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Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia page locked after salty fans try to rewrite its critically-acclaimed reception

Wikipedia has had to lock down the Silent Hill 2 Remake page after repeated vandalism from editors who refuse to accept…

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Wikipedia has had to lock down the Silent Hill 2 Remake page after repeated vandalism from editors who refuse to accept that the remake of Konami's seminal horror game released to critical acclaim earlier this week.

Outright lies around the games reception and metacritic score - including one edit that said the game had "received the worst reviews imaginable" - means the page has now been put into a semi-protected state to stop unregistered users from making wild, unsubstantiated claims, including one that said Eurogamer had awarded it 0/5 stars when, in fact, it got top marks.

It's unclear what's motivating the edits, although its presumed by some to have been fuelled by the nauseating discourse that the game is "woke" because of changes made to the characters facial features and clothing.

Alternatively, it may stem from some fans' dismayed that Silent Hill 2 has been remade by Bloober Team or, indeed, at all.

 

[XXL]

Which one of you did this? Lol.

 

[GHG]

Wtf. This remake is pretty much as faithful as they come.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Gamers being pathetic - news at 11.

 

[LectureMaster]

Jesus, that's why I never call myself "gamer".

 

[nial]

Probably a GAF user.

 

[AngelMuffin]

 

[Doggyred]

This game is great and exceeds expectations for me. Do people just want another 1 for 1 copy of the original with better graphics or something?

 

[Kacho]

The fans who deify the original games are lunatics lol

Literal REEEEEing

 

[Astray]

Wtf. This remake is pretty much as faithful as they come.

Brain rot is a hell of a drug.

 

[Kacho]

“This wasn’t made by Japanese people. James didn’t say the thing right!”

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Eurogamer = lies.

We will see when MC user reviews are available.

 

[adamsapple]

Eurogamer = lies.

We will see when MC user reviews are available.

Oh my sweet summer child, if you think people aren't gonna leave the most asinine user reviews either .

 

[analog_future]

which non-decent human did this?

 

[XXL]

Eurogamer = lies.

We will see when MC user reviews are available.

 

[RaduN]

Wha?

Working fine

Is this some kind of victimisation type technique? Game not selling or something?

 

[mitch1971]

Gamers being pathetic - news at 0.

Wiki edited

 

[GHound]

I'll be giving this incident a false flag/10 review score.

 

[NickFire]

The ability for users to edit is why I consider it a very useful sight for info, but not something to treat as authoritative.

 

[March Climber]

 

[VolticArchangel]

 

[cireza]

It's unclear what's motivating the edits

Sounds pretty clear to me : people being dumb.

 

[Doom85]

 

[nial]

Eurogamer = lies.

We will see when MC user reviews are available.

Wha?

Working fine

Is this some kind of victimisation type technique? Game not selling or something?

Silent Hill 2 (2024 video game) - Wikipedia

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Silent Hill 2 (2024 video game): Revision history - Wikipedia

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Wikipedia:Protection policy - Wikipedia

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And the game is selling pretty well on retailers, PSN and Steam, BTW.

 

[delfrickintree]

I'll be giving this incident a false flag/10 review score.

Its the new "we got death threats!"

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

We got this in the fake port-begging petitions like "Frustrated Sonyers sign for Starfield on Playstation" and similar cases.

Sure, there can always be a few deranged ones doing this in Wikipedia or Metacritic, but generalizing against "fans" for outrage about Silent Hill 2 is as fake as it gets.

 

[March Climber]

nial Thank you for the receipts. It's sometimes tiring when people here immediately jump to blame the party who is reporting the claim in the first place.

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

Super fans for this series will never be pleased unless everything remained the same. Upgraded graphics with outdated audio quality. That being said, I really do wonder if the same will happen if they remade the first one or if the insane obsession is only focused on 2 and possible 3 to some extent.

 

[damidu]

lolol there is no bottom to gamer stupidity. that's for sure

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

nial Thank you for the receipts. It's sometimes tiring when people here immediately jump to blame the party who is reporting the claim in the first place.

The reporter doesn't know the identity of those people, hence calling them "fans" instead of trolls is factually inaccurate which is Eurogamer's trademark.

This is like calling fans to the people who signed the ongoing Genshin's boycott.

 

[Kacho]

Super fans for this series will never be pleased unless everything remained the same. Upgraded graphics with outdated audio quality. That being said, I really do wonder if the same will happen if they remade the first one or if the insane obsession is only focused on 2 and possible 3 to some extent.

True but it’s still batshit insane. I’m a mega fanboy of the classic RE games on PS1. I still think they’re superior to the remakes, but didn’t lose my shit over it. I still enjoyed the remakes for what they were.

 

[Clear]

Is this really newsworthy though?

It doesn't take an army of alt-right bogeymen to change a wiki-page! One or two insane "superfans" are enough to do this.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Wikipedia is kind of garbage now. I've caught "slacktivists" changing shit on all kinds of people and things. Now, they're fucking with Internet Archive/Wayback Machine, too.
We can't have anything nice.

 

[March Climber]

The reporter doesn't know the identity of those people, hence calling them "fans" instead of trolls is factually inaccurate which is Eurogamer's trademark.

This is like calling fans to the people who signed the ongoing Genshin's boycott.

Before I answer, could you give me more context for the Genshin boycott? What was it for and who signed it?

