Siren: New Translation demo creeps onto JPN Store

  • Posted April 27th, 2008 at 15:16 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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Although Siren: New Translation was officially announced only a short while ago, it appears that a demo of this classic remake has already materialized on the Japanese PlayStation Store.

While browsing through the region's PS Store last night, we stumbled upon the 550 MB "Siren: New Translation Trial Edition." Sure enough, it was a demo of the upcoming horror title. The game retained a distinctly Japanese feel, with a camera system and control scheme that felt rather alien to us.

Although the tutorial is entirely Japanese, the voice acting is in good ol' English. So if you're up to the challenge and have a Japanese account, make sure to give this one a download.

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  1. fendr

    • 3:24pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    1st

  2. 1MoreRound

    • 3:31pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    Nothin really to say on de matter....just actually commentin on de slackin thats goin at de min on this site!! Oh and GTA iv only one more day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Choko

    • 3:33pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    I alraedy played this onw yesterday, I got to say its kinda cool, Its kinda creeoy also, but the only thing I didnt like much was the zombies groaning, It was weird.

  4. Gekidami | Gekidami

    • 3:39pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    News it kinda late on this site recently, before the 'problems' this news would have been put up nearly as soon as the demo was released.

  5. fendr

    • 3:54pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    @1moreround learn how to spell

  6. Alfie-UHE | Alfie-UHE

    • 4:07pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    yeah that groaning is weird, especially in the xmb when u highlight the game sounds like ****ed up crying, its on the HK store too

  7. Emo-Mercenary | Clarky-132

    • 4:09pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    I didn't like it.. @ fendr, grow-up please.

  8. gingo | gingo

    • 4:24pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    psn id: gingo.... not really up to the challenge of making a japanese account but i wish the UK or even US would get some of the demos and content that the JP store gets

  9. Alti | Alti

    • 5:00pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    I'm going on and getting it right now! the game looked sweet.

  10. SamTheSkater

    • 6:15pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    heard it was coming so i got my japanese account just to play this demo on day 1. i'm a huge horror-fan and a huge siren-fan and i was not disappointed with this first taste. i'm getting this game on day 1!

  11. Stickemup

    • 6:17pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    @fendr - I would rather see posts full of bad spelling rather than your worthless "1 st" post. Idiot.

  12. I95SOUTH | I95SOUTH

    • 6:53pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    agree with gingo... we in the u.s as well in the u.k should get the same stuff as the japanese psn store. I bet the are loaded with stuff that we might not get until xmas.

    psn id: I95SOUTH<---- Follow The LEADER

     

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  13. Fiddlesworth

    • 7:29pm BST - April 27th, 2008

     The demo's great. Love pushing people down liftshafts, over the edges of bridges and slamming them through windows. :D

  14. RuiyJR | Tseska_922

    • 9:30pm BST - April 27th, 2008

    i was downloadad that demo and xmb highlighted voice is really creepy and i can't beat that guy in mine is there anyone else beat that guy?

  15. playstnlvr | playstnlvr

    • 12:09am BST - April 28th, 2008

    I don't have anything to say about the demo. I just wanted to say that I also think fendr is a dou chebag.

    And to fendr's post below this, since you've posted more comments on this article than anyone else, I guess that must mean that you have absolutely no life.

    Oh, and fendr, learn how to spell.

  16. fendr

    • 1:03am BST - April 28th, 2008

    @emo-mercenary go cut yourself

    @get a life

    you guys need to get out and do something rather than just posting 100+ post a day and go get liad rather than waiting to comment a new article... LOW LIFES!

  17. MatrixSixaxis

    • 4:16am BST - April 28th, 2008

    The demo totally "creeped" me out!  IMO, this is pretty darn scary...and close to being scarier than Silent Hill!

     

    Disturbingly enough, there was so much familiarity to this game with Silent Hill. Like the nurse (psycho, f@cked nurse) and the air-siren that sounds so much like the one in Silent Hill!!!  Is this company any way associated with Konami or Silent Hill franchise??

  18. MephistoSoze

    • 7:06am BST - April 28th, 2008

    @MatrixSixaxis

     

    Yeah, they have a very indirect association. Konami's Silent Hill is exclusive to the Playstation brand (except the fifth one coming out, but it's not made by Konami so... I'll leave the assumptions to you), on the other hand, Siren is exclusive to the Playstation brand because it's made by Sony's Japan Studio.

     

    Their association: Playstation exclusivity.

  19. SilentHillSam | SilentHillSam

    • 5:28pm BST - May 4th, 2008

    i enjoyed the demo! i'm getting this game!

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