Konami and developer Bloober Team have shared a fresh look at the long-awaited Silent Hill 2 remake, and confirmed that the game is coming out for PlayStation 5 and PC this year. The new trailer shows more of the town of Silent Hill, more of the enemies and a lot of the action. It does look like they have taken a good look at the Resident Evil remakes as the Silent Hill 2 remake does look rather similar…
in development by Bloober Team, Silent Hill 2 is a big step up for the studio, but one that absolutely makes sense. They’re best known for their work on psychological horror games like Layers of Fear, Observer and The Medium. That experience will be vital when updating a game made and designed for the limitations of the PlayStation 2 hardware in 2001.
In terms of the core gameplay, Silent Hill 2 will most noticeably be transformed by a shift away from fixed cameras and tank controls to over-the-shoulder and a more modern control scheme, similar to the treatment that Capcom gave to their Resident Evil remakes.
Of course, there’s also a massive leap forward graphically, with Bloober Team tapping into Unreal Engine 5 and all the cutting edge technology that this features like Lumen for realistic lighting effects and Nanite for exceptionally detailed 3D modelling and texturing.
It had been a while since Silent Hill 2 was first announced back in 2022 – of course, it had been heavily rumoured for a good long time before then – but true to their word, it seems that development had been progressing smoothly in the time since then. Sadly there’s no sign of a release date just yet, but this latest look at the game will certainly have horror fans champing at the bit!
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