WayForward and Limited Run Games have introduced an enhanced remaster for the unique Clock Tower sport, and it’s coming subsequent 12 months.
The authentic Clock Tower is getting a “Port Plus” with a number of contemporary enhancements and options, in addition to new stuff like an animated opening, motion-comic cutscenes, and extra.
Clock Tower is launching someday in early 2024 for Windows PC (by way of Steam), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PS4, and PS5 – a primary western launch for the sport.
Here’s a rundown on the port, plus its reveal trailer:
This enhanced model of the unique 16-bit Clock Tower is headed to fashionable platforms in early 2024, marking the primary time this terrifying preliminary journey within the in style horror collection will formally be translated and launched in North America and Europe.
Originally launched on Super Famicom in 1995 in Japan, Clock Tower traps gamers within the haunting confines of the Barrows household manor, the place they’ll be pursued by Scissorman, a murderous, shears-wielding psychopath. As teenage orphan Jennifer Simpson, gamers will use a point-and-click interface to discover the mansion and search each disturbing nook to search out gadgets, reveal secrets and techniques, and uncover methods to outlive Scissorman’s assaults. Without any offensive capabilities, Jennifer should depend on her wits and resourcefulness if she has any hope of escaping along with her life and incomes one of many sport’s a number of endings. A tense ambiance, chilling sound results, detailed 2D animations, and randomized parts to maximise replayability display why Clock Tower is taken into account a groundbreaking pioneer within the survival-horror style.
Harnessing the facility of Limited Run Games’ Carbon Engine, this re-creation of Clock Tower retains the genuine gameplay, graphics, and sound of the unique model whereas additionally including fashionable options and enhancements. These embody a brand new vocal theme music carried out by Mary McGlynn (Silent Hill collection), a brand new animated opening, motion-comic cutscenes earlier than and after the sport, a bonus artwork gallery, border paintings, save states, a number of language choices, and extra.
Key Features
- A survival-horror basic, formally translated and introduced out of Japan for the primary time
- Run, conceal, and survive as you try to evade the psychotic Scissorman
- Atmospheric 2D artwork, detailed animations, and haunting sound results
- Multiple endings and randomized gameplay parts maximize replayability (and leap scares)
- New animated opening, motion-comic cutscenes, and vocal theme music carried out by Mary McGlynn
- Art gallery, save states, and different fashionable enhancements
