Thanks for stopping by everyone!! 5$ to the first person who accurately counts the number of times I say "figure it out for yourself" in the story section.
Hey bud Unrested here. So glad you are covering this! One person who also helped get this out before anyone else was jack septic eyes gf gamer girl gab aka gab smolders. Her translation skills are next level. She’s also translated a bunch of the “next day” walking/nv series. Anyway amazing coverage. Sorry about the music that sucks it all sounds like a broken keyboard with a hairdryer in the background. Kuon has an amazing ost so does siren
Fan translators are so fucking amazing! Imagine doing all that work just because you want other people to enjoy a game you liked. Also, it's still wild to see you on my comment section. I watched your videos non stop, back in my jvlog days.
I remember gab saying that it was the fatal frame series when she was younger that got her interested in Japan and learning Japanese so was an interesting full circle story
So happy you’re doing this series. FF has such a huge nostalgic chunk in my heart. With how weird their sales are, we’re pretty lucky to have 5 games and a spinoff. Hopefully this series will get some newcomers into the franchise.
Little tip: The revealing items with the flash light was super annoying until I realized its much easier to pull up the camera and look through the 1st person view to scan around. For some reason the camera also triggers items to appear and its much easier to move all around (I played the Switch remake)
I don't know why but I honestly couldn't believe that your room for recording looks so clean and white. Maybe I'm just too used to a lot of people who show their recording rooms to look like they are in a very dark room burning their eyes with the screen shining brightly in their face. As always nice video mate always enjoy your content.
One more unique thing about the 4th entry is that, it's the first one to take place in a more recent setting (hospital) instead of traditional village/mansion (Rei's house doesn't really count since that's basically the "safehouse" and not really the game's level). The soundtrack, well, I mean the ambiance were genuinely creepy such as the one titled Whimpers of Hell (despite the mass reuse of Fatal Frame 3's ghost encounter soundtracks). Choushiro (the detective) is also basically a better execution of Kei thanks to his flashlight and his level taking place somewhere else most of the time.
This one was my favourite entry on the series, I liked the concept of moonlight syndrome a lot. I love the visual effect of the distorted faces, really nice. If you are unsure of the story of the game, the youtuber Gab Smolders did a gameplay of the remake, she explains the story in a great way.
4 has been my favorite entry in the franchise. Thanks for bumping it! I really hope they’ll do the remaster for 2 (at least the wii edition akin to 4 and 5), and eventually a legit 6th entry
The ritual failed (SPOILERS INCOMING), because the Haibaras were missing the true melody and were using an incorrect aproximation. Only the maidens knew the melody, whom Ruka is the last descendant of. Her mother failed to properly pass it down, but Ruka can reconstruct it at the end of the game. The true Moonsong can then appease the souls long enough for the true mask to guide them to the beyond. Was explained in the last Ruka memory levels.
I think this might be the first comment that laid it out so well. This clears up a lot. We were all theorizing that maybe the mask had been made incorrectly.
The mask Ruka's father made was pretty good. The true mask is the performing maiden's face, in fact. The irony is that Ruka's father spent so much time focusing on the mask that he neglected his family and missed the actual missing piece, the moonsong. Known to his neglected wive. The song is more important than the mask. That's why the true final boss is the giant piano. Glad to hear I could help! Awesome review series, btw!
Yeah, until UA-cam starts sharing my stuff again, I may have to make community posts telling people videos are out. It sucks because I don't want to spam people, but it's the only way.
This is such a great video! In regards to text in horror games I love a good balance. The first Resident Evil & recently Crow Country are a great example of environmental/cutscene storytelling w/ notes. I don’t feel like I’m reading a tome and the story is engaging/easy to follow. Puppet Combo’s “The Glass Staircase” is the complete polar opposite with a college amount of reading without much story conveyed in the game you’re playing. I love reading but I like when games blend the two into a seamless experience
One thing I like about Fatal Frame 3 and on was the transition from the sacrifices causing the failures, to time distorting the rituals. Spoilers for the games: In 1, Kirie fell in love. In 2, Yae ran away. In 3, 4, and 5, its important parts of the rituals lost through time. In 3, sending the Priestess across after she sleeps was lost from the song, causing a build up. In 4, we lost the Tsukimori song to trance the Kagura. *The tourist ceremony has nothing to do with the failures In 5, a man driven insane by the suicide of his sister caused him to lash out and kill everyone, causing Ose to be overwhelmed. I just really like that the blame stopped being the sacrifices. Edits for grammar
1:10 God, the biggest travesty of that era was that the sequel to Steel Battalion - a game renowned for its unique mech cockpit controller - used the Kinect for controls.
From what I remember, the ritual failed because of the Moonsong (guardians), or lack there of I should say. And yes, the Moonlight Syndrome can affect anyone. Story is solid; the writing is pretty great. Figuring it all out was a lot of fun, like mentioned here. See, you're a badass now, thus the easier gameplay.
Seeing you is like seeing a unicorn. I can’t believe what I see for a good minute 😂 it’s like “woah! There’s a physical real life human being? Jared isn’t just a disembodied voice?”
