Rock Paper Shotgun Silent Hill 2 Remake Feed

enThu, 10 Oct 2024 10:09:23 +0000Silent Hill 2 almost spoiled the game’s biggest twist for Italians before the day one patch came to the rescuehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-almost-spoiled-the-games-biggest-twist-for-italians-before-the-day-one-patch-came-to-the-rescueNic ReubenThu, 10 Oct 2024 10:09:23 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-almost-spoiled-the-games-biggest-twist-for-italians-before-the-day-one-patch-came-to-the-rescueSingle PlayerPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakePCAction AdventureThird personBloober TeamKonamiPS5

An Italian-language only quirk with Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 Remake almost spoiled the entire plot for fans playing in that language, but was fortunately caught in time for the day one patch to make changes. As spotted by PC Gamer, some garbled lines the player hears upon first picking up the game’s radio weren’t quite garbled enough in the Italian subtitles, accidentally dropping a massive plot spoiler in the first half hour. Stop reading now if you’re still playing, obviously. Here’s a video of a cat that sounds like he’s saying “bongiorno” you can watch instead.

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Silent Hill 2 review: a handsome horror remake that plays safe with its own historyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-reviewBrendan CaldwellTue, 08 Oct 2024 09:01:45 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-reviewStory RichBlockbusterSilent Hill 2Shooter: Third PersonSingle PlayerHorrorPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakePS2PCAction AdventureThird personBloober TeamKonamiWot I ThinkPS5

No game protagonist is more willing to stick his hand down a toilet than James Sunderland. Why is he doing this? You would have to ask him or the psychiatrist he badly requires. And it's unlikely he'd explain himself. This isn't the type of story in which the protagonist has difficulty accepting the existence of horrors, nor struggles with the surreality of what he needs to do to get through a locked door. In the opening minutes, James finds a well with a glowing red square floating inside, stares into it (it saves your game), then makes a calm remark about the odd sensation he feels, and moves on. The human corpses that pepper the town of Silent Hill are noticeably that of James himself, his head bludgeoned and bloodied beyond recognition but his jacket and boots unmistakable. He makes no remark on this. It's probably nothing.

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Silent Hill 2 Remake’s PC performance isn’t a total horror show, but low-end rigs will shudderhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-pc-performance-best-settingsJames ArcherMon, 07 Oct 2024 16:04:57 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-pc-performance-best-settingsSingle PlayerPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakeHardwarePCAction AdventureThird personBloober TeamKonamiPS5

The Silent Hill 2 remake is only out today, but it’s been nearly two years since the first system requirements appeared, immediately distressing our PCs so badly that they started having their own nightmares of fog-smothered towns and James Sunderland in an uncomfortably high-poly nurse outfit. Those requirements have since lowered and risen, and now we know for sure that nu-Silent Hill 2 is one tough customer for performance – albeit one that benefits greatly from just one or two key settings tweaks.

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The Silent Hill 2 Remake’s Wikipedia page briefly got transformed into a phantasmagorical reflection of the psyches of idiots unable to accept realityhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-silent-hill-2-remakes-wikipedia-page-briefly-got-transformed-into-a-phantasmagorical-reflection-of-the-psyches-of-idiots-unable-to-accept-realityNic ReubenMon, 07 Oct 2024 10:22:37 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-silent-hill-2-remakes-wikipedia-page-briefly-got-transformed-into-a-phantasmagorical-reflection-of-the-psyches-of-idiots-unable-to-accept-realitySingle PlayerPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakePCAction AdventureThird personBloober TeamKonamiPS5

If you’ve been keeping up with the positive review scores for the Silent Hill 2 Remake, you may have been surprised to read the Wikipedia page over the weekend, only to learn that the horror game had "received the worst reviews imaginable." As spotted by Eurogamer, the page has now been locked following some deranged edits that altered review scores to appear much lower than they actually were.

