Line #35 YMMV/FatalFrame


1	!!Game-specific YMMV pages:
2	* ''YMMV/FatalFrameI''
3	* ''YMMV/FatalFrameII''
4	* ''[[YMMV/FatalFrameIII Fatal Frame III: The Tormented]]''
5	* ''YMMV/FatalFrameMaskOfTheLunarEclipse''
6	* ''YMMV/FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater''
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9	!! YMMV that applies to the series in general
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11	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic
12	** The majority of the ending songs performed by Tsukiko Amano.
13	*** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw7FyjOb43c Chou]]'' for ''Fatal Frame II'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbQUl8d0jds Kurenai]]'' for ''Deep Crimson Butterfly''
14	*** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cGXS2XooEs Koe]]'' for ''Fatal Frame III''
15	*** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-B41K-qGVE Zero no Chouritsu]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2FEWUz86YE Noise]]'' for ''Fatal Frame IV''
16	*** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIk8ulY8GA0 Torikago -- In This Cage]]'' for ''Maiden of Black Water''
17	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ceeF9Robk Higanbana]]'' by [=AnJu=] for ''Maiden of Black Water''
18	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the movie, characters from ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' made a cameo appearance which can be very jarring if you didn't get the reference and they appeared with no buildup or foreshadowing, especially when their presence was necessary for the plot.
19	* GameBreaker:
20	** The Festival function. In the [[VideoGame/FatalFrameIII third]] game it grants Rei and Kei unlimited Spirit Power, allowing them to spam lens abilities, and gives Miku a constant Double charge, meaning she's guaranteed to deal insane damage with every shot. In the [[VideoGame/FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater fifth]] game, it allows all shots to be converted into [[CriticalHit Fatal Frame]] shots. It's also the most difficult function to unlock, requiring the player to complete Misson Mode with the highest ranking (S for ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIII'') or the game with the highest ranking on the highest difficulty (SS for ''VideoGame/FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater''), making it mostly a BraggingRightsReward.
21	** Type-90 is a fantastic film, having the second highest damage of all films and also having the fastest reload rate. Though as the games are mostly balanced around you fighting with Type-14 film, and Type-90's relatively short supply, it comes off as TooAwesomeToUse.
22	* {{Narm}}: The English voice acting in ''Fatal Frame'' and ''Maiden of Black Water'' is honestly terrible in places, often making it difficult to take the events seriously. Just listen to the cassette tapes found in the first game; the monotonous drag the actors perform sounds like they are giving instructions rather than documenting the horrendous, terrifying events of hauntings and sudden deaths.
23	* NightmareRetardant: Some of the unlockable costumes can have this effect, rendering the scare-factor null.
24	* OlderThanTheyThink: With the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', there was a meme floating around suggesting ''Fatal Frame'' to get the same AR mobile game treatment, with Western fans probably not realizing that an attempt has already been made in the past, although it was [[NoExportForYou Japan only]].
25	* ParanoiaFuel: The games are filled with this. Especially because the player keeps walking around, expecting a ghost to pop up at any second.
26	* ScrappyMechanic: For the Nintendo-era games -- ''Deep Crimson Butterfly'', ''Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'' and ''Maiden of Black Water'' -- the mechanic of having to press-and-hold a button to pick an item up. While the character is slowly reaching their hand out for the item and an ominous drum is played in the background, there's a chance a ghost hand will reach out and grab the character's arm, resulting in health being drained. Can lead to potential ParanoiaFuel, but ultimately fails because of the frequency of having to pick items up and being forced to watch an unnecessarily long scene of the character grabbing an item. What makes this worse is that it is literally just a flying ghost arm, clearly visible to the player. It doesn't even instigate a ghost encounter, as if an actual ghost is attacking you. It is just a disembodied arm that will drain your health and then leave.
27	* SpiritualLicensee: Replace Proton Packs with the Camera Obscura, set it in Japan instead of America, and this series can be seen as a significantly less lighthearted ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
28	* TooBleakStoppedCaring:
29	** After the first two ''Fatal Frame'' titles having the bad endings being considered the canonical ones, it's hard to be hopeful in the following installments.
30	** The first three games involve HumanSacrifice to appease whatever dark force is out there and a lot of the villagers are rather apathetic about it or obsessed with it, which makes them rather hard to sympathize with sometimes.
31	* ValuesDissonance: The games are very Japanese in their mind-setting and it's best shown when looking at the canon endings for several of the games. The human sacrifices are the right choice, with their death finally closing the local hellgate, and releasing the spirits of the previously deceased. This was a major annoyance with many Western players, since any Western game would've worked its hardest at trying to find [[TakeAThirdOption another way]], rather than supporting human sacrifices.
32	* TheWoobie
33	** Any of the playable characters. From Miku and Rei having lost their beloved and being tormented by guilt, to Kei feeling the helplessness of wanting to save his death-seeking niece, and even to Yuuri trying to save her mentor and best friend.
34	** Most of the antagonists count as well, since their deaths were often brought upon through no actual fault of their own. Several of them merely fell in love before their ritual, not knowing or realizing that this could end up causing the ritual to fail.

Context YMMV / FatalFrame