Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Silent Hill 2?

A solid 7 from me. I liked it a lot, but it's not perfect. The stupid mannequin jump scares, pacing issues, and an inconsistent performance from Mary/Maria's actress are my biggest gripes.

Even with those in mind, this is probably the best survival horror game ever made from sound design and art direction perspectives. It's been a very long time since I've played a horror game this emotionally and mentally draining. The highest compliment I can give is that I never want to play this again.

A 10 from me - I'm sure much to the dismay of other SH fans. I prefer it over the original although they both stand as fantastic experiences in their own right.

Sound design deserves a special mention for being some of the best out there

Edit: also wanted to add that I hope Konami are going to allow bloober to remake 1&3 if they are willing!

I'm about 2/3 into it, and so far, it's a 10 for me. I can't believe how good it is. It will most likely become my favorite survival horror game ever.

@RBMango I like the "jumpscares" and never thought anything bad about the performances of Mary/Maria. My only gripe would be that it's too easy, apparently like the original. It's a horror game but not "survival" for me because I never had any worry about enemies, ammo or health.

The game nailed the atmosphere and everything else though. 8 or 9? I'm not sure what I can decide on.

An 8 for me, it's technical issues (thanks UE5) prevent it from being any higher. Also I feel the mannequins are overused and the some of the bosses aren't great.

On the positive side, it really is a fantastic game that just oozes atmosphere and has been smartly updated from the original with some great performances from it's cast, the sound design and visuals are excellent.

Overall it's one of the best remakes I've played and up there with the Resident Evil remakes

@TruestoryYep The actress playing Mary/Maria isn't "bad"; just inconsistent IMO. I think she just got poor directing at times, especially in the very flat delivery of the final monologue. That's one of my favorite bits of acting in a video game in the original and they butchered it in this remake.

Regarding difficulty, I found it harder than the original because of the increased number of enemies that could appear at a time. Especially during the Brookhaven and Toluca Prison, I had to be very careful with ammo conservation or I'd be screwed.

4% of the voters are salty I see lmaoooo

@RBMango love that monologue from the original and honestly, I thought the actress nailed it in this one. The voice acting the whole way through was a step up in my opinion.

But this is one of the reasons why I love the series - it really connected but in different ways for different people. Great passion from the fan base (despite some of the more angry people 😂).

@MikeOrator “but but but Angela isn’t attractive to me so it’s a 1/10” 😭😭

Easiest 10 ever and GOTY for me. Luke Roberts' performance is incredible btw.

An easy 9/10. Having never played the original, I was unsure what to expect. I’m now about to finish the game, and I can confidently say it’s one of the best survival horror games I’ve ever played. It’s been an incredible experience. And the only reason I’m not giving it a 10/10 is because the first two hours were very sluggish.

I would say a solid 9! Amazing game!

I'm going to get this at some point.

Looks awesome

Always some sad cretins putting ridiculous scores. Embarrassing

@carlos82
Yeah, i watched the DF video. I like the style of game (I vaguely remember playing the original), but will wait to see if they do a Pro enhancement before I buy on this one.

As of writing this, I just rolled the credits on my first playthrough. Here is an interesting detail I just discovered — there is a trophy for completing the game in under 10 hours; however, if your in-game clock goes past 24 hours, the trophy will still unlock because it resets the timer.

Much better than I expected. Bloober really proved me wrong with this one. Still playing and loving every second!

Looking forward to this but not at full whack, pick it up I'm a sale 👍

Definitely an 8, it is a great remake but Maria/ Mary's voice acting is just not good. It is so robotic and unnatural compared to the OG and since she is such a big part of the game it drops score of the game by a couple points. Everything else though is top notch besides a couple small flaws like Maria being in front of us during a certain chase.

@Loamy Again, it isn't "bad", but the remake's version of it lacks the emotional gut punch that the monologue in the OG delivers. It's obvious Monica Taylor Horgan was holding back real tears delivering that monologue in the recording booth and those cracks in her voice make the moment all the more raw. I miss that genuine human touch in the remake's version of it.

Everyone else in the remake is outstanding though, especially whoever they got to play Angela.

