Anyone else finished Clock Tower 3?

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Anyone else finished Clock Tower 3?

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I just finished Clock Tower 3 and am surprised how good the game is. Length of 6 hours was short enough to keep my attention and interest. The chasing by the enemies kept the game interesting. Characters were a little cheesy, but I thought well done (the enemies were designed pretty well). Story was not bad as well. Cut scenes were excellent and art direction was excellent as well.

Reminds me a lot of Eternal Darkness. I think I actually enjoyed this one more (probably cause it's shorter).

Who else played this?
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I haven't but haven't gotten around to really playing it
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It must be a good 6-7 years since I last played this game, so my memory of it isn't the freshest. But one thing that I still clearly remember is the quality of the soundtrack. Back then that definately made an impression on me.
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Yeah, I beat this one back around...2005 or so. It was the design of the enemies that attracted me the most to it, though there were times when I wasn't thrilled with the AI. I found the plot really cheesy too, especially at the end of the mallet murderer's section near the beginning of the game. Floating up that staircase...ugh.

Overall though, I liked it a lot, much more than the previous Clock Towers, which I find difficult due to the control scheme.
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Ack wrote:Yeah, I beat this one back around...2005 or so. It was the design of the enemies that attracted me the most to it, though there were times when I wasn't thrilled with the AI. I found the plot really cheesy too, especially at the end of the mallet murderer's section near the beginning of the game. Floating up that staircase...ugh.

Overall though, I liked it a lot, much more than the previous Clock Towers, which I find difficult due to the control scheme.
I played the first two games and never tried the third because I was sick of the controls. I guess I should have looked into the third after all to see that they were changed. I may have to keep my eye out for it now.
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Thierry Henry wrote:It must be a good 6-7 years since I last played this game, so my memory of it isn't the freshest. But one thing that I still clearly remember is the quality of the soundtrack. Back then that definately made an impression on me.
Yeah, the music in the game mixed very well with the feel of the game. However, I really question if they were running out of budget for music at the end... near the end, there's some parts where the music is literally on a 6 second loop (2 bars of music...). To make it worst, I was stuck there for a while, making the music unbearable.

The first act music is pretty memorable, piano + survival horror, cliche but works well :D
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Clocktower always managed to slip below my radar
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Czernobog wrote:
Ack wrote:Yeah, I beat this one back around...2005 or so. It was the design of the enemies that attracted me the most to it, though there were times when I wasn't thrilled with the AI. I found the plot really cheesy too, especially at the end of the mallet murderer's section near the beginning of the game. Floating up that staircase...ugh.

Overall though, I liked it a lot, much more than the previous Clock Towers, which I find difficult due to the control scheme.
I played the first two games and never tried the third because I was sick of the controls. I guess I should have looked into the third after all to see that they were changed. I may have to keep my eye out for it now.
You should, as it's a radical departure from the previous two in terms of control. It has far more in common with Haunting Ground, if you've played that (which was originally supposed to be a Clock Tower).
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Ack wrote:
Czernobog wrote:
Ack wrote:Yeah, I beat this one back around...2005 or so. It was the design of the enemies that attracted me the most to it, though there were times when I wasn't thrilled with the AI. I found the plot really cheesy too, especially at the end of the mallet murderer's section near the beginning of the game. Floating up that staircase...ugh.

Overall though, I liked it a lot, much more than the previous Clock Towers, which I find difficult due to the control scheme.
I played the first two games and never tried the third because I was sick of the controls. I guess I should have looked into the third after all to see that they were changed. I may have to keep my eye out for it now.
You should, as it's a radical departure from the previous two in terms of control. It has far more in common with Haunting Ground, if you've played that (which was originally supposed to be a Clock Tower).
Played the hell out of Haunting Ground when I worked at Hollywood Video and could rent it for free (always meant to eventually pick it up but still haven't), so if Clock Tower 3 is similar to that then I'll probably enjoy it quite a bit.
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