Abandoned Town That Inspired Horror Game

[Anomalocaris]

Camera crew visits the abandoned town that inspired Japanese survival horror game “Siren”

Back in 2003, the world was introduced to the first Siren, a survival horror video game which told the story of a mysterious secluded village caught between time and space. Like the best games of its genre, the setting played a pivotal role in captivating the player, sucking them into an eerie atmosphere made all the more scary by the tremendously creepy town.

It turns out that the fictional town of Hanuda is based on an actual town in Saitama Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. Life imitates game as a camera crew heads to the abandoned town, just like how a crew did in the third Siren game.

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[xYlvax]

I never heard of the game, I must find it now.

[+DieChecker]

Just north of Tokyo and there's no one living there? People living in rooms smaller then a US refrigerator in Tokyo, but no one here?

[Leonardo]

Just north of Tokyo and there's no one living there? People living in rooms smaller then a US refrigerator in Tokyo, but no one here?

We are a species of spectacularly irrational individuals.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Leonardo