William Kirk at GameCloud writes: "Despite the fact it’s not actually based on a true story, Fatal Frame stands out as a classic survival horror game due to its unique ideas, strong sound design, and fantastic atmosphere. So much I believe it can hold its own against genre juggernauts such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill. That said, I’d be remised to not mention the incident where the rights holders for Ghostbusters tried to sue Tecmo because the game involved "capturing ghosts" with a camera… No joke. In hindsight, there are a number of small issues I could pick at, but most are simply a product of that era; for example, clunky combat and terrible voice acting. If anything, the biggest issues it faces are lazy design and a predictable story, and that leaves me bright-eyed and eager to check out the sequel. If you’re bored of zombies and the recent flood of mediocre indie horror games, I’d recommend Fatal Frame. It’s perfect if you like ghosts and want to get a bit nostalgic."
Today, KOEI TECMO America is pleased to announce that its remastered classic, FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, is now available digitally for Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PC at via Steam.
Full of frights, spooks, and claustrophobic journeys, the Original Xbox has what will quench the thirst of every horror fan.
Such a shame that they never ported Fatal Frame II: Director's Cut to anything else. The added ending is by far my favourite.
One of the very few games that I would actually like to see a remake and deserves a new current gen upgrade.
Fatal Frame 1&2. Its a horrible shame those two original xbox games never got backwards compatible for series consoles. Horrible
Fatal Frame, 20 years Later By the early 2000s the modern definition of “survival horror” had been established thanks to the success of games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill.
