Siren: New Translation

[Vogue_Dirge]

Hopefully in the New Translation that annoying static shit will be done away with!

XD

I hated that! Soooooooooooo annoying.

[Darkmoon]

You mean sight jacking? Where you look through shibito's eyes? Well, I admit I haven't played this one, but in the first two that was pretty much your best weapon and defence so I assume it'll stay.

[Stu]

Sight jacking's one of the game's biggest elements, so yes, it's in.

[Vogue_Dirge]

This may sound absolutely idiotic, but I had no problem with sightjacking, it was the static noise!

XD

[Darkmoon]

Well, I can understand that. It never bothered me but I can see how it might.

[James]

I think removing the sightjacking is stupid. I mean, that's one of the main features of the game. In addition, the system has been reworked so you can just tap R1 to move through available shibito, and if you wish press Square to lock the view and play in splitscreen so you can keep an eye on the Shibito.

As for me, I just escaped the hospital during Chapter 3. Really scary and tense stuff.

[Stu]

Controlling Bella in the hospital? It's horrible isn't it! haha

[Gradon]

Game came today, just watching the first opening movie, that's so fucking freaky...

[Stu]

Played another Bella mission last night, it's so horrific haha

Two chapters left, i'm gutted

[Gradon]

Either the games short, or I have no life.
I'm at Episode 7 already, wow this game has had me screaming alot.
Anyone know if theres unlockables? I want more costumes or choose-your-character.
Either way, this game is awesomeness, I love it.

[abbatoo]

Just finished it. An excellent horror game on it's own but I preferred the original Siren 1 despite it's punishing difficulty (that actually made it more scary for me).

I hated most of the new characters. Howard, Sam, Sol, Melissa and Bella to be more precise; they made the game feel -as my sister so perfectly put it- "whitewashed". Just like those remakes of Asian horror movies they keep churning out every few years. (Not a small feat considering this game was made by Japanese.)

Of course, this is strictly my personal opinion as a die-hard PS2 Siren fan. If you want a good horror game on the PS3 and/or hated the original because of it's frustrating difficulty, chances are you'll enjoy this one. Most of the originals' problems/glitches/etc. have been fixed, the difficulty has been considerably toned down (perhaps a bit too much) and the storyline has been 'streamlined' a bit to make it more accessible to a less masochistic audience.

However, if you're like me and loved the original to bits, you might be better off being cautious and downloading only the first episode pack before investing into the whole game. It's not expensive and it'll give you a lot better impression of the game than the demo did.

[Umon Daisuke]

The original wasn't hard, it just wasn't fun to play and the VA was atrocious. For a story-driven game, it hurt the atmosphere. The gameplay changes made the difference in this one for me, and it's quite enjoyable. You're right about the toned down difficulty, and I'm not sure I like the fact that you're practically walked through the game.

All of us here didn't like the original, so I think we're the right audience to this overhaul. It's still weird that I can still find new copies of the original in bargain bins to this day around here, so I think SCEA made a good decision to distribute this digitally in NA.

[Gradon]

I completed it 3 days after I got it, quite possibly one of the best horror games I ever played.
Just the replay value is lacked, then again, there really isn't any.
On par to the original, I only ever played a demo of the first and died almost instantaniassly.
And the second, I saw in GameStation pre-owned for 8 months, then when I get into the series its gone, just fucking luck right?

[Darkmoon]

Well, I own the first two and I've managed to play this for a few minutes at a friend's house. I gotta admit, so far I prefer the first. The second is too easy and this one wasn't as much fun, from my brief play.

The first one was so hard it was like gravel diorhea, but that didn't detract from it for me. The levels were short enough that getting snuffed out wasn't too big an issue and the replay value of the game is massive, but akward.

[Stu]

I love this game. I'm praying for another remake.

So why is it i can't figure out why i haven't gone back to the game to finish the very last chapter i have left?!