Clock Tower 3 (Playstation 2 — “Released All Spirits” Run — Completed on June
20th, 2007 by Nicholas “Sir VG” Hoppe

Can you watch this run before the clock strikes midnight?

Speedrun Rules:
* Segmented Run
* Releases all spirits
* Takes damage to save time
* No deaths

WARNING: Clock Tower is rated M for mature content. While most has been cut
out from this speedrun (due to skipping cutscenes), there is still some things
that may upset, startle, or spook you. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Also note that the game is very dark. Please turn up your brightness to enjoy
this video.

Clock Tower 3, despite the name, is the 4th game under the Clock Tower name.
The game is considerably different than its previous counterparts, as it’s no
longer a point and click adventure, but is more similar to Capcom’s other
survival horror games.

You play a young 14-year old girl named Alyssa Hamilton, who’s been sent off to
boarding school by her mom. Just shortly before her 15th birthday, she
receives a letter from her mom to go into hiding. Around this same time, a phone
call comes from her mom, but there is no answer on the other end. Worried, she
returns home to find the place empty, save for a mysterious dark man. Thus her
adventure begins…

Chapter 2

Segment 3
This segment, I’ll admit, is probably the most uneventful segment in the run.
For this, I apologize. To make up for it, I’ll give you the summary here in
text form, so you can skip straight to segment 4:

Danny invades my room (pervert).
Danny gives key to grandpa’s room.
I use key to find a letter written in blood (ok, maybe not).
I find a pair of winding keys that I’m too stupid to find without reading the
letter (this is a common trend in the game. Deal with it).
I use the winding keys to change the clock from 3:05 to 3:00. This, I believe,
is the only clock displaying improper roman numerals (IIII instead of IV).
I wind up warping back into the past and steal from a couple of blind people
(I’m so nice).
I return a teddy bear and a half-heart pendant.
I see my mum and get another key from her to grandpa’s desk.
I find a strange mask and put it on the wall.
I find some 100 speed 35mm film (grandpa is cheap, can’t afford digital or at
least high quality film).
I take it back into the past, and it mysteriously works. Reveals a couple of
photos, one to a switch that follows the common trend. It’s there, but Alyssa
is too stupid to find it without the photo.

Other Questions

Q3 — How much did you improve the run over that suckfest v2 attempt that
started that fight in the forums?
A — 5 minutes, 18 seconds, according to my timing. While I’m not sure where it
all came from, some came from the following: using the first door instead of
Alyssa’s door at the beginning of the game, skipping a couple small cutscenes in
Chapter 4 in the hospital that I didn’t realize were cutscenes, skipping most
of the Sigil Stones (I only get one and that’s only because I can’t get the
arrow in Chapter 4 without grabbing that stone first), skipping a couple of
Lavender Waters (I still had one extra), getting a binding arrow I missed in Chapter
5 (how in the did I miss that thing all this time?), and playing just a
hair better, cutting out most of the time when Alyssa went into Panic Mode. Yes,
that one in Segment 6 is pretty much unavoidable, since I have nothing to
defend myself with and I only planned 1 Lavender Water use there. I also got some
nice luck in places, especially Scissorman’s boss battle (that’s about the only
reason I keep that segment there).

This run is Copyright (C) 2007 Nicholas “Sir VG” Hoppe and is allowed for
downloading and private viewing. Permissions for hosting this run have been granted
to Radix and Speed Demos Archive. Public viewing of this run is prohibited
without prior permission from the creator. The selling or distribution of this run
for profit in any way, shape, or form including (but not limited to) selling on
eBay and television for profit is prohibited without prior permission from the
author. Any violation of the above listed may result in legal action. Clock
Tower 3 is Copyright (C) 2002 Capcom.

Will the real Lord_VG please stand up? And would the rest of you sit yo’ ass
down, cause I’m the greatest and the latest and the best of the rest. Don’t mess
with this punk because I’ll kick yo’ ass, you sass, you lass. I’m the
greatest runner yo’ peace forever.

FIN

Duration : 0:11:51

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