So I've Been Playing: FATAL FRAME 2 [ Review Wii ]

[@PikaLink91]

I have beaten this game a couple times, to unlock the alternate endings and beat the true final boss. But that was also when I realized, that while seeing how fast I could beat the game, speedrunning it also completely sucked the joy of it out for me, as a HUGE part of why I love these games, is the lore that you get from reading notes and journals... skip those and you are left with only half a game, a ghost of its former self.

[@expired-deku7130]

speedrunning and can do that with many games...not all games are made to be speedrunned. FF is all about story and slow paced adventures.

[@pinkcloudsnightlightbell]

Totally agree aha

[@PikaLink91]

@Skylar Forest Good for you, I’m sure you had fun, but yes why would I care, I haven’t had one for ages, and I won’t because dishonest types like you guys seem to be the only thing they want. You get nowhere in this shitty world for being a nice guy.

[@njalsand133]

Indeed

[@Dead_Hitori]

then dont speedrun it 4Head

[@samvimes9510]

Man, the outfits those girls wear are cute af. Also I don't know why but every time you picked up an item it reminded me of Onimusha. God I miss those games.

[@TarksGauntlet]

You're right about the game being vague as hell. I put video's together in october to "Explain" the stories in these games. The amount of character connections over the generations, the reason why the girls end up in the village, the curse, all the damn terminology, the guy with the bad voice acting who's locked in that house.... Dear god. Just making sure I got it all right is a fucking nightmare. That said.. I love the hell out of the first 3. My favorite survival horror series of all time. Nice parasite eve music too btw!

[@OuroborosChoked]

This game is without a doubt the scariest game I've ever played. No other game forced me to stop playing and put it away for _two years_ before finally finishing it. It's just a game, but the tension of having to face who you face at the end of the game was insurmountable. The game built him up to an insane degree - able to kill with one touch and invincible... and once you fight him, he takes next to no damage with regular film, even with Zero shots and fatal frames... _and_ he regenerates his health... the tension when facing him at the end of a playthrough is astronomical. This game earned my respect by etching itself into my soul and will thus forever be in my top 10.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

This is one of the two games I really wanted to play (because cool survival horror) and NOT want to play (because Japanese ghosts actually disturb me) at the same time. Other being Siren. Also I'm really curious as to the differences in both the versions

[@thepokemonpoacher9719]

Hemang Chauhan "Kuon" is another really good survival-horror PS2 game. I too feel really disturbed by Japanese ghosts and Kuon is full of creepy Japanese folklore.

[@Kirusei]

Nitro Rad has made a Fatal Frame 2 review that also goes through some of the major changes between the og and remake

[@KiteGr]

I played back in the day on my PS2. It was called Project Zero 2 here, and it was one of the scariest games I've ever played. I've also played the Wii edition recently. It SUCKS! The controls where horrible, the absence of a fixed camera removed much of the atmosphere, the grab mini-game fir picking every item was annoying and the new mature models for the sisters where more clishe.

[@drakenfist]

cannot agree more!. The WII version is a very poor imitation of itself. Nitro Rads review of the game sums up my thoughts very well. He talks about how cool and scary the fixed camera angles are in the original. Taking them out and adding the behind the sholder sucks out all the tension. Not only that but because it is behind the sholder, most of the jump scares are now cutscenes so that they make sure that you saw them, whereas in the original, there is A LOT of surprise ghost scares that are in the corner of your eye. I agree with the sisters thing too. not that they are cliche but their look. there was something off until I heard what Nitro Rad had to say. He said that they are supposed to be teenagers and making them look more like adults destroys the narrative a bit.

[@Punkwithspunk]

I actually downloaded the game on my ps3, and have put it off for weeks. But ive had this silent hill itch, and this review may have shown me the perfect Mens 2-1 lotion

[@hemangchauhan2864]

I also loved how you incorporated the music names in the Japanese vertical writing style.

[@beat-man5167]

*Burp scare*

[@CesarGonzalez-jj8ec]

I just found your channel and I absolutely adore your sense of humor and insight! Keep going fine sir!

[@ZeoCrysis]

Agreed awesome channel i luv his work

[@Sad_Elf]

First person on the xbox directors cut is the best way to play this, you will notice every single little fucking sound, hearing a ghost spawn in behind you and hearing it whispering right behind you will always cause a bowel movement lol, not to mention you can see the environment a lot better without fixed angles or third person character models, it's great. I must say this remaster looks fucking beautiful though

[@rgmusic4769]

I would like a VR version lol

[@thorhighheels]

I don't think my heart would survive that.

