Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2
A video game cover. At the top is the PlayStation 2 logo, followed by a distorted, green-tinted close-up of the side of a man's face above the Silent Hill 2 logo. At the bottom is the Entertainment Software Rating Board's rating of the game as Mature, and Konami's logo.
North American PlayStation 2 cover
Developer(s) Konami
Team Silent
Creature Labs (PC)
Publisher(s) Konami
Designer(s) Masashi Tsuboyama
Writer(s) Hiroyuki Owaku
Composer(s) Akira Yamaoka
Series Silent Hill
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) PlayStation 2[1]
  • NA September 24, 2001
  • JP September 27, 2001
  • EU November 23, 2001
Xbox[2]
  • NA December 20, 2001
  • JP February 22, 2002
  • EU October 14, 2002
Microsoft Windows
  • NA December 2, 2002[3]
  • EU February 28, 2003
Genre(s) Survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s)
Media CD, DVD
System requirements

Pentium 700 MHz processor, 64 MB RAM, DirectX 8.1, 8 MB DirectX-compatible 3D accelerator, DirectX-compatible sound card, 1.8 GB HDD space[3]

Silent Hill 2 is a survival horror video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 developed by Team Silent and Konami, and published by Konami. The second installment in the Silent Hill series, it was released in late September 2001 in North America and Japan, and in late November 2001 in Europe. It was also ported to the Xbox and PC. It has also been re-released multiple times, including under the Greatest Hits label and as part of The Silent Hill Collection along with its indirect PS2 sequels Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room.

While it is set in the series' namesake town, Silent Hill 2 is not a direct sequel to the events and characters of the first Silent Hill game. Instead, it centers on James Sunderland, who enters the town after receiving a letter written by his deceased wife, saying she is waiting for him in their "special place" in Silent Hill. Joined by Maria who resembles her except for a more provocative outfit and personality, he searches for her and discovers the truth about her death. Silent Hill 2 features six possible endings, the canonicity of which Konami has left ambiguous. Additional material in re-releases and ports included Born from a Wish, a sub-scenario which focuses on Maria before she and James meet.

Silent Hill 2 uses a third-person perspective and gameplay places a greater emphasis on finding items and solving riddles than combat, similar to the first Silent Hill. Psychological aspects such as the gradual disappearance of Mary's letter were added to the game. More humanoid than their counterparts in the preceding game, some of the monsters were designed as a reflection of James' subconscious. Real-life references to history, films, and literary works can also be found in the game.

Silent Hill 2 was positively received by the audience and critics. Within the month of its release in North America, Japan and Europe, over one million copies were sold, with the greatest sales in North America. English-language critics praised the atmosphere, graphics, story, and monster designs of Silent Hill 2, but criticized the controls as difficult to use. Silent Hill 2 appeared on several critics' top lists for its story and use of metaphors, psychological horror, and taboo topics.

Contents

Gameplay

A screenshot from a video game. On a the corner of a foggy street, a monster with no arms faces a man in a green jacket wielding a pipe.
James, set to attack, encounters a Lying Figure in the foggy streets of Silent Hill.

The objective of Silent Hill 2 is to guide the player character, James Sunderland, through the monster-filled town of Silent Hill as he searches for his deceased wife. The game features a third-person perspective, with various camera angles for different areas of the map in contrast to simply always having the player view the game from behind the back of James.[4] There is no heads-up display; to check their health, location, and items, the player must enter the pause-game menu to review their status.[5][6] Maps are collected throughout the game, and can only be read if there is sufficient light or when James' flashlight is on.[5] James will update relevant maps to reflect locked doors, clues and obstructions.[7] James will also write down the content of all documents for future reference.[5]

Much of the game play consists of navigating the town and finding keys or other items to bypass doors or other obstructions, with less focus on killing enemies.[7] Occasionally puzzles will be presented, often with riddles left for the player to interpret.[7] The difficulty levels of the enemies and the puzzles are determined independently by the player before starting the game.[4] James keeps a radio with him which alerts him to the presence of creatures by emitting static, allowing him to detect them even through the thick fog.[5] He will also tilt his head in the direction of a nearby item or monster.[4] The default control for Silent Hill 2 has James moving in the direction that he is facing when the player tilts the analog stick upwards.[7] Additionally, there are a total of six weapons available: three melee weapons and three firearms, with another two melee weapons—a chainsaw[8] and hyperspray—unlocked during replays.[4] Throughout the game, James can find health restoratives such as first-aid kits and health drinks, and ammunition.[5]

