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Clock Tower: The First Fear

The story follows orphan Jennifer Simpson soon after she is adopted by the Barrows family along with other orphaned girls. With the introduction of Scissorman, the game's antagonist, one of the other children…

17 July 1997

Clock Tower: The First Fear is an adventure developed by Human Entertainment, released 17 July 1997 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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What Clock Tower: The First Fear is

Clock Tower: The First Fear is an adventure game developed by Human Entertainment and released in 1997. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jennifer and her friends are adopted by a nice lady named Mary one day. They expect to be going to a wonderful new home, at the Barrows Mansion. There they will live with Mary and Mr. Barrows. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong and Jennifer's friends are showing up dead one by one. While this is happening, Mary is missing and Jennifer ends up being chased by a crazed psychopath known only as...Scissorman. Now she must survive and get out of the mansion in this point-and-click horror adventure... Being a teenage girl, you have no special abilities at all, just your wits and your will to survive, there are a few enemies that can kill you instantly, but Scissorman is the true horror…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Clock Tower: The First Fear launched on 17 July 1997, within three weeks of Disney's Hercules Action Game and Lula: The Sexy Empire.

Released around the same time: Disney's Hercules Action Game, Lula: The Sexy Empire.

Official trailer

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When did Clock Tower: The First Fear come out?
Clock Tower: The First Fear was released on 17 July 1997 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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