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« Last post by broodwars on April 11, 2026, 09:49:48 PM »Got the final ending in Fatal Frame 2 remake and bought/fully upgraded all the charms. For the most part, this ending is identical to the last ending I saw, aside from an epilogue that's rather hopeful in tone. So much, in fact, that the title screen becomes permanently updated to be more pleasant as a result.
So, I have gripes about the unlocks in this game. When you obtain the final ending, you earn the right to buy the last 2 charms in the game, and they are powerful: the charm that gives you unlimited ammo, and the charm that makes every photo you take a Fatal Frame. This basically lets you run through the game stunlocking ghosts to death, and it's very satisfying. However, each charm is 500,000 points. Now, Nightmare gives you a ton of points for combat, not to mention bonus points for each key item you grab again that you already have. I had 2 Million points by the end of my Nightmare run, so I was fine to buy those and to buy all the remaining charms in their Level 1 form.
It cost the better part of another million points to fully upgrade those. The point economy in this game is just fucked, most epitomized in the unlockable costumes. You don't just "get" those. You have to buy them once you've met certain ending conditions.
This is a game firmly based around replay, as fully upgrading the camera takes an absolutely absurd number of prayer beads and transcendence beads. The former spawn on every difficulty, though mostly on story and up to 80 at most. They barely spawn at all on Nightmare, though 13 transcendence beads become available.
You need 420 prayer beads and 50 transcendence beads to fully upgrade the camera. Well, if you have to replay the game that much to fully upgrade the camera, at least you can do it with those unlockable costumes for variety, right?
...right?
3 Million points.
That's not for all of them. That's for one of them, and Mio and Mayu each have 3 costumes, plus a number of headgear pieces.
I remind you, my point total from my Nightmare run was 2 million points, and I needed to spend that on my "reward" for finishing the mode.
Why do the costumes cost such an absurd amount? NO player will EVER buy them. Why would they when you could buy prayer beads, transcendence beads, or charms to make your camera stronger?
So, I have gripes about the unlocks in this game. When you obtain the final ending, you earn the right to buy the last 2 charms in the game, and they are powerful: the charm that gives you unlimited ammo, and the charm that makes every photo you take a Fatal Frame. This basically lets you run through the game stunlocking ghosts to death, and it's very satisfying. However, each charm is 500,000 points. Now, Nightmare gives you a ton of points for combat, not to mention bonus points for each key item you grab again that you already have. I had 2 Million points by the end of my Nightmare run, so I was fine to buy those and to buy all the remaining charms in their Level 1 form.
It cost the better part of another million points to fully upgrade those. The point economy in this game is just fucked, most epitomized in the unlockable costumes. You don't just "get" those. You have to buy them once you've met certain ending conditions.
This is a game firmly based around replay, as fully upgrading the camera takes an absolutely absurd number of prayer beads and transcendence beads. The former spawn on every difficulty, though mostly on story and up to 80 at most. They barely spawn at all on Nightmare, though 13 transcendence beads become available.
You need 420 prayer beads and 50 transcendence beads to fully upgrade the camera. Well, if you have to replay the game that much to fully upgrade the camera, at least you can do it with those unlockable costumes for variety, right?
...right?
3 Million points.
That's not for all of them. That's for one of them, and Mio and Mayu each have 3 costumes, plus a number of headgear pieces.
I remind you, my point total from my Nightmare run was 2 million points, and I needed to spend that on my "reward" for finishing the mode.
Why do the costumes cost such an absurd amount? NO player will EVER buy them. Why would they when you could buy prayer beads, transcendence beads, or charms to make your camera stronger?
