All told, these additions make for a more coherent story and a nice bonus for fans who’ve been wanting to get to know these characters better. As for endings, these are mostly the same as they were in the original game, with the addition of one new alternate ending for both Katherine and Catherine. Atlus has added additional cutscenes along each route in order to further flesh out Vincent’s past and the nature of his relationships with Katherine and Catherine. Rin actually isn’t the only source of new information about Vincent and the gang. It makes one wonder why they even bothered adding Rin at all, aside from wanting to show players a side of Vincent that makes him look a little less like an immature man-child, that is. Rin is of course still heavily involved if one chooses to follow her route doing so even leads to a new set of endings and a new boss stage, but it’s still disappointing to see this otherwise well-integrated new character basically disappear if they’re not chosen. Even Vincent rarely even speaks to Rin after this happens, something that’s odd considering their dynamic during the first half of the story.
Unless one makes a specific set of choices, Rin will suddenly exit the story and be barely mentioned by anyone again afterward. Unlike either Katherine or Catherine, who are both involved even late into each other’s routes, Rin becomes almost non-existent if the player doesn’t follow her route. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the second half. Truly, Rin’s integration into the first half of the game is seamless it’s almost as though she was always there. Rin even has a role in the nightmare portion of Catherine: Full Body too. Vincent’s friends will even talk about Rin from time to time, and she’ll get mentioned in text messages between characters. He sets Rin up with a new place to live and a job at his favorite hangout/bar “The Stray Sheep.” After this, Rin is a regular sight at the bar and even interacts with the other minor characters that hang out there. This still more or less sums-up the plot for Catherine: Full Body, but there’s another character added into the mix this time around: a mysterious girl named “Rin.” Vincent meets Rin right after the game begins, saving her from some kind of monster and discovering that she’s an amnesiac. He finds her next to him when he wakes up the next morning, learns she’s also named “Catherine” and thus kicks-off the worst week of his life. So as he’s trying to drink away his worries one night, he happens to meet an attractive young woman. Both he and his long-time girlfriend Katherine McBride are aware that they need to take the next step in their lives soon, but that’s something easier said than done for Vincent. He’s a thirty-something guy who’s been living in a state of arrested development for the past several years. The question is: does it actually strike the happy medium between new and old that Atlus is obviously aiming for?įor those who missed out on the original Catherine, the story revolves around a man by the name of Vincent Brooks. Catherine: Full Body lands somewhere in the middle of these two extremes, offering both new story beats and new gameplay features. One the other hand, some offer something nearly identical with one or two new features to justify their production, forcing old fans to decide if a small difference is worth another full-price purchase. On one hand, some offer a completely different experience from the original, making new players decide whether they want to experience the new version or the old. Remakes and remasters can be tricky things to contend with as a gamer.
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