The concept of having a camera that can exorcise lost souls makes for a very interesting and terrifying horror game...
You play as a young college girl named Miku Hinasaki who travels to a derelict old mansion in search of her missing brother Mafuyu, who has mysteriously disappeared while searching for a famous occult author. Miku has only an old camera her mother left for her that apparently captures the unseen. No guns, no swords or crowbars. Just a big, bulky camera, which does however prove very handy.
The game starts very quickly and the frights begin within the first ten minutes of the game. The controls are quite slow, but means there's more scares in the boss fights. The camera is pretty easy to control, pressing the circle button to capture the deadly spirits. Spirits usually take a few snaps before defeated depending on the type of film you use. There is low to very high exorcism film which is found in cupboards or boxes. Unfortunately, there isn't an infinite type of film in the game, so most likely at one point you'll be left with nothing and will need to run around the mansion looking for some.
In this game there is an extremely high amount of backtracking. You will need to run from one side of the mansion to the other to find a key, just to run all the way back to where you started. Luckily, along the way, a few doors and secret passages unlock, making it a lot easier to get to places without feeling frustrated.
Saving in the game is good and bad. The good part of saving is that you'll know where to go to save, but the bad is there's only a few save points in the game, which means more backtracking.