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Full disclaimer - this is the first Fatal Frame game that I play and I'm not super skilled when it comes to playing games in general.  
TLDR: I liked it  
  
The Good:  
  
\*game runs buttery smooth  
\*I played on PC with keyboard and mouse and the control scheme worked wonderfully  
\*I only got completely lost once, the game is fairly self explanatory and easy enough to follow  
\*Normal difficulty did not feel too hard, the game did not stress me out, frustrate me, or overly scare me  
\*The story overall was engaging and I cried at the end  
\*My first playthrough took me 19 hours and that felt like a decent amount of content  
  
The bad:  
  
\*There are parts of the game where the game requires you to run away and you can not fight. Without knowing where to go exactly, you'll get a lot of game overs trying to open the wrong doors. There was a particular encounter in Chapter 7 that I have found to be very frustrating.  
\*There is one fight in the game that demands that you have full range upgraded, so if you don't already have that, you will need to respect your camera.  
\*Saving has to be done at save points, not from a menu. Purchasing of healing items is supposed to be done at the same save points and also touching a save point will heal you up to full. Most of the time you will be close to one regardless, but I did find it frustrating when at some parts of the game there are no save points on purpose, as unless you want to restart from an auto-save, it does mean that you can not quit and walk away from this single player game.  
  
Neutral points (neither good, nor bad, just observations):  
  
\*the game throws a lot of game mechanics at you  
\*the opening is odd, as characters are not introduced, you're sort of... Just thrown into their lives half way through  
\*the main theme gets pretty obvious very early and then the game kind of repeatedly clobbers you over the head with it  
  
Other:  
  
I know that a lot of people are struggling in this game with enemies being health sponges. I would recommend upgrading focal points first and not damage - when I started upgrading focal points my damage skyrocketed and a regular enemy started taking 3 photos to kill even if I'm not using special film. In the early game, unless you have your sister with you and she's attracting all the enemies, it is also fine to just run past them until you get the upgrades that you need.  
  
Concerning difficulty, I played on normal and the worst part by far for me was early game, because a) I didn't spec myself right and b) I didn't know what I was doing. And that's fine. However I can't really comment if enemies are significantly worse on higher difficulties.  
  
Overall:  
  
I would say it is a solid game. Has some problems, but for me this is easily an 8/10 material and a horror game that I will come back for a second and maybe even a third playthrough. I enjoyed it. The atmosphere is good, the story is good, the mechanics feel fresh and unique. I think it's a good game!

Here's a review for FF2 from someone entirely new to the series