
Honestly, though, with the amount of healing items your characters have on hand, you’ll rarely be in any real danger in Maiden of Black Water. To be effective at combat, all you need to master is your timing with dodges (pressing X right before an attack) and keeping a reasonable distance from the ghosts between lining up good shots.

The reality is if these characters could move at a brisk pace, it’d make dealing with the ghosts even more trivial than it already is. Funny enough, that’s pretty much the only semblance of challenge the game has going for it. However, the character movement is still painfully slow and incredibly clunky in tighter interior areas. It can still be unwieldy at times, but thankfully, you can also use analog controls if you prefer that. On the DualSense controller with gyro controls, it works well enough.

Admittedly, it’s a brilliant shooting system that seemed perfect for the Wii U GamePad. Summary: The Fatal Frame series lives again Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is comprised of three interconnected stories that converge to uncover the truth behind a recent string of tragic deaths in a forest marred by a history of suicides. Once again, you deal with ghoulish spirits by getting them in the frame, letting them get dangerously close, and dishing out big damage with fatal frames.
