The Fatal Frame series can get more remasters -apkrig
Remaster Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is not released until the day after tomorrow, but there is already talk of the possibility that other parts would receive similar care. Game director Makoto Šibata praises the response of fans to the brand’s comeback in the form of an improved older title. In an interview with the German website JP Games, he stated that even though they do not yet have any specific plans, the reactions of the players allegedly exceeded their expectations.
The authors do not plan to add more costumes to the game after the release via DLC.
In this context, it is again worth noting that Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse from the Grasshopper Manufacture studio in 2008 has never been officially released in our country in the West. In this case, however, the game would deserve a remake rather than a remaster. Although Shibata did not want to go into detail, apparently he also realizes that the remaster Maiden of Black Water could help pave the way for a completely new game. But it is too early for that.
In the interview, however, he revealed a few other little things. For example, the authors do not plan to add more costumes to the game after the release via DLC. He mentioned that the biggest challenge in terms of porting was, in addition to optimization, to combine the information a person received on the Wii U at the same time via a TV screen and a smaller display on the GamePad.
“The story of this game was created with the serious intention of offering people who are between life and death a chance to look at death and realize the reasons to live.”
But Shibata did not only talk about the remaster as such, but also about the original game. Her story revolves around the fictional Hikami Mountain, which is inspired by the infamous “Suicide Forest” of Aokigahar. JP Games wondered how the developers came up with this potentially very sensitive link and whether it can be over the edge for someone. Makoto Shibat said that when he chose Japanese haunted places as his subject, he could not avoid the sensitive things that came with them.
“The story of this game was created with the serious intention of offering people who are between life and death a chance to look at death and realize the reasons for living,” he said. The authors also point out that they did not make any changes in the game in order to get a lower rating and all costumes are to be the same for all regions, which was not the case when released on Wii U and the version for Europe and the United States was stripped of some ticklish clothes.
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