[@rgmusic4769]

I dont think I could finish the game either my heart wouldnt make it

[@LINKchris87]

I would die of a heart attack in the first half hour 🤣

[@rgmusic4769]

@Miguel Czech good lord lol I cant belive this still has a comment thread from 2 years ago still

[@beat-man5167]

I don't play horror games. The closest a game that scared me was Okami where those ghosts appearing in your face in the ghost ship. But this is one of the more actually genuinely scary ones. Like 'I ain't goin' down that hallway' scary. The menu sounds are savage. Also I'm down with a game about taking pictures of angry ghost cats.

[@beat-man5167]

Uinseann Ayflahm Oh yeah, the Silent Hill protags were pretty stylish, Heather in particular. James wore a nice jacket, too. Silent Hill 2 doesnt seem all that scary anymore but more melancholic which I appreciate. I dig the soundtrack.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Akira Calrissian Holy fuck! Me too. Glad someone else remembers that!

[@thorhighheels]

I got scared playing MGS5 too haha. That game has such a weird "eeriness" about it that's hard to pin down. Might be worth a video some day. Surprisingly though, I feel the same. I played this game at night mostly and definitely spent a few times looking away from the screen anticipating a jump scare, and SH3 was crippling at times when I first played it. It's why you don't see me reviewing horror games all the time, and even then, I tend to go for the sillier less scary ones. I doubt I'd play as many horror games as I do, if it wasn't for me wanting to talk about them here.

[@acedefective6248]

Literally had no idea my favorite horror game had a borderline remake. Always assumed it was just a port.

[@diapozitīvs]

Right?!

[@raioh4747]

When I was a kid there was this great rumor in my school about how no one had ever beaten this game because it was too scary.

[@mariiriin]

Omg I can't believe it took me so long to find your channel. Your reviews are all excellent and well explained, a real diamond in the rough and I could only hope more people subscribe to your channel. That aside, FF2 was the best entry in the series for me, and I found myself agreeing with the points you made through your entire video. Will you also be reviewing the third and fourth Fatal Frame games in the future?

[@TheBreadB]

Speaking of Fatal Frame on the Wii, will you review Fatal Frame 4? I know it might be kinda hard to get.

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah I'll probably emulate it when the time comes

[@ZeoCrysis]

@@thorhighheels I would love to see that man!

[@TheBreadB]

Will you review Fatal Frame 4, 5 and that 3DS game?

[@thorhighheels]

I never knew there was a 3ds game but thanks for brining it up I literally just bought it lol. I'll probably do a video on that first. I wanna do 4 as well but I need to figure out how to mod my wii or see if I can emulate it. Kinda hoping 5 will have a switch port by the time I get to it. But either way I do intend to cover all of them!

[@JohnyParuwka]

Thor, you're my frickin' hero. Thanks for another great review. Oh and BTW: I would love to see So I've been playing episode about Ghost Master (yes, I'm that guy from ask.fm).

[@thorhighheels]

It looks like the Sims but with ghosts lol. I might do a video on it one day, but I do have a lot on my plate already. So it'll be while.

[@ryuujidark6775]

I had a bad time clearing this game , that fuckin atmosphere... Good vídeo btw Thor.

[@dokhycodan1012]

Is this played on a real Wii or dolphin?

[@thorhighheels]

real wii

[@zukuss6658]

"Let these two, tooo do what they need to do" might be my favorite line of your reviews so far.

[@PowerRangerCosta]

That moment when you get jumpscared by a burp...

[@viniciusbarreiros1258]

Nice video! two or three weeks ago i started this game, but i'm not sure if i should keep on this remake version or play the original at ps2, not sure which one is better. The ps2 version apeals to me in the camera style, something like the old resident evils etc, and very unfortunately there are no new games using this kind of camera style, so maybe i should just enjoy the original, buuuut the remake looks and feels very interesting like you just said haha a brief dilemma.

[@thorhighheels]

From what I can tell they're mostly identical, outside of the camera and the voice acting. So you might as well keep playing the PS2 version if you already were.

[@silenthillmaster755]

XENOSAGA!!! I was gonna reccomend u review and then u mentioned it here. My favorite series of all time ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hellwolf7]

Italian guy here,i feel that i have to point out that one of the words you used is spelled tradiZionale. I hope you dont mind me pointing it out. That being said,thanks a lot for making an excellent review of this awesome game.

[@thorhighheels]

you telling me it's also spelled pizza instead of pitza then!!!?????

[@hellwolf7]

Yeah,that would be the case.

[@gerardomanuelchavezlarios6261]

What is the name of the song of the intro where say "So I've Been Playing"

[@thorhighheels]

It's not really a song, it's just a quick beat I made.

