You must try "Rei Zero"! (A short review)

I can't say enough about this game! This is the only other "Survival Horror" game that truly gives me the feeling of un-certiantly and fear, other than Silent Hill 1 and 2. Very unique, in that you use your Camera to steal the souls of the dammed that want you out of thier house, as you search for your lost brother. You gain spirit points by defeating enemies, and you use them to level up the camera, and get sub-abilities. You can even save you photos in a photo album!And good news: no RC style (copyright GregN) control, although you can select that, like in SH2.

One word of caution: It is HEAVILY rooted in Japanese mythology, superstition, and understanding of the occult. Still, it is very enjoyable, even if you don't know much about these things. That way it will just seem more, exotic.

I doubt this will come out here, but man is it a great game for the PS2. Check it out!

Graphic: 10/10

Music: 10/10

Sound and FX: 10/10 (especially in surround!)

Control: 9/10 (feels a bit slow at times, but not bad)

Replay value: 9/10 (you can start a new game with all the stuff you earned from before, plus you gain new "EX" abilities by beating the game, completing the "battle mode" that is unlocked, and getting all "quick shot photos" of ghosts that appear momentarily)

Over all: 9/10

[ January 10, 2002: Message edited by: Verbatum ]

Sounds interesting.
Thank God they're not using the "RC style" controls as standard..

How Japanese text-heavy is it?

[ January 10, 2002: Message edited by: elbarto ]

Originally posted by elbarto:
[QB]Sounds interesting.
Thank God they're not using the "RC style" controls as standard..

How Japanese text-heavy is it?

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Very, but not so bad that you can't use deductive reasoning to figure things out.

Okay, now that we have gamefaqs, knowledge of japanese isn't essential, but let me relate a short story from 95 (before gamefaqs).

Chrono Trigger- I got this game in Japanese before any honky cracker over here even knew why they should get CT (most now get it for the reputation, not because of the artist...)

Anyhow, into the game, I come to the point where I must learn magic. You know, where in Japanese it says to run three circles around the room to gain magic power. That sucked. I didn't know a lick of japanese back then. My taiwanese friend helped me past that area, and the rest of the game was fine.

But that was the best territory lockout on the SNES... Language.