The Clock Tower collection is a favourite amongst horror sport aficionados, however the first sport has by no means been launched exterior of Japan. That lastly modifications because the 1995 traditional 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 sport often known 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 traditional episode of Replay).
The precise first sport arrived on Tremendous Famicom (SNES) and stars Jennifer Simpson, an orphan adopted by the Barrows household solely to search out {that a} murderous stalker known as the Scissorman is terrorizing their mansion. As a point-and-click journey, you employ a mouse cursor to information Jennifer and work together together with your environment to resolve 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 completely different platforms, akin to 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 embody 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 fashionable tweaks.
Clock Tower is coming early subsequent 12 months for PlayStation and Xbox consoles, Swap, and PC. Restricted Run Video games can be releasing premium bodily variations of the sport.