It adds to the tension and fear that you, the player, are intended to feel.
Every playable character in the game has an incredibly realistic likeness – in some scenes, it really helps the player to “get into character”, and it allows for a range of emotion and, for lack of a better term, “acting” from the characters that other survival horror games lack. At any rate, it’s a step up from Silent Hill: Homecoming, released around the same time. At some points it’s hardly noticeable, but in a few key instances, it can obscure important things like hiding places and items. The graphics are either incredible or horrible depending on who you talk to: the texture work on the environments is great, but there’s a filter running over everything at all times that you can’t turn off. The script is top notch, with excellent voice work across the board. It’s interesting that most of the characters are Western, as it seems like an attempt for the development team to more closely connect with non-Japanese gamers.
There’s now an American TV crew that witnesses the botched ritual at the beginning of the game, which provides some new cast members to play with. The game again takes place in Hanuda village in rural Japan, and follows roughly the same story as the first game. On top of that, there are several tweaks and upgrades to the game-play that allows Siren to compete with more modern horror games, and adds enough new plot twists and characters to provide a reason for even seasoned Siren fans to play.
The result plays like a “best of” Siren, with many of the game play innovations of the second game combined with the story and structure of the first game. They commissioned the Siren team to create a half-remake, half-re-imagining of the original Siren for release as a PS3 exclusive. Sony, in its wisdom, decided that the original Siren never really found the audience that it deserved.
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