They are horrendously slow, and it really feels like moving the camera was an afterthought. One thing that is absolutely terrifying in Fatal Frame: The Maiden of Black Water are the camera controls.
What this means for Fatal Frame is that for its 13 hour run-time, it is just not that scary. That being said, when certain horror games go this route, it immediately becomes a lot less scary. Yes, there are exceptions to this, and I would even consider Fatal Frame: The Maiden of Black Water to be an exception, but unfortunately, it’s a worst-case scenario where it hits that stride almost immediately. There is generally speaking always that moment closer to the end of the second third of horror games where the player character accepts their situation and is given some type of weapon or skill that turns the rest of the game into a more action-oriented title. While not touting to be a survival horror, the fact that you start with an abundance of items, more than needed for the entire game, points to there being an issue with the fact that nothing ever seems to put you in danger. It’s repetitive to a fault, and by the time you come across your second group of spirits trying to overwhelm the protagonist, it’s already dull. Instead of crafting these incredibly tense moments of fighting a single evil presence, Fatal Frame: The Maiden of Black Water decides to throw a lot of spirits at you at once and constantly. It’s unfortunate that as the game goes on and Fatal Frame throws more and more “being the fifth main title in the Fatal Frame series”, it has a serious issue of quantity over quality. The most frequent thing you’ll be doing in Fatal Frame: The Maiden of Black Water is taking pictures of spirits with your Camera Obscura, and you will be doing a lot of it. To make matters worse, whenever our protagonists are face-to-face with a terrifying paranormal being, their reaction and expression is that of mild inconvenience at most.
The journey our three protagonists take is a dull and forgettable journey in which they leave the haunted mountain only to find reasons to keep returning, with a conclusion that is just unsatisfying partially due to characters that are bland and one-dimensional. Along with this, you can replay episodes to get more Spirit points to use to unlock costumes and other upgrades. The way the story unfolds in an almost episodic nature makes it easy to follow, but more importantly easy to pick up and play for a bit, put down, and easily come back to later.
WILL THERE BE A FATAL FRAME 6 SERIES
While their stories are basically separate, they all intertwine surrounding the main Shrine Maiden Osu, a Shrine Maiden who had a near-death experience, so it left her with a sixth sense and a connection to the creator of the series famous Camera Obscura. Fatal Frame: The Maiden of Black Water follows three protagonists, Yuri Kozukata, Ren Hojo, and Miu Hinasaki, as they all travel to Hikami Mountain, a fictional location famous for suicides and ghosts.
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