dgm20 Review of Clock Tower 3

Clock Tower 3 (2002 Video Game)

A delightfully frightening, if shallow, third entry into the series

[7/10 · 29 June 2006]

Created by the director of Battle Royale and developed by Capcom (developers of the Onimusha, Dino Crisis and Resident Evil games), this third instalment of the 'Clock Tower' trilogy is an astounding yet disappointingly shallow slasher sequel that creates nothing new to the popular genre. Playing as 14-year-old Alyssa, she soon discovers that she's a Rooder (a generation of women who battle evil, murderous spirits) after she encounters a strange-looking man. As you can tell, the storyline's a little far-fetched but the brilliant voice-overs and believable dialogue flow nicely with the game's story. The visuals are the game best bet as they are splendid-looking and simply dazzling while the music's superbly spot-on. Some may argue that the simplistic game-play gets a little frustrating when trying to accomplish a puzzle or battling a boss at the end of each level but it all depends on the gamer's level of skill. Also, its lifespan is incredibly short (only spanning 4 levels of game-play) which won't take any average gamer long to complete. This is a great addition to the series but when they think up Clock Tower 4, they'd better fix the game-play to save many gamers going into mad frustration.