@DonJorginho Yes, the young 19-year-old woman who looks intentionally much older and weary to show the physical effects of life-long abuse isn't attractive. These people are idiots.

https://www.thegamer.com/silent-hill-2-bloober-team-the-medium-apology/

This is the most asinine and arrogant pat on the back article I've ever read within gaming. I'm happy for bloober and their success. The games a 9 or 10 for me. People who think like this however really got me scratching my head.

honestly since we haven't seen silent hill this active in so long , i was willing to over look some of the flaws , closer to a 8 or a 8.25 if i could do a uneven score. but i think they did way better then most people expected. i really hope that they do part 3 next.

I'm not finished yet. But so far it's a pure masterpiece in my opinion.
As someone who thinks the original from 2001 is one of the really best works of video gaming ever made, this remake couldn't have done better. Pure love❤️❤️❤️

I played the original silent hill and sacked it off cos I couldn’t solve a puzzle(pre internet for me)so I never played the rest.in this remake I was most impressed by that with using the map, I never got stuck. It kept the flow going. Rather than wandering aimlessly around, I knew my goal and when I wandered off path it always seemed to be the right way. I still googled most of the puzzles!
Probably game of the year for me

This gets a solid 8 from me.

Silent Hill is not new to me - been playing them since 1999, and this one is definitely in the same tier as the original 2 and 3.

Definitely a few missed opportunities here. Weapons could have been a little more diverse. Same with enemies. There is some camera jitter when moving it around and James' back is to a wall. I have several nitpicks around their firearm/ammo selections, but those are relatively minor details in the grand scheme of things. Bloober absolutely nailed the sound and art design. I really enjoyed the puzzles. The combat was just ok for me - a little repetitive with the lack of variance in weapons and enemies.

Overall, a solid game - definitely up there with the remake of RE2.

Its a solid 8 for me. Its not all bells and whistles and full on current gen, but its such a great recreation of the original. I actually dug out the 2001 PS2 version and watched the Making Of dvd (im sure its on youtube, it was really interesting seeing the designers talk about Eros and Thanatos and the fact Eddies physical model was based one one of their friends). But, watching it, the 2001 game looks really dated and the voice acting of James and Laura isnt great. It could gave been a poisoned chalice, but Blooper team pulled off something special. My only real gripe at the moment, is there doesnt fell like theres a lot of the original music

Just started my play through. So far, so great!

Scary and claustrophobic.

10 hours in and absolutely loving it. Played the original to death back in the day, and feel confident saying they absolutely nailed it. This is the same terrifying, highly disturbing Silent Hill we know and love. Again, nowhere near being finished (just finished the apartment building; I play slowly), but so far it’s a knockout. Atmosphere, art direction, sound (WOW), and combat are all fantastic. So… my review-in-progress score is a current 10

I cant give it a score as i played an hour of it, got the duke box machine working and am too scared to continue 😂😂
Ive never been good with anything horror related. Even the RE games are too creepy for me so why the hell i got SH2 is beyond me.

I'd land somewhere between a 9 and a 10.

My only small gripes are it is overall too easy (highly recommend setting combat to hard, even for new players), some of the areas - Toluca Prison and The Labyrinth - are so dark on standard settings on an OLED I can barely see what's going on, and the red effect on the screen when you get injured looks really cheap and is very distracting.

I ended the game with a pharmacy full of healing items and a ton of bullets on normal difficulty, even though I wasn't really conserving anything. I've started a second playthrough on hard and it feels more balanced.

Very small complaints. Overall amazing game.

@somnambulance

Yeah it definitely gave me RE2 remake vibes, which is a big compliment. I played the original SH 1 and 2 back in the day and loved em, but I like the remake even better.

I'll have to think about it a bit more, but I think this is my favorite horror game of all time now. And I'm a huge horror game buff, I try to play everything I have time for.

Bloober really pulled it off and I am shocked how good they did.

@RBMango Gotta agree that it feels like it was not the actress fault, because she shows depth and range in many scenes. It feels sometimes she was deliberately directed to act different than the original just for the sake of being different, not really better.

6 it's just not my thing. Resident evil 4 us my favourite game of all time & I do enjoy horror games but I was so bored playing this! Tedious puzzles & boring enemy's just not for me.

Other than occasional stutter (which made me give it a 9 rather than a 10), the game is fantastic.

I find it much more intense than the original game, too.

Plus, yesterday, the RT reflections in the game actually saved my butt because an enemy I didn't see due to having the camera turned reflected in the window - scared the crap out of me, but also allowed me to dodge it!

+1 for realism!