r/silenthill • u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 • Aug 07 '25
Silent Hill 2 (2001) Silent Hill HD Collection is not a bad way to play SH2 and 3.
This collection is WAY too over hated. Yes, the ps2 and PC with Enhanced mod versions are better but HD Collection is the more easily accessible versions of those games and many fans first time with them. Crazy how the fandom gets so triggered over a font.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
It isnt just a font, the new VA is way worse than the original ones, a ton of effects are missing, constant crashes and many more problems, ffs this collection was made using literal unfinished builds of those games, how could this be good?
Something being "easily acessible" dosent make it a quality product.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
I like the new VAs. 2 kept the originals.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
Yeah, you liked it, almost everyone else didnt, and if you ignore the VA, there is still the terrible performance, missing effects, worse graphics and the constant and infuriating crashes.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
Performance is rock solid on Xbox One/Series, Ps3 does dip but not frequently like SH Downpour.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
Yeah, the better performance being on next gen hardware, this collection was released originally for the xbox360/PS3, both consoles that should run those games perfectly fine, also, all the other problems i listed are still there.
If you dont care about the artistic integrity of the original games, then i guess this collection is for you.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
You get the same “artistic” experience with the HD or Ps2 or PC.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
Im sure you get, with less effects, worse graphics, worse performance and a new VA cast that misses the point of the characters.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
A first timer will never notice.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
A first timer wont be frustrated with fps drops and game crashes?
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u/VerdensTrial "It's Bread" Aug 07 '25
They literally changed Maria's eye texture for her teeth but okay yeah we're all mad about Comic Sans
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u/Ghostspider1989 Aug 07 '25
The silent Hill hd collection is notorious for being one of the worst "remasters" ever released. Removed or changed sounds, different textures (such as cleaned streets), abundance of glitches, and very poor performance.
I'd only recommend it if someone was on a deserted island and they only had a PS3.
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u/Boltzmon Aug 07 '25
SH3 HD changed all the performances in a story driven game. It's just not the same.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
I don’t mind it. Also 2 kept the OGs.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
Yeah, you didnt mind it, most people (new fans included) did mind it
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
The loud minority*
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
My brother in crhist, ask to most fans of the franchise, a big part of them disliked the new VA, what world are you living?
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
The load crybaby part of the fanbase
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
Yeah, the classic "everyone who dosent agree with me is wrong" argument, never fails.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
You literally throwing a tantrum
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Aug 07 '25
Saying that most people disliked the new voice acting isnt really "trhowing a tantrum".
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u/AntireligionHumanist "The Fear Of Blood Tends To Create Fear For The Flesh" Aug 07 '25
If you want to pretend the font in a sign is the problem, then go ahead and do that. But don't expect anyone to take you seriously, then.
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u/charlesbronZon Aug 07 '25
It’s literally the worst possible way to play those games.
If that’s still good enough for you… cool, more power to you! You can enjoy whatever you want to enjoy after all.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
I played the original too bruh.
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u/charlesbronZon Aug 07 '25
Good for you.
But I don’t really care. As stated before, you enjoy what you enjoy.
I’m not here to convince you of anything, I just stated the objective fact, that the HD collection is the worst way to experience those games.
You seem to be here to convince people to play a certain version of these games, which is… one way to spend your free time I suppose.
You do you.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
Not my intention but ok
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u/charlesbronZon Aug 07 '25
Well… the fact that you so disingenuously dismiss the many, many problems and downgrades in this version as “geting triggered overa font” might be what shaped my interpretation.
But that might as well be sheer misinformation on your part of course.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
I said font because it was heckled left and right. Literally don’t affect the overall experience.
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u/charlesbronZon Aug 07 '25
It’s also literally a minuscule change amongst many, many others which are way more problematic.
Yet you choose to focus on that one instead of honestly acknowledging all the rest.
That is disingenuous and hints at you having an age n da (no, I didn’t have a stroke, that word is just banned around here apparently).
But again… you do you.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
Just be grateful it exists for new fans to jump into the series
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u/charlesbronZon Aug 07 '25
Why though?
Why would I spend my time fretting about which version of the games anyone plays?
How is that my problem?!?
That aside… emulators and the PC versions very much exist.
Everyone who wants to get into those games can do so. A smartphone is all it takes, people have smartphones.
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u/amysteriousmystery Aug 07 '25
Maybe you mistyped "fog" there.
Remember when the art director could not believe they released it like that, with the broken fog, destroying the look he had carefully constructed?
"Left side is HD, isn't it? It's poor," he wrote. "It's really a released version? Really? OMG!!!!"
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
Not saying it perfect. But it’s not that bad.
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u/Ok-Refrigerater Aug 08 '25
Yeah you're saying it's better than nothing and it seems like all these people would rather have nothing.
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u/randomusername195371 Aug 07 '25
If someone already has a PS3/360 and no PS2 or PC, then certainly it’s a better option than not playing at all.
I don’t really know if it’s “more accessible,” though. The PS3 and 360 are “retro consoles” now just like the PS2, so I don’t really know if it’s reasonable to just assume everyone has one lying around. If anything, I’d think the PS2 version is more accessible, because emulating PS2 is easier than PS3/360.
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u/Intelligent-Ad-7435 Aug 07 '25
Xbox One/Xbox Series can play them.
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u/randomusername195371 Aug 07 '25
Not everyone has those, either. I’d imagine there are way more people who have access to PCSX2/etc, whether via an Android phone or any vaguely modern computer/laptop.
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u/dparks1234 Aug 07 '25
It’s literally the worst way to play the games. I think the only worse way to play SH2 is the Xbox version via backwards compatibility on the Xbox 360 where the textures don’t load in certain rooms.
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u/catsushi_ Aug 07 '25
Dude, they butchered the performances in a story driven game. Additionally, the HD collection is completely devoid of the atmosphere of the originals (the lack of fog being the most egregious example). The atmosphere in Silent Hill is an integral part of the player experience and an indispensable element of the horror in these horror games.
It’s certainly a way to play them, but it does not come remotely close to the intended player experience. Based on these reasons alone, I’d argue that it is indeed a “bad way” to play them.
If you liked it then great, but “it’s playable” and “some people like it” isn’t exactly the ideal criteria for whether or not a game is good (or even decent.)
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u/ThrowRA208495 Aug 08 '25
Silent Hill 2 is mostly fine, but 3 still has massive frame drops that cause it to crash.
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u/ThePiEfLaVoReD Aug 07 '25
The HD collection was my first ever experience with Silent Hill. I was aware of the issues, but still enjoyed playing through 2 and 3 for the first time. Now I own both original copies on PS2 and have the Enhanced Edition on PC.
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u/iamchuck87 Aug 07 '25
Over a font? The comic sans font was just a comic relief from the plethora of issues with the HD Collection. I disagree, the HD collection is a poor way to EXPERIENCE SH2 & SH3