What in the name of swearing, screaming, deluging, bloody-red Flash animations could this mystery countdown on Sony Japan's official PlayStation site be all about? Warning, if you visit and bother to listen, you'll hear plenty of sailor talk. The answer (or whatever Sony plans to reveal when we hit six chronometric zeroes) is coming in slightly less than 60 hours.
Here's my guess at a transcript after a couple listens. I'm sure I've got some of this wrong. Feel free to fill in my blanks or correct any mistakes below.
(Downpour, thunder)
"Uh, that don't look right. What is that?"
"[Muffled dialogue] ... What are they doing? [Muffled dialogue] ... Who are they?"
(Distant screaming)
"Man, that's...that's some [bleep]-ed up [bleep]!"
(Muffled panicky dialogue)
"Shh, quiet. Marie."
(More muffled panicky dialogue)
"[Bleep]! We gotta do something."
(Incoherent sounds, distant angry yelling)
"Hey look, someone's trying to stop them. That guy's in deep [bleep]. We gotta call the cops."
(Muffled dialogue and sounds of gunshots)
Any guesses about what this could be? Everyone at Ultimate PS3 (warning, all in French) thinks it's going to be the third game in Sony's stealth/survival-horror Siren series. The first game was released in the US and Europe as Forbidden Siren back in April, while the second never made it across this side of the pond. If it is a Siren sequel, question is, are we talking PS2 or PS3?
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