Fatal Frame III: The Tormented

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Tecmo
  • Release Date: Nov 8, 2005
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented Image
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 110 Ratings

Your Score
0 out of 10
Rate this:
  • 10
  • 9
  • 8
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0
  • 0
  • Summary: (Project Zero 3: The Tormented) Taking the popular Japanese Horror theme to a whole new terrifying level, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented is a complete Japanese Horror interactive experience as the player takes on the role of Rei, a cursed young woman whose overwhelming guilt and tormented(Project Zero 3: The Tormented) Taking the popular Japanese Horror theme to a whole new terrifying level, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented is a complete Japanese Horror interactive experience as the player takes on the role of Rei, a cursed young woman whose overwhelming guilt and tormented dreams lead her into a formidable world where the lines between reality and nightmares are blurred and the only way out is to solve the mystery of the tattoo. What the player will see in Rei’s dreams is only the beginning of the nightmare, making Fatal Frame III: The Tormented the most terrifying virtual experience to date. [Tecmo]… Expand
Buy Now
Buy on

Trailer

Play Sound
Please enter your birth date to watch this video:
You are not allowed to view this material at this time.
Fatal Frame 3 Gameplay Movie 1

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Just Adventure
    100
    Fatal Frame 3 is horror at its best, minus any cheap scares. It does an outstanding job of creeping you out while spinning a deep and distressing story that will get under your skin.
  2. PGNx Media
    87
    An appealing game for the 13 or so hours that it lasts. The storyline and atmosphere is perfect and the gameplay is solid for the most part.
  3. Game Over Online
    84
    A great horror game for PS2 owners and anyone who likes a good ghost story, but fans may find it to be a little too mired in its series's formula.
  4. AceGamez
    80
    I'll just issue a warning that this game isn't for the faint hearted - don't buy it in haste, or you'll have plenty of time to repent at leisure when it's sat in your PS2, not getting played, because you dare not unpause it.
    All this publication's reviews
  5. Game Informer
    78
    It's just not very scary. [Dec 2005, p.171]
    All this publication's reviews
  6. IncGamers
    75
    It has just enough to keep you enthralled despite these shortcomings, yet the relatively low reply value means that it is not a title you’ll keep coming back to time after time.
  7. VGPub
    60
    This game is strictly for die-hard fans of the Fatal Frame series and graphics whores everywhere. Everyone else can easily find better offerings in the survival horror sub-genre.

See all 46 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. IchigoTahata
    May 4, 2008
    10
    Probably the best horror game i have ever played. No matter how many times i play it, I still jump out of my seat. I think this is the best inProbably the best horror game i have ever played. No matter how many times i play it, I still jump out of my seat. I think this is the best in the series. You get to play as three different characters and see each characters way of surviving the house. It has a creepy atmosphere , a great storyline and uniqe characters and ghost. The only problem I had with the game was that most the time the characters sound like they are speaking though a crappy microphone but that's it and i highly recommend it to any survival horror fan and the best time to play it? At night with all the lights off hehe.… Expand
  2. Macdealer
    Feb 10, 2016
    10
    Fatal Frame Series are the best games in my life. And this one is the greatest.
    The game only have 2 problems, the sound have very low    Fatal Frame Series are the best games in my life. And this one is the greatest.
    The game only have 2 problems, the sound have very low quality comparing to the previous game.
    And this game is too bright, not dark like the previous game, so I recommend to low the brightest in the settings a lot. In the way it becomes equal to the 2 first games.
    This game is longer, deeper, better graphics, better story, better controls. You have more fun skills and personal skills from each character that adds enjoyment to the gameplay. The best fights in the series is here.
    The difficult is great, not too hard like the Fatal Frame 1 and not to easy like Fatal Frame 2.
    It is hard to say wich I prefer actually, 1 or 3. I love both, 2 is way too easy.    … Expand
  4. MattP.
    Nov 8, 2005
    10
    A must have for horror fans! Best of the series!
  5. frederik1478
    Mar 21, 2020
    9
    This is a very good game when you played for second time, if you got played is this amazing game I would recommend a walkthrough vikasThis is a very good game when you played for second time, if you got played is this amazing game I would recommend a walkthrough vikas sometimes you have to do things and you have no idea where , but it feels like a nice ending for the PS2 trilogy , and I was actually scary is amazing and har best Story so far… Expand
  6. DanielPereira
    May 23, 2008
    9
    So so scary!! I tell you i can´t play it by myself in the dark! I completed the game playng in daylight. I can´t play it at night.So so scary!! I tell you i can´t play it by myself in the dark! I completed the game playng in daylight. I can´t play it at night. It creps me out. But some day i´ll do IT! Anyway this game is so crepy but also a great game! Fantastic game really.… Expand
  7. Shtern
    Jul 8, 2021
    8
    Это одна из моих первых игр страшилок в жизни, боже, так страшно мне не было никогда, когда я играл в игры жанра хоррор, серия этой игрыЭто одна из моих первых игр страшилок в жизни, боже, так страшно мне не было никогда, когда я играл в игры жанра хоррор, серия этой игры просто поражает воображения, особенно если это воображения детей. К сожалению мне довелось поиграть только в 3 часть из всех игр э
    той серии, но мне кажется, что это было тем, что мне нужно было что бы проникнуться такой игрой как эта. Ее задумка и реализация для 2005 года, это просто нечто, а графика, особенно в кат-сценах поражала воображение. Это бесспорно одна из лучших серий игр жанра Хоррор, но все же, я не думаю что она заслуживает 10, есть недочеты и бесячие моменты, как когда я играл ребенком, так и сейчас переиграв в эту игру спустя 15 лет, так что, играйте и бойтесь!    … Expand
  8. CriticRaziEYuki
    Jan 21, 2012
    3
    It is really awkward game control and the only satisfying thing in this game is that the atmosphere has a scary views . The uses of languageIt is really awkward game control and the only satisfying thing in this game is that the atmosphere has a scary views . The uses of language that not really common that this game was originally Japanese , also made the game is hard to understand..

    It is a good game but not Outstanding though    … Expand

See all 27 User Reviews

Trailers

Awards & Rankings

50
#50 Best PS2 Game of 2005
47
#47 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2005