A lot of people criticized Bloober Team when Konami revealed its upcoming remake of Silent Hill 2. Die-hard fans were not happy with how the main protagonist, James Sunderland, looked in it. And, from the looks of it, Bloober Team has decided to slightly change his face.
Yesterday, the team updated the game’s Steam store page with the new face for James. So, here’s a comparison between his new face, his face from the reveal trailer, and his face from the original game.
To be honest, I never had any complaints about James’ face. So, this isn’t a major change for me. On the other hand, die-hard fans will be pleased with it. After all, his new face is closer to what he looked like in the original game.
Silent Hill 2 Remake will be using Unreal Engine 5. In February 2024, Konami shared its first gameplay trailer that somehow divided fans. Some even suggested that the game was more action-oriented now based on a trailer that was focusing on its combat mechanics. It seems to me that people want to hate something just for the heck of it. Don’t get me wrong, the trailer certainly looked a bit rough and it needed some more polish. However, it wasn’t also atrocious.
In October, Bloober Team also shared the initial PC system requirements for Silent Hill 2 Remake. According to them, an NVIDIA RTX2080 would be able to run it at 1080p/High/30fps. Now we all know how demanding Unreal Engine 5 can be. So, it will be interesting to see whether the devs will revise those PC requirements once the game becomes available for pre-order.
In June 2023, the voice actor of the main protagonist claimed that Silent Hill 2 Remake was planned for an early 2024 release. However, we are almost in the middle of 2024, and there is still no official release date for it. So, chances are we may wait until 2025. That, or we might get a release date announcement this Summer.
Stay tuned for more!
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