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Fatal Frame 5 ESRB Rating Suggests Fan-Service Will Remain Intact
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Style difference are fine and no one is expecting overreactions. That, however, doesn't excuse no reactions. The opening bathtub scene is a good example.
fart town usa
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You play as 3 different characters and explore a haunted forest/village/mountain.
The game is set up into chapters and it generally goes something like this: You check out an area as a character, find a clue or are forced to leave cause shit is getting too intense and then head back to a friends antique shop for the night. You see the story play out with each character, they are all affected in someway from the mountain.
You explore areas and find items and documents in 3rd person. Not too many puzzles. Combat is first person cause you're looking through the camera view finder. You take pictures of ghosts to damage them. The combat system is pretty great, you can lock on but each ghost has a type of pattern and you want to allow them to get close as possible to you. If you snap of photo of them right before an attack you get a "fatal frame" and the game goes into slow-mo and you can snap a lot of photos for MAXIMUM DAMAGE. There's different types of film, weaker ones load faster, stronger ones load slower, lens upgrades and whatnot can be found too. There's also a Dead Space type system in which traces of characters can appear and show you the direction you should be heading. It's pretty linear but there are places to explore for items/upgrades. One of the best features is the point system, you gain points for how effective you are at defeating ghosts and those points get you a rank at the end of the chapter. Those points can then be used to buy film, health items, or upgrade elements on your camera.
It's a horror adventure game, I wouldn't consider it survival horror mainly because it's kind of easy on Normal and inventory management isn't a thing. The game is fun though, it's almost like you're exploring a haunted amusement park with the various "attractions" you explore, sometimes more than once. It also has some neat moments where the Maiden of Black Water appears and all you can do is run from her. If she touches you it's insta-kill but the game respawns you right at her appearance so it's not like you're constantly repeating areas. The encounters are effective too cause they aren't constant. I think I've come across her twice so far. I haven't finished the game but I'm near the end. First time playthrough will probably be 8-10 hours. Maybe more. It's not a short game and there's plenty of replay value cause of unlockables.
It's a solid game if $40 is something you can spare. You won't be blown away by it but it's also not a shitty game by any means. The overly negative reviews are really unnecessary. This game shouldn't be getting less than a 7 from outlets IMO.
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TheDuskwalker
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Beat first 4 episodes this morning. Honestly was expecting to be bored, but having a surprisingly good time.
ParaSeoul
Member
Sounds good,need more horror games to test out the OLED anyway
cireza
Member
I am going to disagree here. It is a matter of personal preferences.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Apparantly the game is broken on PC atm if you have a screen set at higher than 60hz, so if you were planning on picking up the steam version, you'd best wait for the upcoming patch.
Kagey K
Banned
I loved the original 3 (2 especially), haven't played 4 or 5 but I just keep hovering over that buy button. The mixed impressions have me a bit leery and I worry it's not going to have the creep factor the older ones did.
Wish we could have got a remaster of those 1st 3.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Era must be literally shaking and crying rn.
Kacho
Gold Member
This has good atmosphere but it's definitely not as scary as Fatal Frame 1 or 2. Those games were in a league of their own. The combat is good fun though. Easily the best in the series IMO.
I wouldn't overthink it. If you're interested just grab it. You will enjoy it for what it is.
Fatal Frame director says he is "considering" other spooky remasters
"The reactions we have received from everyone have exceeded our expectations, so I’d like to consider this moving forward"
TheDuskwalker
Member
Yeah, it's even shown in one of the trailers.
fart town usa
Member
Yea, FF1 is one of the scariest games I've ever played. Hard to play it now though cause the controls are just absolutely fucked, lol.This has good atmosphere but it's definitely not as scary as Fatal Frame 1 or 2. Those games were in a league of their own. The combat is good fun though. Easily the best in the series IMO.
I wouldn't overthink it. If you're interested just grab it. You will enjoy it for what it is.
Fatal Frame director says he is "considering" other spooky remasters
"The reactions we have received from everyone have exceeded our expectations, so I’d like to consider this moving forward"www.gamesradar.com
Kagey K
Banned
For me it was 2<<<1<<<<<<<<<<3.
I still walk around going ”my eyes, myyyy eyyyeeessss.” in a creepy girl ghost voice.
Absolutely among the scariest games I’ve played, and not in a cheap jump scare way. Setting up the atmoshpere, and the hidden ghosts you uncover was way more creepy than a lot of the jump scare infused horror games of today. (Not that I don’t mind a good jump scare now and then)
Pejo
Member
Yea 2 was fantastic. Probably the scariest game on PS2.
Kacho
Gold Member
Are games capable of being scary anymore? I feel unsettled at times playing this, but never scared. Not sure if it’s just because I’m older. I wonder if FF2 is as scary as I remember. Dead Space sure as shit wasn’t when I replayed that.
Really really enjoying this though.
fart town usa
is right about it feeling like an adventure game. It’s like those modern horror walking sims, only way more engaging and with a dope combat system. The menus and upgrades are giving me classic PS2 vibes.
Playing on Series X btw. I think it looks good for a dolled up Wii U game.
Really really enjoying this though.
fart town usa
is right about it feeling like an adventure game. It’s like those modern horror walking sims, only way more engaging and with a dope combat system. The menus and upgrades are giving me classic PS2 vibes.Playing on Series X btw. I think it looks good for a dolled up Wii U game.
Pejo
Member
Not sure if anyone is still following this, but modders have successfully restored Yuri's original swimsuit to the PC version of the game. Currently working on Miu's. Look it up on Loverslab if you're interested.
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Just tested it out myself. Looks great at 4k despite being the from the JP WiiU version.
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Just tested it out myself. Looks great at 4k despite being the from the JP WiiU version.
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TastyPastry
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Not sure if anyone is still following this, but modders have successfully restored Yuri's original swimsuit to the PC version of the game. Currently working on Miu's. Look it up on Loverslab if you're interested.
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Just tested it out myself. Looks great at 4k despite being the from the JP WiiU version.
do you have the replace one of the other outfits for the mod to work?
Pejo
Member
Yea just make a backup of the file you are replacing in case you want to switch it back and rename it to the one you want to replace. I used the default outfit for the screencap above.