Those horrors look impressively familiar, even decades removed from the game's PlayStation 2 debut. The rust-covered hellscapes, the signage, the glistening sacks of flesh scuttling past locked-up homes tumbling into the abyss—it's easy to believe Silent Hill 2 always looked this good, but that illusion takes a lot of hard work.

Bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake has a wealth of new mandatory and optional content to explore in the titular town and both come with pros and cons.