Catherine

Men, do not cheat on your girl. If you do, your an asshole, and if Atlus had it its way, all cheating men would be turned into sheep and made to solve climbing puzzles every time they fall asleep. That is the plot and gameplay for Catherine, a fun but ridiculously frustrating game. Vincent is the poor main character who is stuck between two girls, a long time girlfriend name Katherine, and a new hot new flame name Catherine.

Vincent trying to juggle between both women, while stuck in a nightly nightmare, where he is forced to climb to the top before the stage falls around him, killing him in the process.. In between stages, Vincent spends time between the real world, and staging areas for other cheating sheep stuck in the same horror. He makes choices on question that eventually affects the outcome and ending of the game. The online feature is basically a morality poll on if your someone who is ready for marriage or just looking for a good time, the results are shown as a pie chart.

The puzzle stages are tricky and very hard even on normal, first you’re fighting the time limit, and then you have gimmicks on every stage, such as blocks you can not move, to blocks that make you slide around uncontrollably. The boss stages are unbelievably  frustrating, not only do boss stages move faster, the bosses themselves have special attacks that make the climbing and solving puzzle almost impossible. It feels most of time you’re not solving the puzzle, rather with a combination of luck and memorization, because you are going to redo these stages over and over again.

I suggests you rent this game first before you buy, if you’re still playing after the 2nd stage, then your one of those who love punishment, and make no mistake this game will punish you, but hey at least you have some nice anime cuteness and animations.