08 Oct 2024
08 Oct 2024 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
08 Oct 2024 - PlayStation 5
06 Oct 2024 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
06 Oct 2024 - PlayStation 5
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of Silent Hill 2.
Having received a letter from his deceased wife, James heads to where they shared so many memories, in the hope of seeing her one more time: Silent Hill. There, by the lake, he finds a woman eerily similar to her... "My name...is Maria," the woman smiles. Her face, her voice... She's just like her.
Audio | Subtitles | Interface | |
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Chinese (Simplified) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Chinese (Traditional) | ✓ | ✓ | |
English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Spanish (Mexico) | ✓ | ||
French | ✓ | ✓ | |
Italian | ✓ | ✓ | |
Japanese | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Korean | ✓ | ✓ | |
Polish | ✓ | ✓ | |
Portuguese (Portugal) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Portuguese (Brazil) | ✓ | ||
Russian | ✓ | ✓ | |
German | ✓ | ✓ | |
Ukrainian | ✓ |
(Spoilers below. You've been warned)
Silent hill is a franchise that's very special to me they sort of were an introduction for me in the horror gaming community since I was a child. My friends would judge me for loving these games. I still have my immaculate condition Silent hill 1 copy on the ps1 and all my Silent Hill games including yes...Shattered Memories. Not trynna flex but yes I do have a nice collection. Moving on.
Man this game felt like a breath of fresh air, while yes still honouring the terrifying atmosphere of the original masterpiece, as we decent down through the madness of James' psych as he goes through Silent hill. I love a lot about this game, the graphics, the scares, the creepy atmosphere, the boss designs. I love the symbolism behind the Creatures even in this remake. Pyramid head is from the executioners of silent hill in the past. In the historical society there is a painting of this executioner. Its theorised that whilst James was in silent hill he saw this painting. and conjured him up with his desire for self punishment. The main enemies in the game are pale and grotesque constantly being sick, much like Mary’s illness. I think that's perfect attention to detail if I do say so myself.
James' cowardness and bitterness towards Mary and her illness didn't help their relationship at the end considering he murdered her and that would send him in a nice trip of self pity, guilt and deluluness 🤷🏻♂️
You also got the nurses. The suffocation that the Nurses experience is also representative of James's subconscious memory of smothering Mary with a pillow. The red squares covering the mouths give me vibes of roaring rage, particularly Mary's anger and verbal abuse against James.
You also got The monster in the cage in the hospital when Laura locks you in, to my interpretations it feels like symbolism of Mary badmouthing James in her last days...since the bed has a mouth. Anywho you get what I mean there is so much more that could be said that wouldn't fit here but yea. Also Maria looks amazing. James you hoe!. If I have to critique about something...the way James runs is underwhelming and artifical I wish they would have done more to make it feel realistic. But other than that almost perfect game.👌🏻