Fatal Frame - Strategy Guide (Page 08)

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- Row of Japanese Dolls
  Ghost of the Folklorist's wife. It shows a row of Japanese dolls.

- Lit Garden lantern
  The garden lantern that wasn't lit. It appears lit in the photo.

- Ornamental Lion Mask
  A photo of a mirror stand. It shows an ornamental lion mask.

- Stone Monument in Photo
  Left side of cabinet. Some stone monument shows in the photo.

- Stone Burial Mound
  Photo of the back of the cabinet.
  Pile of stones, like a burial mound.

- Huge Stone Monument
  In front of cabinet. Looks like a huge stone monument in the photo.

- Gravestone in Photo
  Right side of cabinet. Some gravestone somewhere shows in photo.

- Photo of Character?
  Ghost of priest of square garden.
  Looks like a strange letter.

- Photo of Character?
  Photo of the ghost of backyard priest, with a strange letter.

- Photo of Character?
  Photo of the ghost of burial mound priest, with a strange letter.

- Photo of Character?
  Photo of the ghost of the atrium priest, with a strange letter.

- Furious-looking Mask
  Photo of entrance wall decoration. It shows a furious-looking mask.

- Demon Tag Scroll
  Wall of room with row of dolls. Scroll with a Demon Tag picture.

- Editor's Photo
  A photo of the editor, Ogata.
  Rope shows on neck, arms, legs.

- Demon Tag Girls photo
  Photo of girls playing Demon Tag. Somebody shows behind the girls.

- Family Photo
  A photo of the folklorist's wife, Yae, and their daughter, Mikoto.

- Kirie Photo
  Photo of folklorist's daughter, Mikoto, and girl in white kimono.



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  Want to test your bravery ? Fatal Frame is your choice !

  I have just purchased this game after returning another disappointing
game. At that time, I wasn't sure if Fatal Frame could have satisfied me or
not. So I didn't hope too much at this game. But once I tried it, I have
realized what was the real horror. This game seemed vulgar at first look,
but now I think it's not vulgar anyway. "The scariest game ever..." - I
agree with that idea. Fatal Frame, not only its first look, but its
gameplay characteristics aare vulgar and simple as well. But you couldn't
describe the true feeling when playing it if you didn't play it. This game
was advertised to be a survival horror game like Silent Hill's style, but
when you play it, I think you'll find its own style. I have played the game
and I don't feel any sense of Silent Hill. It's completely different. The
official horror of Silent Hill is not the same with the mystical horror of
Fatal Frame. That's my opinion, and I don't agree with those who say that
Fatal Frame is Silent Hill's clone. Besides, I also see that Fatal Frame is
a great game about graphic. Let's analyze it step-to-step :


  Gameplay 9/10
  It has been a long time since I last saw a game with pretty high
gameplay: Devil May Cry. But now Fatal Frame has appeared to show me that
there's still something interesting in my game world. I'm a gamer who likes
to try my bravery with horror games, and I have done this tons of times
with Resident Evil series, Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill series. And
now my collection is added with Fatal Frame. As I said above, Fatal Frame
has an own style of survival horror. The more I try it, the more I am
attracted to the mystical story of the game, along with the fear of ghosts
and demons. Although I love horror games, I am myself not very brave
against ghosts. But all my fears are wiped out when playing this game, no
matter how terrible the ghosts look. The horrors come when you suddenly see
ghosts passing, or they appear just in front of you when you are opening
door, or they pursue behind you... Various kinds of horrors are all
gathered in this game. Sometimes it's just a shaking object when you walk
past it, which is enough to scare or startle some players. Along with this,
you can also hear the plaintive cries of the ghosts who need your helps, as
they have ever been living, which increases the horror of the game. Most of
the ghosts are related to the storyline, so they often leave clues whenever
they pass over you, which pulls out your curiosity though. It's hard to
describe the feeling to play this game. I just want to replay the game to
find out if I were still scared. And I'll do it. Besides, Fatal Frame was
also done along with secrets and sidequests. You find and do sidequests to
grab extra stuffs and extra ghosts to fulfill your ghost collection. You
can unlock new modes and secrets after beating something. That means it
make you have more reasons to replay the game, but in the new environment
of the secrets you have unlocked. In addition, the design and images of
this game are pretty good-looking : the colours are clear and true, while
the images and menu screen design are very good, which attracts my eyes
though.


