Good in itself, but a disgrace to the Clock Tower series.
But thats not what this game is. Its just a disgrace I tell you, a disgrace. After that beautiful opening cutscean, the graphisc take a total 180. I mean sure, all games have that amazing opening with spectacular graphics that're 2 times better than that of the game, but come on! You cant even see Alyssas eyes! Her face looks like some sort of deformed blob! And on top of that, her arms are incredibly stiff and she looks like a fat baby doll in that outfit!
But what I really hated was the sudden splurge of cheesy 'Oh-my-god-something-scary-is-about-to-happen-lets-go-check-it-out' music in the opening cutscean. I mean, was there even a reason for Alyssa to look at that door? It hadn't even started opning yet! Wow, she must be psychic!
So basically, this game was a clear dissapointment to the series. I mean, the enviornments were creepier in the 8-bit graphics of the first. Also, the aspect of the game is completly differant. Unlike in the original, whose gameplay was based souley on survival, you now have to free souls, battle 'subordinates', and collect random personal effects to excersize evil ghosts.
And now, there is even a magicl aspect to the game- at the end of every chapter, Alyssa is given the power to turn a bottle of holy water she was given at the beginning of the game into a bow with never-ending arrows. You then have to either slowly widdle away at your foes health, or bind them in place with super powered arrows. After 5 super powered arrows, you fire a hevenly arrow that comes back down and rapes the h*ll outta their health. Although, it may actually be easier to just widdle away, because the controls during fighting phases are just flat-out annoying. You cant even turn while chargind your arrow, leaving you defenceless and your arrow useless if they move about 2 feet to the right.
All around, the game seems rather lazy. Although, If the name wasn't Clock Tower, I'd absolutely love it. Yeah, I would. It's the name Clock Tower that completely makes this game as bad as it is. With clock tower, you really only need two things- A dark, chilling atmosphere, always making you feel like someone is watching you and that you need to absolutely stay on your toes, and scissorman. Both aspects failed horribly. First off, that bottle of holy water that I mentioned earlier? That gives you the security that if something pops out, you can splash 'em and get away. Come ON! I wanna feel scared! I wanna have a true CLOCK TOWER experience! Sure, the number of splashes are limited, but there are places to refill all over the place. Also, there are no real jumping-out-and-scaring-you peices, because they almost always appear by long and somewhat dramatic cutsceans, so you know theyre going to be there. Except one certian spot with Sledgehammer that will not be given away. I give kudos to you, Sledgy, for alost causing heart attacks for us players.
Secoldy, they failed scissorman. Yes, they did. All those subordinates you fight, and you at least expect Scissorman to be the final boss, or to turn out to be the dark man. But no, he's not. Actually, They're not. Yeah, there're two of them. And ones female. Yep, we now have ScissorMAN and ScissorWOMAN, both equally stupid, annoying, and flat-out weird. And the worst part? NEITHER HAVE SCISSORS! Yeah! They have swords that, when crossed, look similer to scissors. But they're not scissors.
So I'm sorry capcom, but you failled. Go get impaled by a pendulum and burst into confetti.