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Description
Siren is a Japanese survival horror game which takes place in a small town where almost all of the people were killed.
A siren in the small Japanese village of Hanuda suddenly turns its inhabitants into shibito, zombies bent on turning everybody else into shibito.
The player alternates gameplay between ten different characters trying to avoid the shibito. It's like a puzzle. The player has to learn the shibitos' patterns and learn to avoid getting seen, as all of the characters have very low maximum health. The player can also sightjack other characters and shibito to see from their point of view.
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Alternate Titles
- "死魂曲" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
- "Forbidden Siren" -- European title
- "サイレン" -- Japanese spelling
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User Reviews
Critic Reviews
GamePro (US) |
PlayStation 2 |
Apr 16, 2004 |
4.5 out of 5 |
90 |
Yahoo! Games |
PlayStation 2 |
Apr 21, 2004 |
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80 |
GameZone |
PlayStation 2 |
Apr 13, 2004 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
Eurogamer.net (UK) |
PlayStation 2 |
Mar 24, 2004 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
Game Informer Magazine |
PlayStation 2 |
May, 2004 |
6.25 out of 10 |
62 |
Jolt (UK) |
PlayStation 2 |
Mar 27, 2004 |
6.1 out of 10 |
61 |
Entertainment Depot, The |
PlayStation 2 |
Jul 02, 2004 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
GamingWorld X |
PlayStation 2 |
2004 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
Gamekult |
PlayStation 2 |
Mar 05, 2004 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
Super Play (Sweden) |
PlayStation 2 |
Mar, 2004 |
5 out of 10 |
50 |
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Trivia
Controversy
On November 10, 2003, one of SCE's ads for
Siren was pulled in Japan after complaints from parents. The ad featured a young girl knocking on a window from the outside, begging her parents to let her in. The view then switches to the inside and shows the terrified parents, in fear of their daughter, who is revealed to be a bloody zombie. SCE said that the fear factor made people uncomfortable.
References to the game
The game is featured about ten seconds in the 2005 French movie
Le temps qui reste (Time to Leave) by François Ozon. One of the characters is playing it casually and it has no influence on the events.
Awards
- GameSpy
- 2004 – Most Inappropriate British Accents (PS2)
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