Begins.

I played for a couple hours this morning, and made it the fourth 4th boss/killer. It is fucking impossible! I am playing on Normal. You know the system update you had to download when you first booted it up? That was a patch that decreases the difficulty. The patch was released in Japan as well, because even Japanese gamers complained it was too hard. So keep that it mind. No matter how hard the game seems, IT USED TO BE HARDER.

I am having a lot of fun though. As frustrating as the action sequences are, it's really satisfying when you prevail. On my next couple plays, I'll probably choose easy, just so I can see the alternate story paths more quickly.

Well, when Japanese gamers complain, you know that is fucked up. And I think you can choose not to accept the patch. I'd like to see what Not Sure can do with the game on the hardest difficulty, unpatched.

Also, filed under "Sad": The arcade game in the bar has 64 levels. I currently am stuck on the 4th one.

That's a good idea, Greg. I've been at work all day and all I can think about is playing it some more.

So I finished my first runthrough last night. I wish I had made worse choices. I feel like other runthroughs are somewhat ruined for me, as I'm pretty sure I already got the "best" ending.

#EDIT: I didn't. There are apparently 9 endings.

You have a PS3 and/or 360?

joshwoodzy wrote:

I do. I'll probably order the game on Monday and let you know what I think of it after a night or two of playing it.

Okay, this was my actual question:

1) Do you have an XBox?'
2) If you have an XBox, why aren't we friends?

Ah, neat.

I hope there's no achievement for beating this game on Hard, because I already know I will never be able to complete the game on the hardest difficulty. The game contains the worst possible thing that can ever be put in a video game, and something that one would not expect to see in a game of this genre.

I hate to keep bumping this thread myself but some things:

If anyone finds an import site selling this, let me know: http://atlus-d-shop.com/products/detail.php?product_id=150&PHPSESSID=607709ae6ee746daf7da603d29183644

Also Catherine had Atlus's biggest North America launch sales ever: http://www.destructoid.com/catherine-breaks-atlus-sales-records-207766.phtml

Not bad for a game that Atlus almost didn't release here: http://www.destructoid.com/atlus-has-no-plans-to-release-catherine-in-north-america-194958.phtml

Also, interesting note. One of the articles says that Atlus has a 20 year history. Not entirely true. Atlus has been around since 1987, actually, which is 24 years. Their second game ever was the LJN-published Karate Kid.

You get different questions every time. Well, maybe not every time, but there are way more questions than there are opportunites to answer questions.

I've gotten better at Rapunzel, but I'm still finding it harder than the main game. I'm on level 29 now...