Silent Hill 2 is a little tricky to play right now, but the fan-made enhanced version of the PC version is finally complete.
While it’s been a while since you’ve been able to play an enhanced version of Silent Hill 2 (which, let’s be honest, is a semi-remastered version of the game’s terrible PC port), earlier this week the team behind it released 10th edition. The overall goal of the project was to add high-definition resolution, upscaled imagery, widescreen camera fixes, and restoration of missing effects in PC ports, and it has achieved all of that and much more.
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Now, its final update has arrived, which includes “enhanced environmental assets, restored flashlight reflections, improved water visuals, true 60 fps FMV, tons of general gameplay improvements, and more.” In fact, you can watch All improvements are made throughout the video, which is 70 minutes long. Some improvements look better than others, but for the most part, it’s a very strong job that allows the classic game to run very well on PC, the only modern platform on which the game can be played.
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Of course, both Konami and Bloober Team want a Silent Hill 2 remake to be the ultimate way to play the game, but I personally don’t see why the former couldn’t take a similar route to Metal Gear Solid, given that we’re about to get a sequel to Metal Gear Solid 3 A remake that is also a remake of the original game. Hey, I’m not Konami, and he obviously has some kind of plan for the future of the series.
If you’ve been wanting to wait until Silent Hill 2 Remastered to play it, you won’t have to wait too long, as it’s currently out on October 8th, just a few weeks away – and according to a preview from our own Kelsey, it’s actually Much better than it looks.
