Silent Hill 2 remake reviews are in! After an eternity of waiting, the game is finally upon us. Bloober Team and Konami have been cooking in the fog and are ready for you to return to the spookiest town in Maine.
Fans of the franchise have been keeping a keen eye on the Silent Hill 2 remake. This long-awaited return to the Silent Hill classic was a bold choice for Konami to remake, as the game is a fan favorite from the series and regularly tops the best Silent Hill game lists.
Bloober Team are no stranger to the horror genre, working on titles such as The Blair Witch, The Medium, and Layers of Fear. Taking the reigns for Silent Hill 2 would be a challenge for any team that took on the task, as the sequel is beloved by fans.
Let's see what the review scores for Silent Hill 2 look like for now.
Silent Hill 2 Remake - Review Scores
- IGN France - 100
- Eurogamer - 100
- Atomix - 95
- Push Square - 90
- CGMagazine - 90
- Gaming Bible - 90
- GameSpot - 90
- GINX TV - 90
- VGC - 80
- Digital Trends - 80
- Gamereactor UK - 70
- GamesRadar - 70
With a 91% critics recommend score on OpenCritic and an 87 Metascore on Metacritic, Silent Hill 2 Remake is off to a fantastic start.
Sadly, Xbox users will need to wait 12 months to enjoy the survival-horror remake, as Sony has thrown its money at Konami to keep it exclusive to PlayStation. Players can also head to their PC to enjoy the Silent Hill 2 remake as long as their PC meets the minimum specs.
Fans can breathe a sigh of relief as it looks like Bloober Team has done justice to Silent Hill 2's legacy. As for the next title in the franchise? Well, Konami are working on many other titles and a movie to bring Silent Hill back to your dreams (or nightmares) once again.
Silent Hill f is in development and will be the ninth entry in the long-running horror series. NeoBards Entertainment is developing the game, and we know that it will be set in rural Japan in the 1960s rather than the common setting of Silent Hill.
Silent Hill The Short Message was the last game in the series, and it is free to download and play. They also dabbled into interactive movie territory with Silent Hill Ascension, where viewers would make choices and help shape the outcomes and narrative of the story.
That is it for our review roundup of Silent Hill 2 Remake; let us know what you think of the game in the comments below!
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