is still an incredibly fun and addictive puzzle game.
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