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.
Blood caked walls. Walking corpses. Flickering, unreliable lighting. Did Halo and Silent Hill have an illegitimate child?
Space...it's about the only place you're guaranteed to die in a horrific fashion at least once a week. Usually it's because of aggressive alien warships or planets filled with ugly multi-pedal savages, ready to tear our very limbs apart. EA, normally such a family friendly company, have decided that in their space game, things are going to get nastier than you could ever imagine.
In 1992 the small French videogame company Infrogrames made a game set in a Victorian-era New England mansion; where demon dogs, ghosts and other horrors ran riot while Paranormal Investigator Edward Carnby tried to escape with his life and soul intact. The 3D graphics and quirky use of odd camera angles made it an instant classic, inspiring the Resident Evil series and helping give birth to the survival horror genre. A few lacklustre sequels followed before the series underwent a modern day reboot in 2001 with the groundbreaking New Nightmare. Seven years later, the mantle of Carnby has to be taken up in this modern day semi-sequel to the original.
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