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Fatal Frame for PS2 and Xbox is a portrait of the era’s survival horror
27.10.2023 - 21:31 / destructoid.com
I met the man who would become my husband at about the time that I started venturing more into horror games. I had just discovered that a switch had flipped in my head, and I was now immune to video game scares.
He suggested Fatal Frame to me, insisting that it was the scariest game ever made. He even went as far as buying me a copy of it for Xbox. It was my introduction to the series, but the first game I wound up completing was Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse for my review right here on Destructoid. I didn’t complete it back in 2016 in my first experience with it.
There were a few reasons for why I dropped it, but they’re pretty boring. Being scary wasn’t one of them. Though, its controls are horrifying for a different reason.
Fatal Frame has you start off as Mafuyu Hinasaki, who is looking for a missing author in an abandoned mansion. One thing leads to another, and you’re switched over to his sister, Miku Hinasaki, as she searches for her brother. Turns out, a bunch of bad stuff happened at the mansion that has left it cursed and lousy with angry ghosts.
Luckily, the two wind up in possession of a mysterious, old-fashioned camera called the Camera Obscura, which has the ability to ward off ghosts. Much of the time, after a few encounters, it looks like you capture the ghosts entirely, but in the options menu, it says “Ghosts Driven.”
That’s a pretty strange way to phrase it, but I’m doubtful very much of the budget was spent on the translation. After all, Fatal Frame is an extremely Japanese style of horror, it’s deep into folklore, and the manor is loaded with tatami floors and kimono racks. North Americans weren’t quite yet fully indoctrinated by anime in 2002, so anything set in Japan might as well be taking place on Mars for most people. As a result, it’s a translation typical of its era, complete with voice acting that sounds like everyone has been dosing tranquilizers.
Speaking of the localization, the game was advertised in North America as having been “Based on a True Story,” which is ironic because that statement isn’t true. I go into a lot more detail about it in this article, but the short version of it is that director Makoto Shibata said he took inspiration from his own supernatural experiences and dreams, but the stories weren’t adaptations of specific events. The true story claim was somewhat perpetuated by a 2002 IGN article that is notable for having absolutely no cited sources. Meanwhile, decades of fans combing for one grain of truth to back up the claim have found nothing substantial. Marketing is a hell of a thing.
While horror games at the time were experimenting with helpless protagonists, limited supplies, and terrible combat, Fatal Frame essentially has all of the
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tech.hindustantimes.com
10.11.2023 / 14:01
Meta lawsuit claims Mark Zuckerberg ignored internal requests for child safety features
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videogameschronicle.com
10.11.2023 / 13:28
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gematsu.com
10.11.2023 / 02:33
Ufouria: The Saga 2 launches February 29, 2024 for Switch and PC, later for PS5 and Xbox Series
Side-scrolling roguelike action game Ufouria: The Saga 2 will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on February 29, 2024, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date, SUNSOFT announced. The physical edition will cost 4,950 yen in Japan, while the digital edition will cost 3,300 yen.
hardcoregamer.com
09.11.2023 / 19:05
Prepare for Turn-Based Excitement with the Super Mario RPG Overview Trailer - Hardcore Gamer
With the remake of Mario’s debut RPG just a little over a week away fans are getting ever more excited with every passing ounce of information Nintendo is willing to share. This time the news doesn’t come in just a short teaser trailer, but we’ve finally gotten a great look at the official overview trailer in English to tide us over while we wait. We get a great taste at things we’ve seen before such as the playable cast of characters all the way from Mallow to Peach and a great look at more of the available skills at their disposal as well. The trailer also specifies how the new style of timed hits work as there are two key styles to knock it out of the park. The first is a timed hit that does additional damage to an enemy, while a perfectly timed hit will manage to do splash damage to every enemy in battle. This is a great incentive to get players trying to master their skills at timing attacks and blocks for both avoiding and dishing out damage best they can! The trailer also highlights the new Breezy mode which makes fights and leveling up easier in addition to a brand new monster list that will detail all their strengths and weaknesses for maximum planning skills for Mario and friends!
gematsu.com
09.11.2023 / 18:43
Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters for Switch launches January 23, 2024 in the west; Xbox Series and Xbox One teaser trailer
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polygon.com
06.11.2023 / 14:05
Blue Eye Samurai is ‘revenge’ for one of Hollywood’s most underappreciated action directors
Jane Wu understood the journey of a young warrior slashing her way through a male-dominated hierarchy of power. Though Amber Noizumi and Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049) co-created the new Netflix series Blue Eye Samurai, they found the hard-R animated epic’s soul in Wu, a storyboard artist, director, and martial artist whose unsung role in blockbuster action over the last 20 years made her an obvious choice to oversee the series’ direction. Blue Eye Samurai follows Mizu, a young woman of mixed race in 17th-century Japan, who masquerades as a male samurai to find four white men hiding out in the country — and the one who’s likely her father. Wu’s ascent in the action and animation industries wasn’t as bloody as Blue Eye Samurai, but it was as rigorous.
videogameschronicle.com
06.11.2023 / 11:31
It looks like PS5 and Xbox Series X are getting heavy discounts in Europe this month
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gamesradar.com
02.11.2023 / 18:17
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gematsu.com
02.11.2023 / 06:33
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polygon.com
30.10.2023 / 18:19
Invincible season 2, Gen V finale, Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai, and more new TV this week
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