Fatal Frame

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Tecmo released an online game trailer and revealed details about the true story behind its underground cult-classic video game Fatal Frame™ for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Fatal Frame is a thrilling survival horror game which has been critically acclaimed for its psychological scares by many of the top gaming press, as detailed in this gritty, terrifying promotional trailer: http://www.orangemarketing.com/tecmo/fatal/ . The game’s frightening story is based upon two Japanese folk tales, both originating from the rural mountainous regions of the country.

Makoto Shibata, Chief Producer of Fatal Frame, described the inspiration for the game’s haunted house, "In an area outside Tokyo, there lies a mansion in which it’s said seven people were murdered in a grisly manner. On the same property, there lie three detached residences that surround the mansion, all of which are rumored to have ties to the mansion’s troubled past. It’s said there is an underground network of tunnels that lay beneath the premises, but nobody knows who made these tunnels or what purpose they served. Many inexplicable phenomenon have been reported occurring on the property. Bloody handprints have been found splattered all over the walls. Spirits have been spotted on the premises… even in broad daylight. A narrow stairway leads to an attic where a spirit-sealed talisman is rumored to be locked away. Men have sought this talisman, only to be found later with their bodies broken and rope marks around their wrists. There’s a crumbling old statue of a woman in a kimono, but its head is missing. If you take a photo of a certain window, a young girl can be seen in the developed picture. These incidents have provoked fear in the people of Tokyo, and many believe that those who live near this area will become cursed. The deaths of those seven people are unexplained to this day."

As the player progresses through Fatal Frame, details about the Himuro mansion’s disturbing past are revealed. One of the game’s subplots is directly based off of another folk tale. Shibata recounted the details. "In the same region, there’s a tree that is said to weep like a young woman. Many traffic accidents have occurred near this tree, and there have been many accounts of people seeing a young woman’s ghost. Two lovers used to meet at this tree every night. Although they loved each other very much, they were not allowed to see each other because of the difference in social standings. The young girl couldn’t stand the pain, so she hung herself from the tree. Ever since then, it’s said the tree weeps in sorrow. One day, a young man chopped down the tree, hoping that he could rid the area of the ghost and its cursed past. The youth shared the firewood from the tree with families in the area. Since then, those people are reported to have died with no medical explanation why. The young man who chopped down the tree has also disappeared without a trace."

"i really think that this game is not only a game it is a based on the truth story"

This seriously has to be one of my favorite horrors, suspense, mystery games. I was so surprised when it came out in America after hearing all the stories about it.

If you have NOT played this game, if you are mildly interested in doing so I highly recommend it. Play it at NIGHT, to get the full effect, and if you are jumpy play it with a friend in the room.

This is this first Fatal Frame game, I can’t say the graphics got any better because they seemed to plateau and steadily stay the same. The story was based off a TRUE mansion located ten miles out of Tokyo [called the Himura Mansion] Some facts are scattered through the game, along with added story to keep the public entertained.

This game has none of the generic weapons [Guns, Pipes, Etc] Instead you run around using a Camera to capture ghosts, occasionally upgrading its [Spirit power] to capture the more powerful repeated offenders.

Unfortunately the only thing I found rather annoying was the lack of Film – So you had to be really careful about wasting your more powerful stuff. [Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly had that problem as well; if you used your most powerful Film before the final boss you were pretty much screwed.]

However you have more of a fighting chance in Fatal Frame 1. The only other thing I disagreed with was that Fatal Frame 1 was on PS2, while another was on Xbox [in which the controls are COMPLETELY different], and than back to PS2 so, if you can manage to keep it to one system you will be less confused.

Note that the Fatal Frame Movie was in production, canceled, and than put on hold once again. So it’s unsure as to when and if that movie will be done right at all.