A Silent Hill 2 remake could be set to follow Persona 3 Reload's approach to post-launch support

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After years of being crushed Silent Hill and Konami's disappointing efforts to revive its flagships, many were understandably skeptical of Silent Hill 2 remake. However, when the game finally came out on PS5 and PC earlier this year, it exceeded most fans' expectations. Silent Hill 2's remake that he created Layers of fear and Medium developer Bloober Team, has been met with rave reviews across the board. It received a 95% critic rating on review aggregator OpenCritic and an overwhelmingly positive score on Steam. Fans praised the game as a real return to form Silent Hill franchise, with some even comparing it to the highly successful Capcom Resident Evil remodels.




Although Silent Hill 2 the remake has often been praised for being faithful to its source material, featuring a lot of new content that was not present in the game it is based on. original Silent Hill 2which came out on the PS2 in 2001 was only 8-9 hours long. Its remake, on the other hand, is almost twice as big; it takes approximately 15 to 17 hours to complete, according to HowLongToBeat. Despite the extended run time, however SH2 the remake does not include some of the content from its predecessor such as Born of a wish DLC. Bloober Team and Konami could follow Persona 3 Reload's footsteps by re-releasing this missing DLC ​​in the future.

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Silent Hill 2 and Persona 3 received expanded re-releases with new content

As in 2024 Silent Hill 2, Persona 3 Reload is a remake of the seminal PS2 generation game: JRPG developed by Atlus Personality 3. At first sight P3 and SH2 they don't seem to have anything in common aside from the consoles they originally released on, but there are more similarities between them than meets the eye. original Personality 3 it was first launched in 2006, but after its debut it received two enhanced re-releases, each with new exclusive content. The first of these “definitive editions” was Persona 3 FESwhich was released on the PS2 in 2007 and featured a new, 30-hour epilogue titled Response (aka Episode Aigis in Japan). Then, in 2009, the visual novel style P3 reissue, dubbed Persona 3 Portablewas launched exclusively on the PSP. This featured the ability to play as a female protagonist, among other things.


Silent Hill 2 didn't get as many “definitive releases” as Personality 3 yes, but it had one major reissue of its own. Xbox port SH2which was released in December 2001, featured some new story content that was not present in the original PS2 version of the game. This additional scenario, as some might call it, was the one mentioned above Born of a wish DLC. For those who don't know, Born of a wish was a roughly 1-hour side story that took place before the events of the year Silent Hill 2 and featured Maria as a playable character. Although it was originally exclusive to Xbox consoles, it later made its way to PS2 and PC SH2 reissue.

Bloober Team should release Born From a Wish as DLC for SH2 like Atlus did with the Aigis P3 episode

Regardless of that Persona 3 Reload and 2024 Silent Hill 2 were intended as definitive remakes, none of which included content from the extended editions of their original counterparts upon their release. In case Persona 3 Reloadthough, a remastered version Episode Aigis the epilogue was added to the game a few months after its launch as part of a paid $35 expansion pass. The high price tag caused controversy among fans, but the DLC itself was mostly well received.


Atlus' treatment of Persona 3 Reload'with Episode Aigis expansion could serve as a good plan for Silent Hill 2 remake. Instead of letting it languish in obscurity, Bloober Team and Konami should release a remake Born of a wish story scenario as paid DLC for 2024 SH2. Fans who missed Maria's side story may finally have the chance to play it themselves.

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