@@rickylovesyou They are not, other than they are both games and a lot of people interested enough in gaming to watch this channel also probably played Elden Ring. So OP just assumed they will play the DLC on launch instead of being on UA-cam, leading to the video performing less well in the first hours and days, which is relevant for the bottom line, hence the lighthearted joke about him being brave enough to dare trying it anyways.
Yay! Avalanche posted! 😊 Edit: Woah! Actually seeing Jared's face is like seeing the woman behind Siri. I wasn't expecting any tattoos for some reason, but actually, him having tattoos feels very on brand.
Hey Jared, great review as always🙂! What brought my attention in particular though, is your outtake near the beginning of the video. I was intrigued to see how you edit the soundtrack of the game into your video, so if you happen to read this comment (Or someone else who knows), I have a very noob and inexperienced question: Do you need to make the sound files manually by yourself, or do you have an easier way to import the files directly to the editing software?
I usually try to download the game's soundtrack. either by buying it or ripping tracks from youtube. Then importing them into most editing programs is easy. Just drag and drop.
Fatal Frame will always hold such a (spooky) place in my heart. This game has been on my list to play and now I'm gunna play it. Classic Jared influencing 🤙
I always play your videos when I run. Thank you for keeping me company. I'm 10km in, I'll watch another one of your videos until I reach 15km. I really hope Fatal Frame gets another comebsck. Whether it is remasters, remakes, new games, ill be very happy. There's truly no game like it.
@22:45 aaaah reading & rereading something you’ve written so many times that you unintentionally repeat yourself, we’ve all been there man. I had to listen to that part again to make sure I wasn’t going insane haha.
I'm not a big Wii guy (PS2 gang all the way) but I so respect it for giving casuals into gaming. It also has gems like Mario Galaxy so I can't ever really hate it. Just not my thing
Ah the one game in the franchise I haven't played yet. Hard for me with a vision impairment to read subtitles so I'll get nothing out of the story. Still looking forward to playing it at some point. Will be vERY interested in your thoughts on 5 haha.
I'm glad that I played this lost Wii game. It's a pretty fun game, and I never used the motion controls on my joy cons. The one thing I find the most annoying about that game, is the sliding puzzle, cause they're the worst.
I agree on the Suda51 making few good games. I however should add that more of his good games never made it over here. The Moonlight Syndrome/Twilight Syndrome (The same "Syndrome" mentioned in the video) are particularly interesting. Maybe youd care to try and review those? Wink* Wink*
I was really glad it got a remaster and hoped the extremely slow walk/run speed wouldn't be an issue but boy was I wrong. I'll play it in small chunks because it feels like such a chore especially when needing to run through past areas over and over.
For the remaster, I found I kept getting turned around accidentally whenever I would try running away from a ghost to get some space. It was really annoying! I ended up dying quite a few times because of it.
At 1:03:24 , you can take pictures of projectiles to destroy them. Idk if you knew this and were intentionally not doing it but 😭this gameplay element spans every game in the series
Yeah I figured that out after trying to dodge them for like an hour. HA! Eventually I started waiting till one of the projectiles lined up with the ghost. Kill two birds with one stone.
NitroRad revealed part of the trouble with this entry is that Suda51 is scared easily by horror but went along though not through a co-director bit, hence some fairly clunky choices for combat/movement. still great review here
looking the title and thumnail of the video reminds me, that i always wanted to play the series from the first game. but i never got the chance so i kinda forgot about it.
If memory serves me correctly, the ritual failed due a combination of things. The "tourist" ritual going on was one part, the mask maker not having a complete guide to properly craft the main dancer's mask was another. Then again, the fellow wanting to do the "real" ritual didn't exactly understand what it did. As in it might have actually worked as intended, in all it's horrific glory.
Ah, I waited years hoping that the game would have an English language official release. A couple of years ago I bit the bullet and decided to import a used copy from America to be delivered to the UK and I also bought a secondary cheap Wii for the purposes of soft modding. I successfully soft modded the Wii, but I was met with a black screen and as it turned out the instructions I was following would not work on a PAL Wii. Somehow I managed to get the game working after downloading some programs on the modded Wii that made the console think it was NSTC. It was worth all that hassle!
Love any content I can get on these games and yours is especially great. My impression of why the ritual failed is because the mask was made incorrectly. That's why figuring out how to make one correctly is the key to fixing the curse
I think that was a red haring. They discuss that after the ritual, but there's a document where someone blames the other ritual for going on at the same time. We need a Fatal Frame historian!!!!
It’s a little of both! Yomotsuki was being rushed while making the mask for the True Right of Descent, so it ended up slightly flawed. He wanted to wait until next year so he could make the mask correctly but the people in charge didn’t think a flaw would matter, because the Tourist Rite of Decent surely couldn’t actually provide any Power. Both Rites happening Simultaneously overloaded the Flawed True Right mask, which caused both Rites to fail. And since BOTH rites failed, Moonlight Syndrome was basically allowed Free Rein.
I’ve got fatal frame 1 and 2 and they are pretty good games considering when compared to resident evil or silent hill you’re going up against enemies that are not easy to run away from!
