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Even simple movement can be frustrating occasionally, turning around becomes more arduous than fighting ghosts.īattling ghosts with the Camera Obscura is relatively similar to past iterations, which the exception of tilting the camera to get portrait shots. It’s not difficult, but it never goes beyond feeling like an afterthought. Koei Tecmo didn’t think we could handle puzzles this time around, so the next best idea it had was that some keys could only be found by taking pictures with a correctly oriented camera. You’ll still have to turn it like this with the gyroscope turned off, because Fatal Frame really wants to justify its use of the GamePad. Having a constant push in the correct direction feels obtrusive, as if Maiden of Black Water doesn’t trust its own visual cues to convey your intended destination. Although past games in the series have erred on the side of obfuscation, the areas you wander about are mostly small and confined. Instead of having to explore Mount Hikami, you can almost always hold a button to watch a ghostly image of whoever you’re trying to find appear, heading in the direction of your objective. Objectives are another unwelcome addition. Want to go down that road in the forest? “You must find Fuyuhi,” the dialog box insists, as you’re pointed back towards your current objective. If this segment was a few minutes long, it would be forgivable, yet this feeling of restriction creeps back in sporadically throughout.

If you try to go off the path, the camera forces you back around.

“Let’s go upstairs,” she monotonically asserts. A supporting character gives you a tutorial on how to use the camera and explore your environment, and you can’t do anything except what she tells you. For the first hour and a half, you’re locked on a ridiculously linear path.

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