The Silent Hill 2 remake gets nominations after years of fans worrying it would suck

When it was officially announced that Silent Hill 2 was getting remade by Bloober Team, the internet wasn’t happy about it. The very idea of remaking Silent Hill 2 angered people, and it didn’t help that Bloober, a studio with a spotty track record, was handling it. Videos and screenshots that Konami released in the lead-up to the horror game’s launch were criticized and picked apart. And then it came out and…it was good. Really good, even. One of the best horror games in years.

Sure, the remake was not as impactful as the OG game, but they’re different enough that the new Silent Hill 2 feels more like an adaption of the source material that’s worth experiencing in its own right, and not a replacement for the original classic. And now, after years of fans fearing that the Silent Hill 2 remake would suck and ruin the game’s legacy, here we are in December and it’s up for multiple nominations at the Game Awards. What an unexpected ending to this whole saga, and some good news for the devs. — Zack Zwiezen