57:05 I bought the switch port and completed it 100% The game runs mostly at 30 fps with dips in certain areas, but I don't think the performance is bad at all. You can basically play it in a similar fashion to the original, while using 2 joycons. What I don't get though, is that the switch version seems to have been overly sharpened and also has a quite aggressive grain filter over the image. Worst however, during cutscenes, for some reason, there seems to be a second grain filter on top of the already existing one, which gives the cutscenes a very ugly look. I tried to counter that by turning the sharpness on my TV all the way down. Kinda ticks me off, you can't simply turn it off entirely... Anyway, I wished they would remaster the 2nd game too. Would gladly buy and complete it again. It's my favourite.
Hey avalanche, another great video but I’m still puzzled as to why the franchise is known as Fatal Frame in the US and project zero in Europe and Asia?
LARGE SPOILER I think Misaki survives if you play it on max difficulty. There is a slide show during the ending that shows her being revived by the spirit of her childhood friend (the psychic lady that put what was left of her "sense of self" into Misaki's doll before succumbing to Lunar Sickness).
Love this franchise and love THIS game while its got its quirks, like every fatal frame I put it up there with 2. Just remember kids if you have it on steam to mod out that film grain!
It is so unusual to see a review / retrospective of a horror game that goes SO hard on the technical details, and spend so comparatively little time with the story and plot themes. It's to the point where I'm not sure I really got a good grasp on the story as I do the games technical merits, a sentiment bolstered by reading the comments and seeing all the people furhter explaining various things about it. I hadn't even grasped what one comment said, that the plot of the game is moving away from blaming the people who didn't participate in the rituals for unleashing hell, towards the people performing the rituals for bungling them or being flawed people who misinterpreted them. Feels like that's a detail that significantly alters ones perspective on the franchises story-telling tropes... but on the other hand, this game sounds like it's gameplay changes made it even harder to find the actual story, so perhaps missing key details is to be expected. But one thing I can speculate on is why the remake made a bunch of changes that add to the discomfort, like the "make a little skip if you hold the stick too long in a certain direction" thing- the original game looks REAL stiff to control, like absolute plod-city, and it feels like the remake made it a deliberate part of it's release-plan to be much smoother and easier to control... which then resulted in them making changes that had the best intentions but weren't exactly tested thoroughly enough. Also it is fun to see the differences in perspective people have because in my eyes the change that was far more resposnible for msaller, niche franchies and genres disappearing is HD consoles entering us into an era where it just became so expensive to make games that the bean-counters in game companies just started cutting down on anything that wasn't Guaranteed Profit AAA Third Person Military Manshooter Action, whereas stuff like motion controls and the Wii was barely a drop in the bucket that the videogame industry unceremoniously drowned the horror genre in.
I still hafta play the first 3 which are sitting in a box just waiting to be popped in the old PS2.bought em after watching your retrospectives.bought the PS2 version of Shattered Memories for same reason.Can I blame u for being broke?
48:43 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jared, I genuinely LOVE your content, your explanations, and covering of subjects, along with your fantastic narration, make your content such a joy to watch. I wish I was able to make a substantial contribution for your hard work but at the moment every single dollar matters in my life; given I am barely getting by with below minimum wage (approx 5 dolars a day) 😅 Hopefully soon I will be able to. For now, all I can do is 👍🏻 and share your content with friends who actually speak English 😅 ✌🏻 ❤️ from Iran
Thank you so much!!! Please make sure that you take care of yourself before you ever give any financial support. I'd much rather you have food on your table and my videos playing in the background. Much love!!
So, like, why don't you ever show up in my recs? I had no idea you were even doing FF until now, despite watching just about every other review. Crazy.
I know it's not the popular opinion but this is my favorite. Only one left to go, but you might not like it! 😔 Great video as always, thanks for covering this series! ✌️
Yo Jared I gotta know, in regards to Suda 51.... which 2 games were enjoyable? I'm gonna guess that you at least thought Killer 7 was interesting, but I'm guessing No More heroes for sure lol
as a very small youtuber I get it my youtube brain never stops thinking when I saw something or any topics that could be turn into video my brain says turn it into a video!
Was able to 100% the remaster of this game on the switch a couple of days ago. Had such a good time with this specific title specially on the first playthrough. Love the atmosphere and Suda 51's influence on this game. Probably is the best when it comes to pacing and the "friendliest" in terms of being a first entry with the IP. Though I feel that this and FF5 is probably the least scary of the series. Not really a fan of how they pulled out the scares and the enemy designs are bland without their Blossomed forms. To me, they just looked like normal people with gray skin and a gas body. Really lacking in the body horror department and variety unlike FF1 and 3. Also glad that we got FF's take on a hospital, very refreshing to be in a modern setting than the standard huge old abandoned japanese mansion. I personally still have a bias with FF3 just with the scares, the horror of your dreams seeping into reality like with SH4 and having to play as a young adult within my age range having a job, managing a home and had also gone through the process of grief far more relatable than with this game but Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was a really solid experience! Safe to say at least IMO the second best of the series.
Cool story behind that shirt. My wife knows how much I love Prince and when she visited the states, there a was a whole ass Prince store in the Atlanta Airport. She called me and I didn't believe it. So she got me the shirt. HA!
