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To the delight of those players still reluctant to purchase downloadable content via the network reaches the shelves in the Blu-Ray version of Siren: Blood Curse. This is the remake of the famous title for Sony PlayStation 2, which in its time and garnered quite a success. The title is part of the survival horror genre, offering an adventure set in a remote village in Japan and full of typical elements of Japanese folklore. The story is enriched with respect to the title of the previous generation with new story arcs. It tells the life of a group of people trapped in a small village where a strange ritual is being carried out. Some of these people belong to a group of American television moved to the place. Throughout the different chapters in which the game is structured, they will encounter other characters from the area in which the events occur. These chapters will be telling the story from different viewpoints of each of the protagonists. This will enable us to live the same situation with different characters each time discovering new details of the plot.

The general structure of the adventure is pretty linear, much narrower than most survival horror to which we are accustomed. In each episode, the game we will have to assign different goals to be fulfilled to advance the main story. Sometimes we find secondary targets that we were not submitted at the beginning of the chapter. To perform those tasks will help us a handy map that will contain a large amount of detail to make things easier. And speaking of facilities, this will be one of the greatest evils with which we find in Siren: Blood Curse. Achieving certain objectives will be so simple that we often fill the episodes in a fairly short period of time, leading to a very decompensated duration each. This will enable us to overcome the game in a number of hours less than usual for a title in the genre. Its nature is only downloadable in principle could have justified such period, but the size of the discharge exceeded 9Gb, thus disrupting this justification.

Focusing on the management, we find different ways forward depending on the character that controls each time. In most cases we have to move by stealth to avoid being discovered by a demonic creature called “Shibito,” which are based on the typical Japanese horror films so successful that a few years ago. One of the most striking developments that contributed to gender Siren was the subjective camera through which the game screen was divided between what is our character and vision of our enemies and uncover the best way to avoid being discovered. The camera manages to create moments of great tension. Among the scenes in which to drive a little girl and you really suffer a great burden not being able to deal face to face with the creatures that haunt us. Other characters will have the ability to use weapons to fight the Shibito, but these confrontations do not entail a major part of development.

Graphically we have a title located between two generations. Some poor and too blurry textures on characters in scenarios ruin what could have been a visual aspect to the task. Encounter scenarios that provide a proper atmosphere than in enclosed spaces such as outdoor. Emphasize especially the lighting effects, thanks to the use of a flashlight get quite realistic in many cases. The design of the characters is very satisfactory. The faces were modeled after real actors at all times and reflect the mood of the character, both in the scenes taken with the engine of the game and during the course of the adventure. The animation is not particularly outstanding but they appear sufficiently worked. Find some slowdowns at times annoying point of the game, something that should not happen given the poor level of texturising mentioned earlier.

The audio section does not give us those tunes that remain etched in our memories for as can happen with Silent Hill, but the quality is sufficient to correct both the mood of the moments of exploration as the higher voltage. Far more impressive sound effects, which help create an atmosphere in which we truly feel overwhelmed in many cases. Particularly highlights the voices of the characters, especially the Shibito whose ominous words terrified us all the time. Hear voices in both English and Japanese depending on the origin of the character in question thanks to a detail from the developers because the dubbing of Castilian in the supply of PlayStation 2 somewhat spoiled the game experience.

The limited supply of titles for PlayStation 3 terror makes Siren: Blood Curse recommend a game, despite its rather limited duration and a graphically than could have been much worked. In addition the game comes to an attractive price, especially now that we can get it as a physical box with its manual and to any collection you like. Ultimately this is a title that any fan of survival horror PS3 owner should try, and hopefully before a foreshadowing of what will be a delivery of future Siren designed entirely for the new generation.

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