Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 204 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Tecmo EAN: 0018946010410 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Label: Jack of All Games Manufacturer: Jack of All Games Model: 018946010410 Platform: PlayStation2 Publisher: Jack of All Games Release Date: November 13, 2005 Sales Rank: 7742 Studio: Jack of All Games
Features:
The game takes place in 2 haunting worlds - the nightmare and the real life -- as the player moves deeper into the game, the line between the two worlds becomes blurred, creating fear and unease
Use the camera obscura as both a weapon & a guide, by taking pictures of the ghostly inhabitants and creepy objects within the House of Sleep
More terrifying ghosts - Hideous facial expressions and creepy eye movements combined with the ghost's new ability to stare at the player
Play as 3 different characters and strategize by using each of their different abilities
Unexpected sounds and movements create a paranoid and terrifying gaming experience
Product Description: Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented is a haunting Japanese style horror game where nightmares become reality. A young woman named Rei is having twisted nightmares. These dark dreams take her to the "House of Sleep", where she encounters hideously tortured souls who are being overtaken by a curse. Meanwhile, a deadly tattoo and deadllier secrets of life and death are waiting to destory her, unless she is quick enough to stop it. But Rei's dreams is only the beginning of the nightmare, making Fatal Frame III: The Tormented the most terrifying virtual experience to date.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - One of the best games out there.
As a total Japanese/Asian horror admirer, I must say this game is definitely worth a play and buy. The murky atmosphere makes you feel uneasy and have a feeling like you are not alone. The soundtrack is so gloomy, which makes your heart bounce much faster than it usually does. Ghosts are most definitely the scariest creatures ever. I agree, Silent Hill is scary, BUT, the monsters are more disgusting than scary, unlike ghosts. They are so mysterious and the fact that you cannot see them, nor hear or just see through them, already makes you feel awkward and frightened.
Great, yet quite sad storyline. Controls sometimes were a little bit disobedient, but other than that, amazing game.
Rating: - Great series, should not be passed up
If you are hardcore into "shock thrills", gore, zombies, guns, and grotesque monsters that mirror our psychological inner demons yet can be bashed over the head with a board until they leak blood everywhere Fatal Frame 3 may not be for you. My first introduction of the series was when I watched one of my female friends play Fatal Frame 2 and honestly at the time I wasn't scared.
The thing is with a fatal frame game you actually have to play it to be frightened by it. It is definetly not a game that makes you jump when your friend is at the helm.
First of all let me admit I'm not a "long time fan" of the series. I have not seen or played Fatal frame 1 and I only know about Mio and her twin sister by having warched my friend go through Fatal Frame 2. Anotherwords my opinion here is non biased. I'm not trying to "hype up" Fatal Frame 3.
So what can a first time camera obscura photographer tell you about his first interactive experience? It was horrifying and I mean that in the most flattering sense.
For fans of the other two games FF 3 does tie into what has already been estabalished. Miku is the girl who lost her brother in Fatal Frame 1 and is an "assistant" to Rei who is the main character. Rei has her own tale of loss. Her boy friend Yuu died in a tragic car accident. After Rei believed to see his "ghost" she became a paranormal investigator. Lastly there is Kei, an occult researcher who was a friend of Yuu and who is the uncle of Mio and her twin. Is is estabalished right away how the characters fit into the overall plot. Even if you have not played the previous games you are given a wealth of information.
The game revolves around a mysterious tattooed priestess and the manor of sleep. The only good thing about this other worldly place is that it is said you can go there to visit with loved ones that have long since died. However beyond that the old occupants of the manor were apart of a sinister cult whom sacrificed maidens to prevent a type of "nightmare reality" from crossing over into normal existence. Poor Rei begins having the tattoo of the priestess and soon her and the other two protagonists find themselves fighting for their lives each time they visit the mansion in their dreams.
First I must say "ghosts" are hard to fight. You have an enemy with the basic intelligence of a human being and atop that they can "teleport" quickly and phase through walls. Luckily there is variety. Young shrine maidens have stakes and hammers and one of their most disturbing attacks is to nail your foot or ankle to the floor. The "men in white" come at you with hatchets and knives or try to simply grab you. As you can well guess even being touched with a ghost will sap your health. Luckily you can upgrade both your camera and its' lenses. A flash for example can knock spirits back and Miku can literally slow a ghost's movement making getting their "snap shots" easier.
