![]() ![]() A very provocative cutscene and a lack of soberness later, Vincent awakes to discover that Catherine has stayed at his flat, and they appear to have slept together. Early on, a young, attractive woman named Catherine (Miyuki Sawashiro/Laura Bailey) appears alone at the Stray Sheep and ends up in conversation with Vincent. As well as getting to know the characters more and even learning some delightful alcohol trivia, your activities in the Stray Sheep become crucial to how the story unfolds – but more on that in a bit. This bar serves as the hub for the life-sim, visual-novel side of Catherine, where you can roam around, talk to people, and order drinks. ![]() One evening, Vincent joins childhood friends Jonathan (Takehito Koyasu/Travis Willingham), Orlando (Hiroaki Hirata/Liam O’Brien), and Toby (Kishô Taniyami/Yuri Lowenthal) for their usual after-work drinks at the Stray Sheep, the bar they frequent. The latter are genuinely stunning, and have a lavish sensory quality that matches the sexually charged story that Catherine tells – and in Full Body, there are plenty of new cutscenes to accompany new story beats.įor now, though, back to the set-up carried over from the original. This, and the rest of Catherine, are told in a mixture of in-engine scenes and gloriously produced anime cutscenes. However, this is all shaken up when young men start to die in their sleep, with rumours of it being a consequence of cheating and linked to dreams of falling it is subsequently given the name “The Women’s Wrath”. On the surface Vincent is quite average, with a small, untidy city flat and a steady relationship with Katherine McBride (Kotono Mitsuishi/Michelle Ruff) – Vincent seems content to stay as they are, without making too much of a commitment. Said story focuses on Vincent Brooks (Kôichi Yamadera/Troy Baker), a 32-year-old coder and programmer living in America. This doesn’t actually factor into the game much, but immediately connotes the slice-of-life vibe of the story. Right from the off, it’s clear that Catherine is going to be stylistically unique, as we see a vivid “Golden Playhouse” television intro where the game is presented as an entertainment program. WARNING: LIGHT SPOILERS FOR CATHERINE: FULL BODY AHEAD. In this review I’ll note my thoughts on playing through the story of Catherine for the first time furthermore, I will be diving into the improvements that come with the Full Body edition! Whilst the two distinct sides of story and gameplay do not always gel together seamlessly, there’s a lot of depth to enjoy here – and several different outcomes too, which had me playing multiple times. So, with the release of an updated version with improved visuals, new gameplay options, and a whole new story branch, I felt as though it was finally time to jump in myself. The quirky combination of romance-based visual novel and in-depth block puzzler is utterly unique years and years ago, I saw PewDiePie playing some of the original, and was intrigued by the choice-led story of love, cheating, and desires. ![]() Well, this is a review that has been a long time coming – that’s right, I’m actually finishing something in my drafts folder! Catherine: Full Body, the remaster of cult 2011 hit Catherine, took up quite a bit of my playtime in the last year. Platforms: PlayStation 4 (Reviewed), PlayStation Vita (Japan Only), Nintendo Switch ![]()
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