It’s now more accurate, but still slow in a way that adds to the tension in some situations while contributing some frustrations in others. The original Nintendo Wii version of the game had a motion-controlled flashlight that sluggishly lagged behind your movements, but in the remake your flashlight is tied to the camera and your right-stick.
Exploration is slow yet purposeful as your characters are equipped with flashlights that not only illuminate the environment but also identify items you can pick up. There are two key elements to the gameplay in Fatal Frame, with exploration to find items and unlock rooms, and combat against spirits using the mysterious Camera Obscura. Once it does, though, and the three stories meld into a full narrative, it’s a shocking adventure that’s well worth the hours of intrigue and theorizing that lead up to it.įor some, though, the pacing at which all of this unravels might be a bit too slow. Ruka, Choshiro, and the duo of Misaki and Madoka all arrive at the island for different reasons and under different circumstances, but as you rotate between their stories each chapter, you get fragments of a bigger picture that doesn’t make itself clear until much later. Choshiro, meanwhile, finds himself back on the island to rescue the girls once more and also piece together the true story behind the island and the kidnappings ten years ago.įatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse does a stellar job intertwining these multiple stories and protagonists in a way that remains engaging from beginning to end.
All five girls lost their memories of the event, but now two of the girls have died under mysterious circumstances, inspiring the other three to return to the island they were rescued from to uncover the truth behind what happened. Ten years ago, Detective Choshiro rescued the other three protagonists – Ruka Minazuki, Misaki Aso, Madoka Tsukimori – from a kidnapper who had taken them and two other young girls. Mask of the Lunar Eclipse sees you rotating through a cast of protagonists.
The wacky Tarantino-esque nature of most of his titles isn’t on display here at all, but you can absolutely see his love for inventive, film-inspired storytelling shining through. Each Fatal Frame title is a standalone story with some small connective threads, and Mask of the Lunar Eclipse continues that trend – this time with Suda51 having a hand in the writing and directing.
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