Silent Hill 2 Remake Is Twice As Long As Original Game, Bloober Team Says

Bloober Team’s Next Remake Silent Hill 2 would be twice as long as its original version. By all accounts, the 2001 version Silent Hill 2 is not a very long game. Data from How Long to Beat, a website that records completion times for various games, has SH2 The remake, which is set to be released in October, will run considerably longer.

In a recent interaction on X, Mateusz Lenart, who is the creative director of Bloober Team on Silent Hill 2revealed how long it will take to complete the remake. Lenart said that on average, Bloober finds that it takes players between 16 and 18 hours to reach the end of their first playthrough of SH2As for those looking to do a full, complete run that will see them find all of the secrets and collectibles that are hidden away, Lenart says it will take them upwards of 20 hours to complete.

It’s a bit of a surprise to hear that. Silent Hill 2 will be this long considering that, well, it’s a remake. More often than not, most video game remakes tend to be pretty close in length to their original iterations. SH2 The remake, which will be nearly twice as long, raises questions about what Bloober Team did to lengthen the experience so much. In all likelihood, there are surely new additions to Silent Hill 2 that have been added with this remake in addition to the original title’s sequences being extended. Whether this will end up being a net positive for the game is unknown, but it’s certainly interesting to hear.

The good news is that no matter how long Silent Hill 2 It seems like the reactions are positive. Previews of the game were released earlier this week, and most publications found this new take on the classic horror title to be pretty awesome. Whether or not that will be true for the final product is unknown, but we don’t have much time left to find out.

Silent Hill 2 is set to release later this fall, on October 8, 2024, and will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC.