Hands-on with Silent Hill 2 Remake - I visited Konami in Tokyo to spend four hours playing its ambitious horror remake

Hands-on Silent Hill 2 remake; moody images from a haunted American town
(Image credit: Konami)

Mary waits for James in their ‘special place,’ the town of her restless dreams, Silent Hill. An odd choice considering it’s a resort spot foggier and drearier than a British summer, not to mention a mite more dangerous. Odder still is the fact that dear old Mary is supposed to be dead. So, what does this letter to James truly say?

For many horror fans, Silent Hill 2 itself is a special place of sorts. Released on PlayStation 2 in 2001, its mature story sees James struggling with his own inner demons as much as the town’s fleshy horrors in ways far ahead of its time. As in the very first series entry on PS1 before it, waves of fog cleverly took advantage of a draw-distance consideration to generate unease.

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Jess Kinghorn
Freelance writer

Jess is PLAY Magazine’s games editor, and is known for championing the weird, the wonderful, and the downright janky. A fan of cult classic JRPGs and horror, her rants about Koudelka and Shadow Hearts have held many a captive audience. Outside of writing about all things PlayStation, she’s also a lifelong fan of Nintendo’s handheld consoles. Having whiled away most of her college years playing The World Ends With You on the original Nintendo DS, she’s looking forward to uncovering all of NEO’s secrets too. Beginning her career as Official PlayStation Magazine’s staff writer in 2017, she’s since written for PC Gamer, SFX, Games Master, and Games TM.

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