^ Not exactly the most appropriate ghost-busting ensemble, but it gets even sillier whn Yuri's caught in the rain, as it's not only gratuitously see-through, but for some reason it also makes her more vulnerable to ghost attacksĪdmittedly, the surplus of herbs and holy water does detract from the game's tension, as there's never any real threat of failure, especially when the actual ghost-busting process nearly always involves the same tactics every single time. It's a shame it's not quite technically sound, but considering the copious number of healing items lying around on the floor, it's not really a huge deal if you do happen to incur a bit of damage while you re-adjust yourself. Thankfully, this was quickly remedied by exiting and re-entering camera mode once again, but it's still a bit irritating when it happens. You'll probably end up using a combination of both, as there were a few moments where the gyroscopes got confused, forcing me to look down to the ground to get the right angle. The gyroscopes offer a convincing sense of presence, too, as they shift and teleport round you, although you can always use the second analogue stick to aim the camera if you prefer. With a simple tap of X, the GamePad's screen becomes a gateway to the spirit world, revealing the ghostly weak points that remain invisible on the TV. In a way, it's the perfect game for the Wii U, as the GamePad's second screen is the ideal stand-in for your in-game camera. ^ The TV displays your camera's viewfinder, but you can only discover a ghost's weak spots by looking at the screen on the Game Pad. Armed with nothing but your Camera Obscura, the only way you can defend yourself against Mt Hikami's ghostly apparitions is to capture them on film, exposing their groaning souls with a flash of your lens until they're little more than a searing gasp of misty ectoplasm. The underworld can have them.īetter known as the Fatal Frame series in Japan, Project Zero: Maiden of the Black Water is the latest camera-snapping survival horror game from Koei Tecmo. Yet, the cast of Maiden of the Black Water just can't help themselves, as time and again you must descend to the watery horrors below with not one but all three of its main protagonists. The Womb Cavern (yes, really), was by far my favourite piece of set naming from Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water, but it makes you wonder why anyone with half a brain cell would keep trudging down there unaccompanied, in the middle of the night no less, to find their dead-eyed friends and missing companions.
Hikami are good at precisely two things: wandering up spooky mountains and offing themselves at sunset, and coming up with creepy location names to traumatise the neighbourhood psychics who come to solve their sinister fates.
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