Roads are blocked, surreally shorn off, or in some cases disconnected from reality altogether. ![]() The town is deserted (save a scattered handful of troubled people James can encounter). And yet - torn, desperate and numb - he makes his way to Silent Hill anyway.īut something has gone eerily and horribly wrong in Silent Hill. The brief, intimate urgency of this reunion-summons would be the stuff of bittersweet love songs if it weren't for one near-unspeakable fact: Mary Sunderland has been dead for three years now, victim to an unspecified wasting affliction which James can only think of as "that damn disease." James is heartsick, and certainly confused, but not completely stupid at some level, he knows that to believe the letter is a sick folly, to answer it a form of madness. If you haven't yet played the console versions, here's the setup: Silent Hill 2 puts players in the shoes of James Sunderland, a 30-something man whose life is upended when he receives a letter from his wife Mary, urging him to meet her in the resort town Silent Hill - a place of many memories and emotions shared between the two. It was giving me all these really messed-up dreams." No, I couldn't hang with that game at all." We were a little shocked - enough, in fact, to sort of blurt: "What, are you kidding? You thought it sucked?" He looked at us, shook his head a little too slowly, and said (in surprisingly perfect and colloquial English): "No. We somehow got talking about the merits of Silent Hill 2. You just knew he was a jaded, hardcore gamer nerd, the kind of guy who'd sneer if he caught you playing a demo game on easy. Note though that this video was released back in 2016 and therefore doesn't review the Enhanced Edition of the game, first released in 2018 – this would be the best way today to enjoy Silent Hill 2 in its full visual glory.Silent Hill Anecdote #27: We were rummaging around a new and used games/comic shop in Tokyo last summer, one with lots of action figures on display, 'swimsuit' calendars and looping videos featuring the virtual cheesecake of Dead or Alive Volleyball, and a large and somehow arrogant-looking fellow working the counter. Here's also a great video by Digital Foundry overviewing visuals of the game's original PS2 version as well as its ports on Xbox and PC, and the infamous Silent Hill HD Collection. Here's the short list of all major Silent Hill 2 releases in different regions:Ģ001.12.21 - Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams (Xbox)Ģ002.11.17 - Silent Hill 2 (Greatest Hits) (PS2 – expanded edition, no subtitle)Ģ002.12.02 - Silent Hill 2 (PC – expanded edition, no subtitle)Ģ002.02.22 - Silent Hill 2: Saigo No Uta (Xbox)Ģ002.07.04 - Silent Hill 2: Saigo No Uta (PS2)Ģ002.10.04 - Silent Hill 2: Inner Fears (Xbox)Ģ003.02.28 - Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut ![]() This version was later also released on PS2 and PC and had numerous subtitles on various systems confusing players who might be wondering what's the difference (in fact, next to none as the only differences are probably the title screen and language selection). ![]() Original version had only the main "Letter from Silent Heaven" scenario and 5 different endings.Įxpanded edition of Silent Hill 2 was initially released exclusively on Xbox in December 2001 (North America) and 2002 (Japan, Europe) adding the bonus "Born From a Wish" sub-scenario and the "UFO" ending as well as other improvements. Silent Hill 2 was first released for PlayStation 2 in Autumn 2001.
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