Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2
North American box art featuring character Angela Orosco
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher(s)	Konami
Director(s)	Masashi Tsuboyama
Producer(s)	Akihiro Imamura
Artist(s)	Masahiro Ito
Writer(s)	Hiroyuki Owaku Takayoshi Sato
Composer(s)	Akira Yamaoka
Series	Silent Hill
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	September 24, 2001 Original Version PlayStation 2 NA: September 24, 2001 JP: September 27, 2001 EU: November 23, 2001 Director's Cut Xbox NA: December 19, 2001 JP: February 22, 2002 EU: October 4, 2002 PlayStation 2 JP: July 4, 2002 NA: November 17, 2002 EU: February 28, 2003 Microsoft Windows NA: December 2, 2002 EU: February 28, 2003
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single-player

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	85.82% (PS2) 82.40% (Xbox) 71.30% (PC)
Metacritic	89/100 (PS2) 84/100 (Xbox) 70/100 (PC)
Review scores
Publication	Score
AllGame
Eurogamer	9/10 (PS2) 9/10 (Xbox)
Famitsu	34/40 (PS2) 32/40 (Xbox)
GameSpot	7.7/10 (PS2) 7.9/10 (Xbox) 6.2/10 (PC)
GameSpy	96/100 (PS2) 86/100 (PC)
IGN	9.0/10 (PS2) 8.4/10 (PC)

Silent Hill 2 is a survival horror video game published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 and developed by Team Silent, a production group within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The game was released in September 2001 as the second installment in the Silent Hill series. An extended version of the game was published for Xbox in December of the same year, containing a short bonus scenario and other minor additions. It was later ported to the Microsoft Windows operating system in 2002. A remastered high-definition version of the game was released for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 in 2012 as part of the Silent Hill HD Collection.

While set in the series' eponymous fictional American town, Silent Hill 2 is not a direct sequel to the first Silent Hill game. Instead, it centers on James Sunderland, who enters the town after receiving a letter written by his deceased wife, saying she is waiting for him in their "special place" in Silent Hill. Joined by Maria, who strongly resembles her, he searches for her and discovers the truth about her death. Additional material in re-releases and ports included Born from a Wish, a sub-scenario which focuses on Maria before she and James meet.

Silent Hill 2 uses a third-person view and gameplay places a greater emphasis on finding items and solving riddles than combat. Psychological aspects such as the gradual disappearance of Mary's letter were added to the game. More humanoid than their counterparts in the preceding game, some of the monsters were designed as a reflection of James' subconscious. References to real world history, films and literary works can also be found in the game.