PlayStation 2

Silent Hill 2

Description

The player is cast in a role of James Sunderland, on first sight a normal person who got confused as anyone else would as he received a letter from his wife asking him to come to Silent Hill, to their special place. The only problem is that his wife died three years ago, and has kept the secrets surrounding her death. James decides to honor the letter's request, wondering if this is a sick joke or if there is more to this. As James reaches the outskirt of Silent Hill, he finds that the road is blocked, and parks at an abandoned restroom. Little does he realize that this is the first step forward into the mystery of Silent Hill.

This is the original Silent Hill 2 game with no extras of any kind, and released for PlayStation 2 exclusively. A version with new weapons, new characters to play with, and new "Born from a Wish" scenario was released as Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams. These features made it to North America for the Playstation 2 in the form of the game's Greatest Hits release.

Unlike the North-American release, the PAL and Japanese releases have an extra "Making of Silent Hill 2" disc featuring lots of behind-the-scenes material, interview with developers, Konami game trailers and more.

Alternate Titles

• "寂静岭2 " -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "Silent Hill 2 (Special 2 Disc Set)" -- PAL title/release
• "SH2" -- informal abbreviation
• "Jijing Ling 2" -- Chinese Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into books
• HUDless games
• PlayStation 2 greatest hits releases
• Silent Hill series

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User Reviews

Survival Horror at its finest... at least, for now...	Reborn_Demon (124)
Pyramid head	Horny-Bullant (59)
I wanted this game so much! And now I know why...	MAT (35183)
Psychological thrill ride	David Bryan (25)
Best eerie-evil blaster since Resident Evil	Fos (13)	unrated

The Press Says

Gaming Target	Oct 05, 2001	9.4 out of 10	94
PGNx Media	Aug 28, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Game Over Online	Dec 14, 2001	90 out of 100	90
4Players.de	Nov 30, 2001	90 out of 100	90
GamePro	Sep 24, 2001	4.5 out of 5	90
The Video Game Critic	Oct 16, 2004	B+	83
Game Critics	Oct 19, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2001	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Sep 24, 2001	7.7 out of 10	77
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2001	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

In September 2008 the game was "demade" for the TIGSource Bootleg Demakes competition as Soundless Mountain II.