I have been waiting for this retrospective. This entry in the franchise is admittedly one of my favourites in terms of atmosphere. I wasn't initially thrilled by the switch to over the shoulder perspective in this series but it played out really well and they compensated the over the shoulder view with more narrow, claustrophobic corridors. Tara A Devlin has in depth videos about the story and lore of this series. Definitely reccomend and look. I am definitely looking forward to your thoughts on part 5. Definitely feel like 5 tripped at the finished line and was abit of a let down. Characters were great potential setting, check. Unfortunately story, atmosphere and development fell so hard. A good Japanese horror title I really love was Forbidden Siren. I was developed by a team of devs from team Silent. Definitely alot of fun. I've currently been revisiting obscure 1 and 2on ps2. I am seeing similarities in plot and characters to untill dawn. Amy from obscure 2 and Jess from untill dawn are basically the same character lol 💝💝
Funny story on this one was, it came out the exact same day I finished FF3 and was just about to emulate it via dolphin and just happen to be browsing steam on another tab while downloading the patched game. lol. So next one's the last game huh? what's the next series we dive into dude?
i think the 2nd girl survives, but not completely sure, the credits after beating on hard imply the ghost of the first girl led her out....i think.,...also the PC version of the remaster is without a doubt the best way to play the game. also if you want to see how the ghosts should act consistently, its the version to go with...can easily do 120 fps...the ghosts are very fast but they do slow down on their own...that said, this game is silly easy
This is incorrect, but it is what the doctors thought caused the failure. Ruka uses the pieced together old mask, and it works fine. But it was very confusing the first play through The ritual failed because the Tsukimori song was forgotten. The song allowed the dancer to trance and become 'dead' to allow spirits to flow through her and then recover afterward.
Thanks for stopping by everyone!! 5$ to the first person who accurately counts the number of times I say "figure it out for yourself" in the story section.
Fatal frame quite scary while playing at night in dark room 😮
Hey bud Unrested here. So glad you are covering this! One person who also helped get this out before anyone else was jack septic eyes gf gamer girl gab aka gab smolders. Her translation skills are next level. She’s also translated a bunch of the “next day” walking/nv series. Anyway amazing coverage. Sorry about the music that sucks it all sounds like a broken keyboard with a hairdryer in the background. Kuon has an amazing ost so does siren
Fan translators are so fucking amazing! Imagine doing all that work just because you want other people to enjoy a game you liked. Also, it's still wild to see you on my comment section. I watched your videos non stop, back in my jvlog days.
@@AvalancheReviews I’m actually covering all the jvloggers who disappeared from jvlogging. If you want a trip down memory lane check it out
I remember gab saying that it was the fatal frame series when she was younger that got her interested in Japan and learning Japanese so was an interesting full circle story
I figured you had a folder filled with usable spooky game music
I mean I do have the RE and SH soundtracks. So you're not too far off.
RE:DC's mansion basement theme is the one true spooky game music to rule them all.
So happy you’re doing this series. FF has such a huge nostalgic chunk in my heart. With how weird their sales are, we’re pretty lucky to have 5 games and a spinoff. Hopefully this series will get some newcomers into the franchise.
Another cool detail about Chiushiro’s twist is where he wakes up at the start of his first chapter. It’s the exact spot he fell when he died.
Yeah, I loved that.
Little tip: The revealing items with the flash light was super annoying until I realized its much easier to pull up the camera and look through the 1st person view to scan around. For some reason the camera also triggers items to appear and its much easier to move all around (I played the Switch remake)
This could have really improved things for me.
I don't know why but I honestly couldn't believe that your room for recording looks so clean and white. Maybe I'm just too used to a lot of people who show their recording rooms to look like they are in a very dark room burning their eyes with the screen shining brightly in their face.
As always nice video mate always enjoy your content.
Houses in Japan usually have a lot of windows for natural light. Which is super nice. Thanks man!!!
Thanks for the retrospective Jared and the amount of work you put into it is superb my man.
It's all my pleasure dawg. This shit is the most fun.
Such a fascinating series, I always kinda knew about it but somehow didn't play it so it's cool to hear about it now.
It's an easy series to just kind of float by. Never really reached that mainstream fame.
One more unique thing about the 4th entry is that, it's the first one to take place in a more recent setting (hospital) instead of traditional village/mansion (Rei's house doesn't really count since that's basically the "safehouse" and not really the game's level). The soundtrack, well, I mean the ambiance were genuinely creepy such as the one titled Whimpers of Hell (despite the mass reuse of Fatal Frame 3's ghost encounter soundtracks). Choushiro (the detective) is also basically a better execution of Kei thanks to his flashlight and his level taking place somewhere else most of the time.
I would definitely take choshiro over kei any day
This one was my favourite entry on the series, I liked the concept of moonlight syndrome a lot. I love the visual effect of the distorted faces, really nice. If you are unsure of the story of the game, the youtuber Gab Smolders did a gameplay of the remake, she explains the story in a great way.
4 has been my favorite entry in the franchise. Thanks for bumping it!