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Silent Hill 2 remake devs Bloober want to make more fully third-person horror games with minimal jump scareshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-devs-bloober-want-to-make-more-fully-third-person-horror-games-with-minimal-jump-scaresEdwin Evans-ThirlwellThu, 03 Oct 2024 13:35:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-devs-bloober-want-to-make-more-fully-third-person-horror-games-with-minimal-jump-scaresSilent Hill 2 Remake

As I type these words, specialist wifeguy assessor Brendy is rambling through the fog of Bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake. Knowing Brendy, he'll be sauntering down Neely Street like a gentleman dandy from 1920s Oxford, throwing out his cuffs and elbows and winking merrily at all the shambling depression metaphors who are trying to chew his legs off. While we await his verdict, here's another excerpt from a chat with Bloober earlier this summer, in which I pop the extremely imaginative question of what they'll do after remaking Silent Hill 2. The answer, in brief, is more games with a manual third-person view that rely on ambience, suspense and the thrill of the unknown, rather than monsters going "boo!"

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After three hours of Bloober's Silent Hill 2, it's unclear who is remaking whohttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-three-hours-of-bloobers-silent-hill-2-its-unclear-who-is-remaking-whoEdwin Evans-ThirlwellMon, 19 Aug 2024 13:03:10 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-three-hours-of-bloobers-silent-hill-2-its-unclear-who-is-remaking-whoSilent Hill 2Single PlayerPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakeAction AdventurePS2KonamiThird person

Silent Hill has a messy, up-is-down relationship with time and history, so let's go about this hands-on with the Silent Hill 2 Remake in a messy, up-is-down way. Developed well over two decades ago, the original Silent Hill 2 is the magnum opus of Polish horror stalwarts Bloober Team. Running on then-innovative "Unreal Engine 5" technology created by Jazz Jackrabbit publishers Epic MegaGames, it's a wonderful abyss of a game that remains perfectly playable today, given a certain amount of tolerance for the quirks of the era.

It begins with your character, James Sunderland, descending from the road towards the eponymous Midwestern nowhere-town. Like many games of the period, Silent Hill 2 uses a third-person, over-the-shoulder manual camera, which allows you to glance fearfully up at the monstrous pine trees that fringe the path - each rising from a bulging tide of fog that menaces with the suggestion of approaching figures. There is moisture everywhere, gushing from drain pipes and dribbling down concrete barriers. As you amble into the murk, deathly chords and groaning, unmechanical motifs reverberate from somewhere deep underground.

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Why didn't Silent Hill 2 Remake studio Bloober start by remaking Silent Hill 1? The devs explainhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/why-didnt-silent-hill-2-remake-devs-bloober-start-by-remaking-silent-hill-1-the-devs-explainEdwin Evans-ThirlwellMon, 19 Aug 2024 07:13:03 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/why-didnt-silent-hill-2-remake-devs-bloober-start-by-remaking-silent-hill-1-the-devs-explainSilent HillSingle PlayerPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakeAction AdventureKonamiPS1Third person

When Bloober and Konami announced that they were remaking Silent Hill 2 as part of a comprehensive series reboot, it made immediate if slightly deflating sense to me. Silent Hill 2 is the more feted of the Hills - if I were a calculating franchise custodian tasked with 'bringing back' one of the acclaimed original trilogy, that's probably the instalment I and my spreadsheets would fix upon. I mean, it's the game with Pyramid Head in it - the nearest thing Silent Hill has to a mascot, and it's not like there's an issue of cutting out plot material: each game in the Silent Hill series is, on some level, a distinct story with a distinct protagonist.

Still, the decision to 'skip' the first game in the series, whose world, narrative themes, music and art direction set the parameters for all the rest, made my brain itch a bit, and when I ran into Bloober's creative director Mateusz Lenart and lead producer Maciej Głomb at a Konami event, I had to ask about it.

