The opening hospital location is a masterpiece of horror game architecture, a labyrinthine trap of narrow corridors, wood-pannelled dining halls and mildewed libraries. It’s incredibly tense and demanding, requiring patience and planning, and a lot of backtracking around the dark, gothic environments.īut wow, the atmosphere. Every encounter with a vicious wraith can easily end in catastrophe as you struggle to pull-off a 180-degree turn while aiming the camera, fitting the correct lens, and timing your snapshot to make the most damage. Save points, health drops and extra camera reels are scarce commodities to be jealously guarded.
Although graphically updated, Lunar Eclipse remains an old school survival horror experience, with a glacial walking pace, weird camera angles and deliberately obfuscating controls. Newcomers should definitely not expect a similar sort of modern reconstruction as Capcom’s Resident Evil remakes. Your only weapon is the camera obscura, a device that allows you to see ghosts and capture their tormented souls in photographs. You play several roles through the course of the game as you explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital, lighthouse and other unsettling locales, searching for clues about the past. Years later, two of the survivors have returned to discover the truth of what happened to them – and they find an isle crowded with vengeful spirits and haunted buildings. The action takes place on the remote Rogetsu Island, where five abducted schoolgirls were once discovered, mentally scarred and unable to remember the bizarre ritual they had been forced to take part in.
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