Clock Tower

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Description

Originally titled Clock Tower II, this game is a sequel to Clock Tower. You must stop a disfigured mass murderer named Scissorman who has been terrorising the citizens of Norway in this full 3D point and click adventure, but watch out: Scissorman will be after you!

The game is spread across three scenarios (including a prologue at the start). Through the course of the game, people are being killed one by one by the notorious Scissorman. Once Scissorman shows up, you will have to find a hiding place or something to knock the Scissorman out with. Between levels, there is also an intermission in which the player can take a look around the town before going onto the next level.

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Alternate Titles

• "Clock Tower Second" -- Japanese (alternate) title
• "Clock Tower 2" -- Japanese title
• "クロックタワーセカンド" -- Japanese (alternate) spelling
• "クロックタワー２" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Clock Tower series
• Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
• PlayStation the Best series
• Protagonist: Female

User Reviews

One of the scariest games I've played!	PlayStation	TwoDividedByZero (149)
BEST...ADVENTURE...GAME...EVER...EVER!!!!	PlayStation	leon101 (64)
Hot and cold horror adventure.	PlayStation	Sycada (191)
If Scissorman was a band...He would be the best cover band of Michael Myers.	PlayStation	Theo Jones (11)
"The Giant scissors once again search for prey."	PlayStation	Arejarn (5152)
Clock Tower,Sony PlayStation	PlayStation	GameGod (12)
One of the most under-looked games of all time.	PlayStation	Leroy Jinkins (2)

Critic Reviews

Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Oct, 1997	8.8 out of 10	88
Gamezilla	PlayStation	1997	84 out of 100	84
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only)	PlayStation	Jul 16, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	PlayStation	Sep, 1997	7.6 out of 10	76
Consoles Plus	PlayStation	Jan, 1998	70 out of 100	70
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Oct 20, 2002	B-	67
Mega Fun	PlayStation	Dec, 1997	61 out of 100	61
Video Games	PlayStation	Jan, 1998	61 out of 100	61
Just Games Retro	PlayStation	Oct 30, 2011		60
IGN	PlayStation	Oct 13, 1997	5.5 out of 10	55

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Brilliant!	1	thesaunderschild Sep 13, 2015

Trivia

Plot

Ever think that the story in Clock Tower seems like a sequel? Well, Clock Tower as we know it is known as Clock Tower 2 in Japan. The original Clock Tower: The First Fear was released in Japan only on the SNES and featured Jennifer, the traumatized girl from this game, in a creepy mansion with other teenagers trying to escape the clutches of the evil Scissorman. It was later ported to other platforms, but only in Japan.

Scissorman

While there isn't any official statement from the developers of the game, the Scissorman murderer of the Clock Tower series seems very influenced by the Scissorman character from "Struwwelpeter", a collection of rather morbid cautionary tales for children written by Heinrich Hoffman, a Victorian-era asylum doctor from Frankfurt who wrote and illustrated this collection of stories to educate his three year old son. The title has been often linked to cases of child trauma. The Scissorman is in the book the person who punishes naughty little kids that continue to suck their thumbs... with a pair of giant scissors.

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