As a form of celebrating the 20th anniversary of the horror adventure series, Fatal Frame / Project Zero, KOEI TECMO Games released Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water in October 2021.
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Plot Story Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water
Games This story takes the background story on Mount Hikami. This mountain was previously a spiritual shrine.
This place is home to a unique religion that believes in worshiping water as their god.
Mount Hikami is known as a place where many terrible incidents and mysterious phenomena have occurred.
These mysterious interrelated stories have the relationship of 3 protagonists in the game namely Yuri Kozukata, Miu Hinasaki, and Ren Hojo.
The three of them will explore the mysterious Mount Hikami where many people who come there will meet their death and reveal the secrets that are in it.
In this game, players will use the Camera Obscura, a special camera that can exorcise vengeful ghosts and seal their powers while exploring Mount Hikami.
The story in this game will be divided into several missions and in each mission, you will use a different protagonist.
Each character will have a power called Shadow Reading which allows them to feel the remnants of the memories of people who have disappeared on the mountain.
These memories will help players to go deeper into the secrets of Mount Hikami.
Even so, you must remain vigilant of evil spirits who want you to join the afterlife with them.
You can fight them by taking pictures using the Camera Obscura. After the spirit is defeated, you can use the ability "Glance".
Glance is an ability where you can see how the end of life of the spirits you have defeated.
Apart from being useful for sealing evil spirits that attack you, the Camera Obscura can also be used to reveal other things that ordinary human eyes cannot see.
This camera can also help players to find lost items. By using various powers from the Camera Obscura, you can unravel the mystery behind the mountain.
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Gameplay Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water
What are the new elements in this game?
Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water gets an increased screen resolution with sharp graphics. The selection of color elements in this game succeeded in building a tense horror atmosphere.
Apart from the screen resolution, there are many new clothes and accessories that you can use for your character in this game.
The Snap Mode for taking pictures of spirits has also been improved so that players can aim their cameras more freely and creatively. The list of ghosts in this game has also been added.
To search for clues about the missing persons, players can concentrate on items in their surroundings that relate to the missing persons.
Players will see shadows that can lead them to the location of these people. There is wetness meters which can measure the humidity around players while they are doing their investigations.
Level wetness meters This will have a negative or positive effect on the player. The more humid it is, the more power the Obscura camera will have.
In addition, you can get diseases that are obtained from dark ghosts or special attacks that have the effect of reducing vision, defense, and worsening health bar.
The disease can only be cured by defeating all the enemies around you or using an item to get rid of it.
Ayane Character Special Episode
In addition to the stories of the 3 main protagonists in this game, there is a special episode featuring Ayane, the protagonist of the game Dead or Alive.
Unlike the other characters, Ayane doesn't have access to the Camera Obscura, so she has to avoid the ghosts. If he ran or approached the ghosts, they would attack him.
Ayane can use a special “Script of Hiding” which makes her temporarily invisible and when she is caught, Ayane can use special items to escape or throw back.
That's a brief review of Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water. Interested in feeling the thrill of Mount Hikami? you can download the game here!
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