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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.

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!

Hold onto Your Cross

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting for this game for months and I have not been disappointed. All I can say is get the game. I got the best experience playing the game in the dark and with surround sound. This game will be game of the year.....

Survival Horror takes a turn...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: March 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you liked Silent Hill 2, this game is definitely up your alley. Nearly everything in the game, from the grainy B-horror movie textures to the heartbeat in the controller, make this a Silent Hill clone. So...

If you are a fan of the genre, and are not more than happy to plug a box of shells into a zombie before it falls to the ground (only to knaw on your leg once it's there), then the combat system is a welcome change. Granted, a camera is not the weapon for those of us with missile launchers in our hearts, but it adds to the atmosphere of the game. Rather than watching your character from a third-person perspective dripping blood and limping all over the place, you get to meet your attacker face to face. And as they fade in and out of focus, it certainly increases the jump factor when one suddenly flies toward the screen.

That's another thing. Silent Hill, probably the most psychologically disturbing game out there, still had typical creatures to face. Wrap a different character model around Resident Evil's zombies (more intense of course), and that's it. When you see a monster in a room, you know what to do. Draw your weapon and stay out of its way. But in Fatal Frame, ghosts (more often than not) simply appear right in front, or behind, you. And then they phase out of focus and appear somewhere else.

The major flaws in the game are not overly destructive. The voice acting is horrid, but fans of RE shouldn't be too disappointed. Also, the characters move very slowly, though once you play for a while you get the feeling that this was done on purpose. No sense running into a ghost when you don't have to. And then there's the memory card space, 1800KB for one save. The reason, however, is that the last 24 photographs you take are saved, and you can protect certain shots that you want to keep.

All in all, it's an interesting game, much like Silent Hill 2. Whereas SH2 frightens you with the surreal setting, light sources, and disturbing story, Fatal Frame does it with sudden ghost appearances that make your heart skip a beat.

Fatal Frame

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: March 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Fatal Frame is one of the scariest games on the market, right next to Silent Hill 2 and the whole Resident Evil series. What gets me mad though is that almost everyone compares this game to the RE and SH series. It's a totally different story with Fatal Frame. Sure, the genre is Survival Horror, but its a different kind of survival and a different kind of horror. First off, you deal with ghosts here, not zombies or freaky creatures of any kind, ghosts. And your weapon is a camera, not a colt python or a plank of wood... a camera, my friend. Sure, it sounds lame to your gory people out there, but its not. First off, you can only see the ghosts through the camera and second that how you kill (or capture) them. You battle with two types of ammo (or two types of film) a weaker one, for regular pictures Type-14 Film, and a stronger one for the battles, Type-37 Film. At first the game is confusing and you won't understand exactly how to capture the ghosts but I'll explain go into Finder Mode on the camera by pressing Circle (and thats how you get out too) and take a picture with X. But don't waste your film and snap every two seconds, you move your camera around when you're facing the ghost and wait till a blue or bright yellow circle appears on their faces, now take a pictures and the shot will inflict more damage. When the circle turns bright yellow you're gonna wanna move back a little cause they can attack you too. When they do attack you can push them off but hitting X repeatingly. Well, that's just the basics, and the game, as your get farther explains how to attack and take pictures and stuff. But don't waste your film, you're very limited. Anyway, back to the game... I enjoy this game a lot but one thing that gets me mad is that it doesn't work with the InterAct Mega Memory Card, so I need to buy the regular sony one for this game. Well, the music is good, it will rise your blood level and there are tons of scares in this game. So I recommend you pick this one up, it's definately a classic - one of its kind.

Why go to a scary movie...play it!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has stunning graphics, a bit dark, but that adds to the overall mood of this game.Character control is slow and can be cumbersom, but as you play it will become easier. This game was designed to scare you, and with the lights turned down and the surround sound up, it will scare you. The camera you use throughout the game as a weapon is unique, and gives this game a fresh feel over current games. This may not be a game you want to play over-and-over, but it will hold your attention to the bitter end. You will get the satisfaction of money well spent on this must-have-game of 2002.

Yikes!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: March 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't let the "Teen" rating fool you! I expected this to be a "kiddie" game, but I found it to be every bit as creepy and disturbing as Silent Hill. The character's slow movements are annoying at first, but you actually WANT to go slowly so that you don't miss any clues or accidentally run head-long into a ghost (like you can avoid them!). This is a game where you have to pay attention to every little detail. If you see a distorted object, take a photo of it. Some are very well hidden!

