Siren: New Translation - Debut

Published 18 April, 2008 Duration 2:34

The newly announced remake of this 2003 survival horror seeks to recapture the eerie small village atmosphere of the original for the PS3. Telling the stories of ten villagers trying to understand the zombie plague which has befallen their neighbours, Siren allowed you to see through the eyes of the infected, making sneaking around a great deal easier.

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  • djed #1 4 years ago

    DAMMIT, WHERE ARE THE COPS WHEN YOU NEED 'EM?!

  • MightyMouse #2 4 years ago

    Good trailer, looks quite spooky.

  • penhalion #3 4 years ago

    To anyone wanting this, be reminded that it is a game where you can't see much for most of the time. It relies heavily on darkness for it's atmostphere but (the original at least), this makes it a stumbling about not being able to see jack and therefore frustrating as hell experience.

    The see through their eyes thing seemed good at first, until you get to your first sequence where the zombies/infected STILL stumble out of the darkness at you even though you know they couldn't see you at all. In short encounters seemed to have been put together for atmostphere and made the see through their eyes mechanic useless.

  • Kryon #4 4 years ago

    Black screen is black.

  • Triggerhappytel #5 4 years ago

    Great trailer, I found that very creepy. Will check this out; hopefully it'll be a bit more forgiving and user-friendly than the original was.

  • Cappy #6 4 years ago

    Of course the Shibito can see you.

    They see anybody alive as a bright 'star' like entity. I'm not sure where anybody would get the idea that you can hide in darkness, that isn't how Siren works.

  • Widge #7 4 years ago

    Just read the wiki of Forbidden siren. Game sounds mad, totally not my cup of tea to play, but I appreciate the story telling and the idea of it all.

  • Widge #8 4 years ago

    I don't think I have the patience to sit, jack into the surroundings and plan my route of action. Marmite as you say, but keep on coming out with original ideas like this though devs!

  • Mashum #9 4 years ago

    Looks good - nice music too. I always thought the other Siren games had a really nice art style.

    @Penhalion

    ...did we play the same game? I loved the second one - the first was too punishing and I can understand if it left you a bit grumpy. They seem to be polishing off the rough edges as they go so I'm definitely open minded for the next gen remake.

  • drumbaby #10 4 years ago

    Coo...looks a bit scary.

  • Kujata #11 4 years ago

    Air raid sirens... always creepy...

    This is one of the first titles to make me consider a PS3. I love a really good survival horror in the Silent Hill/Project Zero mould.

    Hopefully it will be a little more forgiving than the original, though.

  • Scimarad #12 4 years ago

    Never played this the first time around but I suspect I will this time.

  • Royal Fool #13 4 years ago

    Is this the version that adds the fun?

  • penhalion #14 4 years ago

    @Cappy

    No they aren't supposed to be able to see you as the first part of the game (if you'd played it) shows you. You can walk almost upto the girl before she sees you.

    You have to distract them and alter their routes to sneak by but, the dark always acts in your favour as they are attracted to LIGHT! The bright star they see is the torch the guy is carrying.

    @Mashum

    I played 1 and 2. I finished both. The first one was stupidly unfair as it seemed random as to whether they saw you or not while you were hiding. I also hated the character switching as pretty much everyone ends up dead or infected. I loved the fact that you cross the paths of the other characters and really wanted to like this series as it's actually scarier than either resident evil or silent hill. I'll give the remake a look but, let's face it, if it's anything like the previous ones it's going to be a game that punishes the player for the sake of adding jumpy moments.
    Edited by penhalion at 18/04/08 @ 22:53

  • Mashum #15 4 years ago

    @penhalion

    ...it must be a tough call when adding tension at the sake of punishing the player especially as everyone will have different thresholds of boredom and frustration. I didn't come anywhere near finishing the first one, you must have the patience of a saint!

  • Chufty #16 4 years ago

    Maybe it is a Marmite game (although I hate that analogy because I merely 'quite like' Marmite) but I loved the first two and I don't like survival horrors as a rule.

    The trouble with the first one is that I stumbled upon the last level very suddenly and feel like I missed out a lot of the story from previous stages. Not sure if I just got unlucky because of the stage structure or if the end of the game was a bit rushed...

  • benuaq #17 4 years ago

    With regards to the previous games (and quite possibly this one), what is it about Japanese developers that they can release games with horrendously clunky contorls, and not worry about it?

    Compare the fluidity of movement in the SH series, RE (even the new one), Siren, and a bunch of other games, compared to their western counterparts.
    All the Japanese games are stuck in the "You must take 30 seconds to rotate your character, which walks and responds like a small tank" era

  • Skywise #18 4 years ago

    As much as I like dodgy voice acting in Resident Evil, I would have hoped that this game would have some proper effort. Also the car looks quite bad.

    The trailer as a whole seems interesting though :)

  • Kiigan #19 4 years ago

    Great, they've replaced the appalling cockney voice dubs with appalling American voices.

    You just don't get it, do you Scotty?