I really hope they’ll do the remaster for 2 (at least the wii edition akin to 4 and 5), and eventually a legit 6th entry
The ritual failed (SPOILERS INCOMING), because the Haibaras were missing the true melody and were using an incorrect aproximation. Only the maidens knew the melody, whom Ruka is the last descendant of. Her mother failed to properly pass it down, but Ruka can reconstruct it at the end of the game. The true Moonsong can then appease the souls long enough for the true mask to guide them to the beyond. Was explained in the last Ruka memory levels.
I think this might be the first comment that laid it out so well. This clears up a lot. We were all theorizing that maybe the mask had been made incorrectly.
The mask Ruka's father made was pretty good. The true mask is the performing maiden's face, in fact. The irony is that Ruka's father spent so much time focusing on the mask that he neglected his family and missed the actual missing piece, the moonsong. Known to his neglected wive. The song is more important than the mask. That's why the true final boss is the giant piano. Glad to hear I could help! Awesome review series, btw!
I refresh like ten times in the home page and didn't see your video once on a few scrolls, i did finally see you community post!
Yeah, until UA-cam starts sharing my stuff again, I may have to make community posts telling people videos are out. It sucks because I don't want to spam people, but it's the only way.
This is such a great video! In regards to text in horror games I love a good balance. The first Resident Evil & recently Crow Country are a great example of environmental/cutscene storytelling w/ notes. I don’t feel like I’m reading a tome and the story is engaging/easy to follow. Puppet Combo’s “The Glass Staircase” is the complete polar opposite with a college amount of reading without much story conveyed in the game you’re playing. I love reading but I like when games blend the two into a seamless experience
A good balance is definitely dope. Getting to actually see this things being described in the notes, takes it to a whole new level.
@@AvalancheReviews Exactly!
One thing I like about Fatal Frame 3 and on was the transition from the sacrifices causing the failures, to time distorting the rituals.
Spoilers for the games:
In 1, Kirie fell in love. In 2, Yae ran away.
In 3, 4, and 5, its important parts of the rituals lost through time.
In 3, sending the Priestess across after she sleeps was lost from the song, causing a build up.
In 4, we lost the Tsukimori song to trance the Kagura. *The tourist ceremony has nothing to do with the failures
In 5, a man driven insane by the suicide of his sister caused him to lash out and kill everyone, causing Ose to be overwhelmed.
I just really like that the blame stopped being the sacrifices.
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What are you yapping about?
Video Obscura entry on the game by Suda himself!
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God, the biggest travesty of that era was that the sequel to Steel Battalion - a game renowned for its unique mech cockpit controller - used the Kinect for controls.
From what I remember, the ritual failed because of the Moonsong (guardians), or lack there of I should say. And yes, the Moonlight Syndrome can affect anyone. Story is solid; the writing is pretty great. Figuring it all out was a lot of fun, like mentioned here. See, you're a badass now, thus the easier gameplay.
Seeing you is like seeing a unicorn. I can’t believe what I see for a good minute 😂 it’s like “woah! There’s a physical real life human being? Jared isn’t just a disembodied voice?”
Well that's just the form my disembodied voice takes. Ha!
Dropping this vid right before the Elden ring dlc comes out? You’re a brave soul my man.
How are the two even remotely related????
@@rickylovesyou They are not, other than they are both games and a lot of people interested enough in gaming to watch this channel also probably played Elden Ring. So OP just assumed they will play the DLC on launch instead of being on UA-cam, leading to the video performing less well in the first hours and days, which is relevant for the bottom line, hence the lighthearted joke about him being brave enough to dare trying it anyways.
I'm watching/listening to this video while playing the DLC, what a great Friday this is
Yay! Avalanche posted! 😊
Edit: Woah! Actually seeing Jared's face is like seeing the woman behind Siri. I wasn't expecting any tattoos for some reason, but actually, him having tattoos feels very on brand.
Yeah I realized that most of the people who follow this channel probably have no idea what I look like.
Hey Jared, great review as always🙂! What brought my attention in particular though, is your outtake near the beginning of the video. I was intrigued to see how you edit the soundtrack of the game into your video, so if you happen to read this comment (Or someone else who knows), I have a very noob and inexperienced question: Do you need to make the sound files manually by yourself, or do you have an easier way to import the files directly to the editing software?
I usually try to download the game's soundtrack. either by buying it or ripping tracks from youtube. Then importing them into most editing programs is easy. Just drag and drop.
@@AvalancheReviews Oh, didn't think about this option. Thanks for the enlightenment🙂!
A few things you can beat for twelv.... hands above the covers, Jared!
Fatal Frame will always hold such a (spooky) place in my heart. This game has been on my list to play and now I'm gunna play it. Classic Jared influencing 🤙
That's what i like to hear!
I always play your videos when I run. Thank you for keeping me company. I'm 10km in, I'll watch another one of your videos until I reach 15km.
I really hope Fatal Frame gets another comebsck. Whether it is remasters, remakes, new games, ill be very happy. There's truly no game like it.
@22:45 aaaah reading & rereading something you’ve written so many times that you unintentionally repeat yourself, we’ve all been there man. I had to listen to that part again to make sure I wasn’t going insane haha.
