Siren Blood Curse

PostSiren Blood Curse by **Thongings** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:16 pm

Thought I'd bring this across as I only posted in it at 0320 this morning. :lol:

Crash Hornet wrote:

I couldn't find a topic for this but thought it deserved its own rather than a few tidbits in the PSN store.

Anyway, Siren Blood Curse. It's great. After the rubbishness that was Alone in the Dark I can't tell you how chuffed I am that this has turned out 1) Good and 2) Creepy as hell.

For the unawares it's an old-school PS3 survival horror made my Keiichiro 'Silent Hill' Toyama where you take control of a group of Americans stranded in a cult-led Japanese mountain village. It's terrifying, looks great and is only £19.99 to download it off the PSN store. *benstillerdoit.gif*

I've just finished Chapter 6 and the more I play, the more I love it. I can't follow the wacko-jacko story for sh*t but it really is ace. Comfortably up there with the best of the PS3 titles, at least if you can deal with the slightly rubbish downloading.

So, er, yeah, discuss.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Thongings** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:17 pm

And my last post in the topic...

Crash Hornet wrote:
Hero_of_Canton wrote:
Crash Hornet wrote:Finished.

Very good. There were some pretty annoying bits in it that seemed to rely on trial and error, sometimes luck. Which is a shame, but for the most part it was superb. sh*t-scary and while the story was complete nonsense, it started becoming entertaining enough to make me want to know just what the smeg was going on.

8/10, would have been a 9 if not for a few crappy sections.

Yeah, there's a couple of weak points. What about that ending, eh? Mental.

I'll bung you a link to my review if you're interested, fella. Will you be covering it for the Telegraph?

Yeah, do.

I'm not sure yet if I'll cover it. Maybe a blog at least. I certainly liked it enough to champion it as much as I can. That way we might see Siren 2 'translated'.

Yeah, the ending was complete fruitcake. But in a weird way, also made perfect sense.
Thing is, given that the game as a whole was batshit mental, that the end seemed to go balls out for it didn't bother me too much!

Great game though on the whole. Exactly my type of thing, I was disappointed in a few bits, which means I could never hold it up to Silent Hill 2. But other than that, it's probably my favourite horror game, certainly in the last couple of years at least.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Mafro** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:40 pm

From what I've played so far, I seriously hope they do the same and release a sequel on the PSN.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Starwulf** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:46 pm

I'm enjoying it so far, stuck on Chapter 4 at the moment.

There does seem to be a lot of escort missions though, luckily the AI seems to be quite good and doesn't get in the way like in many games.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Daniel** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:47 pm

Been mulling over whether to get this or not.

How longs it been taking to complete and any replayabilty?

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Thongings** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:01 pm

Daniel wrote:Been mulling over whether to get this or not.

How longs it been taking to complete and any replayabilty?

My playtime was actually 14hours! :shock:

I think most people managed it quicker than that, but you're still looking at at least 10 hours, which isn't bad for twenty notes. Replay wise, there are awards and stuff to get for each chapter if you're a completionist type of guy, and you get more pieces for the archive to fill in the story's many, many, many blanks.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Daniel** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:02 pm

CrashHornet wrote:
Daniel wrote:Been mulling over whether to get this or not.

How longs it been taking to complete and any replayabilty?

My playtime was actually 14hours!

I think most people managed it quicker than that, but you're still looking at at least 10 hours, which isn't bad for twenty notes. Replay wise, there are awards and stuff to get for each chapter if you're a completionist type of guy, and you get more pieces for the archive to fill in the story's many, many, many blanks.

Sounds good. Length of the game was one of things holding me back so think Ill go for this now....and yeah I like to get the most of a game I can so would probably go for the rewards.

Cheers

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Hero of Canton** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:03 pm

There's replay value if you didn't collect all the archive items (or if you completed it on Easy and want to try a harder difficulty). It took me around ten hours, perhaps slightly more.

Crash - http://www.gamerzines.com/downloading-p3zine_18.html - that's my review. I gave it 88%.

Raze · PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Raze** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:42 pm

I'm still slowly making my way through this. I like the chapter setup, since I can play a chapter every couple of days without feeling I'm losing focus on the game. I was planning on blitzing a fair bit of it this weekend but I've been too busy.

Maybe tonight!

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Daniel** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:47 pm

Anung Un Rama wrote:I just hope this hurry up and comes out on Blu-ray. Im not clogging up my already shitty hard drive, so it better come out soon. Still really hyped about it, loved the ones on the PS2, reckon i will love this one too.

Is it definelty getting a Blu Ray release?

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Hulohot** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:16 pm

I'm stuck near the end

When you have to face an army of Spider Shibito.

Its quite tough, only tried it a few times though.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Daniel** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:17 pm

Anung Un Rama wrote:Yep, 100% confirmed.

Its only us aswell i think.

Okay might wait as my HDD is too full already. Bloody PS3 and its space hogging games

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Hero of Canton** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:17 pm

Hulohot wrote:I'm stuck near the end

When you have to face an army of Spider Shibito.

Its quite tough, only tried it a few times though.

I think I got lucky during that part. There's one spot where you can seemingly get them all from. Assuming you're talking about the same bit as I am. Otherwise, it might be the one where you're able to block some off by pushing something in the way of...something.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Crimson** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:38 pm

I've been meaning to download this for sometime, although I might just hold off until the Bluray version due to my ISP's download limits.

I was pleasantly surprised I enjoyed the demo, the game oozes atmosphere and the shooting mechanic is very satisfying.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Mafro** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:49 pm

Spider shibito

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Hulohot** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:50 pm

Mafro wrote:Spider shibito

I hate them, but love them. I love closing all the doors, knowing you are safe from them.

The Maggot Shibito... the first time I saw that thing I was like HOLY **** :shock:

I literally ran into it.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Mafro** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:55 pm

Hulohot wrote:
Mafro wrote:Spider shibito

I hate them, but love them. I love closing all the doors, knowing you are safe from them.

The Maggot Shibito... the first time I saw that thing I was like HOLY **** I literally ran into it.

Are they the massive fat ones with the huge heads?

Oh, and that bit where

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Hero of Canton** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:57 pm

That's an amazing moment. It's just so unexpected.

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Daniel** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:58 pm

You've convinced me. I gotta get this now. Not like theres much else coming on PS3 in the next few weeks

PostRe: Siren Blood Curse by **Mafro** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:15 pm

Hero of Canton wrote:That's an amazing moment. It's just so unexpected.

Even worse when you are playing it in the dark at half 1 in the morning while wearing headphones :cry:

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