When did Forbidden Siren 2 come out?

Forbidden Siren 2 was released on 9 February 2006 for PlayStation 2.

Forbidden Siren 2 (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Forbidden Siren 2

Forbidden Siren 2 is the second installment in the Siren series. The game tells the story of several characters who become trapped on Yamijima Island, an island off the coast of mainland Japan. On August 3…

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What Forbidden Siren 2 is

Forbidden Siren 2 is an adventure game developed by Project Siren and released in 2006. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Millennia ago, Mother was an ancient water deity who was imprisoned below the earth upon the creation of light. Mother's mate, Otoshigo, fled to the depths of the ocean. Over time, Mother has been determined to return to the surface, and has sent out avatars (possessed human beings whom she controls) to prepare for her return. However, they continually fail their mission, and never return to the Underworld. In 1976, an underwater cable was cut, and all power to Yamijima Island was lost. Four-year-old Shu Mikami finds a young woman washed up on the shore. The woman, Kanae, bears an extraordinary resemblance to Shu's dead mother. The two become inseparable and Kanae moves in with Shu and his…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Forbidden Siren 2 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Forbidden Siren 2 launched on 9 February 2006, within three weeks of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Muv-Luv Alternative. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Muv-Luv Alternative.

Cheats and codes

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