The Best Game About Bad Men: Catherine

PlayItEssays February 17, 2025
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Video essays about video games. I usually focus on what can be learned from a game - how the story connects to history, economics, psychology, and everyday life. Other times I share more personal opinions on what I think about games / things in games. (Why the name PlayItEssays?): Perhaps the greatest praise you can give for a game is telling someone to play it. (How often do you post?): My goal is to post weekly. For business inquiries: [email protected] Game developers (indie devs included), feel welcome to send keys to your game! Not currently looking for an editor.

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Catherine is a game about a man named Vincent struggling with choosing between his long time girlfriend, Katherine, and young woman he met at a bar, Catherine. The game explores themes of maturity and growing up through Vincent’s interactions through the day, and nightmares when he sleeps. In the end, the game allows the player to choose whether they want to be with Katherine or Catherine. In this video essay I give my opinion on which of the routes is better and why, and try to explain the game’s themes and what message it has for the player. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:20 Vincent & Katherine 3:12 Vincent & Catherine 7:04 Katherine vs Catherine 8:05 Steve 9:25 Breaking Up with Catherine 11:02 Vincent’s Character and The Game’s Message Hopefully you enjoyed the video! If you did, feel free to like and subscribe, I make video essays about games I love every week. Thank you to all my supporters! Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlayItEssays Or become a supporter here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMj1hxsSn3B3FhHypiRRLVw/join

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