Plot

While not a direct sequel to the events and characters of the first Silent Hill game, Silent Hill 2 takes place in the series' foggy namesake town which is located in the northeastern United States.[9][10] More than a physical location, the town of Silent Hill serves as "biblical Limbo" where the protagonists "confront symbols of their inner darkness."[11] James Sunderland is the protagonist and primary player character of Silent Hill 2, who comes to the town after receiving a letter from his deceased wife Mary.[12] While exploring the town, he encounters Maria, who strongly resembles Mary except for a more provocative personality and clothing; Angela, a gloomy and cynical teenager who ran away to Silent Hill so she could search for her mother; Eddie Dombrowski, who harbors a darker side to his easy-going personality; and Laura, an eight-year-old girl who seems to have no knowledge of the monsters in the town—players are left unsure if she is real or a hallucination.[13][14][15]

After arriving in Silent Hill, James decides to search Rosewater Park,[16] where he meets Maria, who claims that she has never met or seen Mary and, as she is scared, he allows her to follow him. While looking for Laura inside a hospital, James and Maria are ambushed by a monster called "Pyramid Head", and Maria is killed by it just as James escapes;[17] He nonetheless resumes his task of finding Mary, and chooses to search the old Lakeview Hotel, where he and Mary spent their vacation.[18] While en route, James inexplicably finds Maria alive, unharmed and locked in a prison cell.[19] She greets him with a lascivious pose, claims ignorance to their previous encounter, and discusses elements of James and Mary's past that only Mary would know.[20] James then sets off to find a way to release Maria from the cell, and returns only to find her dead once more.

Traveling deeper into the underground catacomb, James saves Angela from a monster whom she calls "daddy"; she confesses that her father used to abuse her,[21] while a newspaper article that James finds implies that Angela killed her father.[14] Further on, James confronts a gun-wielding and insane Eddie, who admits to maiming a bully and killing his dog before fleeing to Silent Hill;[22] James kills him in self-defense when he attacks. Mary's letter reverts to a blank piece of paper, calling into question whether or not James actually received it, or if the letter was all in his mind.

At the Lakeview Hotel, James locates an old home-made videotape, which depicts him smothering his dying wife with a pillow, much to the horror of Laura, who was friends with Mary in her time at hospital.[23] At this point in the game, the letter from Mary vanishes entirely from the envelope. In another room, a final meeting with Angela sees her giving up on life and unable to cope with her guilt any longer. She walks into the flames of a burning staircase and is not seen again.[24] Two Pyramid Heads appear, along with Maria who has been resurrected once more; as she is killed again, James realizes that Pyramid Head was created because he needed someone to punish him. The envelope from Mary finally disappears. Accepting this, he defeats them, and makes his way to the rooftop, finally reaching what seems to be Mary. Depending on the choices made by the player throughout the game, this may be either Mary[25] or Maria disguised as her.[26]

Silent Hill 2 features six possible endings, and official statements from Konami have kept their canonicity ambiguous,[9][27] although the fourth installment of the series revealed that James disappeared when he went to Silent Hill. In the Leave ending, James has one last meeting with Mary, reads her full letter, and leaves the town with Laura, while the In Water ending sees James commit suicide by driving his car into the lake;[28] in Rebirth, James plans to revive Mary using occult objects collected throughout the game.[29] In contrast, the Maria ending sees Mary as the woman on the rooftop, who has not forgiven James for killing her. After her defeat, James dismisses her as a hallucination and then leaves the town with the inexplicably resurrected Maria, who starts coughing;[30][31] The other two are "joke" endings available on replay games: in the first, James discovers that, beyond a normally locked door, a Shiba Inu which has apparently been controlling all the events of the game from a vision mixer,[32] and the second is a continuation of the UFO ending of the first game, in which James is abducted by aliens with the help of the first game's protagonist, Harry Mason.[33]

