CATHERINE: It's Lucid, It's Erotica, It's Mutton

[Willm]

Originally Posted by Kirin

Or, you know, we just don't have enough free time to play every halfway competent mechanically but otherwise uninspired and derivative game.

This, 1000 times.

[reibeatall]

Originally Posted by Kirin

Or, you know, we just don't have enough free time to play every halfway competent mechanically but otherwise uninspired and derivative game.

(Also, the marketing, oh god.)

Sometimes I wonder where everybody's time goes.

[TheSL]

Originally Posted by reibeatall

Sometimes I wonder where everybody's time goes.

Me? Pokemon and FFXI.

[shivam]

Originally Posted by reibeatall

Sometimes I wonder where everybody's time goes.

*looks up from his DS*
hmm? oh, i'm sorry, i was playing dragon quest 9. what did you say?

[Pajaro Pete]

This thread really isn't about Dante's Inferno. It's about horrifying nightmare sheep.

[Mommi]

Why did they bother with all the cheap looking 2d animation when the 3d graphics look better in every way? That just seems like a waste of effort.

[TheSL]

Originally Posted by Traumadore

Why did they bother with all the cheap looking 2d animation when the 3d graphics look better in every way? That just seems like a waste of effort.

Its the same studio that did the shitty Street Fighter IV OVA from the limited edition, too.

[Belmont]

Originally Posted by reibeatall

What didn't everybody like about Dante's Inferno? It was a pretty sweet action game. It didn't try to say that it was the next coming of Jesus, but it just did sweet stuff while you kill dudes and it had boobs and demons and shit.

Don't forget cocks.

Demon cocks.

[Stiv]

Originally Posted by Belmont

Don't forget cocks.

Demon cocks.

Chance of demon cocks appearing in Catherine: 100%

I just realized that could be read in a very different way than I intended it to be, but take it however you want.

[Zef]

Originally Posted by Stiv

Chance of demon cocks appearing in Catherine: 100%

A Marathon of them, if you will.

[Bergasa]

Talk to me when there are dickwolves.

[ShakeWell]

I really hope this is as terrifying and disconcerting as it looks, and not... yeah, pandering, like someone upthread said. I have high hopes, though!

[Disposable Ninja]

Originally Posted by Eirikr

- You can watch the Japanese trailer! It's pretty erotic, so I'd recommend doing so with a partner.

There's a lot of close-ups of Vincent's face, specifically his eyes. His shaggy hair and nose connect and divide his face into two halves. His eyes move in a strange, disconnected, almost chameleon-esque fashion. It gives off the impression that he's broken in some way, like he's two different people.

I wouldn't put much stock into that, though.

[onimaruxlr]

Originally Posted by reibeatall

I'm reading this as "It wasn't God of War."

God of War 3 is pretty stupid and ugly though

I dunno why folks are complaining about the anime cutscenes. Some stuff is just hard to get to look right using 3D animation, even at Pixar levels--what makes you think a little game from our ol' buddies at Atlus are gonna be able to handle that mess? I almost feel like taking bets on whether or not any and all kissing scenes in this game will be handled using character portraits/animated cutscenes to avoid the "Two dolls mashing against each other" portrayal we've seen in the likes of MGS3 and 4.

[BirdWeak]

Catherine, I hope, will allow Atlus to prove to fans reared on the more recent Persona titles that they can relate to characters on a deeper, more adult level. Nothing wrong with going back to high school to fulfill your fantasy of being the smartest, strongest, most charismatic student ever, but this new title seems pretty different.

[Pajaro Pete]

Twenty hours of gameplay, full voiced, multiple endings. Hopefully one will involve a startling revelation that she is Cathy.

[Eusis]

Originally Posted by onimaruxlr

I dunno why folks are complaining about the anime cutscenes.

After the low quality of videos on the prior systems I relished the PS2 actually displaying decent FMV quality (and get especially annoyed when games DO give video quality the shaft since usually they're trying to replicate in-game visuals). That's dissipated a lot over the last ten years, but I do like how the scenes for Catherine look in trailers.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Turnip

Twenty hours of gameplay, full voiced, multiple endings. Hopefully one will involve a startling revelation that she is Cathy.

Ack.

[Ossobucco]

Originally Posted by ShakeWell

I really hope this is as terrifying and disconcerting as it looks, and not... yeah, pandering, like someone upthread said. I have high hopes, though!

Good luck with that.

[ASandoval]

Originally Posted by Ossobucco

Good luck with that.

Marketing materials will always be about pandering. The game can still be above that (though I'm sure it will still have levels of pandering).

[ShakeWell]

Originally Posted by Ossobucco

Good luck with that.

Ffffffffffffffffffff--

I hope that's just obnoxious marketing people being obnoxious marketing people. But that just put it into "rent before buy" status.

[onimaruxlr]

Question:

Is it possible for something to feature sexual themes, and a hot lady (cartoon or otherwise) who engages in adult activities, and have it NOT seem pandery?

Answer:
Bonk

[Olli T]

Originally Posted by onimaruxlr

Question:

Is it possible for something to feature sexual themes, and a hot lady (cartoon or otherwise) who engages in adult activities, and have it NOT seem pandery?

Answer:
Bonk

I'm going to be so disappointed in whatever the real thing is after that one.

[ShakeWell]

Originally Posted by onimaruxlr

Question:

Is it possible for something to feature sexual themes, and a hot lady (cartoon or otherwise) who engages in adult activities, and have it NOT seem pandery?

Other forms of media do it all the time. I don't know why games have such a hard goddamn time with it, but they certainly seem to.

[cortbassist89]

Originally Posted by ShakeWell

Other forms of media do it all the time. I don't know why games have such a hard goddamn time with it, but they certainly seem to.

Because other media is quite a bit older, would be my guess.

[BEAT]

I just now became aware of this thread's existence and felt I should weigh in on the matter with my trademark eloquence.

What the fucking shit is this fucked up shit god dammit who the fuck allowed this to happen.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Beat

What the fucking shit is this fucked up shit god dammit who the fuck allowed this to happen.

Constant. Vigilance.

[Zarathustra]

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[onimaruxlr]

Originally Posted by ShakeWell

Other forms of media do it all the time. I don't know why games have such a hard goddamn time with it, but they certainly seem to.

Do they? I honestly have a hard time telling, from a glance, which titles are the insightful looks into the more carnal side of relationships between fully conceptualized characters, and which ones might as well have "Emmanuelle" in the title? Black Snake Moan has a half naked girl chained up on the cover. Y Tu Mama Tambien has a lady in the midst of a (albeit fully clothed) manwhich. All I'm saying is trying to make these calls at a SUPER superficial level, especially considering who's making this game, is a bit silly.

[q 3]

You were warned.



I don't know what you were warned about, but you were warned all the same.