So too is Clock Tower 3 actually quite confronting. His films were dark and pummelling, and powerful and evocative as a result of that. Fukasaku was well regarded as a major figure in Japan’s fringe cinema movements a genuine transgressive in his approach to his work. His involvement should be seen as thematically significant, too. The game’s cut scenes were directed by none other than Kinji Fukasaku, the same legendary film maker that gave us Battle Royale (among plenty more).
On the more superficial level, it’s a game that, at the time, was really ambitious in its production. Released to little fanfare on the PlayStation 2 and doomed to immediate obscurity from middling reviews, Clock Tower 3 is nonetheless a real work of art, and despite its commercial failure, I do hope Capcom releases it on a whim as a PS2 title on PlayStation 4, because it really does deserve a second look. The game takes place over the course of seven days, during which Jennifer must avoid the Scissorman and solve the mystery of who he is and why he is after her.Unless you’re right into ultra-niche horror games, and have been for a while, it is very unlikely that you’ve played – or even heard of – Clock Tower 3. She is adopted by the local police chief, who brings her to the small town of Boulogne, France. The game begins with Jennifer Simpson, the protagonist, being orphaned after her parents are brutally murdered by a figure known as the Scissorman. A sequel, Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within, was released for the PlayStation in 1998. Despite its mixed reception, the game was a commercial success, selling over 400,000 copies worldwide.
Jennifer must use her wits to avoid the Scissorman and solve the mystery of who he is and why he is after her.Ĭlock Tower was praised for its atmosphere and suspense, but was criticized for its slow pace and puzzles that were not always logical. The player controls Jennifer Simpson, a young girl who has been orphaned after her parents were murdered by a mysterious figure known only as the "Scissorman". The game is set in the fictional town of Boulogne, France in the year 1954. The Windows version was not released in Europe. in Japan, and by Sunsoft in North America. The game was developed by Human Entertainment and published by Aspect Co. Clock Tower is a point-and-click adventure game released for the PlayStation in 1997 and later ported to Microsoft Windows.
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