Ten years later, two of those five girls have died under mysterious circumstances, while two more disappeared upon their return to the island. At the same time, however, it’s also held back in a few significant ways that do drag the experience down- many of which are made all the more disappointing by how little Koei Tecmo has touched the game in its efforts to remaster it.įatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is set on Rougetsu Island, where years ago, five girls were held captive in a traumatic experience that led to them almost completely completely damaging their memories. There’s absolutely no denying that purely as a horror experience, it delivers in more ways than one (though those who have experience with the series won’t be surprised about that in the slightest).
Whether or not Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is worth all that wait – if you have indeed been waiting for it – is a tricky question to answer. At the same time, however, it’s also held back in a few significant ways that do drag the experience down- many of which are made all the more disappointing by how little Koei Tecmo has touched the game in its efforts to remaster it." "There’s absolutely no denying that purely as a horror experience, it delivers in more ways than one (though those who have experience with the series won’t be surprised about that in the slightest). In 2021, Koei Tecmo released a remaster of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, and now the company is going back to the “lost” Wii instalment and finally bringing it westward. Now, however, the scenery has changed, and the horror genre is very much on the comeback trail. It doesn’t enjoy the stature of survival horror stalwarts like Resident Evil or Silent Hill by any means, but those who’ve dabbled with Koei Tecmo’s series to any extent will tell you that it deserves way more attention than it gets, owing not only to how effective it is at scaring the lights out of players, but also thanks to how unique it is and how it sets itself apart from its peers in the genre.įatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is a perfect example of that- the fourth mainline instalment in the series launched for the Wii back in 2008, but it was available exclusively in Japan, which meant that for years, series fans in the West who wanted to experience it had no official means to do so.
The way that the Fatal Frame (known as Project Zero in Europe) franchise has been treated is almost criminal.
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