That's wild! I didn't catch that one and I listened to this video at the gym to make sure none of that happened. HA!
"Suda Goichi 51....you know, the developer responsible for 2 good games"
Me: clutching my copies of No More Heroes 1&2 realizing that he's right...
Ha! I promise, I was like 60% joking with that one. Many thanks by the way.
I'm not a big Wii guy (PS2 gang all the way) but I so respect it for giving casuals into gaming. It also has gems like Mario Galaxy so I can't ever really hate it. Just not my thing
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No one:
Fatal Frame composer: I DON'T MAKE MUSIC ANYMORE, I JUST MAKE TONES. DARK. OMINOUS. TONES.
Ah the one game in the franchise I haven't played yet. Hard for me with a vision impairment to read subtitles so I'll get nothing out of the story. Still looking forward to playing it at some point. Will be vERY interested in your thoughts on 5 haha.
I'm glad that I played this lost Wii game. It's a pretty fun game, and I never used the motion controls on my joy cons. The one thing I find the most annoying about that game, is the sliding puzzle, cause they're the worst.
Been eager to see how this one would go. great stuff
I agree on the Suda51 making few good games. I however should add that more of his good games never made it over here.
The Moonlight Syndrome/Twilight Syndrome (The same "Syndrome" mentioned in the video) are particularly interesting. Maybe youd care to try and review those?
Wink* Wink*
I was really glad it got a remaster and hoped the extremely slow walk/run speed wouldn't be an issue but boy was I wrong. I'll play it in small chunks because it feels like such a chore especially when needing to run through past areas over and over.
For the remaster, I found I kept getting turned around accidentally whenever I would try running away from a ghost to get some space. It was really annoying! I ended up dying quite a few times because of it.
Bro every upload by you is a blessing ❤
That put a smile on my face.
The backing track at 12m onwards is making me think of LoG(2) - am I going mad?!
At 1:03:24 , you can take pictures of projectiles to destroy them. Idk if you knew this and were intentionally not doing it but 😭this gameplay element spans every game in the series
Yeah I figured that out after trying to dodge them for like an hour. HA! Eventually I started waiting till one of the projectiles lined up with the ghost. Kill two birds with one stone.
NitroRad revealed part of the trouble with this entry is that Suda51 is scared easily by horror but went along though not through a co-director bit, hence some fairly clunky choices for combat/movement.
still great review here
looking the title and thumnail of the video reminds me, that i always wanted to play the series from the first game. but i never got the chance so i kinda forgot about it.
If memory serves me correctly, the ritual failed due a combination of things. The "tourist" ritual going on was one part, the mask maker not having a complete guide to properly craft the main dancer's mask was another. Then again, the fellow wanting to do the "real" ritual didn't exactly understand what it did. As in it might have actually worked as intended, in all it's horrific glory.
I know this was probably edited before the comment I made on the Fatal Frame 2 video last month, but I feel personally responsible for 57:53
Loved the "bator" joke you slipped in there 😅
Ah, I waited years hoping that the game would have an English language official release. A couple of years ago I bit the bullet and decided to import a used copy from America to be delivered to the UK and I also bought a secondary cheap Wii for the purposes of soft modding. I successfully soft modded the Wii, but I was met with a black screen and as it turned out the instructions I was following would not work on a PAL Wii. Somehow I managed to get the game working after downloading some programs on the modded Wii that made the console think it was NSTC. It was worth all that hassle!
PZ 4 and especially 5 could have stayed in Japan for all I care.
If i recall the ritual failed due to a mask made wrong or something, the protagonist's father made a mistake
Amazing review of a great survival horror game, glad it got a official release now.
Nice, a new long form review. 👍
Thank you!
Love any content I can get on these games and yours is especially great.
My impression of why the ritual failed is because the mask was made incorrectly. That's why figuring out how to make one correctly is the key to fixing the curse
I think that was a red haring. They discuss that after the ritual, but there's a document where someone blames the other ritual for going on at the same time. We need a Fatal Frame historian!!!!
It’s a little of both!
Yomotsuki was being rushed while making the mask for the True Right of Descent, so it ended up slightly flawed. He wanted to wait until next year so he could make the mask correctly but the people in charge didn’t think a flaw would matter, because the Tourist Rite of Decent surely couldn’t actually provide any Power.
Both Rites happening Simultaneously overloaded the Flawed True Right mask, which caused both Rites to fail. And since BOTH rites failed, Moonlight Syndrome was basically allowed Free Rein.
The remade flawed mask + the lunar melody allows them to finish the Rite of Decent, allowing all the ghosts to leave.
this game was so cool though, especially with the different perspective
last good FF game, Maiden of black water was such a letdown
I just picked this up on the switch
I love this franchise so much, I hope we get more..
I would love another entry in the series.
I’ve got fatal frame 1 and 2 and they are pretty good games considering when compared to resident evil or silent hill you’re going up against enemies that are not easy to run away from!
I just got a physical for this for the switch. It was 87 bucks. Love the series the og trilogy in particular.
New Avalanche video hell yeah!!
43:00 either Jared's been kidnapped, or the remaster controls are f*****g horrible.
Ha! My subs know me so well. I love it.
