Catherine Propels Itself Into Atlus' Record Books

[cynicalsaint1]

I think Atlus has proven between this and Demon's Soul's success that games there's still a place for unique games out there.

Hopefully other developers and publishers take notice.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Good, I'm glad Catherine did really well for Atlus, and I'm happy the game itself is doing just as good.

Congrats Atlus!

 

[Aisaku]

Excellent news. Now if only they'd port ANY of their games to PC... I'd buy em all.

Also, to who mentioned Recettear, it may not be massive as a proper jrpg, but it does make a lot out of what it has. Same the developer moved on into lamer, 3d waters after Recettear.

 

[SovietSecrets]

And I just bought it today!

 

[Gather]

And if it ever gets released on Steam you could have another Recettear on our hands.

Is Recettear really worth playing?

To me it was just horrible cutscenes with done-to-death anime cliches that would make anyone who has picked up a book or seen more than just Naruto and the 90's classics want to slaughter the mainstream market, coupled with uninteresting shop gameplay, unrefined and tedious fighting and an overall pointless hub/world screen.

But that's just my opinion.

I found the shop gameplay enjoyable and some of the character interactions, while cliched, fun to read (I don't overdose on that much TV; if that explains it). The fighting was well... It had it's problems but enjoyable if you played the right guy.

But as you said, that's your opinion and one mans treasure is another's trash.

 

[Daggedawg]

Well, sex sells, so I'm not that surprised. Just because many people bought the game doesn't mean everyone actually played it all the way through. It is nice to see this, though, as it will surely encourage Atlus to release more games in the west. Here's hoping for Persona 5!

 

[Jay Satish]

An unusual yet interesting game, I'm glad it's doing well.