We Watched 13 Minutes of Silent Hill 2 Remastered Gameplay, and It Looks Pretty Good

Did you know there’s a Silent Hill 2 remake? We learned at yesterday’s PlayStation State of Play that the remake will be released on October 8, 2024. In addition to the release date trailer, Konami also shared 13 minutes of gameplay in a subsequent Silent Hill spread, giving everyone a deeper look at the gameplay, and us Silent Hill fans now have a chance to digest it.

Yes, Bloober Team get ready, someone on our team eats horror for breakfast and she was kind enough to share with me some of her brief impressions of the mini-game video. Obviously, if you’re a horror fan yourself, feel free to draw your own conclusions from the game.

By the way, you can find the aforementioned 13 minutes of gameplay below. Now, here’s a quick summary from our guide writer Kelsey. First, overall the game looks a lot brighter than the original, not as grimy, grittier, or dark as Kelsey remembers or ideally would like it to be. She does admit that perhaps Silent Hill 2’s original look was a product of our time that we need to move beyond, but we’re not entirely convinced.

While they welcome the changes to camera angles and various modern improvements, Kelsey hopes they don’t make the game feel more like Resident Evil than Silent Hill, although the game’s difficulty could help counteract that feeling – but obviously, just how tricky or frustrating it will be is something we won’t know until the game is officially released.

Likewise, Kelsey felt that – as with the game’s combat trailer released earlier this year – “James seemed a bit too powerful/awesome compared to the original”. She worried that this might detract from the “added horror factor of the original, which was all about this ‘regular guy’ and how cowardly and desperate he becomes because of his experiences and guilt”. In the end, the monster’s look was praised. Still, with Masahiro Ito designing it, it’s hard to go wrong.

So, there you have it, the question is whether the game’s vile and creepy horror vibes live up to our vile and creepy horror expert’s expectations. Let us know what you think of the game, which will give you a Mira Shiba Inu mask to stick on James’ head if you pre-order the standard edition.