
The idea of a remake of PS2 all-timer Silent Hill 2 is one that we were admittedly a little nervous about. Bloober Team hadn’t quite managed to prove itself with its previous outings, so tackling a remake for what is widely regarded as one of the best horror games ever made wasn’t exactly a safe bet. However, Bloober proved all the naysayers wrong by delivering not just an authentic and faithful remake, but one of the very best games that 2024 had to offer.
Donning a more traditional over-the-shoulder perspective, Silent Hill 2 captures the iconic town with stunning fidelity. This is easily one of the best-looking games on PS5, with flaking paint, rusty panels, and that ever-present fog obscuring the eerily quiet town. However, for us, Silent Hill 2 actually impresses with what it doesn’t show.
This is an intensely dark game, and we mean literally. The darkness is oppressive at times, but it’s brought together with sublime sound design and best-in-class haptic feedback. This is one of those games you should play with the lights off and headphones on. Inching your way through some truly iconic settings as the mannequin-like enemies scuttle along the wall, with your trusty flashlight only revealing a flicker of movement — it's proper edge of your seat stuff.
The most admirable part of Bloober’s efforts, however, is that while it changes so much about the gameplay experience and expands levels here or there, the base story is barely touched. It’s an excellent showcase of how to reinvent a classic for a modern audience, improving the parts that have aged while keeping the elements that still work exactly the same. It's masterfully done.
Push Square's Game of the Year top 10 is decided by votes coming from internal staff and regular contributors. Our community Game of the Year poll also factors into the result. Feel free to agree or disagree with our list in the comments section below.
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Do you agree with Silent Hill 2 being our #6 Game of the Year? (685 votes)
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I hope this does financially well enough for more remakes
because now days just releasing a good game isnt always enough
I got this for Christmas, played a few hours - it’s really good!
The most immersive game I played this year and a truly brilliant remake. Headphones and undies not included but recommended.
Just played this last week, and was rather impressed with the job Bloober did on the remake! Great stuff
@trev666 sadly that's true, it truly is a brilliant game l, but do sales match the the public tought, I hope so...would love to see more remakes silent hills..and/or new ones entirely
Should be higher. Such an amazing work from bloober. One of the best game i played this year.
So I've been watching my friend play this and we both agree that whilst it's pretty good it's not the outstanding remake it's being heralded as. The audio is very good but the graphics are just not that great. I'm glad people are enjoying it but for me personally it's an above average game.
@Northern_munkey I'm of the same opinion. It was a solid remake, and long overdue, but I wouldn't put it on a GOTY list.
Only 6th place? This should be at least 4 if not 3.
At least the bottom half of the top 10 is good, so there’s always that to keep looking at.
For some reason I could not get into this game. I did finish it, but it was just way too out there for me to really appreciate the story. Plus, there were so many times I had no idea what I should be doing or where I should go. It was just confusing for me overall.
Still waiting on a proper fix for the pro, not a pssr on/off slider. Fix that booby team and i buy 👍
Picked this up but its been backlogged for a bit. Waiting on the pro patch to clean things up a bit. I personally love bloobers works, so am quite excited to actually run through the game.
Well deserved in top10 this year, no matter which place exactly. It's my personal GOTY for sure, masterpiece in psychological horror and hopefully more SH games coming in the future
Great game and was really impressed with this as I had never played a Silent Hill game before. I'd put this in the #4 spot on my personal GOTY list behind Stellar Blade, Black Myth: WUKONG and Helldivers 2, and just ahead of COD BO6.
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@Jrs1 and for that reason alone this has no business being a PlayStation game of the year
Personally, I’d put this in my top 3, but really glad to see it make the list. It’s a phenomenal remake; Bloober really knocked it out of the park. I really hope this success leads to a remake for 1 and 3 as well.
Fantastic game, hidden endings, nurses and the static of radio. Has me hoping for more remasters and remakes for the rest of the series.
Fantastic game but the use of Unreal 5 really dampens the game experience. Same issues that Alan Wake 2 had in that it looked great in lighter surroundings but in dark areas it’s a struggle to see things ahead of the character. Also rainfall looks terrible and frame rate drops. It’s a game engine that looks good from a distance but when you look closer it’s a mess.
The original writers were ballsy for doing that dark storyline with one of the characters you meet early on. A boss battle had my jaw dropped when I realised what it represented .
Not sure I'd put this game on the list top 20 definitely. Top 10... not so much. Very curious now to see where Stellar Blade and Animal Well are placed
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Too scared to play past the opening bits in the streets. I dont want to go in to any dark narrow corridors 😂 as a big scaredy cat i dont know what possessed me to buy this at all.
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Looking forward to picking this up eventually. Bloober had such an uphill battle with this one and I’m so happy for them that they smashed it.
As @Jrs1 and @scoobdoo - fix the Pro patch properly and I will buy - it should easily be running much better. Not close to being worth 6th place in its current state.
#6 is actually where I have Silent Hill 2 placed in my own personal ranking so I'd have say this is spot on. Lol
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