PS Plus Premium includes one of the best PS2 games in its line-up
The all new PS Plus is here and it has an absolute gem of horror game waiting for you.
PS Plus now offers three membership tiers: Essential, Extra, and Premium. The latter comes with all the perks you could ask for, and is the priciest of the bunch. One of these benefits is cloud streaming access to a whole horde of OG PlayStation, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PSP games.
Nestled amongst the PS2 titles is Siren. Or Forbidden Siren, depending on which region you're in. Released in 2003, some of you will definitely have slept on this one. Because you were either napping in a crib somewhere, or lining up at the spermatozoa starting line. But now's your chance to catch up with the rest of us, for less than $20 a month.
You know things are going to get freaky when Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama is involved. Toyama was at Siren's helm as director, as well as co-writing the game alongside fellow Silent Hill alum Naoko Sato.
Exploring themes of isolation and unease, Siren knocked it out of the park in terms of story and its oppressive atmosphere. But it wasn't just the setting, the game's mechanics make for an incredibly stressful horror game.
As Siren opens, you find yourself in a village located deep in a Japanese mountain range. Already isolated, the village has become even more cut off by a strange moat of blood-red water. Trapped on the wrong side of the water, you're stuck in the townlet with residents that have responded to these trying times by becoming incredibly hostile to anyone who isn't 'one of us!'. If weird blood water wasn't enough, the villagers have been infected by a mysterious plague that has the added effect of making them look and sound creepy AF. You're better off stealthing your way through the game rather than
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