IGN:Little of what makes Silent Hill HD Collection excellent has anything to do with its enhancements. Slight improvements certainly help refresh Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 visually, and the new voice recordings sound far more human than the laughable original acting. Really, the best thing about this re-release is what hasn't changed.
The sirens are sounding again, beckoning you back to the foggy ghost town as we rank all the Silent Hill games, from the chilling classics to the misguided missteps.
I mostly disagree with Downpour's position. Yeah, the game is not amazing by any stretch of the imagination but is much better than the HD Collection and Homecoming. The main issue is the performance, but that was mitigated by the patches, especially on the PS3. Personally, I put it a little behind Origins and The Room.
Having Restless Dreams as a different entry from Silent Hill 2 is also a choice.
Normally, we would not consider it a different game (Restless Dreams), but since it had a very different critical reception and had new content, it was allowed. As for Downpour, I would agree, but since that one is subjective, we let him make his case for the placement.
silent hill 2 is definitely the best one out of those.
for me personally, the whole ritual/cult stuff was always so weird to me in all the other games.
No disrespect but I put SH2 over 1. 1 is fantastic, but 2 took it all up a level.
GF365: "Silent Hill 2 is the sequel to 1999's Silent Hill, and it was released in 2001 by Konami. Here's why Silent Hill 2 is one of the best survival-horror games of all time."
i played a couple of months ago for the first time.
i agree that its a great survival game, but i think the minute u realise you can "kill" them, its takes alot of the initial fear out of it.
the same thing happened to me in Siren Blood Curse.
but its definitely one of the best games, when you start looking into the lore and the symbolism
Never played it. I had moved on from PlayStation since then. So looking forward to the remake. Hope it’s not too cheesy tho.
I've just brought the silent hill collection for the ps2 and absolutely loving it
Here are five worst video game remasters that ruined its original material or at the very least, contributed to tarnishing its good name.
Did people not like the Mafia 2 remake? I got so into it. Thought it was amazing. Never played the original.
Some of these are fitting but I can't help but feel like the author just has nostalgia for the original Mafia 2 here. Dmc Collection on PS4 is fiiiiine its just a collection of PS2 games and the PS3 performance was not amazing. The point is to just have the PS2 games for a new gen of people. Crysis Remastered is also totally fine and has been patched and updated to death since launch. The original version essentially ran on one CPU core and they couldn't fix it let alone get that running on console/switch so they had good reason to do what they did to boost interest in Crysis before the Crysis 4 announcement
Lots of way worse remasters out there lol GTA, THPS HD, that Mario 3D All Stars trash, etc
That's the issue, you haven't played the original.
The new one is slightly better looking but it's bugged af by comparison.
yay
As much as I love the Silent Hill series, I don't understand a 9/10. I own the entire series and they haven't held up well over time. I will still get this game just because its part of the collection, but I feel like IGN had the biggest fan boy of the series review it. ITS SILENT F#$KIN HILL MAN 9.0! This is a direct quote from the review.
"Little of what makes Silent Hill HD Collection excellent has anything to do with its enhancements. Slight improvements certainly help refresh Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 visually, and the new voice recordings sound far more human than the laughable original acting. Really, the best thing about this re-release is what hasn't changed."
3/4th's of the review is talking about how bad the game aged over time, and the mechanics are tiresome. Yet it get a 9.0.
Right...
Just pre-ordered it.
I say stick with the PS2 versions(or Xbox version for SH2). Comparison videos showed the visuals on SH3 had been cleaned up to a point where it just looked...too good(?) Noise filters were all but removed, fog and other effects thrown away, colours washed out and in general - just didn't have the same gritty/grimy look as the originals. Having these brilliant games display in high definition is great, but when you start fucking with what makes the atmosphere come to life, then you lose my vote. Stick with console/PC versions IMO.