Silent Hill 2 Remake on PS5: Gameplay Looks Great, Characters… Not So Much
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February 6, 2026
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When he said the main protagonist of silent hill 2 was Ethan. I clicked out so fast.
There is nothing eary or off about Angela or Mary in the new 'designs' which are AWEFUL. They don't seem to understand the story at all. If they stayed faithful to the original designs at least their incompetence would be masked. Changing the designs changes the story in the worst way.
why did they make her looks so ugly?
man, P.T. was when the lightning struck twice. That time is gonne
girl looks like a 30 year old
this clip almost comes across as a therapy session for John
Pandemic went hard on Maria and Angela.
Looks like they are turning core characters into RPG npc's. In a narrative driven, psychological horror game. Indeed a classic game. You really shouldn't mess with the fundamentals of classics, it's not going to end well. You feel sorry for them? What? All they had to do was remaster the game. They've gone for a remake, inexplicable changes that make ZERO sense outside of pandering to modern sensibility issues.
Hopefully there is a noise filter like the original as well. The gameplay trailers currently look way to clean.
try playing the PC Enhanced edition on an OLED it looks amazing
Gameplay looks like shit…
Being a huge fan of the latest resident evil games, and the whole over-the-shoulder survival horror style, I'm really looking forward to this game! But having never played the original silent hill 2, I have no nostalgia to influencing my experiences with the remake. To me it just looks like a really good game! But yeah some of the character models look a little strange compared to how great the environment looks…
Unfortunately, these character designs confirm everyone's suspicions that Bloober just wasn't a good choice for such a remake. At worst, they are making these changes (especially Maria) without realizing why they looked the way they did in SH2 and hence once again proving that they are tone deaf to subtle themes of psychological horror (wouldn't be the first, just play Medium), and at best these changes are deliberate and mean that they changed Maria's and by proxy James's characters so that her old look no longer suits the new themes. Both options will piss people off, though.
Soylent Hill 2. For the modern audiences.
Banter about Oliver's display choice at the end made me chuckle 😂
I felt a little fear in Alex when the topic of women was brought up again…
They also missed one of the biggest aesthetics of the original, there's not enough fog or limited viewing distance to make you feel claustrophobic.
John really understood many of the nuances and meanings behind the creative decisions of the original game, changing many of those details as we saw in the remake also chances their meaning and symbolism. We will see how it ends up.
John…. The Pyramid Head from the remake was remade by the original creator,dude… Do some research.
Maria’s model face on the original SH2 looked sort of mysterious and creepy but it worked for me in the context of the game. People complain but it all comes down to the developers. You can’t expect to get the quality or level of art as Team Silent. Konami wanted western developers and they got western developers to make their games.
Welcome to Woke Hill where all the players are silent in cringe
This guy hit the mark on the textures and lighting, with the CRT.
Silent woke
When I saw Leon in the RE2 Remake trailer my mind instantly was “yup it’s him but in HD”, on the other hand seeing James and the rest of the characters in this Silent Hill 2 remake feel like cheap replacements “hey guys sorry we couldn’t get the original cast back but we got their stand-ins, mmmmkeeey?”
man look at your friend at your left he is talking to you, is weird AF looking to the front all the time
The mods on this game will likely restore the OG models and the old "DOO-DOOP" sound effect when you pick up items.
Game has the Steam page since "the transmission". Advanced access, as Steam calls it, in big yellowish warning. No 3rd party EULA or 3rd party account yellowish warnings.
Priced like new game at 70, with 80 for advanced access.
Hell yea can't wait to play this in vr on pc with the uevr mod.
Sound design is and WILL be amazing, it's the GOAT Akira Yamaoka!!!
I think the game looks really good.
Some Animations like hitting with the pipe or wood on the ground looks strange…
But overall im positive
The player animations look awful. The way he walks is so rigid and stiff.
I wish I had played the original version, back when it was new. Something about the trailers back then, just didn't hook me on the game. But I decided to finally sit down, and play the PS2 version before the remake is released. And I dropped out, after only 3-4 hours. It's just way too clunky. The combat is terrible, and that damn camera…
The atmosphere is there, with good graphics and sound. But the gameplay haven't aged well at all.
I bet I would have had some great memories and nostalgia for the game, if I gave it a chance, 20 years ago.
I'm looking forward to try the remake instead, not being blinded by any nostalgia goggles.
I love this tiptoeing arround the motive of the changes 😂
John strikes me as one of those "Han shot first" type of nerds, wagging his index finger around
I don't know why, but I think John Linneman (@dark1x) so attractive/hot.
we have silent hill at home
I'm just tired of all the conspiracy theorists that latched onto this game, analysing Angela's facial structure to prove she is a man. Bro, she's just not the prettiest girl.
Old Angela is from a bygone era 💅
Looking forward to more Silent Hill 2 content from Digital Foundry. Bought Silent Hill 2 when it came out back in the day. Haven't revisited it since but I listen to the soundtrack sometimes. Really left its mark.
it looks bad
I remember the bad HD version on the 360 and PS3. This is cursed.
The nurses have dude bods….wtf would they do that?
7:50 – 7:58 "Who knows why they would do that" (referring to covering up Maria)
I appreciate the honesty from John throughout most of the video here, rather than just shilling this terrible remake. But the above quote is a bit ridiculous. This has been a trend for at least 10 years now and Digital Foundry is just starting to pick up on it now? Alex himself has criticized Stellar Blade for its "unrealistic and outdated" female character design and now they pretend like this is something they've never encountered before and can't come up with an explanation for why Bloober Team made these changes.
The DF crew have bodies?
They need to fix the gun recoil and animation. The firing animation looks so slow… not violent and loud like a real gun.
Right? Characters look cartoonish, the animation and the design, they look off, even the lightning, they look like they have a different lightning from the scenery.
My problem with the characters is that they look goofy and too young, like stoned millennials. And the graphics look kinda plastic. SH2 was a unique experience, not just a game. Nothing against the remake, but I'll stick with the original.