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Based on a True Story....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is terrifying. It's the only survival Horror game that actually scares me. Compared to Resident Evil it is 10x scarrier or more. Compared to Silent hill the story is just as twisted. Ghosts can dissapear and reappear behind you..move through walls...grab you and much more. The ghosts looks incredibly realistic too where some parts of the body are whispy and hard to see. Sometimes few things might scare you because certain incidents come unexpectedly such as storage boxes might shake and rattle. The things that scare me most is when Miku gets scared and shakes when something unexpected is heard or arises such as when lightning crashes unexpectedly when things seem fine. Othertimes the environment seems fine but then out of a sudden a vanishing ghosts crawls out from the porch when you walk on it. There is so much to describe. The DOWNside of the game is that you can get lost fairly easily. You have to backtrack many steps to get key items and documents. Also I suggest saving up your film because it gets disposed quickly, even if you find tons of film. The cutscenes are mainly flash back premonitions and the whole story line is confusing intill you finish the game and get the whole overview. It basically has elements of the ring but if you ask me, The Ring is not scary at all. This game is scary and ghosts usually taunt you such as the buddist monk ghost constantly tries to grab you while saying, "Don't be scared".
Because it says based on a true story, people will think that only 10% of it is real. That's not the case in this game. Everything is real based on the true story except the actual names of the characters. Some of the story is a bit modified but the whole main story is pretty much the same. If you wanna find out the true story... go visit the haunted mansion near Tokyo, or better yet research it.
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SUMMARY:
Story: A girl named Miku tries to look for her brother who went into the Himuro mansion in search of his Mentor who dissapeared in the mansion. She letter finds out the house i haunted by dead people who died in the Calamity that happened during the Rope Shrine Maiden Ritual. Mafuyu, Miku's brother is tormented by the Rope Shrine Maiden because of his resemblence to the Maiden's lover. <---Sorry last sentence is a spoiler

Replay Value: Medium-low, not alot of extra things to get after u finish the game except new camera options and a new costume. The random storyline also lowers the replay value because all that constant struggle of backtracking spoils your fun.

Pros: Scary as hell. Superb graphics for ps2 console. Based on a true story that only strays from the original story a bit.
Cons: Random cutscenes that are usually done to scare you. Not much story is progressed in flash backs intill the end when it all recconects

It's Frightening!! How Bad This Game Is, that is...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 20
Date: March 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ok, let me start by saying that this game looks good. The ghosts and the mansion look very creepy. Reminding me of Silent Hill 2 (which I liked). They definetly achieve making you a little jumpy and just pretty much designing a scary atmosphere. So kudos to them for that. (Hence my 2 stars)

The gameplay however is terrible. The character's movement is slow and annoying. And her weapon...an antique camera!! Who is the genius that came up with this one. Not only is it a bad idea but they don't even pull it off. Making it very hard to fight ghosts and needlessly tedious.

Overall, I give this game 2 stars for the graphics and for the spooky environment. But the gameplay and overall game get zip. If you're really that interested in the idea of this game, then rent it. Don't buy it or you will regret it.

It's the best game ever~!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Do you have a playstation 2 ?
why ?
the answer must be to play fatal frame.
It has the best graphic that no game could have.
Is this game fun?? hm.....good question.
depends on what kind of fun you mean.
It is scary game, but ghosts are not scary at all!!!
when i catch the ghosts hm....i think it's interesting.~
but i feel scary.....
1. backgrounds are really scary~
2. I can't move fast.....I should feel all those scary stuffs.
3. when ghosts bit me. i feel pain..-_-;
This game has really sad story. and beautiful game.
best story , best graphic, best sound , best shocking controller.
and so on.
If you want fast game like racing........well....i can't
recommand this game. but in spite of it it's the best

no horror here

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: August 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

for some reason i just didn't feel the suspense this game was trying to convey - the sound and graphics are great - the story line is pretty interesting also - it just couldn't hook me - maybe it's the fact that a camera is your weapon - so you have to go to a static first person perspective to fight - and switch back and forth to evade and attack -- i would definitely rent this one first -

not for everybody

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I guess I gonna get a lot of negative votes for this review.But I feel like I need to put my thoughts about this game in here.
So many people are calling Fatal frame games scary!Personally I saw nothing terribly scary, only the constantly dark boring environment and a bunch of ghosts.I am not going to compare this game to the other horrors, since that would mean I am "promoting" another title, which I dont want to do.Everybody has different tastes and different views on things.
I am a big survival horror fan ,so I was determined to get all of games of that type, luckily I didnt buy all of FF, since unfortunately they all look just the same...The first ten minutes of playing I was excited by everything - the first ghost, the athmosphere, the animations.But the more I wandered in the house the faster my excitement wore off.Also, when I tried to play part 3, I was disappointed by how familiar it looked with the first part!Everything looked just the same, still some dark boring house, those ghosts..only the main character was different.
I never finished any of these games.I just couldnt play anymore, this is how they bored me.I guess its just not my type of horror, since I dont share the "japanese" view on horror movies and such.Personally for me, FF lacked action, interaction and some differences in surroundings for a change...
Overall I rate this game 3 stars, for innovative idea with ghosts and photocameras, for the graphics and for the story.

Something About the Camera

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Theres something about a game like this, where supernatural entities are out to murder you horribly, and you are armed ONLY with a CAMERA... makes it a whole lot freakier. My friends and I are not easily scared, we are big fans of horror films. This game did it.

Freaky!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game scared me so much i am only 10 years old and it scared my mom even more!!!! i suggest this to clock tower fans and resident evil fans. i loved it so will you!

Scary!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Only been playing this game for an hour because I can't play for more than 20 mins. at a time. It gets too scary! The background noises and stuff makes it creepy. Some game magazines didn't rate it very high but what the people think is what counts. Voice acting could have been a little better and grammar use could use some work but I am scared out of my wits when I play!

FATAL FRAME ROCKS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is my favorite game. It's one of the most immaginative games ever created. this is deffinitely a game you want to get your hands on. its VERY scary. but i dont suggest it for people looking for action packed games because this is not that kind of game. its an old fashoned HORROR game that is INSIDE a haunted oriental mansion. so only get it if you have patience and you love to be scared.

one of the best horror games out there

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is second to the best horror game ive played, one of the best parts about it is that it isn't a carbon copy of all other horror games and it adds a unique history to the game like onimusha did. its a really fun game and you'd have hours of fun playing this game.

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