So, Catherine's gameplay has finally been revealed and it looks ... well ... not quite as great as the rest of it. The bipedal sheep are sweet, the big swingin' mammary glands are fine, but the actual "interactive" part of this interactive entertainment? Skepticism is creeping in.
The latest selection of screenshots confirm most of what we already know -- that Vincent will be doing a lot of climbing. Your job is to navigate a tower of blocks within a time limit and move things around to create a path. Some of the blocks have traps in them, such as spikes, and various parts of the tower contain collectibles.
Xbox Live and PlayStation Network will be integrated into the game, although it's likely they'll just be leaderboards. You never know, though. Something unique may pop out of the bag.
I have to say that I'm with Conrad on this. I was really excited about the game, conceptually, but it's starting to look like one of those games that try to sell based on concept alone and may lack the gameplay to back it up.
I certainly hope I am wrong, as I think we need more games with Catherine's eccentricity and uniqueness. I also don't think this game will be bad. I just worry that it'll end up being Q*Bert with tits ... and nobody wants that.
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9:20 AM on 12.14.2010 | 
I have ridiculous expectations that Catherine will be Intelligent Qube, with a badass anime story.
Hmmmm....well then. That's um, not appealing to me at all. Still waiting to see/read more about the game but damn, that doesn't sound very fun for me.
I want that, if only for the sake of curiosity.
Most likely, you're gonna love the game despite the flaws or your going to be hung up on this one part. It's just going to be one of those games, unfortunately.
*hand slides into pants*
IQ is one of my fave games evar! You're the only other person I know that's ever even mentioned that game. :)
That said, Catherine better not be like Intelligent Qube.
I'LL TAKE 20!!!
But that's why we have reviewers. To tell us what the gameplay is like!
Because of that, they know that gameplay is irrelevant.
Day 1 purchase.
DO WANT!!!
It's a shame it sounds like the gameplay will be bland as hell, seeing as the concept and design looked so damnded intriguing. I knew there was reason to worry when all they were showing us was story segments but no gameplay.
x2 man!
I totally said this game was looking and sounding like Qbert back in November!
I'm not normally one to say this, but shut the fuck up, Jim, (Conrad too) and wait until you see how the gameplay actually works before passing judgement.
Well, given how creative looking this dream world appears to be, you'd think you would be doing much more then climbing a puzzle tower.