  Storyline 10/10
  At first, Fatal Frame's storyline was said to base on a true story
happened in Japan. This has proved for us the creation of the authors to
make a fantastic game like this on a base of a true story. In my opinion,
this "true story" is not bad compared to Resident Evil series or Koudelka,
because of its mystery, its logical events and finally, there are still
some puzzling events for us players to think of the solutions by ourselves.
That means the author has made the story not only to make the game more
exciting, but also challenge us players and give us some lesson as well,
just like Silent Hill's storyline gives you different choices in life by
the different endings. The whole story is covered by the mystery of Himuro
Mansion and strange bloody rituals in which a woman was killed to be
sacrificed. It was truly a sudden that the ghost of that woman was very
your ultimate boss and you are guided to her by very your brother. Then
those whose deaths are related to the rituals, all became ghosts who haunts
the Himuro mansion and... you. Most parts of the storyline are not shown
clearly, as you learnt them from files. But that's so enough for you to
recall the horrible events happened. I really like this story. Good job,
Tecmo !


  Characters 9/10
  The characters' designs in Fatal Frame are good-looking and pretty
lively. But the faces of some female characters are fairly similar, and
Mafuyu looks so feminile. They are the weak points of this game's drawing.
But in general, it's good. Kirie's design is really cool to me !


  Battle System 9/10
  This battle is so called simple, but unique : Your life is measured by a
lifebar, and your only weapon is a magical camera.  I say "unique", because
have you ever thought that a camera could be a weapon before playing this
game ? Besides, the idea to use various type of films as "ammunition" is
strange and interesting though. Ghosts - your enemies - are afraid of flash
light, and you use cameras to get rid of them. Besides the function to
battle, the camera can be used to take shots of wandering ghosts to fill up
your ghost collection. Is that fun ? This also partly increases the quality
of gameplay. About your camera, you can also level it up and enhance it
like you do with the weapons in common RPGs. You can even cause "status
abnormalities" on ghosts with your lovely camera. So funny right ? In spite
of simple battle system, that doesn't mean this game is "kidding" like some
people say. You may think that the given lifebar is too spare to die. But
let's try with some more attacking ghosts, you'll realize that even the
simplest ghost can kill you though. One of their attacks can take at least
1/4 your lifebar. That's AT LEAST. Well, want to try ?


  Enemies 9/10
  One of the reason why I'm fond of Fatal Frame, cuz it's one of the rare
game whose enemies are traditional ghosts : the spirits risen from the dead
people, especially those who have got unclean deaths. This kind of enemies
is very familiar with us in tales. But it's hard to show this invisible
enemy on game. But Fatal Frame has succeeded in doing it, and these enemies
became very lively and scary in the game. Ghosts in other games I have ever
played don't scare me even a little, but it seems that the ghosts in Fatal
Frame has been able to do that. Besides, Tecmo was talented to decide the
main ghosts to be very the characters involved in the story, along with
some random ghosts of the mansion, then partly build up the great
storyline.


  Scare Level 10/10
  Yeah, it's the scariest game ever... I agree with that review. Before
trying Fatal Frame, I did think that Silent Hill series may be the scariest
game in the game world. But once I play Fatal Frame, I know that Silent
Hill has no match with Fatal Frame about scare level. Although both Fatal
Frame and Silent Hill were created from the dark background and frustrating
enemies, Silent Hill's mystery can't be compared to Fatal Frame's. The
fantasy in Silent Hill is realistic and modern, but the one in Fatal Frame
is mysterious and belongs to old time. Mystery is always my favourite style
of games, so then Fatal Frame must attract me more. The startling you get
in in Silent Hill, I assure, is not as tough as the one you take from Fatal
Frame. Don't believe ? Just try it. In Fatal Frame, even a child ghost who
doesn't look any horrible can scare you though, and sometimes that one who
scares you can be Miku's brother too (Don't understand ? Just play the
game.)


  Graphic 10/10
  This is one of the best things I saw from Fatal Frame. I have already
known the fact that Playstation2 console is worse than GameCube and Xbox at
the full anti-aliasing ability. But look at Fatal Frame, and show me where
the aliasing is. I have never thought that an average company like Tecmo
could create a clear and beautiful game like that. The graphic and the
sceneries are very nice and bright. The characters, Mafuyu, Miku, and even
long-haired Kirie, are drawn very sharply and lively, and there's almost no
aliasing or hard drawing on them, and so are their actions. We mostly
control Miku during the game, and I can see how lively she is : Whenever
you face ghosts or you pass some objects, Miku automatically turns her head
and pays attention to them like real person does. When she gets hurt too
much, she breaths quickly with the injury, and walks more slowly. The
characters in Fatal Frame don't look inconsiderate and dispirited like the
ones in some other games. The sceneries are perfect, and I have nothing to
approve about the graphic of this game. The colours are mixed very
suitably, creating the horror but beautiful backgrounds. I think Fatal
Frame's graphic is even more realistic than the "fancy" Final Fantasy X.
Final Fantasy X is just beautiful, but not very realistic, while Fatal
Frame is not only lively but also beautiful enough. The characters in Final
Fantasy X still have a long way to go to become as lively and realistic as
the ones in Fatal Frame. I do feel Deception III's sense in Fatal Frame,
but I couldn't believe that Fatal Frame has made a far jump like this,
especially the graphic. Deception III's graphic was not very good and it
has no match with Fatal Frame's, but now Fatal Frame has satisfied me more
than I expected. Besides, the mansion design in Fatal Frame is also very
cool and mysterious, as great as Resident Evil or Devil May Cry, or even
better about mystery level.