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Layers Of Fear dev's next original game will be revealed this yearhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/layers-of-fear-devs-next-original-game-will-be-revealed-this-yearAlice BellMon, 29 Apr 2024 11:40:44 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/layers-of-fear-devs-next-original-game-will-be-revealed-this-yearPuzzleXbox OneBloober TeamIndieNintendo SwitchSilent Hill 2 RemakeFirst personPCThird personSingle PlayerHorrorRevealAspyrAction AdventureProject CLayers of FearMysterySimulationXbox Series X/SThe MediumMacObserverPS4

Twitter user pl_evil has helpfully translated a recent letter to shareholders from Bloober Team, showing that their new game "Project C" will be revealed later this year. This will be the studio's next original game, after they wrapped up Layers Of Fear last year with, confusingly, Layers Of Fear (the natural progression for a series: Layers Of Fear, Layers Of Fear 2, and then Layers Of Fear again, although it was going to be called Layers Of Fears at one point).

Bloober Team are currently doing a lot of IP work for other people, with the Silent Hill 2 remake due out later this year, and a game codenamed "Project R" in concert with Skybound Entertainment. Skybound are The Walking Dead company, so I wouldn't give you long odds for a bet on what Project R is about. Neither would I be surprised if Project C is unveiled this summer by a man named Geoff with shiny shiny trainers. I'm interested to see what it is, and honestly I'm hoping it's a brand new standalone thing, rather than a forced sequel to Observer or 2021's The Medium (where I got the header).

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The Silent Hill 2 remake's combat trailer misrepresents the game, according to one of its own developershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-silent-hill-2-remakes-combat-trailer-misrepresents-the-game-according-to-its-own-developersEdwin Evans-ThirlwellWed, 14 Feb 2024 13:22:06 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-silent-hill-2-remakes-combat-trailer-misrepresents-the-game-according-to-its-own-developersSilent Hill 2Single PlayerPuzzleSilent Hill 2 RemakeAction AdventurePS2KonamiThird person

The Silent Hill 2 remake's State of Play trailer doesn't give a full and proper representation of the game, Bloober Team's president Piotr Babieno has observed in an apparent swipe at publisher Konami, who Babieno portrays as responsible for the upcoming horror game's marketing. If you missed it, the trailer in question focuses on the "modernised" combat. It shows alleged "everyman" protagonist James Sunderland getting all Gears of Warry with some maggoty marionettes and rancid demon nurses.

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Everything announced at PlayStation's January State Of Play that's (probably) coming to PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everything-announced-at-playstations-january-state-of-play-thats-probably-coming-to-pcKatharine CastleThu, 01 Feb 2024 00:44:29 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everything-announced-at-playstations-january-state-of-play-thats-probably-coming-to-pcSonic X Shadow GenerationsJudasRise of the RoninPuzzleStellar BladeSegaSonic TeamSonic GenerationsShooterShift Up CorporationIndiePoint and ClickSilent Hill 2 RemakeFirst personXbox 360PCKonamiThird personBlockbusterKojima ProductionsDeath Stranding 2Nintendo 3DSMetro AwakeningRPGState of PlaySingle PlayerHorrorMeridian4Action AdventureSide viewPS5PhysintTeam NinjaSilent Hill: The Short MessageXbox Series X/SPlatformerPS3SEGA Europe

PlayStation's January State Of Play stream was chock full of big game announcements, including deep dives on Death Stranding 2, two Silent Hill games, Rise Of The Ronin and loads more stuff that will almost certainly be heading to PC at some point down the line. Because let's face it. Everything PlayStation comes to PC eventually. We just have a wait a couple of years for it. Just look at former exclusive Horizon Forbidden West, which is hitting PC on March 21st. That wasn't in tonight's showcase, of course, so let's take a look at everything that was. Start those PC countdown timers now, folks, because it's only a matter of time.