Born From a Wish

Born From a Wish is a side-story scenario in the special editions and re-releases of the game in which the player takes control of Maria shortly before she and James meet at Toluca Lake. After waking up in the Heaven's Night club with a gun, and having contemplated suicide, she resolves to go out and find someone.[34] Her wandering eventually brings her to the seemingly deserted Baldwin mansion, where she hears the voice of its owner, Ernest Baldwin. At first Maria is relieved to have found another living human, but Ernest refuses to let Maria into the room where he is and will only talk to her through the closed door.[35] After Maria completes a few tasks for him, including passing him a birthday card from his daughter, Ernest warns her about James, whom he describes as a "bad man".[36] Maria open the door to Ernest's room, and finds it empty. Leaving, she again contemplates suicide. After pointing the gun at her head, she abruptly tosses it over a nearby wall and, after whispering James' name, walks into the fog to await his arrival.

Development

Influences and design

The skimpy appearance of the "Bubble Head Nurses" reflects James' sexual repression and "objectification of women".[11]

The atmosphere of the game is for the most part similar to the first game, including the abandoned and/or decomposing look of the town and the persistent fog obscuring the streets, but it has been given a more psychological twist. One example of this is James' letter from Mary, which progressively disappears during the game, hinting, as Konami later confirmed, that the letter was merely another part of James' hallucinations.[14] The hotel also transforms from being just as it was three years ago,[37] to its true form of a mostly burned-out structure.[10] Other acknowledged attempts to induce a psychological influence on the game include placing Mary's dress in the room where James discovers the flashlight and modeling at least one dead body in the town after James.[38]

The monsters in the game, as well as being more humanoid in design than their counterparts in the preceding game, are acknowledged to have been, for the most part, designed as a reflection of James' subconscious.[39] At least two creatures, the "Mannequin" and "Bubble Head Nurse" are acknowledged to have been created with sexual suggestion in mind, a reflection of James' desires and likely sexual deprivation during Mary's illness.[38][39] Pyramid Head is acknowledged to have been based on the executioners of the town's fictional history and is intended to be a punisher for James.[39] Two exceptions to this theme are the "Abstract Daddy", a reflection of the subconscious and memories of Angela, and the "Creepers", which are also seen in the first game.[39]

Silent Hill 2 also incorporates some references to real-life events. In the original scenario, the developers designed Maria and James with double personalities: Maria's other personality was "Mary", a reference to Mary Jane Kelly, Jack the Ripper's last victim, while James's was "Joseph", a reference to one of the Jack the Ripper suspects.[14] Other observers have claimed that Maria's outfit was copied from Christina Aguilera's appearance at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards.[40] Eddie Dombrowski's name was taken from actor Eddie Murphy back during the beginning phases of production when Eddie was originally designed with a pleasantly optimistic personality.[14] The name of Angela Orosco was derived from Angela Bennett, the protagonist of the film The Net, and Laura's from the novel No Language But a Cry by Richard D'Ambrosio.[14] There are also indications that the layout of Silent Hill has been based on the town of San Bruno, California, to a certain extent.[41]

Audio

The cover of a soundtrack. At the top is the Silent Hill 2 logo followed by a picture of a blonde woman who is wearing a red jacket and a pink cheetah shirt with boots and lying down on a stage with chairs all around her and the words "Heaven's Night" on a wall.
Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks features Maria on the cover.

Akira Yamaoka composed the music of Silent Hill 2.[9] At his home, Yamaoka took three days to write the music for "Theme of Laura", the main theme of Silent Hill 2, by combining a "sad melody" with a "strong beat".[38] In charge of the game's fifty sound effects, he wanted to surprise the gamer with different sounds and create an environment of "apprehension and unease".[38] Konami published Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks in Japan on October 3, 2001.[42] Eight tracks—"Theme of Laura", "Null Moon", "Love Psalm", "True", "Promise", "Fermata in Mystic Air", "Laura Plays the Piano", and "Overdose Delusion"—appeared in the 2006 PlayStation Portable release The Silent Hill Experience.[43]

