However, Mafuyu is also taken the ghosts. He is playable during the game's prologue as he searches for Junsei Takamine and his staff.
Her sixth sense tells her that he was kidnapped by a ghost in a white kimono with long, flowing hair. She came to Himuro Mansion to find out what happened to him after he failed to contact her for two weeks. With her mother dead, Mafuyu Hinasaki is Miku's only family. Miku inherited that ability from her mother, and as a result, she can sense some of what happened at the Himuro Mansion when she touches items within its walls. Miku Hinasaki is the daughter of the deceased Miyuki Hinasaki, who possessed a special sixth sense. Characters Miku Hinasaki Miku with the Camera Obscura Initially armed with only a flashlight, Miku eventually finds the Camera Obscura, the key to her survival.Īs Miku delves deeper into the mansion, she uses the camera to fend off ghosts as she uncovers what happened to Takamine and his associates, the horrific history of the mansion, and what happened to her brother. Two weeks earlier, Mafuyu had traveled to the mansion himself in search of his mentor Junsei Takamine, an author that had previously disappeared along with both his editor and his assistant while performing research for his next noevel. High school student Miku Hinasaki travels to the Himuro Mansion, an old, abandonned manor, in search of her missing brother Mafuyu. The Camera Obscura can also be upgraded to improve aspects such as shutter speed, effective range, and damage strength. The weakest film grade does little damage to ghosts and is only useful for taking pictures of clues, but more powerful film grades can cause damage to even the most powerful of spirits wandering the mansion's halls. Like a normal camera, it also requires film, several grades of which are available and that can be found scattered around the environment. When actively using the Camera Obscura, the game shifts to a first-person view. The player's only weapon and primary tool is the Camera Obscura, an antique camera that has the ability to defeat ghosts and reveal clues hidden in the environment. As the player moves through the environment, the game's fixed camera angles will shift, obscuring what lies around corners. Gameplayįatal Frame is a survival horror title in the vein of the earlier entries in the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series. In North America, the game was billed as being based on a true story, though no such claim was used in its Japanese marketing. Fatal Frame set the tone of the games to follow, casting the player in the role of a character in a haunted environment with a special camera as their only defense against angry spirits.
It was released on Decemin Japan and later on Main North America to positive reviews and has since spawned multiple sequels and spin-offs. Fatal Frame is a survival horror game from Tecmo set in Japan in 1986.