SIREN Blood Curse - Coming July 24th - Discussion Topic

[Bloodwork]

FYI, you can buy a Blu-Ray of the game here with no region protection and and English language option.

[seeya]

Siren Blood Curse: Adding People On MSN?

It seems if you bought the recent PSN game, Siren: Blood curse, and are using your hotmail account as your PSN email, a Siren bot adds you on MSN not long after purchase, and tells you your dead along with other eery messages, it seems not even blocking works.

The Bots address is [email protected]

:|

i havent purchase (retail) the game yet but i have added the email on msn but i didnt see the bot on my list :(

[bloodrain]

I tired playing this game on my ps3, it seems like a cheap rip-off of resident evil. But I didnt get very far, so maybe it got better.

[PiracyX]

I found the demo quite average to be honest. The control system was naff, graphics didn't look impressive and the voice acting was terrible. I think ?20 is asking too much for the game of the quality.

Highly disappointed.

[popisdead uk]

The game is fantastic value. If you love your survival/horror games you will love this one.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Yeah it's a full size game.

Playtimes ranging from around 8-10 hours from what I've seen.

Obviously some people are more depending on how fast they are.

When stuff like Alone in the Dark sells for RRP, and this is ?20, I think it's a little harsh to say it's overpriced. The original on the PS2 will probably still set you back ?10-15.

[AbandonedTrolley]

I've got it all downloaded and waiting to play :( sadly my monitor is out of action. Can't wait to play it :) Yes it's not got graphics to rival the AAA titles, but as a PSN title they had to think about getting it to the consumer. For ?20 and what I saw of it I would say that it's not a bad price:))

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I'm still waiting on more impressions :p

Probably from DL as he writes the most haha.

I genuinely can't even spare ?20 right now, got so much to pay for this month, topped off with my bloody car tax.

It's okay though, I've borrowed Civilization Revolution of a mate and holy hell it ate like 4-5 hours of my time up last night. My mate's a huge CIV fan but prefers the PC titles. Says the console version is too simple for his liking haha.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I'm still waiting on more impressions :p

Probably from DL as he writes the most haha.

LOL I do tend to write way to much, don't I?

So okay, I am currently on Episode 5, and here is my overall impressions of the game.

You get used to the controls. You definitely do. Even some reviews from the gaming press, I read people complaining about you never feel precise with the controls, especially those times you do have to fight enemies. I can hit an enemy every-time that I need to hit them, and while it is not the best fighting system, it definitely works.

I do wish the camera was better, but you get used to it eventually, it just does take awhile to get used to it, and if you get frustrated easily, this game may not be for you.

Again I will reiterate, this game is creepy as all hell. I love it for that.

It does have some of the more cheesier dialog I have come across in a while on a game with that said, and right now the story seems to be all over the place. That is actually the point it of however, you play these different episodes and chapters from different peoples stand points in order to slowly reveal the story, so it is done like that on purpose, but even on Episode 05, I still do not have much of a clue of what the hell is going on. LOL

I also personally would have liked if the environment were a bit more interactive, even if it did not wind up being all that significant, it is a very old school approach to things that the only things that are interactive are things you need to actually use or look at. So it kind of takes any true exploration and throws it out the window, as you can only interact with things relative to your mission. There are a few exceptions, like I found a phone with a number written near it that I was able to call and hear some creepy voice, and more of this approach would have been a good thing.

Finally, I think that there is a pretty significant difficulty difference in gameplay from one chapter to the next within each episode. Some episodes are ridiculously easy, while others are much harder and require a whole lot of trail and error. A whole lot of trial and error. It would have been nice if they found a happy medium and made them all a bit more consistent with the difficulty.

Overall though I enjoy the game, but I realize it is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I also do believe they are sticking to a very tried and true old school gaming formula, which for me personally has ironic as it will sound, is a breath of fresh air, but many people may think the approach is something they have already seen done in the past and would prefer something a bit more modern.

So if you like classic Horror Survival games, then this game was made for you. It you never really liked them to begin with, this is not going to be the game that makes you like them.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

LOL I do tend to write way to much, don't I?

So okay, I am currently on Episode 5, and here is my overall impressions of the game.

You get used to the controls. You definitely do. Even some reviews from the gaming press, I read people complaining about you never feel precise with the controls, especially those times you do have to fight enemies. I can hit an enemy every-time that I need to hit them, and while it is not the best fighting system, it definitely works.

I do wish the camera was better, but you get used to it eventually, it just does take awhile to get used to it, and if you get frustrated easily, this game may not be for you.

Again I will reiterate, this game is creepy as all hell. I love it for that.

