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 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly handles it's narrative in a way that makes me reflect on the characters in this game that is reminiscent of the original Fatal Frame. All God's Village is stuck in a loop caused by a calamity much like Fatal Frame's Himuro Mansion. A tragedy caused by the malicious traditions of elders sacrificing the younger people and children to appease malevolent forces. There is a big difference that separates All God's Village from the Himuro Mansion group.  This distinction involves the utilization of Twins born in the village. The idea being that they are one soul split between two people. And having one of the Twins kill the other would combine them and appease the Hellish Abyss. This tradition persisted until Sae Kurosawa and the Kusabi (Rope Man) returned from the Hellish Abyss and enacted the Repentance. Wiping the village off the map and causing the events of the game to be set into motion.  You play as Mio Amakura, a young girl who has wa

 Recently, I played through the first Fatal Frame game, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The game is written well and the atmosphere and gameplay segments are good most of the time, with only a minimal amount of annoyances in combat and enemy placement. There weren't many times where I had to look up a guide to figure out the next step. The design for the most part pushes the player in the proper directions. Now, I am going to be going into more detail on the game with light spoilers on the story. In Fatal Frame, the game starts with Mafuyu arriving at the Himuro Mansion in order to look Junsei Takamine. A writer and folklorist who had gone missing along with his assistant, Tomoe Hirasaka, and editor, Koji Ogata. With Takamine wanting to do location research for his next book, the decision to come to the Himuro Mansion would prove fatal. But Mafuyu doesn't know that, He just becomes aware of the disappearance and decides to investigate. After Mafuyu himself goes missing, his sister