Siren: Blood Curse
Developer(s)	Project Siren
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)	Keiichiro Toyama
Producer(s)	Takafumi Fujisawa
Artist(s)	Isao Takahashi
Writer(s)	Naoko Sato Keiichiro Toyama
Composer(s)	Hitomi Shimizu
Series	Siren
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3
Release	JP: July 24, 2008 NA: July 24, 2008 (PSN) EU: July 24, 2008 (PSN) AU: October 29, 2008 (PSN) AU: October 30, 2008 EU: October 31, 2008 JP: December 11, 2008 (PSN)
Genre(s)	Survival horror, stealth
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Jun 08, 2011 With most games in the genre making the shift towards action horror, Siren: Blood Curse instead retains what made survival horror so appealing in the first place. It would have been easy for them to appease the action/shooter fanbase, and cash in like so many others have. Thankfully, the often under appreciated Siren franchise does not sellout. The unique “sight jack” system allows the player to see from the point of view of the Shibito, or living dead, to avoid their detection or watch as they close in on the player and companions. Intense graphics, realistic character animation, and a gritty film-like graphical presentation add to the horror of Siren: Blood Curse. Key Features.

Siren: Blood Curse, known in Japan as Siren: New Translation (サイレン:ニュートランスレーションSairen:Nyū Toransurēshon), is a survival horrorstealth game - third and final installment in the Siren game series. Developed for the PlayStation 3 by Project Siren,^[1] a development team of SCE Japan Studio, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Blood Curse first became available in Japan for the PlayStation 3 on July 24, 2008 whilst it became available on the PlayStation Store in North America and Europe on exactly the same date. It later became available on the PlayStation Store in Australia on October 29, 2008 and for the PlayStation 3 one day later in the same country. It became available for the PlayStation 3 in Europe on October 31, 2008 and on the PlayStation Store in Japan on December 11, 2008.

Blood Curse is a 'reimagining' of the first installment in the series, Siren, with many alterations to structure and content, along with most of the gameplay improvements introduced in Forbidden Siren 2. The game follows a cast of interconnected characters as they try to survive a cursed village in a remote area of Japan.

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Gameplay[edit]

In Siren: Blood Curse, the Link Navigator from previous games is replaced by a series of twelve chronological episodes, each containing parallel and intersecting chapters for different player characters. Each chapter consists of either a cutscene or a mission, the latter being where gameplay mainly takes place.^[2]

The main gameplay of Blood Curse generally involves controlling a player character from a third-person perspective. The player must complete missions to progress the story, while evading the shibito, the game's main enemies.^[3] The series' signature 'Sight Jack' ability operates in an automated split-screen mode, allowing the player to see through the eyes of others while continuing to play normally. Sight jacking is imperative to surviving in the game; the player can only discover clues to their next goal or target through this ability.^[4]^[5]

Blood Curse puts an emphasis on stealth gameplay. When the player enters a shibito's vicinity, a heartbeat-like drum will sound to warn the player. Shibito are usually found standing guard at certain points, preventing entry; or patrolling the area on a set path. Should the player get a shibito's attention, it will attack the player until the latter's death. It is possible to knock a shibito out for a small amount of time; however, it will eventually resurrect and attack again. If the player manages to successfully hide from an alerted Shibito, it may give up and resume its idle activity.^[3]

Characters are generally unarmed at the start of a mission, making them easy targets for any who see them. The player can only carry one weapon at any time. Weapons include shovels, pistols, rifles, and a katana.^[6] In some situations, the player must brace doors to prevent shibito from entering; in others, they must hide to sneak past a shibito following a patrol route.^[1]

In the Archives catalog, the player has access to audio recordings, videos, and documents collected by fulfilling certain conditions in an episode. The Archive includes a record of the weapons found throughout the game. The documents can uncover story details hinted upon in the episodes.^[1]^[7]

Synopsis[edit]

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Setting and characters[edit]

Siren: Blood Curse features a cast of interconnected characters, who are caught up in the unnatural forces surrounding Hanuda Village, Japan. The main protagonist is Howard Wright, an American high school student who arrives in Hanuda due to a mysterious e-mail message.^[8]^[9]^[10] At various points in the game, he encounters members of an American TV crew: Sam Monroe, a cultural anthropologist and college professor; Melissa Gale, a TV presenter and Sam's ex-wife; Bella Monroe, Sam and Melissa's ten-year-old daughter; and Sol Jackson, the cameraman. He also encounters Miyako (美耶古), a girl who wishes to escape Hanuda; Seigo Saiga (犀賀省悟Saiga Seigo), a doctor of the local Saiga Hospital who can speak English;^[11] and Amana, an amnesiac Caucasian who is revealed to be the main human antagonist.^[12]^[13]

The game is mostly set in different areas of Hanuda Village, including the Karuwari and Tabori districts, the Hanuda Mine, and the Saiga Hospital. The village is home to the unique Mana religion. The dead humans who now roam the area, the shibito (屍人, lit. 'corpse people'), are a result of the Mana 'god' Kaiko (蚕子, lit. 'silkworm child'), the primary antagonist.^[14]^[15]^[16] Because of Kaiko's influence, Hanuda is 'cut off' from the outside world, preventing communication and/or escape from the village.^[17]

Plot[edit]

On August 3, 2007, an American TV crew visits the area of Hanuda Village, Japan, a mountain village that vanished completely in 1976.^[1]^[18] At night, Sol and Melissa stumble upon a Mana ritual, where Yukie Kobe is murdered as a sacrifice. Suddenly, Howard Wright intervenes, allowing Miyako to escape unharmed.^[13]^[19]^[20] Howard then runs to find help; instead, he encounters a policeman who tries to kill him.^{[citation needed]} Howard manages to kill the officer and escape, discovering that the man is already dead.^[21] As Howard crosses a bridge, an ominous siren shakes the mountain, and the policeman—a shibito—reappears and shoots Howard in the chest. He falls into the river below.^[22] Meanwhile, Yukie resurrects as a shibito and attacks the camera crew, separating them as the siren wails.^[22]

Howard wakes up downstream, having somehow survived the gunshot. He is briefly assisted by Amana, though they are separated when a shibito knocks Howard down and carries Amana away. Sam reawakens at the Hanuda mines, and reunites with Mel