+ Strong points:
- Generous remake bringing a ton of new features to the adventure
- A stronger horror dimension than ever in exploration and combat
- Awesome art direction
- Delightful music and sound design. Good performances from the actors
- Excellent length for a game of this genre (and multiple endings)
- A story that's still as strong as ever

- Weak points:
- Passages that are too long and repetitive, even if you get the idea
- Animations (facial and body) of human characters are not always successful
- No-nonsense gameplay that gets straight to the point, perhaps too much so

Summary: Diving back into this Silent Hill 2, completely rebuilt by Konami, is like returning to a childhood village dear to our hearts decades later, or stumbling upon a passionate declaration written by a person with whom ties have been severed... everything is there as in memories, but everything is different too. James Sunderland is back, accompanied by his eternal demons. If our hero had doubts about the necessity of his arrival in the heart of the cursed city, we no longer have any: this harrowing journey is a dream for fans, as much as it will be a nightmare for others. Within this striking story in which we are the Eros (and Thanatos), the infernal round trips to the confines of darkness - even more numerous than in 2001 - will leave tourists by the wayside. Bloober Team has written a love letter primarily to Silent Hill 2 fans. A letter at least as powerful as the one Team Silent wrote to survival horror fans 23 years earlier.

17/20