The Clock Tower collection is a favourite amongst horror recreation aficionados, however the first recreation has by no means been launched exterior of Japan. That lastly modifications because the 1995 basic is getting spruced up for a contemporary, worldwide re-release.
For any People considering, “However we acquired the primary Clock Tower on PlayStation,” we really didn’t. The 1997 recreation referred to as “Clock Tower,” which did launch within the West, was actually Clock Tower 2 and was titled as such in Japan (watch us play it on this basic episode of Replay).
The precise first recreation arrived on Tremendous Famicom (SNES) and stars Jennifer Simpson, an orphan adopted by the Barrows household solely to seek out {that a} murderous stalker referred to as the Scissorman is terrorizing their mansion. As a point-and-click journey, you utilize a mouse cursor to information Jennifer and work together along with your environment to unravel puzzles and discover clues whereas evading the Scissorman. The sport additionally options a number of endings. Clock Tower is taken into account one of many forefathers of survival horror and has been ported to totally different platforms, reminiscent of PC and the Wii/Wii U eShops, a number of instances in Japan.
Wayforward is dealing with this port, which is being made utilizing Restricted Run Video games’ Carbon Engine. As mentioned within the developer diary video above, enhancements embrace the sport’s first official English localization (together with a number of language choices), a brand new animated intro, motion-comic cutscenes, and a brand new vocalized theme tune by famed anime and Silent Hill singer Mary McGlynn. It additionally contains an artwork gallery, save states, and different trendy tweaks.
Clock Tower is coming early subsequent yr for PlayStation and Xbox consoles, Change, and PC. Restricted Run Video games can also be releasing premium bodily variations of the sport.