The game is split into stages, each focusing on a portion of one person’s story. At the center of it is a cursed shrine maiden, who repeatedly appears to torment the protagonists as they investigate the various disturbances on the mountain. An ancient evil known as the Black Water is corrupting the mountain, causing people to go missing… or worse. This particular story sees three protagonists caught up in the mysteries and tragedies of the fictional Hikami Mountain, a notoriously haunted locale. It actually turns Maiden of Black Water into a more traditional Fatal Frame game, which has mixed results. All the same, a good effort has been made to hide the game’s origins and make it playable without the need for a second screen. The key change to the original version of the game was in how it incorporated the Wii U’s tablet screen, and that’s of course now, not the case.
Explore haunted locales and vanquish ghosts with the use of a magic camera. Maiden of Black Water utilizes the standard box of Fatal Frame tricks. So perhaps time and refinements to the game will shed new light on it.
Does this snapshot of the Fatal Frame series’ recent past look sharp or has it faded?Īfter spending seven years confined to the Wii U, Maiden of Black Water remains the swansong entry in the underappreciated Japanese horror game series, and it wasn’t seen as a particularly triumphant finale either. Still, if you can deal with its weirdness and shortcomings, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water will be a scary good time.The Camera Obscura returns with an upgrade thanks to a multi-platform remaster of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. Though Black Water doesn't have a stifling fixed perspective like those old games, it still has somewhat awkward movement which can sometimes make it hard to run away from the ghosts. Sadly, this comparison also applies to the movement controls. This kind of makes the game like one of the older Resident Evil games, but with more picture-taking than gunplay. You also can use the camera to find items that will solve some situational puzzles, such as a key that will unlock a door to a new area. But instead, you find a bunch of ghosts whose touch can really hurt, and the only thing that makes them stop is taking their picture with an old camera (and no, we don't mean an iPhone 3).
The fifth game in this scary series, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is a freaky game where you have to explore a haunted mountain in hopes of finding a missing woman. If you can get past the silly "photographs hurt ghosts" mechanic, and the game's slightly clunky movement, this survival horror adventure may just scare the selfie out of you.
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