We stil haven’t actually got the game
There is no physical version of it outside Japan
I cannot believe you were King Conquer ?! Made my day bro. Welcome to hell is amazing.
I'm still waiting and hoping for HD remasters of 1 2 and 3 on Series X
57:05 I bought the switch port and completed it 100%
The game runs mostly at 30 fps with dips in certain areas, but I don't think the performance is bad at all.
You can basically play it in a similar fashion to the original, while using 2 joycons.
What I don't get though, is that the switch version seems to have been overly sharpened and also has a quite aggressive grain filter over the image.
Worst however, during cutscenes, for some reason, there seems to be a second grain filter on top of the already existing one, which gives the cutscenes a very ugly look.
I tried to counter that by turning the sharpness on my TV all the way down. Kinda ticks me off, you can't simply turn it off entirely...
Anyway, I wished they would remaster the 2nd game too. Would gladly buy and complete it again. It's my favourite.
Hey avalanche, another great video but I’m still puzzled as to why the franchise is known as Fatal Frame in the US and project zero in Europe and Asia?
It's one of those rare situations where the renamed Western title is actually better than the original Japanese one.
Wasn't it some kind of translation error that it ended up being called project zero in the end? I thought i heard something like that.
A hour long video YES!
LARGE SPOILER I think Misaki survives if you play it on max difficulty. There is a slide show during the ending that shows her being revived by the spirit of her childhood friend (the psychic lady that put what was left of her "sense of self" into Misaki's doll before succumbing to Lunar Sickness).
Love this franchise and love THIS game while its got its quirks, like every fatal frame I put it up there with 2. Just remember kids if you have it on steam to mod out that film grain!
Awesome video as always 👍👍☘️
Thanks dawg!
It is so unusual to see a review / retrospective of a horror game that goes SO hard on the technical details, and spend so comparatively little time with the story and plot themes. It's to the point where I'm not sure I really got a good grasp on the story as I do the games technical merits, a sentiment bolstered by reading the comments and seeing all the people furhter explaining various things about it. I hadn't even grasped what one comment said, that the plot of the game is moving away from blaming the people who didn't participate in the rituals for unleashing hell, towards the people performing the rituals for bungling them or being flawed people who misinterpreted them. Feels like that's a detail that significantly alters ones perspective on the franchises story-telling tropes... but on the other hand, this game sounds like it's gameplay changes made it even harder to find the actual story, so perhaps missing key details is to be expected.
But one thing I can speculate on is why the remake made a bunch of changes that add to the discomfort, like the "make a little skip if you hold the stick too long in a certain direction" thing- the original game looks REAL stiff to control, like absolute plod-city, and it feels like the remake made it a deliberate part of it's release-plan to be much smoother and easier to control... which then resulted in them making changes that had the best intentions but weren't exactly tested thoroughly enough.
Also it is fun to see the differences in perspective people have because in my eyes the change that was far more resposnible for msaller, niche franchies and genres disappearing is HD consoles entering us into an era where it just became so expensive to make games that the bean-counters in game companies just started cutting down on anything that wasn't Guaranteed Profit AAA Third Person Military Manshooter Action, whereas stuff like motion controls and the Wii was barely a drop in the bucket that the videogame industry unceremoniously drowned the horror genre in.
Thanks for the vid
I still hafta play the first 3 which are sitting in a box just waiting to be popped in the old PS2.bought em after watching your retrospectives.bought the PS2 version of Shattered Memories for same reason.Can I blame u for being broke?
Brother, we need more full screen of the handsome man that you are.
Think we need the opposite. I find his voice part of the reason this channel is so good. Put a face to it and the allure gets lost somewhat.
From now on, the gameplay footage will be in a small box in the corner and I'll be taking up 95% of the screen.
@AvalancheReviews Thats a power move.
@@AvalancheReviews use that format of Leon on the computer with the gameplay on the monitor, but instead of Leon, it's you, Jocyne and Rufus.
48:43 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jared, I genuinely LOVE your content, your explanations, and covering of subjects, along with your fantastic narration, make your content such a joy to watch.
I wish I was able to make a substantial contribution for your hard work but at the moment every single dollar matters in my life; given I am barely getting by with below minimum wage (approx 5 dolars a day) 😅 Hopefully soon I will be able to.
For now, all I can do is 👍🏻 and share your content with friends who actually speak English 😅
✌🏻 ❤️ from Iran
Thank you so much!!! Please make sure that you take care of yourself before you ever give any financial support. I'd much rather you have food on your table and my videos playing in the background. Much love!!
So, like, why don't you ever show up in my recs? I had no idea you were even doing FF until now, despite watching just about every other review. Crazy.
I think I might be in "youtube time-out" right now. They aren't sharing my videos to my subscribers...or really anyone else.
@@AvalancheReviews with the amount of clear work and effort that goes into these, that's a hell of a slap to the face.
Because of the simplicity of just buying it on steam this is probably where I'll start playing these. The others will have to be handled via emulator.
Ain't nothing wrong with a little emulation.......or a lot.
I have one very important question do you have a smoke jk are you going to cover the live action fatal frame game?
Live action? I don't think I know about that one.
