I can't put into words the excitement and joy this game brings me.

The OG Silent Hill 2 was always the best horror game to me. Inspired me immensely, inspired me to pursue the art and story-telling of horror. The OG game is older than me, I sadly haven't got hands on the copy as a kid when we still had PS2, but I finally got to play the OG thanks to the Enhanced Edition on PC a couple of years ago. It would be an understatement to say that I just enjoyed it. Played through it many times, got all the endings, tried to speedrun it too. Then I moved to other Silent Hill games and games all together, however, Silent Hill 2 always held a very special place in my heart, a place so precious I never even questioned its place.

So first when came the rumors about a remake by Blooper Team, I was skeptical,, surprised but also horrified that this property is in hands of a studio that didn't really score a big game in the psychological horror genre and their games are mediocre at best. Then the reveal trailer dropped and I was watching it live on the Silent Hill Transmission Konami stream and I just couldn't believe my eyes. The rumours are true. It felt like a dream. The series of Silent Hill that was persumed dead, forgotten or in hands of those that don't even know what Silent Hill made so great back then, suddenly risen from the seemingly never-lasting slumber and dropped a full on AAA-level remake. I have to admit. I was still very doubtful. Some of the game's trailers made me worried. However, by this review I want to apologize to Blooper Team. They cooked, and cooked BIG TIME. This remake is nothing but a passion project by those that were obviously inspired by the very OG game, and wanted nothing but the remake to be as good as it could be.

I have never played a horror game this unsettling, the closest I can compare it to is the first Amnesia game. The original design of enemies and bosses were already amazing in the OG, but the remake expanded upon them. The enemies are more frightening, the bosses are more intimidating and their arenas are bigger, while still mantaining the claustrophobic authenticity. The sound design is absolutely amazing. If you don't play this game with headphones, don't play it at all, that stuff is mindblowing. I had literal chills and grew paranoid over the course of the game. The graphics are next-gen, beautiful while still maintaing the look of the original, while being surprisingly very well optimized. When I saw how the game looks like, I was 100% certain my old GTX 1650 will be crying for mercy, but the game ran on stable 60 FPS while on lower settings and TSR 1 - Balanced, still looking hot and sharp.

Blooper Team understood the goal and did the best they could to give their beloved game that inspired them a fully faithful remake, and delivered a modern day horror game masterpiece.

I can't stress enough how thankful I am for this remake. I sweared to myself that I am never going to buy a game for over 60 dollars. I bought this game for 80 on 7th October just to be able to play it a day earlier for 2 hours and I regret nothing. This game is absolutely perfect in my eyes.

We Silent Hill fans have been waiting for seemingly nothing for YEARS, especially when the entries since Silent Hill 4 where mediocre and disappoiting to most. This remake marks a beginning of a new era for this beloved series and I can't wait for more that is to come.

Masterpiece and a mark of a new era. Hopefully we will see more remakes of the original SH games, and in this quality.

I can't put into words the excitement and joy this game brings me. The OG Silent Hill 2 was always the best horror game to me. Inspired me immensely, inspired me to pursue the art and story-telling of horror. The OG game is older than me, I sadly haven't got hands on the copy as a kid when we still had PS2, but I finally got to play the OG thanks to the Enhanced Edition on PC a couple of years ago. It would be an understatement to say that I just enjoyed it. Played through it many times, got all the endings, tried to speedrun it too. Then I moved to other Silent Hill games and games all together, however, Silent Hill 2 always held a very special place in my heart, a place so precious I never even questioned its place. So first when came the rumors about a remake by Blooper Team, I was skeptical,, surprised but also horrified that this property is in hands of a studio that didn't really score a big game in the psychological horror genre and their games are mediocre at best. Then the reveal trailer dropped and I was watching it live on the Silent Hill Transmission Konami stream and I just couldn't believe my eyes. The rumours are true. It felt like a dream. The series of Silent Hill that was persumed dead, forgotten or in hands of those that don't even know what Silent Hill made so great back then, suddenly risen from the seemingly never-lasting slumber and dropped a full on AAA-level remake. I have to admit. I was still very doubtful. Some of the game's trailers made me worried. However, by this review I want to apologize to Blooper Team. They cooked, and cooked BIG TIME. This remake is nothing but a passion project by those that were obviously inspired by the very OG game, and wanted nothing but the remake to be as good as it could be. I have never played a horror game this unsettling, the closest I can compare it to is the first Amnesia game. The original design of enemies and bosses were already amazing in the OG, but the remake expanded upon them. The enemies are more frightening, the bosses are more intimidating and their arenas are bigger, while still mantaining the claustrophobic authenticity. The sound design is absolutely amazing. If you don't play this game with headphones, don't play it at all, that stuff is mindblowing. I had literal chills and grew paranoid over the course of the game. The graphics are next-gen, beautiful while still maintaing the look of the original, while being surprisingly very well optimized. When I saw how the game looks like, I was 100% certain my old GTX 1650 will be crying for mercy, but the game ran on stable 60 FPS while on lower settings and TSR 1 - Balanced, still looking hot and sharp. Blooper Team understood the goal and did the best they could to give their beloved game that inspired them a fully faithful remake, and delivered a modern day horror game masterpiece. I can't stress enough how thankful I am for this remake. I sweared to myself that I am never going to buy a game for over 60 dollars. I bought this game for 80 on 7th October just to be able to play it a day earlier for 2 hours and I regret nothing. This game is absolutely perfect in my eyes. We Silent Hill fans have been waiting for seemingly nothing for YEARS, especially when the entries since Silent Hill 4 where mediocre and disappoiting to most. This remake marks a beginning of a new era for this beloved series and I can't wait for more that is to come. [h1]10/10 [/h1] Masterpiece and a mark of a new era. Hopefully we will see more remakes of the original SH games, and in this quality.