The young boy, himself hoping to be a prominent folklorist, comes armed only with a hand-me-down camera, known properly as the Camera Obscura. Young Mafuyu Hinasaki arrives later and investigates, naturally quite alone. Their intentions to stir up the hornet’s nest are rewarded, and they are never heard from again from the outside world. In 1986, well before camera phones and Youtube existed, intrepid folklorist Junsei Takamine and his unfortunate assistants take up in the mansion. Much like other survival horror games such as Resident Evil and Sweet Home, this mansion is both the source of the troubles and where everything ultimately takes place. However, it is vast inside, truly maze-like, and hides a terrible past. Largely abandoned, it is in sad shape at the beginning of the story. The game takes place within the haunted Himuro Mansion, an ancient building constructed by the powerful Himuro family over four hundred years ago. While I could wax on almost poetically about the series itself I’ve decided to give special treatment to the first game in the lineup, known simply as “Zero” in Japan. The series as a whole has a well-deserved name for offering a good experience that doesn’t rely heavily on today’s petty jumpscares. Today I’ve opted to review a similar title that’s more popular but in the same genre: Fatal Frame. A lot of titles, such as Haunting Grounds, Siren, Kuon and more have held a special place in my heart for being the kind of unpredictable suspenseful experience which works as well today as it did back then. I recommend the whole series for anyone who is into survival horror and looking for a deep psychological game.Japanese horror games, especially those of the Playstation 2 era, are bizarre but equally scary. A few words to sum up the whole game is it's a beautiful intense game. That still doesn't take away from the game in my opinion. I wouldn't say this is the scariest out of the three as anyone who has played the past two games will likely be desensitized to the whole ghost fighting formula of the series. The sound for all the ghost is great and intense. The voice acting is great, but the characters do sound like they're talking in a hole sometimes. The locations look great as does the characters. The graphics are the best they've ever been in this game. They serve their purpose well as this game eventually ties into the past two games. Kei Amakura and Miku Hinisaka from the first game. There are two other characters in this game. The transition is done very nicely and pulled off in such a way that it doesn't take away from the story. You'll be going back and forth in between a "dream manor" and the waking world. The story is as always beautifully crafted and finishes out the trilogy on the PS2 with a bang. She currently is now trying to solve the mystery of the cursed tattoo and the manor of sleep. The story is of a young woman named Rei Kurosawa who lost her boyfriend some time ago and is a freelance photographer. Which may aggravate some veteran Fatal Frame players. There's not been much of an upgrade from the past two games in terms of game play. The third game follows the same basic structure of the last two games. There's hardly anything bad I can think of to say about the series. It's one of the best survival horror series in my opinion. First let me start off by saying that I love the Fatal Frame series.
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