Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 73.86% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 7/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 6/10 |
Forbidden Siren 2 received generally positive scores, with a score of 73.86% on GameRankings based on 14 reviews.
Eurogamer awarded the game a score of 7 out of 10 with reviewer Kristan Reed feeling that the game improved on many of the problems of the sequel (especially the difficulty level and trial-and-error nature of the gameplay), but simultaneously fell somewhat short of the original; "Forbidden Siren 2 is not the stunning sequel we were hoping for. It's hard to put your finger on exactly where it goes wrong, when so many of the flaws of the original have been eradicated. For a start, the game does a much better job of spelling out what you're supposed to do throughout each scenario, and does so alongside a generally excellent in-game hint system that eradicates most of the petty frustrations of the past. Not only that, the game has the decency to checkpoint-save key events, meaning that you can play with a much greater degree of confidence in the knowledge that you haven't got to repeat 30 minutes of painstaking, stealthy play just to explore an otherwise useless building to grab an artefact that opens up a new mission later on Where the game ultimately falls down is how routine most of the missions feel, how short most of them are, how disappointingly basic almost all of the puzzles are and how hard it remains to get a proper handle on the fractured storyline."
VideoGamer.com awarded the game a score of 6 out of 10 with reviewer Chris Pickering (a big fan of Siren) also feeling that the game removed many of the problems inherent to the original, but at the same time, also fell somewhat short in many respects; "Though the atmosphere helps make for a title that can certainly be enjoyed, its many flaws make me crave for the title that might have been. Had the solid base of the first game been built upon we could have been looking at an essential title for horror fans. What we're left with, however, is one that fails to make the necessary leap forward into greatness. It remains a recommended game, but one that I can't help but be ever so slightly downbeat about."
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