A Silent Hill 2 fan has shared a screenshot trying to compare the game’s original graphics to footage from Bloober Team’s upcoming rerelease of the legendary title.
Some gamers have already displayed their visions of what a revised Silent Hill 2 throughout Unreal Engine 5 might look like, but the game’s latest trailer has brought up the graphical bar sometimes higher than many video game players could have imagined.
Silent Hill 2 is the sequel to the original Silent Hill but also builds on that game’s base to create one of the greatest iconic scary titles of all time. It was released in 2001 by Konami’s Team Silent development group.
Returning to the franchise’s eponymous town, the game will feature a new protagonist exploring Silent Hill within a week of receiving a mystical letter from his deceased wife. As James Sunderland uncovers the nightmare town, he meets a number of its mysterious occupants and encounters monstrous creatures created by his grief and trauma. Silent Hill 2 was a success both critically and commercially upon its initial release, thanks to the game’s menacing antagonist.
Reddit user netsuke uploaded a comparison image of the identical scene from the previous Silent Hill 2 and the coming up soon remake in a thread on r/Gaming. The astonishing difference in clear communication between the two releases is immediately visible, with both remakes featuring a beautiful green forest reaching toward the distance as opposed to only a few limited trees in the original launch.
The improved significantly lighting and resonances visible in the Bloober Team’s new adaptation contribute to a palpable sense of apprehension in the scene, demonstrating why many scary developers are now using Unreal Engine 5 for future projects.
Comments to the Written submission were flooded with gamers excited to start a game the Silent Hill 2 remake as well as fans of the original title. But even though intrigued, a few gamers expressed reservations about the remake, citing the 2012 Silent Hill HD Catalogue and the widely panned changes to the game’s graphics. Other posters mentioned that they were innovative to the movie series and were looking forward to playing Silent Hill 2 for the first time.
While the original Silent Hill 2’s fantastic art design means the game still looks fantastic 21 years later, with the energy of Unreal Engine 5 under the hood, Bloober Team’s remake is sure to bring the game’s form of intellectual property disconcerting atmosphere but also otherworldly monsters to deeply disturbing new heights. With these bizarre new visuals, game players may want to keep the lights turned on while the PC and PS5 preferential Silent Hill 2 hits stores.
Silent Hill 2 is being developed for the PC and PlayStation 5.
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