A passionate group of modders responsible for Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition has fixed an infamous glitch that’s been in the PC version for 20 years.
For whatever reason, the original 2002 PC port of Silent Hill 2 did not work well with multi-core CPUs. The streaming audio engine, specifically, would cause a lot of crashing. Since virtually every modern desktop and laptop utilizes a multi-core CPU, you can see where issues arise. That original PC version is overflowing with other bugs, too, like random monsters clipping out of existence, making progression impossible. Can you tell this is an old wound of mine?
Incredibly, the Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition team rebuilt the entire streaming audio engine. So now, playing Silent Hill 2 on multi-core CPUs is no hassle. For an in-depth breakdown of this patch, watch the video below.
Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition is an absolute godsend. The modders behind it have spent years restoring this classic by implementing stability fixes, adding modern resolution support, redrawing 2D textures, and importing high-quality assets straight from the PS2 original. If you’re even slightly interested in revisiting arguably the best horror game, there’s no better option than the Enhanced Edition. Don’t confuse this with the infamous Silent Hill 2 HD Collection either, as that is (without question) a legendarily terrible means of playing this classic.
Rumors of a Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team have been floating around for months. Fans are unhappy about it, mainly because the original still holds up so well. If nothing else, at least the Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition team is preserving this game.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
