Clock Tower 3
Developer(s)	Sunsoft
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Release date(s)	March 18, 2003
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature)
Platform(s)	Playstation 2
Media	DVD-ROM
Input	DualShock 2

Clock Tower 3 (クロックタワー３, Kurokku Tawā 3^?) is a survival horror game and is the fourth installment in the Clock Tower series by Capcom. The game was released in North America on March 18, 2003, and was developed by Sunsoft. The previous three games in the series, Clock Tower ~The First Fear~, Clock Tower and Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within were developed by Human Entertainment and published by ASCII Entertainment and Agetec Incorporated. Clock Tower 3 is the first game in the series to incorporate direct control over the protagonist, as opposed to the point-and-click mechanics in the previous games. Clock Tower 3 is also the first game in the series not to feature multiple endings. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 422 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (640 × 908 pixel, file size: 85 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://img. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Sunsoft is a video game development company founded in 1985 as a division of Sun Corporation of America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 2003 in games 2002 in video gaming 2004 in video gaming Notable events of 2003 in computer and video games. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... The survival horror game is a prominent video game subgenre of action-adventure games or first-person shooters in which the player has to survive an onslaught of undead or creepy opponents, usually in claustrophobic environments in a third-person perspective. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dual Analog Controller. ... Silent Hill: Origins, a forthcoming survival horror title by Konami. ... Clock Tower is a survival horror video game series created by Human Entertainment, a company founded in Japan. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sunsoft is a video game development company founded in 1985 as a division of Sun Corporation of America. ... Clock Tower , Clock Tower 2 (Second)) is a survival horror game for the PlayStation. ... Image:ASCII fullsvg There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ...

Story

After receiving a strange letter from her mother, encouraging her to hide until her 15th birthday passes, Alyssa Hamilton instead returns home from boarding school. When she arrives, her mother is gone and only one of the lodgers is in residence, a wayward stranger known as the Dark Gentleman. A boarding school is a usually fee-paying school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ...

In Alyssa's concern for her mother, she decides to check her parent's room to find not a clue; however, almost randomly a piano starts to play wildly. Alyssa becomes terrified to such a point that she runs out of the bedroom only to be transported to London during World War II. A short grand piano, with the top up. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Gameplay

Players assume the role of Alyssa, a schoolgirl approaching her 15th birthday, on her quest to find her mother and save herself from the Dark Gentleman. Progress through the game entails finding items to unlock new areas, fleeing and hiding from Subordinates (the boss characters) and eventually defeating each Subordinate in battle.

Innocents slain by the subordinates haunt each stage and will attack Alyssa if she approaches them, sending her into panic. In order to pacify these spirits, an item of sentimental value must be found and returned to the spirit's corpse, which always lays near the area being haunted.

After each scenario, Alyssa must confront the subordinate who has been stalking her. At this point her holy water bottle transforms into a longbow, allowing her to fight back. Each battle is confined to a single area, the player must defeat the subordinate in order to progress. The health of both Alyssa and the subordinate is measured by two life bars which appear on-screen. Alyssa must dodge or duck attacks whilst firing arrows at her attacker. In order to inflict considerable damage, shots must be powered-up, these shots tether the subordinate to the ground. Whilst powering-up the shot, Alyssa must stand still and cannot adjust her aim, leaving her vulnerable to attacks and making it possible for her enemy to move out of her line of sight. If the boss is transfixed with multiple powered-up shots, Alyssa performs a highly damaging attack with her next shot, killing or severely wounding the subordinate. Lemonwood, purpleheart and hickory longbow, 45 lbf draw force. ... Health is a game play mechanism, used in various forms of role playing and video games to give a value to characters and enemies related to death and/or the defeat of the player or enemies. ...

Characters

• Alyssa Hamilton

Alyssa is the games main protagonist. Her mother sent her to a boarding school, telling her she was not to return for six years. Now she is fourteen (almost fifteen), and is curious why her mother has sent her a letter, stating that she is not to come home, until her 15th birthday has passed. Alyssa is wanted on the telephone at her school, and is told it's her mother. She answers, but no one is on the other end. So Alyssa, like any teenage girl, ignores her mother's letter and rushes home in hopes of figuring out what is going on…

• Nancy Hamilton

Nancy Hamilton is Alyssa's mother. Alyssa loves her mother, but can't help but wonder why she sent her off to a boarding school. She remains stubborn in her decision and has gone out of her way to make sure Alyssa won't return. Nancy and Alyssa are very close, which is why Alyssa questions her mothers decision... She seems to be hiding something from Alyssa, which in turn could be important for Alyssa to know.

