Silent Hill 2 is a very complex and deep game, and one of the most important horror games made by Team Silent, the problem is, that almost nobody understands it. Silent Hill is the most misunderstood franchise in the gaming culture specially SH2, mostly because people tend to spread false information about this game, like saying that Mary isn't abusive (even tho Masahiro Ito which is responsible for the symbolisms of this game, says that the flesh lips is a metaphor of Mary's mouth which was used to abuse James), saying that James is a bad person, didn't loved her, or that James or Pyramid Head is a r4p1st, non of these are true, are all made up lies that goes against the evidences and the whole meaning of the game and it's plot. So sad how a beautiful game got in the wrong hands of some people. This game has a defined canon and it's not open for "interpretations" this game is just complex, and people who doesn't do their research tend to spread this idea that the game is open to interpret however u want, which isn't true. This game is very inspired by the works of Sigmund Freud, James's relationship is very complex, and James got his reasons to end Mary's life.

Every monster in this game has it's symbolisms, so the areas of this game, like that part of James walking down the stairs, which represents that we are getting deeper into James's mind. This game has a lot of details and everything in this game is just pure genius. I've made a 7 hour analysis of this game, and i got to say, this game will forever be a timeless masterpiece, i doubt the remake will ever be able to get close of what SH2 is.

Reviewed on Feb 02, 2024


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It honestly is kind of a shame that there's even ANYONE that misinterprets Silent Hill 2, the characters, and the meaning of the story. Although, I think part of the problem is that some of the people that do misinterpret the game end up trying to understand it on a shallow level. That, and, as you've said, misinformation being spread on top of shallow take-aways.

Though, I think the other part of the problem is that there are quite a few cynical, misery obsessed individuals that only want to see the worst aspects of this tragic story and call it the complete package (probably why the "In Water" ending is popular among those types of people), rather than consider the complexities and nuance the story and it's characters have to offer.

Never mind all that, though. What matters is that SH2 IS a masterpiece, and to those that properly understand it are enriched because of it.