Platinum #266: Claire (PS4)

Hey there!

Claire is another game I would have never touched if it wouldn’t have been free for PS+ members. But I will skip the Vita stack as this game really sucks.

What is the game all about?

Claire is a 2D horror survival similar to The Coma: Recut.

You take control over Claire, who visits her sick mother. After you return back home, you go to sleep and wake up in the middle of a nightmare. It’s your task to survive this madness and to do everything to wake up. During the game, you will encounter a dog, who will become your friend and will follow you through this nightmare.

Most of the time you’re only running from one room to another to proceed with the story. From time to time you will encounter other person, which you can save by fulfilling their tasks. You will also encounter creepy creatures, which will follow you. Every time you encounter such a creature, Claire’s panic level will raise and you’ll lose some health. Luckily, there are a lot of items you can use to replenish health.

The game is full of rooms and hard to see doors. Thus, it’s quite confusing and you can easily get lost. The only things I liked about this game are the awesome pixel art and the soundtrack, which fits perfectly to this game.

What about trophies?

There are only a few trophies but most of them are missable and annoying. Like finding all butterflies or picking-up over 80 items. There’s also a difficult related trophy for beating the game on the highest difficulty.

If you download the EU PS4 version (V1.04), you can unlock the Platinum Trophy very easily due to a glitch, in which you can change the difficulty from normal to nightmare near the end. This glitch has been patched in the NA PS4 version (V1.20), which forces you to play the whole game on nightmare.

This glitch doesn’t work on the Vita version of this game. Furthermore, there’s also a bug which forces you to pick up all collectibles on easy and then do another playthrough on nightmare, as there aren’t enough items on nightmare difficulty.

If you want to get this game done as quickly as possible, follow this video walkthrough by my buddy IBadDriverI. This video is made for the EU PS4 version. For all other versions, you can use this walkthrough from psnprofiles.com.

Where can I get this game?

Claire is available digitally in the EU and NA store. It’s cross-buy (PS4 + Vita) and each system has its own stack.

If you need PSN cards, you can buy them at play-asia.com or at scdkey.com. There you get digital codes, which will be send to you via e-mail within minutes.

There are also physical versions from limitedrungames.com for PS4 and Vita, but these are sold out already. If you’re interested in them, you must try your luck on eBay.

As a trophy hunter, should I get this game?

It’s worth to play the unpatched PS4 version but I wouldn’t go for the Vita version.

Hard Facts:

System(s)	PS4, Vita
Trophies	1P, 9G, 6S, 0B
Points	1170
Trophy Stacks	2 (PS4 & Vita)
Difficulty	2/10 (unpatched PS4), 4/10 (patched PS4 and Vita)
Time to Platinum	2-3 hours (PS4), 4-6 (Vita)
Number of Playthroughs	1 (PS4), 2 (Vita)
Fun Factor	4/10

Yours,

AvengedEvil