So imagine yourself driving along a dark, lonely country road. The radio is your only company and the DJ announces that this very day is the Autumn Equinox and that there will be 12 hours of darkness. Not to worry, you’ll soon be home and out of the shadows. Only you’re not yet home when your car comes to a shuddering, stuttering halt. In the dark.
Expectations, they're a problem with videogames. Usually while playing it's a plain old system of getting exactly what you're used to seeing, at other times a game will defy your imagination and make you think in a few new directions.
Siren: Blood Curse is a third person survival horror game which made its first appearance on the Playstation Network. It’s now released on disc to pick up those with no internet access. The game itself is an Americanised remake of a Playstation 2 title (Siren) and if that raises concerns then read on. Unfortunately although tension is often well measured there are points where controls, speed, image and characters cause sheer frustration and so it would be best to “step away from the console” in order to calm down and appreciate the game. More Siren: Blood Cursing than Blood Curse.
Co-op is fast becoming a staple of many multiplayer-enabled console titles these days. The notion of playing together as a team towards a common objective is the new black, as opposed to simply fragging the hell out of each other for kicks and gamerpoints (you know who you are). However, very few developers can stand up and honestly say their game was built with co-op in mind. Some games pull it off incredibly well, while others offer a co-op mode that feels tacked on and more like an after-thought than a core feature.
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