It looks like the Silent Hill 2 remake is staying close to the original, and fans couldn't be happier

Silent Hill 2 Remake screenshot
(Image credit: Konami)

The Silent Hill 2 remake seems to follow the original very closely, and fans are already impressed.

Following yesterday's Silent Hill livestream event, which revealed a number of Silent Hill projects currently in the works with Konami, fans have begun sharing their thoughts online and it seems reception is already relatively positive.

One of the games announced yesterday was a Silent Hill 2 Remake. Despite being a Konami IP, the company has passed on development duties to Bloober Team - who previously brought us Blair Witch and The Medium. Despite the studio's previous titles getting a mixed reaction, it seems fans are mostly positive about Bloober's efforts so far. 

The PS5 exclusive title is also set to release on PC and "other platforms" a year later, so there is already a Steam page for the game up and running. One of the screenshots from the game's listing has made its way onto Reddit where several Silent Hill fans have praised Bloober and Konami for staying fairly close to the original source material. As highlighted in the tweet below, one of the shots from the new trailer is pretty much identical to the original, albeit with shinier graphics. 

"I'm honestly amazed by how close they got to replicating the original art style," one Reddit user wrote in the comments. "Yeah, it's like you could play the original and not pay for this one. It's that close," another replied

It seems this attitude is relatively the same on Twitter too with one Twitter user saying: "Silent Hill 2 Remake looks like some of Bloober Team's BEST work! It REALLY looks like they're giving it their all." You can't please everyone though, and despite fans feeling generally positive, there's still always going to be some who aren't happy.

Want to get started with Konami's survival horror series? Take a look at our best Silent Hill games list. 

Hope Bellingham
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After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at GamesRadar+ before being promoted to a fully-fledged News Writer after a year and a half of training.  My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, cozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.  

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