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- Best way to play Silent Hill 2 (on Mac or 360) I am an old man and my video game playing days are numbered. I have one kid and another on the way, but before I hang my hat for good I want to play Silent Hill 2.
- After many hours of wandering through internet threads and forums, I found plenty of people clamouring Silent Hill 2 is the greatest game of all time but not many explaining how the hell you're actually supposed to play Silent Hill 2, an much less so on MacOS Catalina, considering the removal of 32-bit support.
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Vanilla PC vs Enhanced Edition
Soft Shadows
Soft shadows are restored for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.
Self Shadows
Dynamic objects receiving shadows upon themselves is restored for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.
Restored Effects
Post-processing effects, such as the depth-of-field blur, are restored.
Restored Effects
Post-processing effects, such as motion blur, are restored.
Restored Effects
Post-processing effects, such as pseudo light blooms, along with shadow levels, are restored.
Restored Fog Density
Fog density is restored and is also fully customizable for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, if you prefer to have more or less of it.
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Restored Specularity
Specularity is restored. This gives 'shininess' to things such as character eyeballs, Pyramid Head's helmet, Maria's skirt, etc.
Restored Specularity
Specularity is restored. This gives 'shininess' to things such as character eyeballs, Pyramid Head's helmet, Maria's skirt, etc.
Lighting Adjustments
Lighting levels have been restored to their original values to correctly brighten environments and dynamic objects.
Revitalized Assets
Certain environment assets have been revitalized, such as turning the 2D guard rail texture into a 3D asset.
Revitalized Assets
Certain environment assets have been revitalized, such as adding missing window details for this room.
Upscaled Full Screen Images
Full screen images have been AI-upscaled or lovingly recreated by hand, making them the highest quality versions to date.
Upscaled Full Screen Images
Full screen images have been AI-upscaled or lovingly recreated by hand, making them the highest quality versions to date.
Upscaled Full Screen Images
Full screen images have been AI-upscaled or lovingly recreated by hand, making them the highest quality versions to date.
High Resolution Font
A high resolution font makes for improved legibility and presentation.
PCSX2 vs Enhanced Edition
Scaled Cutscenes
Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition scales cutscenes to match their original 4:3 horizontal compositions. This hides any visual anomolies, when played in widescreen.
Scaled Cutscenes
Scaled cutscenes, when played in widescreen, hide incorrect visuals such as 'frozen' characters you were never meant to see, that are supposed to be just out of bounds.
Softer Shadows
Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition maintains softer shadows at higher rendering resolutions.
Restored Fog Density
Fog density is restored and is also fully customizable for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, if you prefer to have more or less of it.
Per-Pixel Lighting
Per-pixel lighting creates round and smooth lighting effects, as seen in Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.
Preserve Environment Visuals
For Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, chunks of the environment stay visible when the camera is close to their geometry, when played in a widescreen aspect ratio.
Camera Adjustments
Stationary cameras have been adjusted in Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition to prevent the camera from clipping into walls at certain angles, when played in widescreen.
Maintain Image Aspect Ratio
Full screen images maintain their original aspect ratios, when played in widescreen, for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. This prevents image stretching/distortion.
Maintain Menu Aspect Ratio/High Resolution Font
Menus maintain their original aspect ratios, when played in widescreen, for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. And a high resolution font makes for improved legibility and presentation.
Texture Mapping
Correct texture mapping is accounted for in Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.
Increased Draw Distance
The front draw distance for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is increased to hide the environment loading into frame. (Images brightened to better illustrate.)
PCSX2 images captured using version 1.5.0 (developer build 3208) via OpenGL (hardware) GSdx (at 4x native resolution) with the software's built-in Widescreen Patches feature.
Learn more about differences between both versions.
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HD Collection vs Enhanced Edition
HD Collection images captured from the Xbox 360 release on original hardware.
PlayStation 2 vs Enhanced Edition
PlayStation 2 images captured from PCSX2 version 1.5.0 (developer build 3208) via OpenGL (software) GSdx (native 480 interal rendering resolution).
The player is cast in the role of James Sunderland, on first sight a normal person who got confused, as anyone else would, when he received a letter from his wife asking him to come to Silent Hill, their special place. The only problem is that his wife died three years ago, and has kept the secrets surrounding her death. James decides to honor the letter's request, wondering if this is a sick joke or if there is more to this. As James reaches the outskirts of the town, he finds that the road is blocked, and parks at an abandoned restroom. Little does he realize that this is the first step forward into the mystery of Silent Hill and his own past.