I’m not a gamer type, who plays all the time,
and I’m not a type who plays rarely. I play usually, when I have time and wish,
and my wish comes every few weeks and make me spend much and much time on
playing games. I do love playing and I don’t see this way of spending time
worse than any other one.
I prefer rather old games, the ones I used to
admire when I was a student, and for some of them I didn’t have enough time,
and for others I didn’t have a device to play on (I’ve been dreaming for
PlayStation 2 for ages and I gad to grow up and start working to buy it, but
now I’m finally satisfied!), and some games I’ve played dozen s of times and
still replay from time to time. I’m a nostalgic type, so I need a lot of time
to get used to new games, I still prefer my old and beloved, which remind my of
some sweet time I had.
So the past two weeks all of my time after work
was dedicated to “Fatal Frame II”. It’s a game I wished to play for about… ten
years, and I finally have all what I need (except time, as usual, but still
have to find it!) and it’s not a disappointing one.
Fatal Frame II is all a gamer would want a
horror story to be. It has all the necessary ingredients: haunted village,
ghosts, abandoned houses and tender heroines.
The story is about twin sisters Mio and Mayu,
who occasionally get trapped in a village with darkness covering it the whole
day. The girls find the Camera Obscura – a camera capable of capturing ghosts
and thus, defeating them. And as a story proceeds, they find out what has
happen in the village and what their role here is destined to be.
The gameplay focuses on capturing ghosts with
the Camera Obscura. You are powerless without it, so upgrade it wisely! Yes,
the Camera can be upgraded, using the orbs you find and points you earn by
defeating ghosts. Every detail of the gameplay is described with the notes, so
you won’t stuck.
Others is the story. It’s told via diaries and
notes, tapes you can watch with the projector and soul’s stones you listen to
with the help of the radio. The best way is to read and watch every thing you
find, as only this way the story you get will be complete. And the story in
this game deserves to be read – it’s fabulous. Tragic, heart-breaking, mystical
story. A great one.
The style of the game is what it is famous for.
The colors: gray, almost black and white
interiors of the everlasting night – broken with the red flashes of the crimson
butterflies swapping their wings around the village.
The interiors: Japanese houses with sliding
doors and kimonos, inner gardens and wells. The graphics are wonderful, the
details are done with so much love, that you instantly fall in love.
Everything is horrific. You are scared. You are
terrified. The atmosphere of horror surrounds you.There were moments when I was at the edge of
crying from terror. I hesitated to play every moment I was there, in that
village. Still, I continued playing. You just can’t stop it. You HAVE to know
the truth.
I’ve only got one ending, though you can get a
few of them. I’m currently playing Fatal Frame III, but every now and then I
feel like I’m going to replay the Fatal Frame II soon.
I just love this game.
P.S. Why is autumn love for you?
