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Rick Lane

With Silent Hill 2's source code still MIA, a dedicated fan has decided to restore the game's CGI renders: 'Takayoshi' Sato's work was incredible for its time'

An upscaled render from Silent Hill 2, showing Maria stroking the cheek of James Sunderland.

We already have a modern version of Silent Hill 2 thanks to Bloober Team's excellent 2024 remake. But I wouldn't say no to a remastered version of the original game as well. Since Bloober Team's overhaul makes significant changes to elements like mechanics, perspective, and how the story is told, there remains plenty of reason to experience Silent Hill 2 as its original designers intended.

Sadly, such an eventuality seems unlikely, given Konami lost the source code to the final version of the game. While you technically don't need a game's source code to remaster it, doing one without access to the source code is generally a bad idea. Konami itself discovered this with 2012's Silent Hill HD collection, which included an infamously terrible "upgrade" of Silent Hill 2 that didn't have any fog, among other problems.

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