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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill’s fogginess is synonymous with PlayStation to us. From the blocky terror of the original on PS1 to the more sinister and complete designs of Silent Hill 2 on PS2 – these consoles can immerse us in our worst nightmares as much as delight us.
And we’re not alone. Silent Hill 2’s mature story and truly psychological horror were for many the introduction to how deep games could go. So well-judged is it, that even revisiting it now – wrangling tanky controls – the trick still works. It’s great.
Which is what makes the prospect of doing a full modern remake scary in a different way. How can a studio do it justice? We flew out to Japan to visit Konami and Bloober Team, take a look at the Silent Hill 2 remake, and ask how they’ve done it. We can’t wait to see more.
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Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent brings his Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY knowledge to continue to revel in all things capital ‘G’ games. A noted PS Vita apologist, he’s always got his fingers on many buttons, having also written for Edge, PC Gamer, SFX, Official Xbox Magazine, Kotaku, Waypoint, GamesMaster, PCGamesN, and Xbox, to name a few.
When not knee deep in character action games, he loves to get lost in an epic story across RPGs and visual novels. Recent favourites? Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, 1000xResist, and Metaphor: ReFantazio! Rarely focused entirely on the new, the call to return to retro is constant, whether that’s a quick evening speed through Sonic 3 & Knuckles or yet another Jakathon through Naughty Dog’s PS2 masterpieces.
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