Whilst survival horror hipsters (if such a thing even exists) may find this dilution a travesty, it all being in the name of being haplessly hammered to death against a wall you flattened yourself on in the hopes some manic Jap wouldn’t spot you, this does make the game a lot more accessible.Īnother scraping off the original’s excruciating difficulty is the guiding objective text in the top-left corner of the screen. This reimagining of Siren is also a lot more combat-heavy than the original, allowing players to pick things up in the environment you generally wouldn’t bludgeon someone with, unless everyone around you had turned into Shibitos. Unlike the original Siren, which had its timeline chopped up and thrown to and fro for the player to make sense of after substantial progress had been made, Siren: Blood Curse generally follows a concurrent timeline. Whilst mature protagonists can pick up objects such as spades and pipes to clobber the cackling Shibito around, the pre-teen lass has obviously zero defensive capability and will simply get on her knees if approached by a friendly villager. You play as nonthreatening characters such as a high school teenage boy, a silly paranormal documentary maker and even his preparatory school daughter. It is now up to you to lead various characters through murky, befouled stages in pursuit of escape and sanity. They aren’t always skulking after you, however often, they will be preoccupied pulling weeds or writing who-knows-what in journals.
Whilst Shibito can be beaten into temporary submission, they are in essence immortal and will stand once more after temporarily pulling themselves together to continue sniffing you out. The water has also turned to blood and the sky a smoky miasma.
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Shrouded in foreboding enigma, an unsuspecting American TV crew ventures into the isolated scenery, only to find themselves stepping into a place no longer within the realms of human understanding.įor you see, like Silent Hill, Hanuda has become cursed and transformed into a little piece of hell, its residents warped into murderous hellions called ‘Shibito’, blood leaking from their eyes.
The basic premise tells of a mysterious village deep in the sticks of rural Japan called Hanuda. Siren: Blood Curse is the slightly westernized remake of the original Siren, my favourite survival horror classic of all time.Īs the third title in the series, it retells the original madness, replacing most of the Japanese protagonists with American ones. Originally released over an extended period of time in episodic downloadable bites, Siren: Blood Curse can now be slaughtered in one go instead of waiting with baited breath for your next nightmare to arrive. It will only cost you about R200 by this stage, a meagre price to pay for a priceless education in nerve-jangling unease.
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What I suggest you do – if you have a PS3 and are an intrepid underwear-spoiler – is pay for and download Siren: Blood Curse. This is the most terrifying and gripping franchise I have ever played, more so than Silent Hill, Amnesia or Fatal Frame. If you consider yourself a survival horror connoisseur, but have never played a Siren title, then you need some schooling.