Customer Reviews

Clock Tower II The Struggle Within

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Sure, Clock Tower one was great, and kinda creepy, so I got Clock Tower two. Aside from the slow moving actions with the point and click system, I found the game perplexing. It was fun unlocking the secrets behind the yellow blood, and the knife wielding psycho child, with the echoing giggle. The highlight of the game however is the alternate personatlity, Bates. The voice acting was about as bad as you could get, but for some reason Bates stood out. The 13 endings are difficult to uncover, there are so many things you could do wrong, or right, and you'll find yourself a little disturbed with all 30 zombies you have to destroy, at once. At least rent Clock Tower two, you may be surprised.

I am a big fan of the first Clock Tower game but I was very unhappy with Clock Tower II. The game is very slow going and is not nearly as spooky as the first.

I found that through out most of the game I just went from room to room and click on everything I could. The game quickly gets boring and the reply value isn't all that great either. On the plus side the game has 13 endings.

Overall, even fans of the first Clock Tower should keep away from this title.

I thought the Clock Tower games looked interesting, but I was sorely disappointed. The controls (point-and-click) are out-of-date and sometimes do not make sense, the voice acting is AWFUL, the movements are SLOW, the graphics are mediocre, the storyline (as much as I could handle) was corny... There are many endings to the game, but who can sit through it?

VERDICT: Don't even rent this one, unless you are a HUGE (and curious) fan of the first game.

...which is not necessarily a good thing in this case. I'm referring to what in my opinion is the biggest flaw of the game: backtracking. In the previous Clock Tower, getting around levels and finding items was not difficult. But here...it is absolutely horrifying. You have to run back and forth to make events happen and collect items (made worse due to the fact that certain times require either Bates or Alyssa)...which becomes annoying to the point you feel like taking that giant blade and stabbing the TV with it. Don't even get me started on how awfully irritating stage three was...Then there are the enemies and the plot. "Zombies" and a "virus" created by a pharmaceutical company...can anyone say "cheap, Resident Evil cash-in?" Sure there are some slight differences between this and the RE game, but making it similar in storyline was just a bad idea.

So what is good about this game? The music definitely adds a creepy feel to the game, and the click-and-point controls aren't shabby (though adding the gun-shooting parts was not a wise decision). The graphics, for some odd reason, make the game more scary, even though they aren't spectacular for a game of its time. If you are a Clock Tower fan and want to give this a try, go ahead. But just be forewarned, that you'll probably be disappointed.

I had this on Playstation years ago and had fun with it at first despite its primitive (even for then) horrible graphics. It was creepy but it was also a horrible game every single aspect camera angle movements were jerky and horrific enemies were insanely difficult glitches issues worst voice acting ever etc...

The graphics in this game were those that you would see in a cheap nintendo game back in that era. The colors were horrible throughout this game so many issues so little time to describe them all.

The storyline is ridiculous hilarious and stupid all at the same time.

I never finished this game thats how bad it was on every single level possible.

I really loved this game. I bought clock tower, the first one, when it first came out ages ago, i still own it and play it randomly. The point and click was very annoying at first, because you didnt have great control over the character, however when you were being "attacked" it was great, because it made me feel frightened due to the fact that i lacked control plus the game went into a panic mode. This second game followed in its footsteps and i enjoyed just as much.

This game is up there with Resident Evil as far as creep factor! Yes, the graphics and play control leave a little to be desired, but the story more than makes up for it!

This Game rocks. the graphics are not great but their still good.the Game is one of the freakest ever.

As a horror-action Playstation fanatic, this was possibly one of the worst video game purchases I have ever made. The polygon-like graphics were primative, the voice-acting was terrible, and the "point-and-click" action made the game mundane and boring. I would've given this game 'zero' stars, but Amazon didn't give me this option.

For those Playstation fans interested in action-filled, horror-themes, I'd suggest the Resident Evil series, and Silent Hill.

This game is quite the stupid type. But, soon it get's scarrier and more dark. I found it very scary, being a little kid and all. Though, I wouldn't reccomend buying it. It's really a bad storyline and the graphics are horrible (except for the beginning appearence.) This game is really a bad game!