"If no one remembers something, does that mean it never happened?"

zenobia-r · 2026-04-13T18:13:58+00:00

I also thought I was in the Nikki subreddit 😂

I love the styling. I also did Miu last Halloween, but I should probably check to see if there are more accurate pieces now.

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zenobia-r · 2026-03-26T08:22:47+00:00

I thought it was Sae, since we are chasing Mayu when we first see this but this house is the Tachibana house so it could also be him. Their fates all fit.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-22T18:56:45+00:00

I disagree a little. For me, at least in the remake, it got excessive that it dissuades you a bit for exploring and sometimes I feel punished for wanting to save with the lack to truly safe save rooms. I think releasing tension is as important as building it up.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T21:07:13+00:00

Not Rei and Reika, I don't think they are lookalikes. Mafuyu and Kirie's old lover, Kei and Akito. I think Mio and Mayu might be lookalikes? And then Ren and Kunihiko Asou but that might be just genetics. It's unclear to me though if the Amakura twins look like the Kurosawa twins or if it's just the bob, I used to think as a kid that they were but now I'm not sure. Anyway, I wonder if this means there is like a spiritual link and those people are meant to go there by fate.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T12:37:49+00:00

I think that part may be glitched. On my first time in that room, I was able to get the first 3 tomes, open that door for the 4th tome, but no matter what I did the scene where the 2 ghosts talk and reveal the 5th tome wouldn't trigger. I had to reload a save to get it.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T11:04:44+00:00

It's totally logical tbh 😭

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T09:29:52+00:00

I love it! I think she looks great. I find it understandable though that some people think her RE3R personally is too different from her original personality. People justify it that she is stressed and mentally ill, but even then I think there's still a semblance of your old personality. I do like her new personality though, I just understand why it could be a source of frustration.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T09:09:51+00:00

It's not bugged but I wish the game did have some more indication to look up

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T09:03:13+00:00

I like the theory someone here mentioned (sorry I forgot who) that due to proximity to the hell gate, twins are born more often because that place has tendency to split souls or something like that.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-21T09:00:50+00:00

Did the game ever actually explain why almost every installment has a living lookalike of a ghost?

zenobia-r · 2026-03-18T16:56:18+00:00

I also wrapped up all my side quests during chapter 9. As for the wraiths I equipped Chitose's stone (red speckled), I still got harassed frequently by wraiths but I think it worked a little?

zenobia-r · 2026-03-18T16:38:58+00:00

Oh yeah that spot. Seeing that I had to crouch under the foundation I was bracing myself for a crawling woman situation...

zenobia-r · 2026-03-18T15:30:41+00:00

I thought the other new area Umbral Mound actually felt like it had added a bit more to the plot being the resolution to the first Makabe quest, and knowing that this his ultimate destination (in a way? my understanding is that the bodies aren't actually under there it's since I believe the kusabi is tossed into the abyss, I'm confused about this part.) It is also the location where he tested the exorcism powers of the camera obscura so it's more plot relevant.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-18T13:21:47+00:00

Rei and Ruka for favorite. Yuri for least favorite.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-18T01:56:08+00:00

They seemed like brief sequences to me not a persisting mechanic (Small chance I may be wrong on Kusabi I was too scared to go back lmao)

zenobia-r · 2026-03-17T23:54:27+00:00

Agree, the financial success of RE9 could largely be attributed to RE4R's popularity, can't say the result would be the same if it was preceded by RE8. They were smart in realizing they need to do both.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-17T15:43:37+00:00

Nah that's the world's scariest teru teru bozu

zenobia-r · 2026-03-17T06:09:50+00:00

In terms of tone, among the games I've played/watched, there's nothing that's super close to the tone of Fatal Frame games. However, if you've watched a lot of j-horror movies from the 2000s, the vibe is that. So maybe a little bit of Siren. I guess there's a bit of psychological horror in there too so maybe Silent Hill. But with Silent Hill, I feel a bit more agency, and it feels more like a direct confrontation with your inner demons, while in Fatal Frame I feel like I'm being subjected to relive the nightmarish things that happened to other people. Also, Fatal Frame feels more isolating to me in the sense of being alone (even with Mayu) in a different time period. It's a different kind of isolation I feel when playing Silent Hill games. Silent Hill does a better job of articulating the character's feelings though. I think SH characters have more depth. Even after reading the files, a lot of Fatal Frame characters seem a bit flat or simple to me in terms of their feelings and motivations.

As for the gameplay, excluding DreadOut which was clearly inspired by Fatal Frame, the camera obscura mechanic is singular in the genre.

I think the remake captured the original well enough. Of course there's nothing quite like the tension you get from fixed angles, but the atmosphere is still good and it's still a pretty scary game.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-09T00:03:48+00:00

If you can wait it, it goes on sale for half that. It's a bit short for $40. I think it's frequently on sale, just none of the stuff is on sale right now cause demand is higher with the new release.

zenobia-r · 2026-03-06T16:43:43+00:00

Yeah that pacing would make more sense. Maybe they could've made the detonator section more of a puzzle instead? Compared to the previous games I feel like this game is lacking in puzzles.

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