“I helped create a widescreen fix for Silent Hill 2 in 2016,” he said.
“So I gave my PC copy a try, and immediately noticed the port had lots of issues.” So he started reaching out to modders about fixes.Īero, who also prefers to go by his online tag, was one of the few modders working on Silent Hill 2 at the time.
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“I didn’t own a CRT TV anymore by then, and PS2 games don’t look good on HD displays,” explains Ratiocinator. In 2017, however, Ratiocinator realized that playing an authentic version of Silent Hill 2 would prove difficult. That feverish adoration for the foggy town never left Ratiocinator’s heart, and the itch to revisit the fog-filled locale must be scratched often. In high school pottery classes, the modder who chooses to go by Ratiocinator meticulously studied images of Silent Hill 2’s nightmarish, rust-caked otherworld while sculpting a life-size bust of James Sunderland. All this work was born from the simple desire to revisit a great game. From crisp, high-quality chords of Akira Yamoka’s famous soundtrack ripped straight off the PlayStation 2 disk, to remaking background scenery of Toluca Lake by consulting the same real-world locations used by the original developers: the Enhanced Edition team leaves few stones unturned. Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is a fan orchestrated project to create an accessible, yet faithful update to the survival horror classic on modern PCs. “Waiting for you.” James knows the dead can’t put pen to paper, but even the faintest hint of his beloved’s presence is enough to make him brave the fog and eldritch horrors found within.įor the passionate team behind the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, facing huge challenges for love’s sake is all too relatable. A letter from Mary, his late wife, has just come in the mail - insisting she’s alive in the dilapidated ghost town of Silent Hill. James Sunderland’s haunted visage stares back at him from a grimy bathroom mirror in the opening of Silent Hill 2.
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