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Erica Anderson (character)
Erica Anderson is a fictional character in the 2011 video game '' Catherine''. She is a transgender woman, and her portrayal was considered controversial by Western audiences. She is a confidant to the protagonist, Vincent Brooks, working for the Stray Sheep bar, who, like her, suffers from potentially fatal nightmares. She is portrayed by Erin Fitzgerald in English and Junko Minagawa in Japanese. Erica received mixed reception; her treatment in ''Catherine'' and '' Catherine: Full Body'' as a trans woman was generally negative by the games and their characters, including the first game deadnaming her. One particular criticism was over ''Full Body'', where in one ending, she is shown to not undergo gender transition, though as one critic noted, she may still intend to do so. Concept and creation Erica's features are generally feminine, but her eyes bear resemblance more to game's male characters'. She exhibits dominant body language as well as body language that demonstrates s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine (video Game)
''Catherine'' is a puzzle video game developed by Atlus. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan and North America in 2011, in PAL regions by Deep Silver in 2012, and for Microsoft Windows by Sega in 2019. A re-release with additional content, titled ''Catherine: Full Body'', was released in 2019 for the PlayStation 4 worldwide and for the PlayStation Vita only in Japan, and a Nintendo Switch version released worldwide in 2020. The story follows Vincent Brooks, a man who is beset by supernatural nightmares while torn between his feelings for his longtime girlfriend Katherine and the similarly named beauty Catherine. The gameplay is divided between the daytime, where Vincent interacts with the characters in a social simulation, and his dreams where he must navigate three-dimensional towers through combined platforming and puzzle-solving. The game's ending is affected by choices made by Vincent over the course of the story. ''Catherine'' was developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |