Instead of charging up your shots, the protagonists simply have to adjust their angles and take quality photos, that’s all… How the photography system works this time around is slightly different compared to previous entries too. So there’s this interesting trade-off of facing your fears head-on and taking down ghosts efficiently, as opposed to slowly draining your camera’s film from afar. What also works well with this title, is that our three protagonists deal more damage with their cameras when they’re positioned closer to their enemies.
Plus, there are some pretty disturbing moments both in-game and out during Fatal Frame 5’s cinematic cutscenes, which certainly helps add to the Japanese-styled horror atmosphere. But even if they aren’t the scariest adversaries you’ve ever come across, the way they’ll suddenly spawn out in front of the player or slowly back them into a corner might be a little bit intense for some. They’re mostly just apparitions of story-related figures or typical cliche horror characters like creepy running children. Honestly, though, with the amount of healing items your characters have on hand, you’ll rarely be in any real danger in Maiden of Black Water.Our VIDEO REVIEW of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Blackwater! Who Ever Thought Cameras Were A Ghost’s Arch-Enemy?Īre they the most terrifying ghosts you’ll ever encounter in a video game though? Not really. To be effective at combat, all you need to master is your timing with dodges (pressing X right before an attack) and keeping a reasonable distance from the ghosts between lining up good shots. The reality is if these characters could move at a brisk pace, it’d make dealing with the ghosts even more trivial than it already is. Funny enough, that’s pretty much the only semblance of challenge the game has going for it.
However, the character movement is still painfully slow and incredibly clunky in tighter interior areas. It can still be unwieldy at times, but thankfully, you can also use analog controls if you prefer that.
On the DualSense controller with gyro controls, it works well enough. Admittedly, it’s a brilliant shooting system that seemed perfect for the Wii U GamePad. Once again, you deal with ghoulish spirits by getting them in the frame, letting them get dangerously close, and dishing out big damage with fatal frames.
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