Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir

Blog Post: Mixed Feelings

Daniel — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT

I have mixed feelings about Spirit Camera. In many ways, I love the AR book and the different scenarios you go through, as well as the creepy events. However, the book is cursed in more ways than one.

The game starts out when you receive a package in the mail with a camera and book included with it. The book is a cursed book, and whoever opens it will become cursed. You play the game by scanning the pages and taking on different events, such as battling ghosts, solving puzzles, interacting with cutscenes, and talking with a character.

The battle system works fine, though there aren't too many fights in the game, only just enough. I liked the feel of the combat though, and it worked fine, nothing was glitchy about it. There are several puzzles throughout the game. Some, like playing hide and seek with a little boy or figuring out how hidden codes are fun, but others, like clearing fog with a certain camera lense, is dull and offers no challenge. It feels like these camera lenses offer no real purpose outside of the two times you use them through out the game.

Some of the parts of the game you enter into the book and actually walk around enviroments (or look around I should say) which is really fun, and I really wish there was more of that in the game. Finally you can talk to this girl. She is kind of a dull character, and I figured out the big secret about three hours before it is revealed. The girl really had no idea when it was plainly obvious what the truth was.

I love the segments in the pages where you see things actually move around in the book. It is really creepy and fun too. However that part of the game, scanning the pages, is where this game really takes a hit. I can have the lights are blairing bright and it won't read the page. Sometimes it really doesn't want to scan. It's the wierdest thing, and it's really spotty too. I got through the book fine, but each AR section took an average of three scans to get down right.

The game has other features, which are really boring events. I would recommend this game as a rental, because it is interesting. However, the very fact that the game only lasts 5ish hours is a bummer to me. Worth a play through, and if you can find it for less than ten dollars, I would get it. Just don't expect it to be a miracle game.

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arthufart — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:33:00 GMT

dont get it

Blog Post: Spiritual Successor To Fatal Frame Horrifies For All The Wrong Reasons

Bryan Vore — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:21:00 GMT

The Fatal Frame series has always been about battling ghosts with your camera, so when Tecmo Koei decided to use the real cameras on the 3DS to fight virtual ghosts, it sounded like a great match. After putting up with Spirit Camera’s many hassles, it’s clear that the reality just hasn’t caught up with the concept.[Excerpt]

At the start of the story, the player receives a mysterious item called the Diary of Faces and decides to look through its pages with the mystical Camera Obscura. The game includes a real paper diary full of spooky imagery that triggers augmented reality content via the 3DS camera. Throughout the campaign, you see the pages morph in strange ways, battle spirits floating around your living room, and chat with a ghostly guide named Maya. The goal is to stop the Woman in Black, who is stealing people’s faces. A creepy tone effectively carries the story, though its predictability lessens the impact.

At its best, Spirit Camera has some interesting boss fights, an amusing riddle sequence that has you flipping through the diary for specific images, and a few unique puzzles. Unfortunately, those scattered bright spots are washed out in the face of severe technical issues.

In order to get Spirit Camera working, I had to dig a lamp out of a back room to shine on the diary, and even then the AR functionality would error out from time to time. I was glad I already had a swivel chair, because I was constantly scanning the diary and spinning around to talk to Maya all the time. Unlike the AR cards that come with the 3DS, the diary’s pages won’t lay flat, so you constantly have to pin them down in a way that doesn’t block the images from the camera.

As I spun around quickly in my chair to spot and take pictures of ghosts, nausea occasionally sunk in (depending on how fast the enemy moved). You can also stand and spin around, but you have to stick close to a flat surface for regular diary interaction. Don’t even try to play this if your 3DS needs a charge; being tethered to an outlet makes this motion-dependent game unplayable. If it’s not already evident, Spirit Camera should only be played at home due to the elaborate setup necessary and wild motions you have to perform.

I was thankful that this experience didn’t last over three hours total, but players who paid money for it might not be as pleased. Spirit Camera has some extras to check out, but most of them involve repacking campaign content or taking photos with silly ghosts inserted into them. You can always play through a harder version of the campaign with added text and a cute new outfit for Maya, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

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