Mio chases after her sister and both wind up in All God’s Village, a place where a sinister ceremony takes place that appears to have gone foul, for the entire village is empty, aside from some ghosts. Mio and Mayu Amakura are out in the woods one afternoon and while Mio does some reminiscing Mayu runs of in chase of what appears to be a crimson butterfly. The story of this game doesn’t follow that of Fatal Frame although there are many links going around on the net about how Fatal Frame and Crimson Butterfly are connected, but from playing through this game the only link there appears to be is the camera, used to seal away the souls of ghosts. You’ve got a great story, some amazing graphics, really creepy sound, and a twin sister who’s on the verge of a nervous psychological breakdown screaming bloody murder, all the proper elements for a great horror game. Well this aficionado is going to go with Fatal Frame 2, and it seriously runs in contention with SSX 3 as my personal game of the year. Two separate games, two separate stories, there is bound to be some arguing among game aficionados over which of the two is a better game, and about which is a scarier game. Now I didn’t think this was possible, I mean Akira Yamaoka can make some twisted and messed up imagery, and it was a great game that actually made some sense in the story department where many people said the second game was lacking. Fatal Frame 2 Crimson Butterfly is the scariest game of 2003, easily beating out Silent Hill 3.