Clock Tower
| ClockTower クロックタワー | |
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| Developer(s) HUMAN | |
| Publisher(s) HUMAN | |
| Series Clock Tower | |
| Platform(s) SFC(Initial Release) Wonderswan Playstation | |
| Genre(s) Horror Point-And-Click Adventure | |
Clock Tower (クロックタワー) is a video game made for the Super Famicom by the now defunct company HUMAN.
Setting
The game takes place in the Barrows' Mansion located in Romsdalen, Norway. The protagonist of the story Jennifer Simpson was adopted along with 3 of her friends, Ann, Laura, and Lotte in September of 1995 by a wealthy man who is only known to the girls as Mr. Barrows.
The game begins as the girls are walking toward the Barrows Mansion after having been adopted. Jennifer is excited and, given the context, has been asking a lot about their new home and their new father. They enter and rest in the foyer of the large mansion while their caretaker, Mary, goes to get Mr Barrows.
After talking with the other girls Jennifer, who the player is now in control of, goes to look for Mary since she's been taking quite a while. A scream is heard and upon reentering the foyer Jennifer finds the other girls missing. Thus the intro to the game is finished.
Genre Explanation
Clock tower incorporates a few genres in its implementation, most notably point-and-click, the generic adventure, and of course horror.
Point-and-Click
Clock Tower implements a different style of genre mix for a horror including point-and-click. This genre is seen in many other games including an author favorite Wonder Project J.
Adventure
Horror
Clock Tower has an interesting take on the horror genre. A common horror integration involves weapons and moving through an area while fighting, running, or sneaking. As the main protagonist of Clock Tower you can do almost nothing. When you are discovered you run and hide. You can defend yourself, in the sense that you can stop Bobby for a moment, but not indefinitely. This allows for a significant amount of fearful atmosphere. Incorporating this brings a sense of fear in the player that many games don't come close to.
Characters
- Jennifer Simpson
- Mary Barrows
- Dan Barrows
- Bobby Barrows
- Anne
- Lotte