![]() You have all probably heard of the central gimmick - our heroine fends off the lurking terror with the power of an enchanted camera - but the more you play the game, the less noteworthy that asset becomes in the face of a genuinely well-crafted thriller package. It is, in fact, quite an inventive piece of survival horror, managing to keep the fright up and the frustration down with a few smart design decisions and an abundance of creepy style. Either that or Judith Light on the run from her fifteenth abusive husband.įatal Frame has nothing to do with any of that. ![]() "Based On A True Story!" seems to immediately call up images of Ricky Schroeder, Valerie Bertinelli, and mysterious diseases summoned out of nowhere for their brief moment in the media sun. It was a bad decision on Tecmo's part to add the subtitle, in my mind, because this is in fact a very good game, and it's a disservice to the production to immediately stamp it with the same brand as so many appalling Saturday-night TV movies. ![]() Fatal Frame may not be the first videogame to be based on a true story, but it is probably the first to advertise the fact. ![]()
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