[@gerardomanuelchavezlarios6261]

ThorHighHeels Yeah, but sounds awesome, dude.

[@TwoTailedCaperer]

Damn, this is the second PAL Wii game I'm having to import to the States; the first was Disaster: Day of Crisis. Europe always seems to get the good stuff. Though you guys did mostly miss out on Rule of Rose...

[@thorhighheels]

We did? I remember seeing it in stores here.

[@TwoTailedCaperer]

@@thorhighheels Most countries just outright banned the game, but there were a few that allowed it to be sold

[@Luggy_7]

@@TwoTailedCaperer that's not true at all, there was controversy because of fake rumours of it's content before it released. This caused the published to cancel the release in australia, new zealand and the united kingdom but it wasn't "banned". It was released normally in the rest of europe

[@zhonglimr2991]

can I ask, my laptop is using Intel i3 core with nvidia gforce 920m, will it run well too? my ram is 4GB, thank u!

[@thorhighheels]

I am not the person to ask, sorry. I played this on an actual Wii, and never tried emulating. Dolphin seems pretty well adapted though, so you might as well just give it a try and see.

[@VisserZer0]

Dolphin requires a somewhat hefty CPU to run most Wii games at full speed. You can try.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

I love this game. Any good horror game is a must for me. Can't wait for Resident Evil 2 remake.

[@LuisGarcia-lj2bp]

Xenosaga is such a good game. Have you ever played/checked out Sword of Etheria? It’s another game only released in Europe, so my poor USA PS2 will never get to play it.

[@thorhighheels]

I haven't but it looks really cool. There's so many of those middle market PS2 action games that I haven't played yet, but I'm sure I'll check this one out sooner or later.

[@asneakylawngnome5792]

I’m surprised you haven’t done a video on Scarlet Nexus yet. Kinda seems like something up your alley, and I don’t think it’s relatively popular. At least yet.

[@rurilavulpe7469]

With games like this I always take my time, with them so that I can be immersed in the horror and read all the lore. They're so much fun that way to me, but too each there own I say. Oh yeah I'm a new fun of yours, I'm looking forward on seeing more continent from you in the future. Oh and by the by I like my women feminine.

[@ZeoCrysis]

Agreed! i love my woman feminine too XD, you are gonna luv it here the guy's content is gold

[@noelienoelie8425]

They look a lot older in this than my PS2 version. ?

[@Alex-mb2cy]

I really love the game, expecially with headphones, but the motion controls were badly implemented. Metroid prime 3 in 2007 had almost perfect controls, why does the 2012 FF2 then suck so much with the controls?

[@weakmoon2363]

A lot of these problems are not there in the PS2 version, you should definitely play that. Eeeexcept with your sister getting in your damn way all the time. Call that a character trait I guess.

[@wewlad8697]

God damn, that Patrick Stewart impersonation was not bad at all.

[@DazzzTube]

It would be awesome if this was ported to the switch

[@mrwasteoffood]

Yes! The Fatal Frame game I could never have.

[@redoublement4607]

They actually do explain why they are there at the beginning of the game.

[@GreenGimmick]

Pretty much everything he said the game should do the game does do. And if he thinks the game's story is vague and confusing, I can only wonder if he was even paying attention to it.

[@Luggy_7]

@@GreenGimmick Vague stories usually go over my head but I understood this one clearly even with long breaks

[@ProsperousKingFlorent]

Let us not mention that depressing ass ending. Holy fuck, the ending to this game was SH2 levels of depressing, maybe even MORE depressing. Dear fuck man.

[@Nekucloud]

"Knock, knock."🙂 "Who's there?"😀 "It's a ghost, TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT SHIT!!!"😨😰😱👻

[@liebertjohan426]

my favorite horror game was this

[@LINKchris87]

That burp jumpscared me 🤣

[@houseofthedeadchannel251]

Really enjoying this so far. I’ve played a lot of the Xbox version since around 2011, and this is better in every way. Wasn’t too big a fan of the new voice dub, I preferred the younger sounding twins from the original, but the new dub has begun to grow on me. But didn’t the motion controls with the camera bother you at all? I find them SO frustrating, they react so slow. And dodging a ghost’s attack will often mistake for a quick turn, which is very annoying. But other than that, a great game. The atmosphere is better here, imo.

[@thorhighheels]

It didn't stick out to me much, but then I tend to dislike motion controls in general. So I couldn't really tell the annoyance of the game's controls, from the constant annoyance that I feel when I Wii.

[@ImN0tInsane]

Sooooo, what about Evil Zone? That fighting game was awesome.