@@AvalancheReviews ~Gekijô-ban: Zero~ (aka Fatal Frame : The movie).
I didn't know about it until recently parasite eve also has a prequel movie
Seen the Wii Copy in a Book off in Shinjuku yesterday and you know what? Im gonna grab it😂
Hell yeah! I'm heading to a book off today to see if they have any dope figures.
@@AvalancheReviews Nice haha
I know it's not the popular opinion but this is my favorite. Only one left to go, but you might not like it! 😔 Great video as always, thanks for covering this series! ✌️
U can c how haunted games like this come from a country with kareoke dinner restaurants
It's all coming together. Ha!
We in here
All up in here
Lol this game has that ambient drone Merzbow OST
Woooho another one ☺️☺️☺️ greetz from Spain..
Hell yeah man!! Thanks, from Japan!
Shots fired at Suda hell yes
Yo Jared I gotta know, in regards to Suda 51.... which 2 games were enjoyable? I'm gonna guess that you at least thought Killer 7 was interesting, but I'm guessing No More heroes for sure lol
The remaster looks great, I just wish the PC port wasn't riddled with problems still
A lot of people have been telling me that the PC port is the way to go. I'm getting mixed signals!!!
Welcome back
This is the begining of the "I don't know if I'm scared or hard" FF era lol Specialy the next game with the super sexy ghosts
Why not both? ;)
Wtf are you on about...
Whats this new video? we are so back!
as a very small youtuber I get it my youtube brain never stops thinking when I saw something or any topics that could be turn into video my brain says turn it into a video!
This hobby has rewired our brains!
@@AvalancheReviews wow man didn't expect to get some reply thanks man!
Jumpscare warning 6:12
Was able to 100% the remaster of this game on the switch a couple of days ago. Had such a good time with this specific title specially on the first playthrough. Love the atmosphere and Suda 51's influence on this game. Probably is the best when it comes to pacing and the "friendliest" in terms of being a first entry with the IP. Though I feel that this and FF5 is probably the least scary of the series. Not really a fan of how they pulled out the scares and the enemy designs are bland without their Blossomed forms. To me, they just looked like normal people with gray skin and a gas body. Really lacking in the body horror department and variety unlike FF1 and 3. Also glad that we got FF's take on a hospital, very refreshing to be in a modern setting than the standard huge old abandoned japanese mansion.
I personally still have a bias with FF3 just with the scares, the horror of your dreams seeping into reality like with SH4 and having to play as a young adult within my age range having a job, managing a home and had also gone through the process of grief far more relatable than with this game but Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was a really solid experience! Safe to say at least IMO the second best of the series.
Hell Yeah Purple Rain
Cool story behind that shirt. My wife knows how much I love Prince and when she visited the states, there a was a whole ass Prince store in the Atlanta Airport. She called me and I didn't believe it. So she got me the shirt. HA!
Bro that beard is groomed to perfection!
Ohhhhhh this is that one horror game nobody could understand that I saw game grumps play all the way back in like 2014 or so.
Context!
Avalanche Reviews: King of providing context
This game would've been so much better as a PS3 exclusive
I have been waiting for this retrospective. This entry in the franchise is admittedly one of my favourites in terms of atmosphere. I wasn't initially thrilled by the switch to over the shoulder perspective in this series but it played out really well and they compensated the over the shoulder view with more narrow, claustrophobic corridors. Tara A Devlin has in depth videos about the story and lore of this series. Definitely reccomend and look.
I am definitely looking forward to your thoughts on part 5. Definitely feel like 5 tripped at the finished line and was abit of a let down. Characters were great potential setting, check. Unfortunately story, atmosphere and development fell so hard.
A good Japanese horror title I really love was Forbidden Siren. I was developed by a team of devs from team Silent. Definitely alot of fun.
I've currently been revisiting obscure 1 and 2on ps2. I am seeing similarities in plot and characters to untill dawn. Amy from obscure 2 and Jess from untill dawn are basically the same character lol 💝💝
Funny story on this one was, it came out the exact same day I finished FF3 and was just about to emulate it via dolphin and just happen to be browsing steam on another tab while downloading the patched game. lol. So next one's the last game huh? what's the next series we dive into dude?
I'm not sure honestly. Still thinking about that.
i think the 2nd girl survives, but not completely sure, the credits after beating on hard imply the ghost of the first girl led her out....i think.,...also the PC version of the remaster is without a doubt the best way to play the game. also if you want to see how the ghosts should act consistently, its the version to go with...can easily do 120 fps...the ghosts are very fast but they do slow down on their own...that said, this game is silly easy
Fuck! I really should have played that version.
Yeah we know a fixed camera, you will never change with that. You're like the moon, predictable and always there
DaVinci Resolve user, good man.
Changed to it about 4 years ago and never looked back.
The ritual failed because the mask maker used the face of a budded person to line the mask of the lunar eclipse
This is incorrect, but it is what the doctors thought caused the failure. Ruka uses the pieced together old mask, and it works fine. But it was very confusing the first play through
The ritual failed because the Tsukimori song was forgotten. The song allowed the dancer to trance and become 'dead' to allow spirits to flow through her and then recover afterward.