Visual cues and button prompts help to highlight interactive points or collectables which fits in well with the paranormal aspects but does make everything feel very game-y. I guess the good thing about ghosts is that you don’t need a run animation!Įnvironments are atmospheric with everything coated in a hefty filter of grime and decay, while frequent bursts of VHS style flashbacks are especially effective and fit the whole mood of the game better than the more polished aspects. This can be a little jarring at times, but the spectral nature of your foes mean that they are not similarly afflicted. Animations are kept from the original and many look stilted and unnatural, with the main character’s running animations in particular looking especially dated. The graphical enhancements are noticeable, but only really go as far as increasing the resolution and some texture improvements. I hadn’t actually played Wii U release, though I had been a big fan of the earlier games on PS2, so was particularly excited to finally get my hands on Maiden of Black Water. There’s also the new addition of a Photo Mode to show off those freshly upgraded graphics, and a number of costumes to dress the characters up in. What you get is exactly the same game as the 2014 Wii U release with some higher resolution visuals and tweaked controls to fit the different systems.
Honestly, though, with the amount of healing items your characters have on hand, you’ll rarely be in any real danger in Maiden of Black Water.Remaster is definitely the term, in this instance. To be effective at combat, all you need to master is your timing with dodges (pressing X right before an attack) and keeping a reasonable distance from the ghosts between lining up good shots. The reality is if these characters could move at a brisk pace, it’d make dealing with the ghosts even more trivial than it already is. Funny enough, that’s pretty much the only semblance of challenge the game has going for it.
However, the character movement is still painfully slow and incredibly clunky in tighter interior areas. It can still be unwieldy at times, but thankfully, you can also use analog controls if you prefer that. On the DualSense controller with gyro controls, it works well enough. Admittedly, it’s a brilliant shooting system that seemed perfect for the Wii U GamePad. Once again, you deal with ghoulish spirits by getting them in the frame, letting them get dangerously close, and dishing out big damage with fatal frames.
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