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Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2

2001
Adventure, Horror
The second entry in the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill 2 is a narrative-focused third-person psychological survival horror game with emphasis on combat, exploration and puzzle-solving elements which follows James Sunderland, a man who receives a letter, seemingly sent by his three-years-deceased wife Mary, in which he is beckoned to the fog-ridden town of Silent Hill at the same time as numerous other people troubled by their past.
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Expansions:

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Silent Hill HD Collection

Franchise:

Silent Hill

Genres:

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Survival

Platforms:

Windows, PS2, Xbox

Developers:

Konami, Team Silent

Publisher:

Konami
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Silent Hill 2

2001
Adventure, Horror
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Average Percentile: 75.47%
billyshearsBillyShears
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14 Jan 2018
95
98th
Hitting nurse zombies with a pipe "NO THIS IS A MATURE STORY YOU SEE...
14 Jan 2018
howabehowabe
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11 Jan 2022
70
71st
Playing for the first time in 2022, the engine feels rather dated, but the narrative, themes and atmosphere are agelessly compelling.
11 Jan 2022
guy-piranhaguy piranha
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25 Jun 2020
95
98th
There was this moment, when i was standing in front of a locked staircase and heard someone whisper "james" just loud enough for me to think "did i just hear that?". I went back and forth multiple times, even loaded up an older save to check, but i never heard that whisper again. That is how you fuck with people effectively. Silent hill 2 does this like none other. It fucks with you, man. It fucks with you.
25 Jun 2020
mentaculusMentaculus
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10 Mar 2018
100
99th
Forces you to go to places you never want to go, do things you never want to do, and be a person you never want to be. Hell is hiding under a lake, in a cage, hearing Pyramid Head yet never seeing him - a trope hinting at the unseen sadism within the very character you're playing.
10 Mar 2018
zaebaZaeba
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07 Aug 2025
100
79th
Silent Hill 2 is a harrowing masterpiece of psychological horror, blending existential dread, surreal symbolism, and gut-wrenching emotional weight. James Sunderland’s fog-cloaked descent into hell remains unmatched—every rusted corridor, whispering static, and grotesque creature (Pyramid Head’s debut!) reflects his guilt and grief. The sound design is a nightmare in stereo, and the story’s ambiguity (multiple endings, Lynchian twists) lingers like a curse. Flawless in tone, depth, and execution
07 Aug 2025
insectcondoinsectcondo
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06 Aug 2025
35
8th
Silent Hill 2 is okay, but way too overhyped and full of misogyny and other things. I really could care less about the Silent Hill franchise anymore
06 Aug 2025
wardenWarden
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14 Jan 2023
45
25th
At the time it was a landmark advancement for the psychological horror genre in gaming. Now it's a crappy story overrated by people with nostalgia goggles. Or people who want to champion the video-game genre at being able to execute deeper themes in its stories. They can, but it was mostly later games that were able to do that, not old garbage like this game which fails to hold up in any way. Crappy story, crappy characters, crappy execution of its themes.
14 Jan 2023
layoreolayoreo
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24 Feb 2022
95
98th
Can't believe my gameplay style got me to the true ending on the first playthrough. This is definitely an emotional and farewell letter to silent hill franchise. The best and the last.
24 Feb 2022
nilkynarfynilkynarfy
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17 Jan 2022
90
82nd
I only played the XBox version, which has the Restless Dreams content but no subtitle. Play those versions if you can, the QoL improvements are worth it. For God knows what reason, SH4 was my Silent Hill game of choice, but 2 is better by leaps and bounds. I just don't have the personal attachment I have to SH4. There were times in SH2 where I felt like I was wrestling with the game as a game and frustrating myself out of a good experience.
17 Jan 2022
antonio_pAntonio P
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23 Oct 2019
40
39th
I remember this game being good at the time when I played this. I beat this long ago.
23 Oct 2019
vv238vv238
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22 Oct 2018
87
94th
Silent Hill 2 remains my favorite horror video game for one simple reason: less is more. No overly complicated exposition, no music stingers to accompany jump-scare enemy encounters, simple yet effective and thematically consistent enemy and level design, a layered story, and clunky controls adding to the constant sense of terror. Silent Hill 2 earns its spot in my short list of "games as art" examples and there are few more deserving entries.
22 Oct 2018
obdurateObdurate
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15 Jan 2018
95
94th
I peed just thinking about it. Seriously though, I couldn't figure out where to go in one part in the game so I kept exploring the same areas. I was in this one building and I had been there a million times and then I saw a shadow on the wall in game and I got terrified and it was my own shadow so this game made me scared of my own shadow. GG, SH, GG.
15 Jan 2018
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