
We should review the facts first: Angela Orosco is 19, she's unhappy, and she has a knife.
Since Konami debuted the melancholic character in Silent Hill 2's original 2001 release, these facts have been both true and disturbing. But developer Bloober's 2024 Silent Hill 2 remake imbues Angela with solemn dignity, too, a transformation that means more to me in a year when people were especially weird about women in games.