date, changes, history, PC requirements and more

We have been waiting for news about the popular horror game saga for many years, but the drought is about to end and we are going to return to the cursed town. In a special presentation in October 2022, Konami revealed various titles, experiences, and products related to this franchise.. Among them was the long-rumored ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 and in this note we are going to compile everything we know about this game: release date, history, platforms for which it will be released, changes compared to the original version, PC requirements and more.

This article will be updated as more information about this title is revealed.

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What is the release date of the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2?

Konami has not yet officially said when the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 for sale, but everything indicates that it will be this year. Some rumors say that we would see it in stores in the third quarter of 2023but there is no official data that supports this information.

We will update this section with the release date as soon as we have information about it.

What platforms and consoles will it come to?

The ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 was announced as an exclusive title for PlayStation 5 (PS5) in terms of consoles, but it will also come to PC through Steam.

The platform exclusivity is supposed to be temporary, so we could see the game on Xbox consoles months later. However, Microsoft blamed Sony that titles like FFXVI

Of there is a page dedicated to the game on steam and you can add it to your wish list.

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‘Teaser’ of the ad, subtitled in Spanish

What is the story of the game?

The plot will be the same as the original game that originally came out for PS2 in 2001. Some time after the death of his wife Mary, James Sunderland receives a letter from her asking him to meet in Silent Hill, a town where they had a great time. in his past.

Still struggling to deal with the bereavement, James decides to travel to the location to find out who really sent the letter, but what he finds are mist-shrouded streets and terrifying monsters stalking him. What is going on in this place and what does he have to do with his deceased wife?

Changes in the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 compared to the original game

In an official PlayStation Blog postMateusz Lenart -creative director of this ‘remake’- said that the main objective of his team is “to preserve the atmosphere that made so exceptional to Silent Hill 2 while modernizing many aspects of the gameplay.” The most obvious of those “aspects that modernized” is third-person behind-the-shoulder camerawhich replaces the fixed cameras from the original game.

With the change of perspective also comes a new combat system y they reconstructed different key scenarios of the game.

Being developed in the Unreal Engine 5 graphics engine, this ‘remake’ has much higher visual quality than Silent Hill 2 original and new character models. Among the new models is that of the protagonist. James Sunderland has been completely redesigned.

Why did James Sunderland’s face and appearance change?

The new appearance of the protagonist of Silent Hill 2, James Sunderland, in the ‘remake’ has been somewhat controversial with fans, as they consider that it looks too different from the original. They even criticize him for being more “ugly”.

In an interview with IGNMotoi Okamoto -producer of the game- explained the reasons behind this change:

«We want to show a more mature James who has suffered more in his life, so we increased his age a bit. If he seems older to you, it is not the result of his imagination ».

In the original game, James was 29 years old. The protagonist of the new version appears to be around 40.

Why Bloober Team has Silent Hill fans worried?

Polish studio Bloober Team has become quite popular in the last eight years thanks to horror titles like Layers of Fear, Observer y Blair Witch. Its members quote Silent Hill 2 as one of his great inspirations in his story and that is why they seem the perfect choice to take charge of this ‘remake’. But there are concerned players.

For starters, many reviewers accuse Bloober Team’s games of being “style over substance.” These focus on the scares and leave the gameplay in the background. In fact, the ‘remake’ we’re talking about today will be his first horror game with true combat, since the previous ones focus on stealth and escape.

His most recent title, The Mediumis the one that has the most in common with the Konami saga, but many have criticized it for looking like a bad copy of Silent Hill that he did not understand what his grace was. In addition to poor gameplay, critics alleged that it handles its themes of trauma and sexual abuse terribly poorly.

Silent Hill 2 it was a game with an exquisite handling of subtext and symbolism, which is why there are those who believe that Bloober Team is too “abrupt” to do this ‘remake’ well.

Minimum and recommended system requirements for the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 on PC

With the recommended system requirements you can achieve 60 fps in medium quality or 30 fps in medium quality. To play in 4k you must use DLSS or similar technology.

This is all we know so far about the release date, history, changes, PC requirements and other details of the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2. We will update this note as more information about the game emerges.