I got the whole pack of 12 episodes of Siren when they first came out and finally finished up to episode 6. This game is pretty creepy. Not in the way most horror movies are, where they try to scare you using loud sudden noises and actions. It’s more of the fact that you’re powerless/weaponless for a good part of the game and that the Shibito can easily kill you. That, plus the somewhat creepy heartbeat feeling coming form the Dual Shock 3.

One of the things I really like about this game is its presentation. It seems like it is some kind of TV series. At the end of each episode, there’s always a TV-esque, next episode preview shown. This is kinda fitting because part of the cast was intending to record footage for some TV show in whatever village they are in.

Another nice touch is the archive. As you go along the story, you may get access to stuff such as certain IDs (from colleges usually) or the voicemail from a cellphone. The game more or less starts you out without any sort of backstory, which is somewhat confusing. I actually don’t know what’s up with the Shibito, either. I’m sure all of that is explained later. The archive, though, does explain why a great deal of the characters are in the town in the first place.

I won’t do an episode summary for each of these episodes, mainly because I don’t remember clearly what was in all of them. I’ll start doing mini-summaries for each of the episodes starting with Episode 7. Those will contain spoilers, so I would express caution when reading them.