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The fundamentals had been laid down by the likes of 1996sTomb RaiderandQuake.
With each passing minute,Silent Hill 2gets murkier, grimier, and more disgusting.
Blood, puke, and muck coat every conceivable surface.
Yet its status as one of the most revered video games has grown in the following 23 years.
Not even a string of disappointing sequels, twobadmovies, andodd franchise pivotsby Konami has sullied its renown.
Fans neednt have worried.
The woeful,eerily bright2012 remaster ofSilent Hill 2has never felt like more of a distant memory.
Perhaps the greatest trick this remake pulls off is in regard to the originals aforementioned level design.
Twenty-three years later, the town of Silent Hill is larger and more interactive than before.
The darkness, like the fog prior, is engulfing.
I kept turning around to see if I could still see the light at the top of the staircase.
There came a point when I couldnt.
Its easy to dismiss these efforts as glorified cover versions of beloved hits.
Technology evolves, expectations shift, and the old becomes arcane.
