PlayStation 5 Critic Reviews

This remake pays the utmost respect to the original, and successfully brings a classic story that depicts human weakness into the modern era. It also brings back the fun of classic survival horror with a nerve-wracking over-the-shoulder combat system. It is a masterpiece that should serve as a benchmark for future installments in the Silent Hill series.

Honoring the legacy of what is considered by many to be one of the greatest games in history, Bloober Team delivers its best project to date by recreating, updating and expanding Silent Hill 2 in a majestic way without compromising its essence or art. The game has an impeccable sound design that makes use of the 3D audio, immersive DualSense effects, lots of details and a narrative experience that has always been exciting and psychologically heavy becomes even more intense, deep and terrifying.

Packed with homages to the original, Silent Hill 2 Remake faithfully modernizes the gameplay of a classic for new audiences, while still delivering enough surprises to justify its existence. It’s a love letter to longtime fans, and the definitive version for newcomers.

Against the odds, Bloober Team has delivered a remake that both expands Silent Hill 2 in just the right places, and gives careful attention to what it preserves.

Bloober Team's remake of Silent Hill 2 manages to modernize the masterpiece while staying true to its psychological and oppressive legacy. A timeless work of art, carefully revisited.

Bloober Team and Konami’s remake of the 2001 classic is easily one of the best survival horror games out there. The new Silent Hill 2 easily stands amongst the likes of Resident Evil 2 and Dead Space, making it a must-play game for veterans and newcomers alike.

Silent Hill 2 isn't just superior to the original - it may just be the greatest survival horror ever made.

I cannot recommend this enough to fans of the series and anybody new curious about jumping into Silent Hill as a series for the first time with this remake of Silent Hill 2. This is an absolute must play for 2024.

Silent Hill 2 effortlessly ranks alongside the greatest horror games of all time and is an absolute must-play. Congratulations Bloober, you nailed it.

We talk a lot about “love letters” to classic games when modern developers make pixel-perfect SNES-era JRPGs, or a developer like Digital Eclipse turns a collection of retro games into a museum-like experience (as in Atari 50). Those are indeed love letters in their own right. But I am now convinced that absolutely no one on the planet loves any video game more than the entire team at Bloober Team loves Silent Hill 2. The amount of analysis that must have gone into understanding every minute detail of the original, and then the loving devotion and commitment to capturing all of it to bring it into modernity unspoiled has made this a uniquely passion project. Boiled down, there’s almost none of Bloober Team that is actually in this game, and yet Bloober Team’s poured everything they had into it. That is nothing short of total reverence to a masterpiece.