Releases

Silent Hill 2 was first released for the PlayStation 2 in North America on September 24, 2001, in Japan on September 27, 2001, and in Europe on November 23, 2001.[1] The original European edition also included a second disc: a "Making-of" DVD video featuring trailers, an artwork gallery and a documentary on the title's development.[44] The revised version of the game was ported back to the PS2 and billed as a director's cut under both the "Greatest Hits" and "Platinum" labels depending on location.[45][46] In 2006, Konami re-released Silent Hill 2 with its indirect PS2 sequels, Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room, as The Silent Hill Collection and again in 2009.[47][48]

Ports of the game were also published. Konami released the Xbox port in North America on December 20, 2001, in Japan on February 22, 2002, and in Europe on October 14, 2002.[2] Each region had a different subtitle: the Xbox port was subtitled Saigo no Uta (最期の詩?, lit. "Poem of the Last Moment") in Japan, Restless Dreams in North America, and Inner Fears in Europe.[45][49] Creature Labs ported Silent Hill 2 to the PC, which Konami released in December 2002.[50] The PC port is equivalent to the Xbox port and the PS2 budget versions, and includes Born From a Wish and the extra ending. Added features included the ability to quicksave, and trailers for Silent Hill 3.[6][51]

Reception

 Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 85.77% (PS2)[52]
82.40% (Xbox)[53]
70.33% (PC)[54]
Metacritic 89/100 (PS2)[55]
84/100 (Xbox)[56]
70/100 (PC)[50]
Review scores
Publication Score
Eurogamer 9/10 (Xbox)[49]
GameSpot 7.7/10 (PS2)[7]
7.9/10 (Xbox)[57]
6.2/10 (PC)[58]
GameSpy 86/100 (PC)[59]
IGN 9.0/10 (PS2)[4]
8.4/10 (PC)[6]

Silent Hill 2 was positively received, selling over one million copies in the month of its release in North America, Japan and Europe, with the most units sold in North America.[60] Since then, Silent Hill 2 has also been re-released as a Greatest Hits game.[61]

Critical reaction to the game was generally favorable. Rating aggregation site Game Rankings shows an average rating of 85.77% for the PS2 version,[52] 82.40% for the Xbox version,[53] and 70.33% for the PC version.[54] Rating aggregation site Metacritic shows an average rating of 89 out of 100 for the PS2 version,[55] 84 out of 100 for the Xbox version,[56] and 70 out of 100 for the PC version.[50]

Reviews of the original PS2 game were generally favorable. While noting that the game "doesn't break any molds or revolutionize the survival-horror genre in any particular way," IGN commended the "strangely heartbreaking, even a tad depressing" story, "respectable, believable" voice acting", creepy monster designs, unsettling sound effects and the "stunning" graphics of the game.[4] IGN felt that while the general gameplay remained mostly unchanged from the first Silent Hill, it was improved by better camera angles and controls.[4] GameSpot described Silent Hill 2 as "a much prettier, somewhat smarter but less-compelling game than the original", praising the eerie monster designs, "impressive" graphics, audio, and the more coherent but less compelling plot.[7] According to GameSpot, the "awkward writing" hurt the voice acting and the monsters were not as frightening as the ones in Silent Hill.[7] Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of The Escapist regularly cites the game as a personal favorite, calling it "the benchmark for video game storytelling and atmosphere." [62]

Critical reaction to the Xbox port was generally favorable. GameSpot noted the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were mostly similar except for the Born From a Wish side-story found on the Xbox version, which it called "a commendable extra" that did not add much to the game or help to further elucidate the plot of Silent Hill 2.[57] The PC port was not as well received. Reviewers criticized the bizarre camera angles,[51][59][58] "lifeless" voice acting,[6][59] "tedious" gameplay and combat,[6][51] difficulty in controlling the player character,[59] and the overall adaption.[51] Conversely, GameSpy found the PC port overall to be "[a] fantastic translation of Konami's stylish and scary survival-horror game".[59]

