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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (2014)

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This is how end Ruka´s journey, an interesting adventure and a good ghost story BUT with some issues that ruin part of the experience. Also the terror or horror topic demands a deep view to understand WHY IS SO SCARY or WHY THE CHARACTERS FEELS FEAR.

So lets review this Fatal Frame.

THE PSICOLOGY IN THE HORROR GAMES FROM JAPAN?
The first thing to understand is the serious cultural differences that exist between our cultures (West and East), we are used to a horror that starts from the impact or style of Hollywood, while in Asia and especially Japan the sense of horror It goes beyond what is apparent. There are examples of this like the movie RINGU or the HBO FOLKLORE series, where horror touches intimate aspects of the human being or related to our existence.
At a certain point one wonders what is terrifying about the phenomenon experienced by our protagonist or what happened on the island, I was thinking about it yesterday while finishing the game and came to the following conclusion. For a human being, his face is clearly his identity or what allows us to differentiate ourselves from others, what would happen if when we saw ourselves in a mirror we no longer knew who we were? It would certainly be terrifying or at least shocking since how could we know who we are or how we differentiate ourselves from the rest? We are even really alive or how to know if we are what we think we are?
Thats how i see the HORROR in this game. If guys has other vision or oponion please share :3

A GOOD STORY POOR NARRATIVE?
I really enjoy the story and how ends, was quite poetic and beautiful. Thats why i still think this FF has one of the best story of the franchise even better than MAIDEN OF THE BLACK WATER, but the narrative was bad and how the vents take place and develop was awfull. Some events had no relation or relevance tot he story, also the develop is too slow and take too much time.
It would have been better if they presented us with a shorter but better told story, where the narrative would have been better used and its resources really allowed you to immerse yourself in the story.

TOO MANY CHARACTERS POOR RELEVANCE?
Another problem with this game is the large number of characters it uses to tell its story and how many of them were not well developed, or simply served as filler. I never knew why they included MISAKI or MADOKA in the story, their handling is terrible and they don't contribute to the conclusion of the story. Misaki throughout the entire experience was a bitch and a harpy, Madoka as if she were Misaki's toy.
THIS IS STORY JUS NEED TWO CHARACTERS RUKA and KIRISHIMA

WEIRD FINAL BOSS AND GHOST DESIGN?
This time I liked the graphic work and the apprehension of certain ghosts, it was appreciated more what they were or why they were there, more bizarre designs would have been great. About the final boss or SAKUYA, I don't know who was really the boss, her or the fucking piano XD, or maybe the true challenge was survived with the running mechanic.
A boss with more patterns or a higher difficulty like in MOTBW would not have been preferred, but SAKUYA felt unintimidating and lacking in impact to be the final boss.

MECHANICS ISSUES OR BAD DESIGN?
It was obvious that I was going to complain about the running mechanics, the flashlight and the motion controls. Running in the game feels useless, oppressive and like you're not going anywhere, why did they do this? It is something that I will not understand and it is the worst in the game, instead of encouraging you to continue, it generates frustration in the player.
The flashlight as the only way to find hidden objects is clumsy, annoying and not very precise, many times I felt that it was moving where she wanted, not where I indicated.
Finally, the motion controls (geez) VERY SIMPLE DONT WORK, for this kind of game you need speed and presicion. The motion controller are dumb and just make things worst, maybe in black water work somehow but here is suicide.

MY CONCLUSION?
A GOOD GHOST STORY MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST THE FRANCHISE, BUT IS NOT THE BEST FATAL FRAME. HAS DIFFEENT ISSUES IN THE NARRATIVE AND GAMEPLAY. HOWEVER IS A GOOD GAME FOR PLAYERS THAT ENJOY HORROR GAMES. Offers a good challenge for players that likes resolving puzzles or backtracking.

But you guys should wait for a deal or at least a discount

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