I donned a frilly dress and tracked ghosts for hours in Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake — and now I can’t wait for the full release

At its core, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake is a game all about exploring a decrepit Japanese village, zapping ghosts with a magic camera, and holding hands with your slightly disconcerting (and frequently supernaturally possessed) twin sister.

An expansive remake of a 2003 PlayStation 2 cult classic survival horror title, it’s been overhauled with shiny new graphics and a wealth of quality-of-life features that make it the first entry in the series that I would feel comfortable recommending to all survival horror fans rather than a dedicated subset of masochistic sickos.

It might be more approachable than any other instalment to date, but that doesn’t mean it’s lacking in depth and, after playing an early preview build for roughly seven hours, I’m desperate to dive back in for more when it launches next month.