SILENT HILL 2

I spent a couple of years living in the original Silent Hill 2 game, being that I only had two games on my PS2: this and Metal Gear Solid 2. Eventually I knew the streets of Silent Hill 2 like the back of my hand, I knew every secret. I think I was one of the first people to note that if you try and access the top-floor of the Lakeview Hotel, where James and Mary's room was, you hear Mary cry out "James!" as you walk away (never found any online discourse on that until a few years after release, I may be overstating my OG status with this game but it's a badgeof honour I wear with pride). I have framed paintings on my walls depicting scenes from the game which I commissioned this Russian dude I met in the SH community to paint for me. I hate anything that isn't Team Silent. I am an insufferable, unapologetic, gatekeeping snob when it comes to this franchise. I was there when it all began, and I go into SH fan-spaces to crush peoples' headcanons with the crushing weight of my knowledge of the lore. I don't rate Bloober Team, I didn't like Layers Of Fear, I hate Konami, I hated the trailers, I hate this recycled remake culture we have at the moment. I LOVE THIS REMAKE. The gameplay is nothing special but the important thing was always going to be the atmosphere. Does it FEEL like Silent Hill; which to all fans of the series is practically a real place with a real vibe that is near impossible to properly describe but unmistakable when you feel it. Bloober Team did it. They really nailed it, they replicated the Team Silent formula perfectly. It plays like similar to a Silent Hill game, which is a little jarring really given how much the medium has moved on in the last 20 years, but crucially it looks and feels EXACTLY like my Silent Hill. I am so grateful to the developers for the care they took in getting this right, I didn't expect Konami to ever release something like this into the franchise. GG Bloober Team, you've won my lifelong respect as a game studio.

Big ups to Bloober Team. This remake runs exceptionally well on my machine, and is super fun. It's tense, paced well, scary, and I appreciate all the nods to the original. Highly recommend for fans old and new, and anyone interested in survival horror as a genre.

It is a good game. It has a good engaging story. it has also a "good" price tag Are we heading for two hundred Euros a game? I will not support this pricing policy! I'll be watching a playthrough on YouTube instead.

Soooo... Hear me out. The reason why i didn't put 5 stars is because... 1. GOG release the same version as steam, with all the stuttering being there 2. Mira mask can't be obtained with the GOG release (because Konami never re-released those DLC) 3. no GOG overlay support. However the game itself is great. One of the best game of 2025 and i maintain that. the music is great and the gameplay is great. The only things that affect this game is mostly technical. So i'm asking GOG or Konami/bloober to fix the stuttering. Add Maria DLC , ranking system and hyper spray back.

A master class in horror and atmosphere. Deep and complex story with a lot to dig into if you like to analyze narratives. Game play is simple yet very impactful for what the game is. The game isn't very well optimized, but can be helped with tweaking the settings. While completely different in some ways, and similar in others, this and the original game are two different beasts with the same DNA. Very much worth your time if you are a fan of the original, but in no way is it a replacement. 10/10 on my third play through as we speak.