Hello! I’m Mariel Kinuko Cartwright, inventive lead on Clock Tower: Rewind, and at the moment I’m excited to share some new particulars concerning the sport with you. Headed to PS5 and PS4, Clock Tower: Rewind is an up to date launch of the traditional 16-bit survival-horror sport Clock Tower, which was initially launched in Japan in 1995. WayForward and Restricted Run have partnered with Sunsoft and Capcom to lastly carry the sport to a world viewers, the place it’s had a devoted fan following however by no means had an official launch outdoors of Japan.
The delivery of a 16-bit horror traditional
Earlier than we get into the brand new particulars of Rewind Mode, let’s unpack among the chilling sport’s historical past.
My very own journey with Clock Tower began in my early teenagers, the place I discovered the sport fully by chance. I instantly discovered the graphics and setting compelling; the sport follows Jennifer Simpson, a teenage orphan who has simply been adopted together with three of her associates. Little does she know that her new dwelling, a mysterious mansion owned by the Barrows household, holds many disturbing secrets and techniques. It wasn’t too lengthy earlier than I met our major villain: the terrifying Scissorman, who’s relentless in his pursuit of Jennifer!
I’ve personally at all times beloved horror, at the same time as a baby, however I discovered Clock Tower so scary that I may solely play it for a couple of minutes at a time. It stays one of many scariest video games I’ve ever performed even at the moment, and the story, characters, and setting have made a big impact on the way in which I take into consideration video games and storytelling. Wrapped up in a point-and-click package deal, with just one enemy pursuing you for your complete sport, it’s a extremely poignant story of discovery and tragedy, with many various ways in which the story can play out. It’s been certainly one of my favourite video games since I first performed it, and I do know it’s held a particular place within the hearts of followers everywhere in the world as properly.
It’s an enormous honor to be part of Clock Tower: Rewind, the place we’re lastly getting the chance to share this particular sport worldwide for the primary time! With this new launch, we’ve included the unique 16-bit sport, because it was in 1995, but additionally added a ton of enjoyable extras to make Clock Tower: Rewind a brand new package deal for each new and current followers alike.
Unique Mode and Rewind Mode
Clock Tower: Rewind will characteristic two major modes — Unique and Rewind. Unique mode is simply what it appears like: that is Clock Tower, ported straight from the 1995 model, with new translations in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Conventional Chinese language, and Simplified Chinese language. After which we now have Rewind mode, which is an enhanced model of the unique sport.
At present, we’d like to reveal extra particulars about what Rewind mode entails.
The unique Clock Tower really had two releases — the 1995 16-bit model, and an up to date model known as Clock Tower: The First Worry, launched on the unique PlayStation in 1997. Clock Tower: The First Worry added new content material, akin to new scares, extra story, and even extra enemies. Do you know there was a room you couldn’t entry within the 16-bit sport? Now you’ll discover one other bed room that gives one other place to cover from Scissorman. A brand new cutscene at a pivotal second within the sport will arrange occasions in later Clock Tower video games, too. And be sure to hold a watch out, as a sure corpse or haunted doll may come to life.
For Rewind mode, we’ve taken that new content material from The First Worry and added it to the unique model, permitting gamers to expertise every thing Clock Tower needed to supply.
We didn’t cease there, although. With Rewind mode, we’ve additionally included fully new options, akin to an up to date chase system, by which Scissorman can observe you into extra rooms and conceal in additional locations, dialing up the scares much more than earlier than. Complementing that’s higher controls for Jennifer, permitting her to run on stairs, discover new hiding locations, and even use just a few weapons. Add in just a few bug fixes and quality-of-life changes, and we’ve made what we consider to be the last word model of Clock Tower for gamers to get pleasure from.
None of this may be attainable with out the Clock Tower fan neighborhood, who we collaborated with to carry Rewind mode to life. A lot of what we achieved with Rewind mode was constructed upon their work, and it was a pleasure to work with followers who know the sport in and out.
Clock Tower: Rewind additionally contains extra new content material outdoors of the sport, akin to new unique music by Dale North (with two totally different vocal songs, one that includes Mary Elizabeth McGlynn of Silent Hill fame and the opposite that includes Emi Evans of Nier), fantastically animated movement comics with model new VO, an animated intro directed by yours actually, and extra.
Clock Tower: Rewind lands worldwide this fall on PS5 and PS4. Be certain that to seize your copy to expertise a traditional, genre-defining survival horror title.