• Dennis Owen

A boy that Alyssa attended primary school with, he has a crush on Alyssa and seems obsessed on staying as close to her as possible. He is a good friend and tries his best to help, after appearing out of no where three years after Primary School to meet Alyssa in her house, and find her in trouble.

• Dick Hamilton

He is Nancy's father, who has acted as a real father to Alyssa all her life, because her real father died. He seems to dislike Nancy's choice of husband, and is cold hearted towards him. Three years ago Dick dissappeared from the Hamilton Household, and has not been seen since. This dissappearance depresses Alyssa, and she is waiting anxiously for his return.

• William & May Norton

May is a child who has been practicing her piano for a long time. She has entered a Piano Competion, and hopes to win the contest, so that the song will be broadcast on the radio, where May's Dad will hear her while he is at war. May was sadly killed by Sledgehammer after the competition, and her father never heard her play to her full potential, as he died in war.

• Dorothy Rand

Dorothy is a blind old woman, who is the mother of Albert. She is very caring, and is sick of people fussing over her health, and tries to give out the feeling that she is happy without sight, but she really isn't. She would give anything to be able to see again, and wonders what her son does all day in his shed making toys.

• Albert Rand

Albert was also a victim of Corroder, and the son of Dorothy. He is very protective of his mother, and looks after her as much as he can. Dorothy believes he is too over protective of his mother. He is a man who gives and expects nothing in return, by making children's toys for a living.

• Linda Owen

Linda is a missionary nurse, currently positioned in Africa. She is also Dennis's big sister, who has raised Dennis ever since his birth. She has told Dennis she will not be back for at least six months, but mysteriously appears again during Alyssa'a journey. Would she lie to Dennis?

• Philip Hamilton

 Alyssa's real father. Alyssa knows nothing about him, as he has been dead ever since she was born. 

• The Dark Gentleman

This enigmatic character is dressed in dark clothes and has an unusually deep voice. He seems to know a lot about Alyssa, and carries a strong love for her. Alyssa does not know who he is, but thinks that it is obviously one of her mother's lodgers. But there might be more to him than meets the eye...

Subordinates

Clock Tower 3 features several boss enemies known as 'Subordinates'.

• Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer is the first boss encountered in the game, instantaneously bludgeoning a twelve-year-old pianist to death on Christmas Eve 1942. Prior to becoming Sledgehammer, he was known as Robert Morris, a stonecutter. Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ...

• Corroder

Corroder is the second boss encountered in the game; he is seen blinding an elderly woman and her adult son before throwing them both alive in a drum of acid in 1963. Corroder's real name, John Haigh, as well as his modus operandi of killing his victims, may have been inspired by the real John Haigh, who was known in Britain as the Acid Bath Murderer. Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated form MO) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as mode of operation. ... John George Haigh (July 24, 1909–August 10, 1949) was a serial killer in England in the 1940s. ...

• Chopper

Chopper is the third boss and head of the Subordinates. Born in 1655 as Harold Powell, he was a woodcutter who was seriously deformed at birth and as a result, was taunted and cursed for his appearance. When Powell was 17, he proposed marriage to Emily Dickins, the innkeeper's daughter, but was rejected. In turn, he dismembered Emily with his axe.

• Scissorwoman & Scissorman

Known as Jemima and Ralph respectively, they were sadistic, sought pleasure in torturing people to death and had a fascination with blades, scissors in particular. Their origins before being brought to Lord Burrough's estate are unknown, though it is said in a file during the game that it is believed the twins came from the Orient.

• Lord Burroughs

Lord Burroughs is the main villain and final boss in Capcoms survival horror game Clock Tower 3. ...

References

• IGN Clock Tower 3 Review

External links

Official sites

• Clock Tower 3 official site (Japanese)
• Clock Tower 3 official site (Chinese)
• Clock Tower 3 official site (European)
• Clock Tower 3 official site (Italian)
• http://www.capcom-central.com/Other/ct3.php

Other resources and information

• Clock Tower 3 at GameFAQs.
• Clock Tower 3 at MobyGames.
• Capcom Central // Clock Tower 3 - Comprehensive section about Clock Tower 3.