[@patrickrauh996]

2:45 A reason more why i love you

[@Kdyp]

Gad damn it, the cat Ghost

[@P4TTL2]

Christmas 2002, i'm 10 years old and my brother just got a PS2 for some fucking insane reason my mum bought us Fatal Frame (the first one) and yeah had a few friends over started playing it and fucking shit ourselves....my mum didn't even fucking realize she had bought us one of the scariest games released for the PS2 i have no idea who told her to buy it probably the bloke at GAME for a laugh

[@Captain1nsaneo]

Thanks! I will keep Xenosaga!... *cries* WHAT'S GOING ON?

[@WildPotatoIndustries]

YOU GUYS ALSO GOT A PHYSICAL COPY (albeit a limited release) OF FATAL FRAME 5! I demand that Temco cease this blatant Euro-favoritism immediately or else I'll call them "Big gay" on the internet!

[@thorhighheels]

It's limited? I can still pick it up sealed at my local games store.

[@WildPotatoIndustries]

ThorHighHeels Really? I swear the only physical copies were limited orders of the special edition in Europe. I guess I was duped by my sources (or I'm just stupid and getting my info completely fucked). Whatever the case, Tecmo must pay!

[@marcelomorais5700]

You should play Soul of the Samurai for ps1

[@jnoirj3124]

3:04 Not shooting ghosts ... But photo shooting ghosts. :D No?

[@TheOtakuNinja69]

I have Fatal Frame 1, 2 and 3 on PS2.

[@LonelymoonChronicles]

Great video :D

[@CaptainPsychopath69]

Love this game. I just hate how you aim by tilting the wii mote instead of pointing. s'good

[@Idk-mz2mm]

this game gave me ptsd

[@marko6219]

I'm glad you reviewed this game I like it a lot. Fatal frame 2 was much more enjoyable for me than the first game because I never got lost :p and the puzzles are easier to figure out. What's cool about Fatal Frame 2 is the fact that with so many health items around there never is any danger of dying or a game over screen and yet you're constantly shitting brix . That bridge encounter with the broken neck woman and several others gave me goose pimples and shivers. and you basically said in the review that the only thing that makes this game difficult to play is that it's scary :). Non horror fans should also play this game too for the atmosphere, because it is an above average game and I hope The Tormented is just as good because I haven't played it yet and i hope you make a review. keep makin these you'll hit ten K soon

[@thorhighheels]

I read "gave me goose nipples" first and got confused haha.

[@marko6219]

I got those too..

[@PikaLink91]

Please oh fucking god PLEASE release Project Zero on the Switch!!! T_T

[@thorhighheels]

If they port Fatal Frame 5 I will buy a Switch THIS SECOND.

[@PikaLink91]

ThorHighHeels - Agree!! (if I didn’t already have one) I would sell my soul to have either; an HD collection of 1-3 redone behind the shoulder like this remake, a long overdue localization of 4, a port of 5, or a brand new game. Just something to show me the franchise isn’t dead T_T

[@etherealmayhem8652]

For that whole even backtracking can be tense point,resident evil2 does that shit ALOT(gets ptsd) FUCK LEON B ROUTE LOL

[@LINKchris87]

Loved this game in my old PS2 (here it was called Project Zero 2), the setting and atmosphere were awesome. Sadly, they were SO good that I couldn't finish it. It scared the hell out of my 14 year old self 🤣

[@sh1yo7]

Same, bro, same. I had to have someone finish playing the game for me, I was just too much on the edge while playing

[@LINKchris87]

@@sh1yo7 Shit was it scary. My friend managed to get through while I was trembling. Good times.

[@sh1yo7]

@@LINKchris87 I legit screamed when a ghost lady fell down multiple stories through an open atrium thingy... Funnily my screaming scared everyone else more than the actual ghost. Three people huddled on a couch, truly best times. Didn't get to see the multiple endings though :(

[@LINKchris87]

@@sh1yo7 Both FF2 and PT managed to make me scream several times. Scream loud! I remember I made my sister play PT. When the ghost mother grabs your back she shrieked like a pterodactyle 🤣

[@CorruptedPlayground]

You make good content. #1

[@vilmagerona8998]

This is fhe remake tho not the original.

[@Safersephiroth777]

This series is famous for the revealing costumes on girls who are underage by the way.

[@thorhighheels]

isn't all of japan famous for doing that tho?

[@xipetotek8216]

The real game is easily better than the wiimake

[@orateusdijin6557]

*4206661*

[@anitacigarette]

I received the PS2 version from a 50 something year old woman randomly when I was a vendor at her store. She said it scared her so bad she stopped playing it for years. It's difficult for me to be scared of games, but this one made me jump a few times!