In order to unlock the ghost’s weakened form you need to take a photo of the ghost performing a specific behaviour, this is basically a small hint on how they became a ghost. In doing so you unlock a hidden scene, once you manage to successfully catch the ghost in its weakened form. It's a clever twist on the classic formula, with an inspired use of the Wii U hardware, and a spooky, pitch-perfect Halloween game in its own right.Fatal Glance is a type of photo that you perform and take of specific ghosts. For me, it served well enough as spooky window dressing, an excuse to get into this rich, creepy world and fight some freaky apparitions.Īfter a few hours with Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, I know I'll be returning upon its release on Oct. It's very classic Japanese horror, much in line with previous games in the series. The story concerns three characters: Yuri and Miu have a sort of private eye/ghost detection agency and Ren is a client and friend of Yuri's, looking for a connection to his ghostly memories. The gamepad-as-camera quirk works beautifully, and actually helped with the immersion - I felt like I had a tiny window to another world right there in my hands. When battling ghosts, or looking around environments for clues, I held up the gamepad and tilted it accordingly. And there's impressive enemy variety some ghosts are more aggressive than others, but all of them are freaky, baring the signs of what actually killed them.Ĭombat feels even fresher here, since Black Water uses the Wii U gamepad as the camera itself.

There are different camera lenses that offer combat buffs, which you can equip as needed for different ghouls.

There's a sense of rhythm to the fighting that just feels good, and it's still cool to fight ghosts by simply taking their portraits. You're able to lock on to their faces, and hitting the shutter at just the right moment as they're about to attack gives you a 'fatal frame' bonus where you do extra damage and get a bunch of free shots for a few seconds.

The creepies will come at you, wailing, and taking their picture does damage to them.

When a ghost comes a-calling, you whip out your camera and get ready to do battle in first-person.

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