Game Classification

Catherine (キャサリン, Kyasarin) Atlus Persona Team (Japan), Deep Silver (Germany), 2012

Informations Classification Analyses Serious Gaming

G/P/S model

VIDEO GAME

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

0 analysis

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 17 to 25 years old / 25 to 35 years old
General Public

Keywords

Action - Adventure - Manga - Puzzle-solving - Survival horror

Keywords : games like Catherine

Comments

Taxonomy

"Catherine is one of the most highly succesfull games to ever come of Atlus. It's great success lies in the fact that it's Gameplay it's unique, it's story original and creative, and also the fact that it questions the moral of the player."

E.S.A.R. system

JEU SYMBOLIQUE

A - Types de Jeu

A-201 Jeu de rôle
A-202 Jeu de mise en scène
A-406 Jeu de stratégie

B - Habilités Cognitives

B-101 Répétition par essais et erreurs
B-202 Images mentales
B-203 Pensée représentative

C - Habilités Fonctionnelles

C-101 Perception auditive
C-102 Perception visuelle
C-106 Préhension
C-107 Déplacement
C-108 Mouvement dynamique dans l'espace
C-204 Créativité expressive
C-301 Discrimination auditive
C-302 Discrimination visuelle
C-307 Mémoire visuelle
C-401 Acuité visuelle
C-402 Acuité auditive
C-403 Dextérité
C-404 Souplesse
C-405 Agilité
C-406 Endurance
C-407 Force
C-408 Rapidité
C-409 Précision
C-410 Patience
C-411 Concentration
C-412 Mémoire logique
C-413 Équilibre

D - Activités Sociales

D-103 Jeu individuel et compétitif
D-201 Jeu associatif
D-202 Jeu associatif et compétitif
D-203 Jeu associatif et coopératif
D-301 Jeu compétitif
D-302 Jeu compétitif et coopératif
D-401 Jeu coopératif
D-402 Jeu coopératif et compétitif

E - Habilités Langagières

E-201 Expression pré-verbale
E-202 Reproduction verbale de sons
E-203 Appellation verbale
E-204 Séquence verbale
E-205 Expression verbale

F - Conduites Affectives

F-101 Différenciation moi / non-moi
F-102 Sourire comme réponse sociale
F-103 Attachement à un objet transitionnel
F-104 Réaction face à l'étranger
F-201 Maîtrise du non
F-202 Maîtrise du corps
F-203 Reconnaissance de soi
F-301 Identification sexuelle
F-302 Identification parentale
F-303 Identification sociale
F-401 Connaissance personelle
F-402 Reconnaissance sociale
F-501 Recherche d'une personnalité
F-502 Apprentissage de modes d'organisation sociale

Catherine (キャサリン Kyasarin) is a horror puzzle-platformer adventure game developed by Atlus Persona Team and published by Atlus for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is Atlus' first internally-developed game for seventh-generation consoles in high definition, and is described as an "adult-oriented" title by the game's character designer, Shigenori Soejima.The cinematic portion of the game is handled by Studio 4°C.The game was released in Japan on February 17, 2011, and in North America on July 26, 2011 with positive reviews. Deep Silver will release the game in Europe during Q1 2012.

Catherine is one of the most highly succesfull games to ever come out of Atlus. It's great success lies in the fact that it's Gameplay it's unique, it's story original and creative, and also the fact that it questions the moral of the player.

Distribution : Retail
Platform(s) : Playstation 3 (PS3) - Xbox 360 (X360)