Silent Hill 2 appeared on several critics' lists for its story and use of metaphors, psychological horror, and taboo topics. It ranked 1st on X-Play's list of the "Scariest Games of All Time" in 2006.[63] IGN listed it as an Editor's Choice,[4] one of the five best horror video games created after 2000 in 2009,[64] and on of the twentieth greatest PlayStation 2 game of all time.[65] In 2008, GamesRadar placed it on its list of the fifteen "Best Videogame Stories Ever", describing it as "a punishing tale not easily matched".[66] In 2009, Destructoid ranked it fifteenth in its list of the "Top 50 Videogames of the Decade", noting that it "is most memorable for its introduction of iconic video game character Pyramid Head".[67] That same year, Wired.com listed it as the eleventh most influential game of the decade for its emphasis on psychological horror and exploration of taboo topics such as incest and domestic abuse, rather than gore.[68]

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  16. ↑ James: Our ‘special place’... What could she mean? This whole town was our special place. Does she mean the park on the lake? We spent the whole day there. Just the two of us, staring at the water. Could Mary really be there? Is she really alive... waiting for me? Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  17. ↑ James: Maria's dead. I couldn't protect her. Once again, I couldn’t do anything to help. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  18. ↑ James: Well, there’s the hotel, too, I guess. The one on the lake... I wonder if it's still there. / Maria: The Lakeview Hotel? Yeah, it's still there. So, the hotel was your "special place", huh? I'll bet it was. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  19. ↑ James: You’re alive! Maria...! I thought that thing killed you...! Are you hurt bad? / Maria: Not at all, silly. / James: ...Maria? That thing... it stabbed you. There was blood everywhere. / Maria: Stabbed me? What do you mean? Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  20. ↑ Maria: See? I’m real. Don’t you want to touch me? / James: I don’t know.... / Maria: Come and get me. I can’t do anything through these bars. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  21. ↑ Angela: So what do you want then? Oh I see, you’re trying to be nice to me, right? I know what you’re up to. It’s always the same. You’re only after one thing. / James: No, that’s not true at all. / Angela: You don’t have to lie. Go ahead and say it. Or you could just force me. Beat me up like he always did. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  22. ↑ Eddie: Do you know what it does to you, James? When you’re hated, picked on, spit on, just cause of the way you look. After you’ve been laughed at your whole friggin’ life. That’s why I ran away after I killed the dog. Ran away like a scared little girl. [...] Then “He” came after me, I shot him too. Right in the leg. He cried more than the dog! He’s gonna have a hard time playing football on what’s left of that knee. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  23. ↑ James: Mary’s gone. She’s dead. / Laura: Liar! That’s a lie! / James: No, that’s not true... / Laura: She... she died ‘cause she was sick? / James: No. I killed her. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  24. ↑ Angela: James. Give me back that knife. / James: No... I, I won’t. / Angela: Saving it for yourself? Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  25. ↑ Mary: Don’t make excuses, James. I know I was a burden on you. You must have hated me. That’s why you got rid of me. / James: It’s true... I may have had some of those feelings. It was a long three years... I was... tired. / Mary: And that’s why you needed this “Maria” person? James, do you really think I could ever forgive you for what you did? Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
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  29. ↑ James: Mary. You look so peaceful. Forgive me for waking you. But without you, I just can’t go on. I can’t live without you, Mary. This town, Silent Hill.... The Old Gods haven’t left this place.... And they still grant power to those who venerate them.... Power to defy even death.... Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
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  32. ↑ James: So it was all your work! (The dog comes down from the vision mixer and licks James's face.) Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  33. ↑ Harry: Sorry...Ah... / James: Who...who are you..? / Harry: Have you seen a little girl around here? Short, black hair... / James: What are you talking about...? Anyway, listen... Have you seen my wife...her name's Mary Aaarrgghhh!!! (An alien stuns him and with the help of Harry Mason, carries him back to the spaceship.) Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  34. ↑ Maria: I don't have any reason to go on living, but... But I'm scared to die; I'm so afraid of pain! Should I...run away? I want to find someone. I don't like being alone. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
  35. ↑ Maria: Hello? / Ernest: Stop it. You're disturbing me. / Maria: Whew, thank god. I finally found somebody. Can you open the door? / Ernest: No. Konami (Team Silent). Silent Hill 2. (Konami). PlayStation 2. (2001-09-21)
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