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Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
FF3 Cover
零 ~刺青の聲~
Zero ~Shisei no Koe~
Project Zero 3: The Tormented
Developer(s) Tecmo, Ltd.
Publisher(s) Tecmo, Ltd. (JP.)
Tecmo, Inc. (US)
Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. (UK)
Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. (PSN release, US)
Release date(s) July 28, 2005 (JP.)
November 8, 2005 (US, Canada)
February 24, 2006 (Australia, Germany, Denmark, France, UK)
July 06, 2006 (PlayStation 2 the Best release, JP.)
November 22, 2007 (PlayStation 2 the Best reprint, JP.)
October 01, 2013 (PSN release, US)
Ratings Mature (17+) (ESRB)
CERO C (15+) (JP.)
15+ (BBFC)
18+ (PEGI)
Platform Playstation 2
Jap. cover
Zero III

PAL cover
Project Zero III

The fear that spreads...

—Fatal Frame III


Fatal Frame III: The Tormented, known as Zero ~Shisei no Koe~ (Zero ~Voice of the Tattoo~) and Project Zero III: The Tormented in Japan and Europe respectively, is a PlayStation 2 exclusive, Japanese survival horror game and the third installment in the Fatal Frame series, as well as the direct sequel to the first and second game.

It was developed and published by Tecmo on July 28, 2005 in Japan and November 8, 2005 in North America, and was published by Take-Two Interactive on February 24, 2006 in Europe. It was re-released as a "PlayStation 2 Classic" on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 on October 1, 2013 in North America.

Unlike the previous games, Fatal Frame III mainly takes place in the protagonists' dreams. While the main protagonist is awake, however, the player has the freedom to explore her home.

The game focuses on Rei Kurosawa, a photographer who has recently lost her anthropologist fiancé, Yuu Asou, in a tragic accident. Rei sees Yuu while taking photos of an old manor, however, and decides to follow him. In doing so, she falls under the curse of manor, where survivors of a disaster are tormented in their sleep by the ghosts of the dead.

Like the previous game, Fatal Frame III features a dominant color throughout. The dominant color in this game is a luminescent but somber blue, signifying the themes of dreams and ethereal slumber.

Synopsis[]

Rei Manor of Sleep dream intro

Rei is drawn to the Manor of Sleep in her dreams.

During a photoshoot of an abandoned shrine, Rei sees the spirit of her late fiancé, Yuu, and tries to follow him, That night, Rei dreams of the Manor of Sleep. With the certain feeling that she can reunite with Yuu if she enters the manor, every night, Rei goes further and further into dream manor.

One night, as she explores, Rei is chased by a ghost wandering its halls. The ghost is a priestess covered in tattoos, and after being touched by her just once, Rei wakes from her nightmare and the same tattoo blooms on her body where the the spirit made contact, causing her pain.

Rei continues to return to the manor every night, but the tattoo spreads further every time she awakens. Looking for the truth behind the Tattooed Curse before it consumes her, Rei discovers that those with lost loved ones dream of the manor. But, only those with a strong pining to join someone in death, such as those with survivor's guilt after fatal disasters, enter the snowy manor and continue to return to the house in their dreams nightly, drawn by their strong desires.

Those touched by the Tattooed Maiden fall into comas and then disappear from the land of the living to wander the halls of the dream forever.

Miku Hinasaki, who lives with Rei and works as her assistant, was the only survivor of the Himuro Mansion in Fatal Frame, and she is brought into the nightmare as well. With her help, Rei is able to uncover the dark rituals that occurred inside the manor, and eventually doomed its inhabitants to their strange half-life, trapped between life and death in the dream world. The two must work fast to undo the darkness that grips the dream mansion before the curse of the tattoo consumes them, and they are forever trapped inside the nightmare, separate from their lost loved ones.

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