 "Eurogamer"s Kristan Reed said that the game improved on many of the problems of the predecessor (especially the difficulty level and trial-and-error nature of the gameplay), but simultaneously fell somewhat short of the original.VideoGamer.com's Chris Pickering (a fan of "Siren") also said that the game removed many of the problems inherent to the original but, at the same time, also fell somewhat short in many respects.In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of two nines, one eight, and one nine for a total of 35 out of 40.