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[IbizaPocholo]

The original Silent Hill 2 made its debut 23 years ago on the PS2. Now with Bloober Team's remake upon us, we thought we'd compare the two side-by-side.

For the original Silent Hill 2, we captured it on a PlayStation 2 with the RetroTINK 5X upscaler. Its remake was captured on the PlayStation 5 in its quality mode.

 

[March Climber]

More games need in-game maps. It's such a boost to immersion.

 

[Vick]

More games need in-game maps. It's such a boost to immersion.

What an experience Far Cry 2 was. Totally agree.

 

[onQ123]

Where is the old man gif remake?

 

[bender]

Where is the old man gif remake?

That will come with the SH3 remake.

 

[adamsapple]

Where is the old man gif remake?

That's Silent Hill 3, you heathen.

 

[Pejo]

I actually really like the way the combat looks. The melee looks more realistic, but I'd have appreciated more noticeable damage on the enemies. Like they slow down the more beat up they get etc. To be fair to Bloober, I haven't seen many devs actually able to pull off realistic enemy damage and movement pattern changes, so I won't hold it against them. Would have been great for immersion, though.

I appreciate that the gun gets more accurate the longer you hold the aiming pose. Seems less likely that you'll just be able to long range snipe everything which was one of my concerns making it an over-the-shoulder view. The tense gameplay from the original was being forced to fight at semi-close range even with guns since you had the weird 3rd person tank aiming and the forced camera angles that made it really nerve wracking.

Environments are half a step behind in atmosphere, but they did better than the minimum. I expected to see a ton of copy/paste mirrored texture background details, but they actually tried to be respectful of the stuff that was in the PS2 version. Dunno if that will hold up through the whole game, but at least the parts in this vid were decent.

This is probably the first comparison video that paints the game in a favorable light. I still don't like the updated character models, but I'll keep watching impressions videos and stuff.

 

[Barakov]

What an experience Far Cry 2 was. Totally agree.

Still the best Far Cry game.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Where is the old man gif remake?

Douglas!
Also, I BET they will censor him in his boxer shorts, probably put his ass in Daisy Dukes or some stupid shit.

 

[onQ123]

That will come with the SH3 remake.

I was thinking that was part 2 for some reason. Guess we will have to wait a few more years

 

[Jesb]

This was a great example of how much of a great job they did with this remake.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

The Silent Hill 2 Remake is a faithful retelling of the 2001 classic. But while it's remarkably loyal to its source material, developer Bloober Team also took liberties in making this remake its own, with some differences more subtle than others. Here's a breakdown of Silent Hill 2 Remake's biggest differences.

 

[Crayon]

Sure it looks better when you zoom in 400% who cares.