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Have you heard about Catherine?

Basically, the people behind P3, including such awesome individuals as Shoji Meguro, are making a game for 306 and PS3. It’s supposed to be an action game, and it’s supposed to be “adult” and “erotic.”

And they’ve put out a trailer.

Frankly, I think the game looks fantastic. Little is known, besides that it is an “Action” game, but I have a lot of faith in this team.

While weird and backwards in a lot of ways, Persona 3, 4, and other SMT games have always been very mature in many ways. They tackle interesting issues, and have actually interesting plots. They’re not perfect, of course (Example: Their treatment of Kanji in Persona 4) but they understand they’re writing for a mostly adult audience and they make that work. The problem has always been, in my eyes, that using high schoolers again and again, they’re kept from really tackling more deep subjects. From the moment I played Persona 3, I wanted to play a game like that as an adult, with adult issues and juggling adult schedules. I wanted that very much.

Now, I don’t think this is going to be exactly that. It’s not a Persona game. But it already has the elements. A dream nightmare world where most of the gameplay will probably take place. A real world with obvious elements of at least dating this Catherine character, if nothing else. This could be what I wanted. On top of that, it’s dealing with a very deep subject, one I’ve worked with myself. Sexuality has plenty of interesting ways it could be used in a game like this, and I hope that this game isn’t shy about exploring them.

Again, there are potential worries. Will they be mature enough to make an actual game? Will they treat the subject matter in the right way? Only time will tell. I have optimism, though. Gamers have grown up. Games should grow up in this way, too.

I’m sure I’ll buy it day 1.