Fatal Frame for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

As the title itself states, this game is really going to scare ya. No really, it will. Fatal Frame, as well as the rest of the series, has become a staple as to how different it was compared to games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil. For one thing, it is derived off of Japanese horror titles. This one focuses on scares that are so sudden and surprising, you are bound to pause the game quite a few times until you compose yourself.

The story of the game is pretty simplistic at first. Dood tries to find a missing book writer and he later goes missing, leaving his younger sister to pick up the pieces. But as you gather documents fight off the ghosts, you begin to understand how deep this mansion your exploring is, with shocking revelations of the various rituals that have since trapped the lost souls of that you will be finding/fighting.

The controls take a while to get used to, but there are 8 configurations for you to try out, It will take quite a few fights until you get the swing of things. There are also slight clipping issues as well, but they are minor and not at all game breaking.

Another thing to take note of is the voice acting in the game. The normal voices you hear are...well they are not Grade A material. It's better a lot of early PS1 titles like RE, but still don't hold out due to its age.

However, the graphics do indeed hold out after all these years. It's dark, creepy, and it leaves you wondering what the next room you come across will look like. From the calm of save points to the grainy look when a ghost is around, there is never a dull moment. You begin to think that this game was made just recently compared to 9 years ago.

All in all, try this game out. Seriously, it's awesome. If your looking for a change of pace from haunted towns and zombie outbreaks, give Fatal Frame a whirl. The true essence of Survival Horror is not with a gun or a weird cult, it is with the true scary beings on this Earth: Ghosts.

I am so not kidding you guys but if you play this like at midnight with no one around, and lights out, then you are in for a night for a fright. This game made me jump and i am the kind of person that can get any scary game and not jump like for example Fear 1 and 2 pshhhhh yeah right. Silent hill was almost there but Fatal Frame just hit me badly with jumps. Everyone should rent this game it is amazing and the reason i gave it a nine is because some ghosts are just a little almost immpossible to beat and it just made me mad lolol.