  Sound 9/10
  The sound in this game is not so excellent as Resident Evil's, but great
and realistic enough to create the survival horror. The sounds of footsteps
and devices are correct, lively and various. Your footsteps' sounds usually
change in different areas, depending on the what the floors are made of.
The starting music sounds good too. That's so great to me. But what I adore
most is the way Tecmo creates the sounds. In other survival games I have
played, the horrors can be expressed by many ways, mostly background music
and the monsters' footsteps. But in Fatal Frame, background music is not
the main reason of horror, and the enemies' footsteps are completely not
(Ghosts can't make sound on footsteps). The cries of dead spirits, the
anger of ghosts, the curses of the characters, etc covering the mansion are
the elements creating the horror. Some ghosts may not scare you, but their
cries may, among the dark background. Whenever you face a ghost, a noisy
and terrible sound suddenly appears that increases the scare too. One of
the things I like of Fatal Frame's sound system is the voice though. The
voice actors and actresses have performed very well. The narrations of the
characters are expressed pretty clearly and beautifully. The English
speaking of the actors/actresses are truly standard.


  Secrets 9/10
  At least, the secrets in Fatal Frame are not stupid like some of the ones
I saw in some other games. You can get extra stuffs and even capture extra
ghosts, which you do not often pay attention to in the first try. Then once
you complete the game once, you unlock a new costume, a battle mini-game
and harder mode, and you can have choice to start the game with the stuffs
you have collected in the first try. I think that's so enough for a game
like Fatal Frame.


  Replay Value 8/10
  As I told you, you are never true Fatal Frame player if you have just
completed the game once. As I wrote in the "Secrets" part, you should test
your skills in a different environment, and try your effort in a harder
mode. And besides, sweep all the subquests, items and ghosts during the
game to become the expert of Fatal Frame. There you have more reasons to
replay this game, and it's completely worth.


  Conclusion
  Fatal Frame is a great masterpiece of Tecmo, made for Playstation2
system. The game belongs to Adventure/Survival Horror genre. It'll give you
many funs as well as fears during the adventure, as many previewers have
said : "The scariest game ever...". That's a correct idea. I can make sure
to you that many people I know have despised Silent Hill to be kidding, but
their fears have to wake up when they play Fatal Frame, and it's true.
Let's take control of the Hinasaki brother and sister and find out the true
fear of Fatal Frame.

* ADVANTAGES
- Has high scare level and can cause very high fear.
- Excellent storyline and events.
- Unique and good battle system.
- Graphic is very impressive and realistic.
- Cool mansion design.
- Sounds are lively and be able to cause fear effect.
- Good secrets and extra subquests.
- Pretty high replay value.

* DISADVANTAGE
- There should be more places to visit :)


  Score
  Gameplay : 9
  Storyline : 10
  Characters : 9
  Battle System : 9
  Enemies : 9
  Scare Level : 10
  Graphic : 10
  Sound : 9
  Secrets : 9
  Replay Value : 8
  Overall Score : 9/10 (not an average)

  Overall sentence : Fatal Frame is the game that determines your true
bravery.



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mention about an important episode in the game. But I did write that part
in another section which it truly belongs to. Then he was sorry that he
hadn't checked that section, he had attempted to the walkthrough only. So
that's it. I remind you should check the guide carefully for what you need,
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  I'd like to send my special thanks to those who have helped me to make
this FAQ/Walkthrough. Thanks to :

 + Tecmo - for developing and publishing this game Fatal Frame.

 + Joe Williams - your walkthrough has helped me to get through this
interesting game. Their helps are great ! Please take a look at his guide
at

 + NuConcept - your Ghost List has helped to refill mine with missing and
secret ghosts.

 + Jeff "CJayC" Veasay - for creating a great gaming site and posting my
guides to your site. Thank you for accepting to post my continuous updates
although I have bothered you a lot. Big big thanks to you, CJayC.

 + All webmasters who have published my guides legally - for giving up my
guide to gamers.

- GameFAQs message board members - for helping me to play the game and
replying my problems. They are all very cool !

- All readers who have read this guide and have ideas about my guide - for
sparing your time to take a look at my FAQ and having ideas/contributions
to make it better.

  Again, thanks everybody.

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