Siren: New Translation

[Gradon]

Thanks for clearing that up, Umon.
Importing it is.

[TheOrganization]

I might give this remake a go, i finished the original but i didnt really enjoy it, there where good characters and some good story points but it was the most confusing and annoying game ever really.
Having to go back to play the same levels again just because i hadnt picked a crowbar up or smashed a padlock off something.
With the timeline being all over the place, in the way the levels where played, the game didnt make sense all that much.

[biohazard_star]

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bp-49-en-15-siren-70-2q0u.html

Play-Asia's going to be having it in stock next week. Oh, and not to hijack this thread but P-A's having a sale so if you want those 200 USD RE statues then better get em now.

[Gradon]

No Europe shipping!?
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I'll wait when it appears on eBay.

[randomwab]

God, I can't wait to download all 9 gig tomorrow.

To be honest though, I'm really looking forward to this. Played the demo again today and, again, it's friggin' excellent. It feels like they've fixed everything that pushed me away from the original Forbidden Siren. Hope all 4 parts go up tomorrow though.

[Umon Daisuke]

I don't know about you guys, but I'll be getting the digital version instead. I stand to save some money between insured shipping, and higher price for the BD version (tax too). SCEA is pricing the game at mere $40 on PSN (comes up to $44.18 with tax for me), VS. $55 + $22 for BD.

I'm just wondering how long it'll take me to download the thing -_-

[randomwab]

The game is, altogether, 9.8GB. It's split into 12 packs though, so if you didn't want to install the entire 9.8GB, you could download episode 1-3, then when you're done, delete them and download 4-6 and so on. You do need to keep episode 1 installed though, I assume because it has the engine and general workings of the game, but 2-12 can be deleted and reinstalled with no real hassle.

[Umon Daisuke]

Disc space isn't an issue at all (I've got about 110GB to spare). It's the fact that I'm stuck with NAT3 on both the PS3 and 360 for a week now, and I haven't been able to change it. Even a mere 1GB is a bit of a pain to download.

[Darkmoon]

I'm sorta unhappy that you have to go online to grab this in English. I despise going online for gaming stuff, so my 360 isn't hooked up and when I grab it my PS3 likely won't either. Is there anyway to download this using a PC and transfering it over to a PS3, by burning it to a disc or something?

[Umon Daisuke]

No, though it can be done with the PS1 game downloads. Even then, it's basically a transfer from a storage medium (external HDD etc.) to the PS3's internal HDD. The Hong Kong version is in English, and the only reason I'm getting the digital one instead is because of cost as I mentioned.

I would recommend having both hooked up online, even if you don't get PSN or XBLA games since some games do get patches from a time to time.

[Darkmoon]

The HK one has all the stuff in English, not just the speaking? Excellent.

Yeah, I probably should put both online...I just never got around to connecting this beastie to a wireless router. Partially cost and partially the number of people I know who steal broadband that way.

[Stu]

Am currently downloading this. Bit of a pisstake that it consists of TWELVE different downloads, and TWELVE different installations!

I bought the game, clicking ONE option. Why could i not just have ONE package to download and ONE installation?

Why would the FOUR individual download choices consist of THREE downloads? Why not just ONE? Why must i, who selected ONE option for the whole game, have to put up with TWELVE different downloads?

Updates and installations already take the piss on PS3, this is quite a lame spectacle indeed!

[randomwab]

So you don't have to wait for the entire 9.8GB to download at once, at least this way you can play while you download. Plus, it also means that you can delete and episode you want (except the first one) to free up some room. So instead of 9.8GB on your hard disc, you could delete 2-12 and free up a good 8 or so gig.

I mean, I bought this at about 3.00PM today, and as of writing this at 11:30PM, only 6 packs are done, but at least I've been able to play those packs instead of waiting until tomorrow.

[Umon Daisuke]

I think it has more to do with their original plan of selling each scenario/episode for $4.99. Upon deciding on the full game's MSRP, bundling was the only logical way to go

A bit of a surprise that 7.1 audio is supported, but samples are definitely more compressed.

[Stu]

So you don't have to wait for the entire 9.8GB to download at once, at least this way you can play while you download. Plus, it also means that you can delete and episode you want (except the first one) to free up some room. So instead of 9.8GB on your hard disc, you could delete 2-12 and free up a good 8 or so gig.

Once it's all installed though, there's only one item on the dashboard, so how do you go about deleting episodes then?