SC: Fatal Frame, Project Zero, or just Zero, whatever you call the survival horror series by Tecmo probably depends on where you’re from. Regardless of the name you choose, the series remains to be a pinnacle of excellence in the survival horror genre.
In each game, there are no traditional weapons. No guns, no knives, just a camera and limited supply of film. In Fatal Frame, players assume the roles of unfortunate souls who have stumbled into the homes of some truly terrifying ghosts.
In Europe and North America, there were only four Fatal Frame games released — or six, if you really must count the Director’s Cuts of the first and second.
The main trilogy on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox were well received in the west, but apparently failed to gain enough of a following to warrant the localization of the fourth game or any announcements for plans of translating the fifth.
That’s what brings us to the subject at hand, those games that never made it west.
Spooky season is here again at last and time of the horror game has arrived alongside it. This year has seen the return of some the genre's greatest entires, but both tended to focus more on thrills than they did chills. So, those wanting a bit more of the latter this month would do well to check out at least one of these before Halloween rolls around.
Today Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the fiscal year which ended in March 2023, on top of sales numbers for some of its games.
If Jeff Grubb doesn't confirm Koei Tecmo games as successes, I don't believe in Koei Tecmo. /s
Atelier Ryza 3 is must buy especially as 2nd hand market for these games sometimes is nuts
Good now bring in a new Dynasty Warriors Gundam game and remaster the older ones for PS5.
Speaking of DW they really need to revamp that game. I'm always a DW fan but DW9 was horrible. Looking at nioh/wo long maybe they should put in skill base on your toes gameplay like wo long but with more DW battlefield or smaller fields. Have less enemies like ants crawling on each other so it's much cleaner. Hard to explain what I thinking about it.
@Red
It was 4/5 and then 7 with empires for each. 6 was iight, 8 was the exact same as 7 it felt and 9 was a huge step back. Went from story telling cinematic to roboted generic open conversations.
MonsterVine: "While some aspects of the gameplay and exploration disappointed me, Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is an unsettling journey through a haunted island that I found much more enjoyable than Maiden of Black Water."
I hope it comes to the west for Wii U owners, but I wouldn't buy a Wii U just for Fatal Frame V