Like its predecessors, Black Water puts players in the shoes of a rotating cast of characters exploring a forgotten, Very Haunted, Japanese village. It’s still a heck of a lot scarier than most modern horror games – I’m looking at you, Resident Evil – but it’s no longer that game with the bloody handprints that spooked my sister all those years ago. By turns too generous with items – when you can survive almost anything, the survival part of “survival horror” goes out the window – and too linear – when you know exactly where you’re going, the tension dries up – it’s nevertheless a unique, Ringu-influenced horror experience that’s worth checking out. It has one great central gimmick – a first-person “camera obscura” which is your only means of defence – and its arrival on next-gen systems is nothing short of a Halloween miracle.įatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – technically, Fatal Frame 5, though the fourth entry never saw Western release – is probably the least scary Fatal Frame to date. If you’ve ever waded into Fatal Frame‘s murky, quasi-black-and-white waters, you’ll understand the sheer terror of its crumbling Japanese environs, creepy dolls, and unpredictable ghosts.
Long a cult classic, it also enjoys the distinct reputation, for those who’ve played it, of being the single scariest “survival horror” series of all time. The Fatal Frame (also known as Project Zero) series has for too long been the overlooked kid sibling to the Resident Evils and Silent Hills of the world. It wasn’t Fatal Frame‘s best scare, but this terrifying breaking of the fourth wall was certainly one its most memorable. In my absence, a series of bloody handprints had manifested on top of the pause menu, as if some invisible spirit tried to claw its way out of the TV. Returning to the room, I found her cowering in the corner, blankets pulled up tight. I paused for a bathroom break, leaving her alone with the PS2 controller and an admonition not to proceed without me. The year was 2002, and my sister and I were playing Fatal Frame late one school night, well after bedtime.
You, alone, late at night, in a room lit only by candles and the glistening eyes of a thousand porcelain dolls. Released on Octofor PS5 (Reviewed), Switch (Reviewed), PS4, Xbox X/S, Xbox One, and PC.Ī remastered version of the least scariest, yet still scary, entry in the greatest survival horror series. Our review of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, developed by Koei-Tecmo.
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