Yesterday I revisited Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly it’s also known as Zero: Akai Chō (零～紅い蝶～) in Japan, and I was reminded on why I never finished the game. It’s not because it’s horrible or anything like that, it’s because I panic so much when I’m attacked. I lost count on how many deaths I’ve had in the game. I can’t play it, especially alone. I’m too jumpy and rage quit when something breaks my lucky streak.
I’ll probably get better if I just relax, practice and not get too into the game. I somehow make it the habit of playing video games as though I am the character and that I only have one life. It’s something I’m trying to break out of but it’s difficult to do.
Depending on the game (and sometimes my mood) I have two playing styles. In one side I’m a cautious player, I like to take my time and go through everything. I also like to be sneaky and avoid confrontations with the enemies as much as possible. The other style is that I like being trigger finger happy (no thanks to Devil May Cry series). I like to beat the crap out of the enemies. It’s actually my prefer style of playing video games but with Fatal Frame II…none of that is useful.
With Fatal Frame II you need to be patient. When you’re attack you got to make sure that you don’t panic and that every shot counts. Plus, you need to know what each type of frame there is and how many there are. Unlike in the first Fatal Frame, there is no way to restore film ammunition; should you run out and use up all the film found in the game.
It’s an awesome survival horror video game. It’s considered by some gaming magazines as one of the scariest video games ever created. But it’s not that well known, I do wish that this series got a lot more love/attention like some of those other horror games do when they first came out. In the mean time, I’m going to check out Fatal Frame III: The Tormented and hope I can get through that without interruption.
 DamnBlackHeart · Sun Sep 09, 2012 @ 01:14am · 0 Comments |
