TL;DR This isn't Silent Hill 2 from the old days. What it is however is an expertly made recreation by a talented team that respected the original enough to not crap over its legacy. A high quality SH2 Fan Remix, if you will. Not meant to replace the classic by any means, but more to act as a companion piece to the original I love.
I'm pushing 40. A survival horror fan of the golden era which spawned some of the best & most definitive survival horror games ever created. To level with you, dear reader, gaming as a hobby has been losing its appeal to me for a while now. Quality horror games are few & far between, it's more likely I'll get my fix from a smaller developer (Tormented Souls, Crow Country, Withering Rooms, ...) than from a bigger studio handling a bigger franchise. You bet I was skeptical about a SH2 remake. Especially after Konami had milked the franchise dry with the godawful low quality spin-off train wrecks. I was convinced the franchise was dead & beyond saving, and that no developer could ever resuscitate it successfully.
As of writing, I've completed SH2R 100% with all endings. As protective of the original Silent Hill games as I am, I don't feel the Remake has altered or tampered with its source material in such a way that would ruin the experience.
Is it perfect? No. A handful of things bother me, most of it can be remedied by giving the NexusMods page a visit to fix that goofy looking David Duchovny-doppelgänger Angela face. What cannot be fixed are the somewhat downplayed adult themes (thanks to DEI companies acting like the permanently offended puritanical conservative morality police, meddling with things they don't understand) & some of the voice acting; James has too much of that Hollywood gasping-at-every-line thing going on.
Otherwise, I'm satisfied with this remake. Whilst damn close, it doesn't replace the original; SH2 is a classic. But there is definitely room for the remake to act as a what-if companion piece.
Now about a proper OG SH remake..?
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