Considered one of the great horror games of all time, Silent Hill 2 on PS2 packed in plenty of scares per square inch but was a relatively short game, clocking in at around 8-9 hours for a standard playthrough. To give you some idea of how much bigger Bloober Team's remake is, the developer has revealed that a first-time playthrough could easily take twice that, more if you want to do and see everything.
On X, Bloober creative director and lead designer Mateusz Lenart noticed VGC journalist Jordan Middler enjoying the opening hours of his Silent Hill 2 preview, wishing him well on the following «12+ hours of the game.» When a fan chimed in to confirm the 12-hour runtime, Lenart revealed that an average playthrough will take most players 16-18 hours and 20+ to find all of Silent Hill's secrets.
You can check out our preview of the game right here. If you missed it, Konami released a haunting new story trailer as well. There's not much longer to wait now; Silent Hill 2 arrives on PS5 on 8th October.
You always were so forgetful
Going hands on with Bloober Team's PS5 remake
Are you looking forward to Silent Hill 2? Are you surprised to see how the game's runtime has grown? How do you think all that extra time will be spent? Let us know in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
Great runtime, can't wait for it. Hopefully this sells well enough so that Konami remakes 1 and 3.
I’m there day one and so damn excited. People give Bloober crap all the time but I’ve always had faith in them since I like their games especially Observer which I loved and wish they would do a psvr 2 version of. Blair Witch was the only one
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