The game is very different from anything else out there, since your "weapon" is an antique camera, not a gun. It sounds corny, but once you get into the game, the camera adds to the creepiness. When you take photos of a ghost, it often swooshes towards you, and the camera gives you a close-up of the ghost's face. Yikes! And the ghosts appear ANYWHERE, in front of you, then it de-materializes and reappears behind you ... and don't think you can get away by running to another room. They can go right through the walls! Many of the ghosts moan and scream about how they were tormented ... and once you get further into the story and understand what they're talking about, their words and facial expressions make it that much scarier.

The puzzles aren't very hard at all; most are fairly simple. Capturing the ghosts is more challenging than the puzzles, especially once you're further into the game.

There were only two minor things that bugged me ... the camera angle glitching when you go up and down a flight of stairs. Sometimes you're heading downstairs, and the camera changes, and you're suddenly going back upstairs. Not a big deal, unless you're running from a ghost! The second thing is that they didn't put enough power-ups in the game. If a ghost grabs you, it often takes a CHUNK of your power. Use those power-ups wisely and sparingly, and save often!

Due to some of the violent mini-movies in the game, I really feel like they should've rated this game "Mature" instead of "Teen". I don't want to give any game secrets away, but I'm 33 years old and this game TOTALLY creeped me out, especially once you get to the masks.

1 SCARY RIDE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A game that I just Rented ysterday, Fatal Frame is the ultamate thrill ride (or so to speak). It is scary, and it's not a game to be played in the dark. iT is a bit short for a horror game. I SAY ITS RESIDENT EVIL , WITH A TWIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scariest game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i only got about 1 1/2 hour in to the game but i was at home all alone in the dark with the surround on and it scarred so much i would almost jump when i could feel the heart beat in the analog
i would definately recomend to purchase this game

Totally fun and Totally freaky

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Be prepared: Start out at night or early A.M.. (It's a kick to play after Midnight) Turn out all the lights. Spread out your favorite comfortable blanket or pillow on the floor (yes the floor). Take your late night goodies with you; you've got your soda and your snacks right beside you. Shut the ringer of your phone off (just incase your best friend tries to call you at a crucial moment), shut the door, and if you are really daring and really brave...plug in the headphones into your speaker jack. Then be prepared for a spooky and scary game. Oh yeah!!-And don't forget to lock the pets safety away. A brush of a tail here or a sudden bark there and you might end up taking flight while playing this game, especially in the dark, in the night, when ghosts can haunt you.

Junsei Takamine and his research team have an interest in a big scary mansion in Japan where dozens of years ago a family was slaughtered and people have disappeared and there are rumors about secret CULT rituals. Takamine wants to write a new book on this Himura Mansion and unlock some of the secrets of the old run-down mansion in which no one has lived in in many years. The locals do try to urge him away but he is persistent, and soon he and his whole research team go missing.

Mafuyu is an avid reader and idol of Junsei Takamine's and becomes disturbed when his idol goes missing. He tracks Takamine and his group to Himura Mansion; his trusty and special camera from his mother by his side. As you begin to explore the interior of the Mansion you know something is wrong. The grainy black and white picture that you are playing in seems to shriek terror. The dust never seems to settle and the darkness forever looms in front of you. You never "see" it coming.

Miku is Mafuyu's sister and has a unique gift of her own. She can see ghosts and some pictures of the past in her mind. Her sixth sense is what has brought her to the Mansion to try to save her brother from what she believes is a horrible fate. As you play Miku you are able to see a colored version of the Mansion but are no more armed now than Mafuyu was at the beginning of the game.

Wait...was that a creak on the stair? There...was that a shadow over there? What is that sound? Did that thing move? Here, there, RIGHT BEHIND YOU. (sorry heh heh couldn't help it)

Gamer fans will not be disappointed with this game, though at times aiming the camera and trying not to snap a zillion pictures at the bad guys (thereby wasting your limited film supply) is very hard to do.

Play this game. Own this game. Oh and...you may not want to PLAY ALONE IN THE DARK. Bring a friend-then you can share the headset. Heh heh heh...

(The game is based on a true story and as far as I can tell the extent of the truth goes as far as a team of researchers disappearing and never returning from the Mansion). This has some definite disturbing images within it and I would recommend renting this game before purchasing to make sure that it is suited for children.

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