Siren: Blood Curse (2008)
3.47 from 94 ratings
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How long? Main story 26h (from 1 logged playthrough)
A TV crew from America arrive to research and film an exposé on the urban myth of Hanuda, the Vanished Village, where human sacrifices are said to have taken place.
Hanuda is a dark, eerie world, frozen in the 1970s and surrounded by a red sea. An ancient curse has been set upon the town and you, as the visitors, …
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A TV crew from America arrive to research and film an exposé on the urban myth of Hanuda, the Vanished Village, where human sacrifices are said to have taken place.
Hanuda is a dark, eerie world, frozen in the 1970s and surrounded by a red sea. An ancient curse has been set upon the town and you, as the visitors, must save the remaining inhabitants including the beautiful Miyako. In order to survive you must defend yourself from the vicious Shibito, or living dead, and other terrifying monsters.
Across 12 chapters of horror, gamers will confront the mysteries of Hanuda in this new chapter of the the cult classic horror game. Throughout the game you will play each of the visitors to the village. The game's unique Sight-Jack System enables you to switch seamlessly between the visions of the hunted and the hunters. Blood, guts and gore are super-enhanced by amazing graphic effects, an advanced physics engine and shockingly realistic facial animations.
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Details
- Developers
- Project Siren
- Publishers
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
- Themes
- Horror, Stealth, Survival
- Series
- Siren
- Event
- Sony E3 2008 Press Conference
Release dates
- Jul 13, 2008 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3
- Jul 24, 2008 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3
- Oct 29, 2008 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3
- Oct 30, 2008 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation 3
Rating distribution
5 stars
12
4 stars
34
3 stars
35
2 stars
12
1 star
1
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status DirtyMidnighter Jul 26, 2020
Easily one of the most bizarre games I've ever played.
Status Balious Sep 14, 2019
So I finally finished this game, and what a complete mess it was. It has good moments and quite a creepy atmosphere, the sight jack is a great idea but poorly executed.
Controls feel a bit awkward, stiff like where characters won't always do what you want them to. Sometimes this can lead to real bad moments when you're trying …
So I finally finished this game, and what a complete mess it was. It has good moments and quite a creepy atmosphere, the sight jack is a great idea but poorly executed.
Controls feel a bit awkward, stiff like where characters won't always do what you want them to. Sometimes this can lead to real bad moments when you're trying to stealth or run away from the enemy. There is also one character who if gets caught its instant game over, happens regardless if you're controlling her or if you're there with her despite having a weapon to protect both you and her with she can still be game overed for you. Some sections made me angry too which is a rare thing to see playing games. Due to things not working out properly, or you sometimes stand no chance of escaping something going on and results in your death.
Story wise, which is where most of my problems come into play, feels a complete mess that explains very little of whats going on. You have to rely on the archives which unlocks as you play the game, sometimes you have to find them yourself in levels. They contain useful information like why the characters are there and also explains other things that happened. However, ignore the archives and almost nothing makes sense. Lots of elements are thrown in and don't seem to mix well with me. I also didn't really like most of the characters.
My personal opinion on this game, its below average but I can certainly see why others would like it. I personally did enjoy some of my time on it and I really do like some of the ideas, such as the setting. But it seems like they just wanted to mix everything they could into one and just try to flow it without explaining anything (outside of going out of the game to read the archives). I haven't played Forbidden Siren 1 and 2, I know Siren Blood Curse is a reimagining of the first game with improvements from 2 but I'm having my doubts if I ever go through the Forbidden games right now. Especially knowing the first game is quite hard when I struggled a few times in Siren Blood Curse.
Status Hikaruboom Oct 14, 2018
On the last episode, not sure if I'm going to do all the archives.