PROLOGUE On August 3rd 2007, an American television crew reporting from deep within the mountains of Japan vanished suddenly and without trace. Their whereabouts remain unknown. Prior to their disappearance, the crew had been investigating the ruins of a village destroyed in a landslide in 1976. Their investigation focused on rumours that the village had been the site of ceremonies involving human sacrifice. The name of the site was Hanuda village. A village lost. A village cursed.
VIEW W button R button (tap) R button (hold) N button Enter/exit sight jack view Quick first person view First person zoom view Toggle first person view on/off PAUSE \ button ^ button Access Pause Menu Access Story Menu SUB-COMMAND MENU CONTROLS C V Z X Switch flashlight on/off Special action (set trap/light flare) Yell Give commands to other characters GUN CONTROLS GENERAL GUN CONTROLS Q button Q button (hold) + K button Q button
MOTION SENSITIVE CONTROLS (when grabbed by a Shibito) (when holding a gun) Throw off Shibito Reload MAIN MENU The options on the Main Menu are as follows: New Game, Episodes, Archive, Options, Results, Mini Games* and Online Manual*. *Access to the “Mini Games” and “Online Manual” requires a broadband Internet connection and a PLAYSTATION®Network account.
MINI-GAMES Let the terror continue with a selection of bonus mini-games. The “Mini-Games” option will not be displayed until certain items have been discovered and added to the archive. ONLINE MANUAL Access the online manual for help and advice on how to survive Siren Blood Curse™.
ARCHIVE View information on items discovered during the current chapter and on all weapons discovered so far. NOTE: to view information on items discovered during other chapters, select the “Archive” option on the Main Menu. HELP Get helpful advice on how to survive Siren Blood Curse™. Controls, combat and sight jacking are all covered here. OPTIONS View the Options Menu. For more information on the Options Menu, please see the “Options” section outlined earlier in this manual.
ADVANCED SIGHT JACKING When several enemies are close at hand it is sometimes necessary to sight jack more than one of them at the same time. It is possible to sight jack up to three enemies at once using sight jack shortcuts. While sight jacking an enemy, press and hold the J button, the H button or the K button to assign a sight jack shortcut to the current enemy.
CREDITS Development Team International Software Development Producer Story Concept/Game Designer Florence Kum Elodie Hummel Assistant Producer Gavin Russell Localisation Asset Manager Anna Wojewodzka Director of International Development Sean Kelly ©2008 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The typefaces included herein are partially developed by DynaComware. This product uses the MORISAWA Font. Font rights are owned by Morisawa & Company Ltd. Fonts provided by the Japanese Font & Typesetting Group.
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