I'm developing Stockholm's Syndrome with (Forbidden) Siren.
As Paul from 'Petscop' said; "This f*cking game"
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Now that I've completed it, I can say this game is... addicting and unfair.
Some of the puzzles are almost impossible to solve. And believe me; I'm not speaking about the classic "try every item you have with every interactive object you find", that can work SOMETIMES.
It's one of the hardest games I've ever played, it took me like 2 hours to pass through the third mission, just getting used to its mechanics.
It has something that makes you wanna play it, I felt really dared by it. Maybe it's the story, maybe it's the cool graphics, loved that weird aesthetic decision. I also love Japanese horror games that are not at all ashamed to be Japanese and this is one of the japanesiest, very J-Horror in the sense that the characters feel very contemporary. It's creepy and tense, but not the creepiest. As you'll probably have to replay the same stage dozens of times (not exaggerating at all) you end up not feeling fear at all until the next scenario.
It's a very cool gimmick to play with so many different characters that, surprise, HAVE A PERSONALITY AND CHARISMA, they're not the usual blank slate of Generic Main Character thats usual in survival horror. I really loved playing as the little gir, Harumi Yomoda, she has one of the most terrifying scenarios.
Unfortunately, I had to look for a guide more than 5 and less than 10 times. I can say that maybe a third of this times, I couldn't have solved it by myself even with all the time of the world. Well, maybe adding 10 more hours of game, and this game is LONG, it took me 40 hours to beat it.
But I don't know, I've played lots of survival horrors and Siren is a very special one.
It's so hard and unfair that is almost broken, but you learn to love it despite its flaws and despite that this game most of the times hates you, the player. As a toxic person, it will reward you sometimes for instance not making you start the stage from the beginning, but that's it.
Oh! They told me that when they ported the game to modern PS you could see other people's achievements. Most of people didn't get to the point where you can select mission, maybe thats the first fourth or fifth of the game (the easy part), so if you got to the ending, feel proud like me.
As Paul from 'Petscop' said; "This f*cking game"
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Now that I've completed it, I can say this game is... addicting and unfair.
Some of the puzzles are almost impossible to solve. And believe me; I'm not speaking about the classic "try every item you have with every interactive object you find", that can work SOMETIMES.
It's one of the hardest games I've ever played, it took me like 2 hours to pass through the third mission, just getting used to its mechanics.
It has something that makes you wanna play it, I felt really dared by it. Maybe it's the story, maybe it's the cool graphics, loved that weird aesthetic decision. I also love Japanese horror games that are not at all ashamed to be Japanese and this is one of the japanesiest, very J-Horror in the sense that the characters feel very contemporary. It's creepy and tense, but not the creepiest. As you'll probably have to replay the same stage dozens of times (not exaggerating at all) you end up not feeling fear at all until the next scenario.
It's a very cool gimmick to play with so many different characters that, surprise, HAVE A PERSONALITY AND CHARISMA, they're not the usual blank slate of Generic Main Character thats usual in survival horror. I really loved playing as the little gir, Harumi Yomoda, she has one of the most terrifying scenarios.
Unfortunately, I had to look for a guide more than 5 and less than 10 times. I can say that maybe a third of this times, I couldn't have solved it by myself even with all the time of the world. Well, maybe adding 10 more hours of game, and this game is LONG, it took me 40 hours to beat it.
But I don't know, I've played lots of survival horrors and Siren is a very special one.
It's so hard and unfair that is almost broken, but you learn to love it despite its flaws and despite that this game most of the times hates you, the player. As a toxic person, it will reward you sometimes for instance not making you start the stage from the beginning, but that's it.
Oh! They told me that when they ported the game to modern PS you could see other people's achievements. Most of people didn't get to the point where you can select mission, maybe thats the first fourth or fifth of the game (the easy part), so if you got to the ending, feel proud like me.