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Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater remakes listed for 2024 releasehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-and-metal-gear-solid-snake-eater-remakes-listed-for-2024-releaseEdwin Evans-ThirlwellFri, 05 Jan 2024 17:13:09 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-and-metal-gear-solid-snake-eater-remakes-listed-for-2024-releaseShooterMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake EaterXbox Series X/SSingle PlayerSilent Hill 2 RemakeStealthPCAction AdventureThird personKonamiPS5

Did we put the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 remakes on that list of our most anticipated games of 2024? The article is so voluminous I’m not sure I have the energy to check. I get halfway down the page and feel like I need to pitch camp below one of the paragraph breaks, like a mountaineer sleeping beneath a crag in one of those dangling tents. Assuming we didn’t, both have been slated for 2024 release by the PlayStation blog.

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Silent Hill 2 remake devs Bloober Team are working on a licensed horror game from The Walking Dead creatorshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-devs-bloober-team-are-working-on-a-licensed-horror-game-from-the-walking-dead-creatorsMatt JarvisWed, 20 Dec 2023 18:06:05 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-devs-bloober-team-are-working-on-a-licensed-horror-game-from-the-walking-dead-creatorsMacLayers of FearIndieNintendo SwitchHorrorSingle PlayerSilent Hill 2 RemakeAspyrFirst personXbox OneXbox Series X/SThe MediumPCAction AdventureBloober TeamPS4Third person

Bloober Team, developers of Layers of Fear, The Medium and the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, have added another notable name to their plans for the next few years. The horror-focused studio is working with the creators of zombie comic book-turned-TV show The Walking Dead on a new video game adaptation.

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Reports of a Silent Hill 2 remake "Pyramid Head origin story" fill me with the wrong kind of horrorhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/reports-of-a-silent-hill-2-remake-pyramid-head-origin-story-fill-me-with-the-wrong-kind-of-horrorEdwin Evans-ThirlwellMon, 06 Nov 2023 10:41:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/reports-of-a-silent-hill-2-remake-pyramid-head-origin-story-fill-me-with-the-wrong-kind-of-horrorSilent Hill 2 Remake

Bloober Team and Konami's forthcoming Silent Hill 2 remake will feature a playable origin story for Pyramid Head, according to a Best Buy listing. Specifically it says "fan favourite character, Pyramid Head, makes a return along with a special origin story for fans to play through." That's pretty much all she wrote, where the much vaunted "news-reporting" aspect of this news article is concerned. Now to spend several hundred words whining about why this is probably a terrible idea.

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Silent Hill 2 remake is not "ready for release", Bloober Team confirm after week of rumourshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-is-not-ready-for-release-bloober-team-confirm-after-week-of-rumoursKaan SerinWed, 29 Mar 2023 14:46:29 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-is-not-ready-for-release-bloober-team-confirm-after-week-of-rumoursBlockbusterSilent Hill 2HorrorSilent Hill 2 RemakeBloober TeamKonami

Bloober Team have issued a statement about their upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, clarifying rumours about the project’s release schedule and sales expectations. Last week, Polish site Bankier spoke with Bloober Team’s CEO Pitor Babieno in an interview that was mistranslated and began to circulate online. The mistranslations mentioned the remake was “technically ready” for launch, but Bloober Team have clarified these “statements have been taken out of context, due to inaccurate translations.”

