Game Classification

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

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Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

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

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

Gameplay

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

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick DESTROY : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick SHOOT : explanation of this brick
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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."

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Catherine 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)

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