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Online Store - Fatal Frame 2
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $32.91
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Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Tecmo
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 204
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Tecmo
EAN: 0018946010373
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Feature: Brand new setting with more wide-open exploration -- more possibilities for fear and terror
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Label: Tecmo
Manufacturer: Tecmo
Model: 18946010373
Platform: Xbox
Publisher: Tecmo
Release Date: 2006-06-15
Studio: Tecmo
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Features
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Brand new setting with more wide-open exploration -- more possibilities for fear and terror
All-new storyline and different game mechanics as you try and capture the ghosts who stalk the forests
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Editorial Reviews:
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Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly is a new journey into fear, with the terrifying themes and feel that made the first fatal Frame such a hit! When Mio and her sister Mayu return to their old hometown, they follow a strangely glowing crimson butterfly deep into the forest. There, they discover an abandoned village that hides an ancient, horrifying secret.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: WOW!!!!!
Comment: My fiancee is playing this game right behind me and I can't stop jumping. Turn the surround sound up and hear the dead people whispering"I'm dead". You will almost pee your pants when these people jump out at you!! Heart racing game. This is the most eerie game I have ever played. It seems to be even scarier than most scary movies. The graphics are VERY good on this game too.
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Summary: Great game in every aspect
Comment: I recently purchased this game and since I started playing it, it is hard to stop playing. It delivers excellent scares to me and the people that are even just sitting in the room with me. Excellent interface and controls make this an easy game to control. Very fun game for a group of people to play, or playing alone. The game has great depth and really makes it feel real. Turn out the lights, turn up the sound and have a GREAT time.
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Summary: Okay, but not the best.
Comment: I'm going to go ahead and say it; The original Fatal Frame kicked serious booty. It was actually the only horror game that scared the crap out of me. This sequel, then, is a poor follow-up.
Storywise, the game is good. You've entered a haunted town to find your twin sister. mechanics are identical, you walk around a prerendered area and have a camera that you use against ghost (hey! The myths are apparently true!).
Where this game falls flat is presentation and game play. Presentation-wise, the game gives you nothing new. You are STILL walking around and taking pictures of stuff and ghosts. You are still finding the key to get to the next area. Ho-hum. what next.
Game-play is worse. With a few small exceptions, all the baddies come at you randomly. While this is good in some games, here it just feels as if they stopped caring about the game when it came to trying to make it fun.
My suggestion to you is to rent it at a local game store first. If you like it, get it from amazon. If you don't, then you'll be glad you rented it first.
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Summary: Director's cut is the pinnacle of console horror
Comment: I do like a good horror game, but long ago grew tired of the cheap tactics employed by the likes of the Resident Evil series. The irritation caused by miserly ammo & save mechanisms, deliberately awkard combat and camera angles which obscure what I (player and character alike) should be able to see completely override any sense of fear - you can't be scared and annoyed at the same time. System Shock 2 on the PC proved long ago that a game can be terrifying without being unfair, and at last a horror game just as good has arrived for a home console.
The Xbox-only "director's cut" of Fatal Frame 2 stands head and shoulders above all other games in this series, for one reason: the first-person (FPS) control option. This is a brilliant addition, I'm thrilled that the Japanese developers chose to add it for this version, but disappointed that it did not make a return in Fatal Frame 3. It kills two birds with one stone: firstly, it removes the jarring switch from 3rd-person exploration/evasion to 1st-person photography, which has never been comfortable; secondly, it plunges you right into the incredibly atmospheric setting - all barriers between you and the extremely unsettling events and characters are removed. As a friend of mine put it, the change of perspective is so effective because "it's happening to you" - not a character on the screen - and that really is the way it feels when this game takes hold.
The art direction and sound are superb, the premise and story are incredibly involving (and, once you come to understand past events and characters, have an uncommonly strong emotional impact), and as the game progresses with an atmosphere that always keeps you on edge, there are a few stand-out moments of expertly engineered terror that you are likely to remember as all-time gaming highlights. Above all, this is an extremely well designed game, which reminds me in many ways of the old Looking Glass greats like Thief and System Shock - it has a similar mode of progression (lots of freedom within a linear framework) and storytelling to those classics, and treats production values, rewarding gameplay, atmosphere and story with equal respect. If you want a game that is genuinely good and genuinely scary, this is an essential purchase.
Remember to play in FPS mode! Surround sound and HDTV are recommended, but FPS mode and a dark room are essential ;)
It's also worth noting that this game is now playable on Xbox 360.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Outstanding
Comment: If strongly recommend turning down the brighness from the start. It defaults to a very high setting. I turned mine down to 13-clicks above black, which makes it look very authentic on my television and makes the ghosts appear out the the dark. The presentation is done very well. The FPS mode (on XBOX) pulls you into the experience. The game might make you jump. I recommend turning up the sound system and turning out the lights.
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