Game Information
Game Title: Silent Hill 2
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5 (Oct 8, 2024)
- PC (Oct 8, 2024)
Trailers:
- SILENT HILL 2 | Release Date Trailer (4K:EN/ESRB) | KONAMI
- SILENT HILL 2 | Gameplay Trailer (4K:EN/ESRB) | KONAMI
- SILENT HILL 2 - Combat Reveal Trailer (4K:EN/ESRB) | KONAMI
Developer: Bloober Team
Publisher: Konami
Review Aggregator:
OpenCritic - 88 average - 91% recommended - 34 reviews
Critic Reviews
Arabhardware - Ahmed Yousry - Arabic - 9 / 10
Areajugones - Urko Miguel Galparsoro - Spanish - 9 / 10
Atomix - Alberto Desfassiaux - Spanish - 95 / 100
Checkpoint Gaming - Luke Mitchell - 9 / 10
Eurogamer - Vikki Blake - 5 / 5
Everyeye.it - Riccardo Cantù - Italian - 8.2 / 10
GAMES.CH - Benjamin Braun - German - 90%
GRYOnline.pl - Sebastian Kasparek - Polish - 6 / 10
Game Rant - Dalton Cooper - 9 / 10
GamePro - Samara Summer - German - 87 / 100
GameSpot - Mark Delaney - 9 / 10
Gamepressure - Zbigniew Woźnicki - 6.5 / 10
GamesRadar+ - Leon Hurley - 3.5 / 5
GamingTrend - Henry Viola - 90 / 100
Hardcore Gamer - Chris Shive - 4 / 5
Hobby Consolas - Daniel Quesada - Spanish - 89 / 100
IGN - Tristan Ogilvie - 8 / 10
IGN Italy - Alessandra Borgonovo - Italian - 9.5 / 10
Metro GameCentral - GameCentral - 9 / 10
One More Game - Chris Garcia - 9 / 10
PPE.pl - Roger Żochowski - Polish - 9 / 10
PSX Brasil - Eric Oliveira - Portuguese - 100 / 100
Press Start - James Mitchell - 9 / 10
Push Square - Liam Croft - 9 / 10
Sirus Gaming - Jarren Navarrete - 10 / 10
Spaziogames - Domenico Musicò - Italian - 9.4 / 10
The Games Machine - Daniele Cucchiarelli - Italian - 8.3 / 10
TheGamer - James Kennedy - 3.5 / 5
Tom's Hardware Italia - Andrea Maiellano - Italian - 9 / 10
VG247 - Kelsey Raynor - 5 / 5
VGC - Chris Scullion - 4 / 5
Wccftech - Chris Wray - 9 / 10
Silent hill is one of my favorite series, and I'd argue the last time we even got a decent game was back in 2007 with origins. The drought has been unreal. I can't believe we are finally eating good again
Origins was so dang good.
Sooo, since I have you as an enthusiast here: The only Silent Hill I've ever played was Shattered Memories way back when (I actually have a rare pre-release press copy). Clever game and equally scary. Which game should I pick up first if I wanted to seriously get into this series? This new remake of Silent Hill 2? The original Silent Hill? Shattered Memories again?
Good questions!
Tbh the only starting points I would recommend is the original or some version of sh2. Since it seems like this remake is really good I think it would be a great place to start!
Imo, the 2 S tier silent hill games are 2 and 3. However 3 is a direct sequel to 1 (an A tier game, only knocked down from S tier by PS1 jank) so i do think that should be played before 3.
The remake makes things a little different since it's gameplay style will be pretty different, but my normal recommendation was:
Play 2 (PC enhanced edition preferably), if you enjoy that, then play 1 and 3. If you want more, play 4 (the last made by the original team and a good B tier game imo, but a bit different than the other 3). If you still want more, check out origins (a, imo, C tier game, the first made by not the original team but the most respectable effort of this new generation of games).
I'd say after that I personally don't find any of them worth playing. Shattered memories isn't my favorite but it definitely isn't a bad game. I'd say play that again if you want! It's more or less a very strange reimagining of sh1. An interesting game but not for me. A fine place to continue if you want more.
Homecoming and downpour are just quite bad imo. Stay away
Thank you for the thorough answer!