It does have some of the more cheesier dialog I have come across in a while on a game with that said, and right now the story seems to be all over the place. That is actually the point it of however, you play these different episodes and chapters from different peoples stand points in order to slowly reveal the story, so it is done like that on purpose, but even on Episode 05, I still do not have much of a clue of what the hell is going on. LOL

I also personally would have liked if the environment were a bit more interactive, even if it did not wind up being all that significant, it is a very old school approach to things that the only things that are interactive are things you need to actually use or look at. So it kind of takes any true exploration and throws it out the window, as you can only interact with things relative to your mission. There are a few exceptions, like I found a phone with a number written near it that I was able to call and hear some creepy voice, and more of this approach would have been a good thing.

Finally, I think that there is a pretty significant difficulty difference in gameplay from one chapter to the next within each episode. Some episodes are ridiculously easy, while others are much harder and require a whole lot of trail and error. A whole lot of trial and error. It would have been nice if they found a happy medium and made them all a bit more consistent with the difficulty.

Overall though I enjoy the game, but I realize it is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I also do believe they are sticking to a very tried and true old school gaming formula, which for me personally has ironic as it will sound, is a breath of fresh air, but many people may think the approach is something they have already seen done in the past and would prefer something a bit more modern.

So if you like classic Horror Survival games, then this game was made for you. It you never really liked them to begin with, this is not going to be the game that makes you like them.

Awesome!

Have you been in the hospital yet? I'm sure I read chapter 5 or 6 was quite scary, and I think it was something to do with a hospital.

[Jimmy0]

Any more impressions of this game? Am thinking about buying it shortly.

[Lingwo]

I got it on its release and finally found time to play it yesterday and so far i'm liking it. The controls are a bit of a pain, mainly the movement of the character really gets on my nerves. I'm still early on in the game. Just made it to the hospital with the little girl. The game feels like the original Silent Hill at the moment. I'd recommend it to old school survival horror fans.

I'll post a better impression when i've played it some more.

[OzO63]

I know this thread is old guys but i've got a question...

Felt like giving this a try, been ages since i played a good horror game so I'm downloading it now from the US PSN store (the UK store does'nt like my card details as usual :angry: ) I've purchased the full game and discovered you have to download it in 12 parts :blink: once all the parts are downloaded does it 'make' the full game and you access it from one icon on the XMB or does it stay in 12 seperate ones? 2 parts have downloaded and installed so far but i can only see one icon.. The following part is'nt overwriting the last one is it? i'm confused :wacko: (and so are you after reading that i bet, haha)

you get what i mean? sorry if this is the most retarded question ever, just wondering...

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

You download it all, then when you load the game (1 icon), all the episodes are displayed on the menu in-game.

I'm playing through it just now :)

Starts off quite slow, but it's getting better!

[OzO63]

Cheers Audioboxer! :)

Can't wait to play it, although at the rate it's downloading Siren 2 will be out before it's all finished :p

[Sethos]

Tried the demo not long ago, I laughed at how everything was black mixed with an occasional brown under some random light. :rofl:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Cheers Audioboxer! :)

Can't wait to play it, although at the rate it's downloading Siren 2 will be out before it's all finished :p

You don't need to download it all to play.

You can start playing right away after installing the first pack :)

[Jimmy0]

That reminds me, I need to go back and finish it off. I have only played about 3 chapters! :laugh:

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

That reminds me, I need to go back and finish it off. I have only played about 3 chapters! :laugh:

Same here, except I am on like Episode 6 or something, and I never bought the 4 final episodes either.

[Jimmy0]

Same here, except I am on like Episode 6 or something, and I never bought the 4 final episodes either.

I just bought the complete game, rather than by them all separately.

Worked out (marginally) cheaper.

[OzO63]

I've just got upto the fourth chapter, really enjoying it.. The camera takes a little getting used to but it is'nt that bad and the game is really creepy, which is great.. The only thing is that with it constantly switching characters all the time the story is'nt making much sense at the moment :blink:

Although I'm guessing it'l all fall into place later on?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

On chapter 9 now, really enjoying this.

Think I'd give it a solid 8 so far.

It has all the classic flaws/grudges of a classical survival horror game (meaning even after I finish and think it's awesome, I'd be hard pushed to award a 9, maybe 8.5), but also the pluses.

The shibuto design/art directions are brilliant IMO - RE4 should have done something similar, allows you to stray away from typical zombies, yet not absolutely tone down the horror/scare factor like RE4 did.

Sony should fund these guys to make a new proper Siren for the PS3 (Y)

With Silent Hill seemingly going down the pan, and RE becoming an action game over a survival horror, we really need this genre fed with good ole horror games.