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Our 101 most anticipated games of 2023https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-101-most-anticipated-games-of-2023Katharine CastleFri, 06 Jan 2023 13:30:04 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-101-most-anticipated-games-of-2023The Wolf Among Us 2Elation For The Wonder Box 6000Octopath Traveler 2S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of ChornobylMinecraft LegendsShadows of DoubtGossamer MatrixEchostasisSkate StoryStory Of Seasons: A Wonderful LifeDead SpaceCompany Of Heroes 3Knuckle SandwichReplacedSnufkin: Melody of MoominvalleySchimThe Pale BeyondHomeworld 3System ShockPlanet Of LanaThe 22nd Is Serda. f0a178Mars First LogisticsNaiadCassette BeastsResident Evil 4Wild HeartsDemonschoolStorytellerThe Settlers: New AlliesAnger FootFrostpunk 2Payday 3The Great War: Western FrontGranblue Fantasy: RelinkBirthDordogneLike a Dragon: IshinLorn's LureAfter UsLittle Kitty, Big CitySilent Hill 2 RemakeAssassin's Creed MirageBlockbusterStreet Fighter 6The Texas Chain Saw MassacreLies Of PDreamsettlerLike a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His NameVenbaTchiaGoodbye Volcano HighA Space For The UnboundLayers of FearBomb Rush CyberfunkMask Of The RoseDead Island 2Suffer The NightMythwrecked: Ambrosia IslandReturnDredgeBramble: The Mountain KingTiny LifeWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2VideoverseCocoonThe Plucky SquireStarfieldAtomic HeartForever SkiesCyberpunk 2077: Phantom LibertyToroaHades 2Warhammer 40,000: BoltgunCoffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & ButterflyMen Of War IISorry We're ClosedKerbal Space Program 2Baldur's Gate 3Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1Silent Hill: TownfallAnother Crab's TreasurePepper GrinderPaper TrailRedfallFriends Vs FriendsOPUS: Prism PeakSherlock Holmes: The AwakenedStar Wars Jedi: SurvivorGunbrellaThe Milk LakeInescapableJumplight OdysseyDeliver Us MarsIndieThirsty SuitorsWildfrostSucker For Love: Date To Die ForRomancelvaniaNightingaleTerra NilDead Space (remake)Wo Long: Fallen DynastyHimbo Harem Homicide

Happy New Year, folks! Crikey, there are a lot of games coming out this year, aren't there? When I first asked the team to put together their most anticipated games for 2023, I was thinking we'd have a reasonably sensible number of things we were all looking forward to, you know, somewhere in the region of the 43 games we highlighted at the start of 2022. Very quickly, though, it became apparent that, actually, there are simply loads of games the RPS Treehouse is personally excited about this year, and cor, it would be rude not to include every last one of them. I'll be upfront: there are a fair number of TBA games on here that probably aren't going to come out in 2023, but as ever, we remain hopeful and optimistic all the same. So let's dive in.

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Silent Hill 2 remake will take a "very safe approach to any changes"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-will-take-a-very-safe-approach-to-any-changesGraham SmithThu, 05 Jan 2023 20:46:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remake-will-take-a-very-safe-approach-to-any-changesSilent Hill 2HorrorSilent Hill 2 RemakeAction AdventureBloober TeamKonami

Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake will "stick close to the original" while applying adjustments like an over-the-shoulder camera. In an interview with DreadXP, Anna Jasińska from Bloober Team spoke about their approach to the remake.

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Silent Hill 2 remake’s PC system requirements are spooky, but namedrop DLSShttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remakes-pc-system-requirements-are-spooky-but-namedrop-dlssJames ArcherThu, 20 Oct 2022 14:52:51 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/silent-hill-2-remakes-pc-system-requirements-are-spooky-but-namedrop-dlssSilent Hill 2DLSSSilent Hill 2 RemakeHardwareBloober TeamKonami

As a James who’s always forgetting things, I’m probably the main target audience of the Silent Hill 2 remake – one of yesterday’s many Silent Hill game and film announcements. Nevertheless, I wouldn’t have expected such high demands from its PC system requirements, which have appeared on Steam.

Highlights include the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 – a former flagship! – listed among the minimum specs, alongside a 12GB RAM requirement, and Windows 11 as the recommended OS. Those with a GeForce RTX graphics card could get some performance help, though, as the requirements’ notes say that meeting the recommended spec will allow for 4K resolution “using DLSS or similar technology”. That’s not quite a formal confirmation of Nvidia DLSS support, but strongly indicates it, maybe along with similar upscaling systems like AMD FSR or Intel XeSS.

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