Enemies are much better varied now in looks, enemy placement and attacks. The Tecmo team did well with the save points in this series. This time, you save via red lamps planted around the village. The healing items also remain as healing herbs, sacred waters and stone mirrors. The game still scores you on photo points and allows you to manage your ghost album. If she dies it’s game over, but fear not, you really have to be neglectful for her to die. Mayu can take damage but doesn’t have a health meter. If you are not prepared for this, it can take you by surprise.
In the game, you mostly control Mio, but occasionally may be surprised with a random switching of control to Mayu. The sequel definitely improves clarity and understanding with the menu design this go around as everything is easy to read and is aesthetically pleasing. Along with better graphics comes a well arranged menu. I loved every one they presented me with! All in all I would say this game has a more vibrant color scheme and most of the scenes remind me of dark paintings with certain noticeable colors standing out sharp against the black. Cut scenes were beautifully designed and haunting. With each ghost you capture you can imagine the fate these souls went through before dying. The ghosts are designed much more uniquely and offer many different spirits to combat and photograph. Graphics in this game were definitely at the top of their class for the era this was released in my opinion. The terror level is heightened in this game with the beautifully designed village. This is a game that great graphics does justice for though. The graphics in this game are quite better than that of the first entry as is with most sequels in a series. The biggest changes in Fatal Frame 2 are smoother graphics and controls, better sound direction and voice acting. The points where the camera switches makes you feel like you’re being watched and can make certain areas seem more terrifying than others, which they sometimes are! The camera angles in this game are very well done. I won’t reveal the twists and clever tie ins that are present in this entry because it would ruin the fun, but I certify that it is well worth paying attention to the story in this one if you enjoyed the legend the first entry made built so well.
No, we must have more! This time it seems there were multiple failed rituals which unleashes the Hellish Abyss into the lost village creating the ghosts you see during your visit.
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As they wander the abandoned town, Mayu seems to fall under the towns spell and wanders off.Īs you discover the mystery of the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual it is obvious the strangling ritual from the first entry in the series was simply not enough. Anyway, they are returning to an area where they used to play as children and end up getting lost in the Minakami Forest winding up in the Lost Village, also known as the All Gods Village. Mayu broke her knee when playing while they were kids and Mio feels guilty about it.
Mio and Mayu have a deeper relationship than that of Miku and Mafuyu. The story of Fatal Frame II: The Crimson Butterfly is set over 10 chapters (one you must unlock) and involves our main protagonists Mio and Mayu (which interestingly means cocoon in Japanese) who are twins. I found the general story to be a more unnerving and nightmare inducing in this entry as well. The updated graphics and smoother controls make the gameplay twice as scary and fluid. Fatal Frame II: The Crimson Butterfly, also known as Project Zero II: The Crimson Butterfly, is my current favorite entry in the entire franchise, or at least out of the U.S.
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