 

[Mr Moose]

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

True but it’s still batshit insane. I’m a mega fanboy of the classic RE games on PS1. I still think they’re superior to the remakes, but didn’t lose my shit over it. I still enjoyed the remakes for what they were.

u underestimate the obsessive fixation of said fans, its a whole other level. Remember ever since 2 the series has had a focus on stories about loss, trauma, etc. These people that loved the games are very defensive of them

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Before I answer, could you give me more context for the Genshin boycott? What was it for and who signed it?

People online, including some VA, signed a petition to boycott it because the last region allegedly featured cultures from the real world and "didn't respect its racial nuances". From there we had all the usual suspects in the media plus some creative trolls faking videos to make it look like Mihoyo stole actual dances for their characters.

Of course, the boycott achieved nothing cos those people weren't fans, the same as the ones yapping about Silent Hill.

Silent Hill is a niche IP with a very hardcore fanbase that won't be moved by minimal changes.

 

[StueyDuck]

as the kids say... it's a sus story.

I haven't seen much controversy around the game, sure the odd gaffer has called it woke and I'm sure there are a few online too, but like compare it to concords reception or that other game I've already forgotten with the cancel, i just don't see the same sort of opinion for SH2 besides the character chat here on gaf.

mostly people seem happy with it(outside of gaf i mean), i have my personal criticisms about the horror angle being drained but it nonetheless looks like a game that runs and doesn't seem to be pushing back against it's audience which is usually the catalyst for these sorts of review bomb type things.

so yeah i am curious about what is really going on with the wiki, i just don't feel it's the chuds doing those not a good human things.

 

[Badlucktroll]

i want ai to make an apology to bloober song as david bowie

 

[Sophist]

I haven't seen much controversy around the game

The steam forum is full of outrage threads.

SILENT HILL 2 General Discussions :: Steam Community

SILENT HILL 2 - Pre-orderStandard Edition Pre-order Bonus Content・Mira the Dog MaskDeluxe Edition Pre-order Bonus Content・Mira the Dog Mask・48-hour Early AccessThe mask is a skin that applies to James (the main character) in the game.Deluxe Edition[Deluxe Edition - Contents]・SILENT HILL...

steamcommunity.com

 

[Aenima]

Eurogamer = lies.

We will see when MC user reviews are available.

Lol, imagine trusting Metacritic User reviews where anyone can shitpost without owning or playing the game. If you told me Steam user reviews, then yeah.

 

[StueyDuck]

The steam forum is full of outrage threads.

SILENT HILL 2 General Discussions :: Steam Community

SILENT HILL 2 - Pre-orderStandard Edition Pre-order Bonus Content・Mira the Dog MaskDeluxe Edition Pre-order Bonus Content・Mira the Dog Mask・48-hour Early AccessThe mask is a skin that applies to James (the main character) in the game.Deluxe Edition[Deluxe Edition - Contents]・SILENT HILL...

steamcommunity.com

i see, unusual, by now you'd usually see all those thumbnails on your feed of those you don't sub to like asmon or baby boy or whatever that fat guy is called.

most the time i can gauge the upset by the feed on things like youtube.

 

[nial]

as the kids say... it's a sus story.

I haven't seen much controversy around the game, sure the odd gaffer has called it woke and I'm sure there are a few online too, but like compare it to concords reception or that other game I've already forgotten with the cancel, i just don't see the same sort of opinion for SH2 besides the character chat here on gaf.

mostly people seem happy with it(outside of gaf i mean), i have my personal criticisms about the horror angle being drained but it nonetheless looks like a game that runs and doesn't seem to be pushing back against it's audience which is usually the catalyst for these sorts of review bomb type things.

so yeah i am curious about what is really going on with the wiki, i just don't feel it's the chuds doing those not a good human things.

There was definitely an outrage campaign against it, though it went mostly silent (hill) once people started playing and enjoying the game... or that's what I believe. Haven't checked anti-DEI Twitter recently.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Silent Hill is a niche IP with a very hardcore fanbase that won't be moved by minimal changes.

Lol. I'm afraid I heavily have to disagree there. Silent Hill 2 is a sacred cow game for some of these "fans" and the smallest changes have triggered them.

 

[March Climber]

People online, including some VA, signed a petition to boycott it because the last region allegedly featured cultures from the real world and "didn't respect its racial nuances". From there we had all the usual suspects in the media plus some creative trolls faking videos to make it look like Mihoyo stole actual dances for their characters.

Thank for you the context.

Of course, the boycott achieved nothing cos those people weren't fans, the same as the ones yapping about Silent Hill.

Quick question about this claim, who else that you know of would be agitated enough to seek to do this on wikipedia?

Silent Hill doesn't delve into cultural or racial nuances like the Genshin boycott you just described, so I just need to figure out which 3rd party would be interested in this level of wiki tampering regarding a remake for a 20 year old cult classic video game.

Silent Hill is a niche IP with a very hardcore fanbase that won't be moved by minimal changes.

Question 2: Are you denying that there has been a high amount of criticism, nitpicking, and angry-posting here and elsewhere from people who put the original in high regard? (I'll avoid using the word 'fan' even though that is a descriptor for what I just described).

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

what is their argument?

 

[Bloobs]

Which one of you did this? Lol.

Cao Cao

 

[ap_puff]

Me, not even 24 hours after laughing at the Ubisoft guy calling out gamers:

 

[MagiusNecros]

Plot twist. Wikipedia was never edited. It was Silent Hill itself distorting everything and causing chaos.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Which one of you did this? Lol.

I plead guilty... I made part of how beautiful Gravity Rush 1 and 2 is on Wikipedia as an editor