If you have not played any Fatal Frame the combat goes into first person mode. Runes around your lens ratio will start to light up and that is symbolic of your attack meter charging. To do alot of damage you want the apparitions as close as possible when you take their picture. Yup, finally there is a survival horror franchise that sadistically makes having the enemy close a prime requisite.
When you lower your camera or get hit by a ghost you automatically go into 3rd person and I highly suggest that if a poltergeist or phantom suddenly "disappears" that you briefly lower your camera, get your bearings, and try to pin point where the next attack will come from.
Believe it or not none of this is as frustrating as it sounds and each time you defeat a spirit you get blue "ghost orbs" or "spirit points" to level up both your camera AND your diffirent lenses.
As expeted each character has merits and flaws. Kei is athletic and good both at running and hiding. His spirit power is weak luckily he eventually gets his own camera obscura so he can fight back. Kei also has the most health. Miku is neat because she can crawl into smaller places and she has the most spirit potential. She can double charge her spirit "zapping" power through her camera and she can slow enemies down. Rei is the traditional "average" yet "well balanced" main character and her main merit is having the largest capture lens ratio.
The manor itself is interesting and the puzzles are a bit challenging but not frusterating. You will do alot of back-tracking for keys or rolls of film to play in the projector room to glean more disturbing revelations. Normally this would damper my enjoyment but I found I liked repeatedly going to different places because they all were well designed and very ambient. This might be one of the few games that makes "return visits" to certain areas fun as opposed to tidous.
As I said before every character has good motivations. They all have "loved ones" they are trying to save from the manor and Rei has the additional motivation of finding a cure for the tattoo curse.
Each time you awake in Rei's house you are allowed to recover health, develop pictures taken in the manor, replenish film and herb supplies, and talk with Miku to exchange information. You will also get letters from Kei. While it may seem like you are safe here, a ghost does eventually begin haunting your abode though from what I've seen so far she is mischievous yet harmless. This may change later in the game but I'm unsure.
The only glaringly bad flaw with Fatal Frame 3 is the "english dubbing" but I would not let something as insignificant as bad lip synching ruin the whole game for you.
I'd love to go so much more into depth about the "unique ghost bosses",folk-lore erriness, and every snowy or shadowy crevice of the cold manor of sleep but I think I'll leave those things for you the reader to discover!
Pros
+ Subtle in the gore department yet still manages to make you uneasy and afraid.
+ An original take on "fighting enemies".
+Wonderful story line that does much to tie up loose ends from the other 2 games.
+ Being able to play as 3 characters all which are unique.
+ Besides for the shrine maidens and men in white the other apparitions are all varied, frightening, and have interesting attack patterns.
+ Spot on controls
+ Great atmosphere and sound effects.
Cons
- The females have odd mannerisms when running sometimes.
- You sorta get the impression Rei and Miku are well off just by interacting with their home. If you like "average blue collar citizens" as your heroes of choice this might present a problem.
-Bad dubbing (lip synching)
Rating: - Sweet
I really had a good experiance the game was delivered speedy and efficiently and it was in very good condition. I would recomend this to anybody else
Rating: - -
Brand new in box, came on schedule. Very satisfied, even though was wary about the seller's negative reviews. They were 100% OK with me. I'd buy from them again.
Rating: - Fatal Frame Knows Horror
I was freaked out when I played Fatal Frame 1 even more when I played II. And then came fatal Frame III and it blew my mind. All the game critics who complain about the camera fights suck dont know how to play the game. Fatal Frame puts you in perspective as if you really in a scary position. If you had a ghost in real life to try and spook you out, do you really think your going to take time to take a descent picture. By the time you get the camera out, the ghost is in your face. Then you snap the picture. Theres where you get the mega points and buy upgrades for the camera. You can even get upgrades that allow you to "freeze" the ghost and he or she stands still for about 5 sec which gives you time to get a bout 3 awsome pics that lead to major points. Also people who compaire this game to Resident Evil and Silent Hill are insane. The game play and story line are no where near the same. Resident Evil deals with zombies not ghosts just like Silent Hill. So RE and SH are the same story line but Fatal Frame deals with spirits ONLY. Get your facts straight people. I believe theres one person on this page that said this game plays like RE but says He never played the RE games. If youve never played the game how can you say that it plays the same as another. Well hope this reveiw helps someone out. thanks for taking the time reading this long A$$ review
- One of the best games out there.
