The Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Version (opens in new tab) fan patch (to not be confused with the disastrous HD version (opens in new tab) of the sport on consoles) simply obtained a 2.0 launch that, amongst different modifications, addresses a persistent crashing situation on multi-core processors that has plagued the sport since its PC launch 20 years in the past.
Silent Hill 2 suffered equally to different PC ports of the PS2 period, with a slate of graphical glitches and stability points which have solely gotten worse on newer {hardware}. The workforce behind the Enhanced Version has been engaged on getting the sport to as polished and playable a state as doable on fashionable methods. We have lined their work beforehand, most lately on the finish of 2020 (opens in new tab).
Within the preliminary launch of Silent Hill 2, some quirk of the sport’s streaming audio engine precipitated it to play havoc with multi-core CPUs—virtually each shopper processor made after the mid-2000s. Throughout common play, Silent Hill 2’s audio would finally begin skipping, precipitating a crash. Up until now, taking part in Silent Hill 2 on PC required disabling all however one processor core in BIOS earlier than taking part in, a cumbersome repair at finest.
The Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Version workforce rebuilt the sport’s streaming audio engine from scratch to make sure stability on multi-core CPUs, a particularly spectacular technical achievement. This tradition audio engine additionally cleans up a few of Silent Hill 2’s different hitches and stuttering, and the two.0 replace moreover introduces a number of different graphical changes and bug fixes.
The Enhanced Version workforce put out some phenomenal work right here, however you will have a tough time having fun with it for those who do not have already got a bodily copy of Silent Hill 2 on PC—the sport just isn’t accessible on any digital storefronts, and sellers are asking for upwards of $700 for bodily copies on eBay.
