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Então.....
Eu joguei uns 30%...

O jogo é bom, eu sei reconhecer isso, mesmo não tendo me divertido muito.
A direção de arte é excelente, a mecânica do terceiro olho é criativa, e a ambientação é maravilhosa.

MAS, é um jogo que ainda usa o sistema de "tank control" como resident evil 1, mas SEM câmera fixa, ou seja, o analógico esquerdo controla o personagem E a CÂMERA ao mesmo tempo, o analógico direito mal é usado, num jogo com câmera acima do ombro. Isso deixou muito convoluto o simples ato de ANDAR. Sim, joguei por aproximadamente 5 horas, e não aprendi a ANDAR direito.
Meu cérebro de gamer moderno não se acostumou com isso, é tudo muito duro, e controlar aquele personagem cego é quase impossível pra mim, Me senti um idoso jogando.

Primeira vez em ANOS que abandonei um jogo por não conseguir ter maestria sobre as mecânicas e minha própria coordenação motora. Talvez dê outra chance no futuro, mas pro gamer moderno, sugiro zerar pelo youtube.


better gameplay than the first
I think the first one had a better premise

Sinceramente no tiene las 5 estrellas por 2 cosas en concreto al principio no es nada intuitivo y sin guía es muy facil perderte es un infierno pero sé que es la "esencia" del verdadero survival horror japones. Luego como detalle "Extra" hay que aclarar que los NPC son gilipollas. Pero la historia, la ambientación y en general lo que hay detras de esta obra. Se puede considerar un "arte" muy escondido. Os recomiendo Forbidden Siren 2 si quereis experimentar una sensación de estar pedido y de agonia y de frustración contante (Todo en buen sentido desde el punto de vista de los survival horror). <3 Seguidme en twitch y en youtube
"StichTheGame"

Does a lot to improve upon the previous game, but the story doesn't hit as hard and honestly I kind of liked the first game's gameplay more. Still worth a play.

I love Siren, but I think anyone who shares that love and reveres it as a cult classic will admit that part of why it's so terrifying is often because of its clunkiness and cryptic mission requirements-- it's a game in which one wrong step WILL get your ass beat, and this can genuinely lead to you being paralyzed with fear. This is such a fascinating sequel to me, then, because it's so polished compared to the original Siren, to an extent where I earnestly feel as if it's one of the most well-made PS2-era survival horror games I've played. This does make it a bit less terrifying. First of all, playable characters in Siren 2 seem to have useful weapons more readily available, and from what I noticed, there's less shibitos where running into them is a death sentence (ie. pistol wielding ones), and therefore you can sightjack and stealth a bit less. On top of this, I do think that the Yamibito and Yamirei are less scary than the actual shibito, and they replace them entirely halfway through the game. Maybe this is unpopular, but the Yamibito especially lose their edge once you realize you can just run towards them with your flashlight on and lay into them. Compare this to late-stage shibitos from the first game, which are horrifying and disgusting... not quite the same. Though I do think the designs for the evolved Yamibito are incredibly uncanny. Having said all this... Siren 2 is still scary as shit, lol. These games are so good at just feeling evil, like something you shouldn't be witnessing.
Besides those minor complaints, though, I think this game is fantastic. It has an incredibly eerie and melancholic atmosphere (as to be expected of a Toyama game), and, similar to its predecessor, really neat folklore. Its plot is far more decipherable on a moment-to-moment basis than Siren, while still maintaining that mysterious Siren fever dream storytelling. The settings in the game are memorable as well, with the Bright Win ship, the apartment complex, and the amusement park sticking out as some pretty scary and unique areas. I don't know if it will haunt me as much as the first game (Tomoko Maeda and Miyako's respective fates and, what I consider to be the scariest survival horror moment for me, Harumi Yomoda's Day 2 missions, come to mind), though it DEFINITELY has its moments, but I enjoyed actually playing it more, fwiw. And you can tell they had so much fun making this! All in all, it's another incredible showing from the Siren team-- it's a shame they don't make these anymore!!
My favorites were Ichiko, Akiko, Ikuko, and Soji. I love Soji! I think I would behave the same way if I washed up on Yamijima (bumbling around and whining, confused).

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This game is bloody amazing. Every pet peeve i had with Siren 1 have been addressed here, great atmosphere, stealth flows better, also managed to pull some good scares a bunch of times. Maybe some weaker aspects could be the cast (i quite enjoyed it so i'm not sure maybe i'd need to replay the first one), and the final boss having a weird final phase where i had to pray it got close so i could smack it around but yea not really dealbreakers.
Overall extremely happy i played this.