Your take on the game Catherine?

[Micromyni]

I disliked the game immensely. My review is basically a mirror image of Inkidu's. I enjoyed the puzzles for personal taste reason; once you do enough of those types of push/pull block puzzles for your puzzle-inept parents in their games, you start to like them. I enjoyed the art direction, as I watch a lot of anime and it's rubbed off on me.

The characters ruined it for me, utterly and completely. See Inkidu's review above.

 

[Raika]

I'd just like to add that the Japanese can't write a convincing love story worth a shit.

Almost as if... different cultures have different expectations for love stories? Shit, man, next thing you'll be telling me they speak a different language in Japan, too.

I'm sorry that 'good writing' is a universal concept that doesn't alter when subjected to the confines of nationality. I'm equally sorry that Japanese culture is so steeped in misogyny that their idea of a love story typically consists of a headstrong woman being 'put in her place' by a dominant male figure. That's not a love story, that's just woman-bashing horseshit, and I'm not afraid to say that yes, Japanese culture is disgusting disrespectful toward women. Defend it if you want, but that's still a country where rape is considered a lesser offense than petty larceny.

 

[Kroxile]

My take on Catherine would be: Teasing is not nice

 

[Kahunaburger]

I'm equally sorry that Japanese culture is so steeped in misogyny that their idea of a love story typically consists of a headstrong woman being 'put in her place' by a dominant male figure.

http://www.ferretbrain.com/articles/article-563

I generally don't see this as a thing with Japanese stuff in particular. The difference is when it happens in a western country, we say "lol, bad writing" and when it happens in Japan we say "lol, Japan." See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_attribution_error

Also, fun fact: Catherine is less a story about love in general and more a story about particular relationships between particular characters and how the SMT Order-Chaos dynamic plays out in that context.

 

[D.W.M.A Swag Meister]

i fuckin loved it, a game for the fuckin ages for sure and a nice break from a franchise mode from a sports game. best story ive ever seen out of a game. i just adored it from beginning to end. my fav game of 2011

 

[Shidira]

I loved the game and was quite glad I pre-ordered it. The puzzles were difficult, but a blast to play through. One of the better games of 2011 for sure.