Spirit Camera : The Cursed Memoir

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir Review

Following in the footsteps of Resident Evil Revelations, a new survival horror game has made its way to the Nintendo 3DS. A spinoff of the Fatal Frame series, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir sticks to familiar territory for the franchise - in other words, ghosts, exorcisms and ancient rituals. It follows the story of a young girl named Maya who lost her memory. She's somehow gotten herself trapped in the mysterious Diary of Faces (the 16 page AR manual that comes included with the game), and it's up to you to solve the mystery of the Woman in Black and save both of you from a terrible fate. The highlight of the game is its innovative use of the 3DS tech. In addition to its AR capabilities, Spirit Camera lets you use the system's gyroscope technology to spin the 3DS around and view the game's spirits in the real world. Looking around to find and talk to Maya constitutes the bulk of the experience, as the chilling narrative is largely told by the young girl, as well as by viewing the Diary of Faces with the Camera Obscura (your 3DS camera, in other words) and its different lenses. The atmosphere is the best thing the game has going for it, with great voicework for Maya and haunting sound effects scattered throughout to keep players ill at ease.