The main story and game completionist length for Konami and Bloober Team’s upcoming remake of classic survival horror title, Silent Hill 2, have been revealed.
Mateusz Lenart, Creative Director and Lead Designer at Bloober Team, took to Twitter/X to respond to a query regarding the main story length of the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake. He mentioned that the first playthrough will take around 16 to 18 hours on average without delving into any of the side content. For the sake of comparison, the original title has a length of around 8 hours on average.
As for game completionists, Lenart mentioned that those who like to spend their time searching for everything that the development team has put into the game and things it has hidden for players, a playthrough will take more than 20 hours. He further clarified that he isn’t taking the New Game Plus and all the different endings into account with this time duration. He also expressed his curiosity over how quickly players will be able to find all of the hidden secrets that have been put into the remake.
Previously, Twitter/X user SilentHillSin had shared the accessibility options that will be available to players in the Silent Hill 2 remake. It turned out that they received this information directly via email from Konami support. The accessibility features include various options to alter the visibility of the subtitle and tutorials text, as well as to tweak the graphics, gameplay, controls, and audio. Some noteworthy options include low, medium, and high settings for aim assist magnetism, settings to disable both global and in-game motion blur, and settings to alter reticle visibility.
Earlier, Silent Hill series producer Hajime Okamoto had revealed that the Silent Hill 2 creators wanted the remake to feature drastic changes over the original, while it was Bloober Team that insisted on delivering a faithful experience.
Silent Hill 2 is set for release for PlayStation 5 and Windows on October 8, 2024.
