What’s your favorite a part of Silent Hill 2? Mine must be James Sunderland’s numerous superpowers: Teleportation, phasing by way of partitions, psychosexual craving, all the talents he acquired after he was bitten by a radioactive widower. They’re what make him such a potent horror recreation protagonist however, alas, apparently the primary two of them are bugs, and so they’ve simply been yoinked out of the sport within the Silent Hill 2 remake’s most up-to-date patch.
Patch 1.04 hit right now, and it incorporates all kinds of issues to, hopefully, enhance Silent Hill 2’s efficiency points and rectify just a few bugs. I am going to paste the entire checklist beneath—which, only for the report, I need to say is definitely extra of a chore than it sounds on our web site, so please pore over each phrase prefer it’s a sacred textual content—however let’s zoom in on the actual fixes which have caught my eye.
First up is that James can now not jaunt by way of peepholes like a low-budget Gully Foyle. Pre-1.04, SH2 had a bug that will teleport James by way of the peephole in Brookhaven Hospital when he seemed by way of the fallacious aspect. Now he can peep all he needs.
Additionally, he’ll now not get caught on the window body of Neely’s Bar or fall plumb by way of the Earth when approaching Laura across the hospital. In case your solely publicity to Silent Hill 2 was these patch notes you would be forgiven for pondering James Sunderland was some sort of absent-minded wizard.
In barely meatier information, Bloober says it is also mounted a number of the visible glitches that have been taking place for folks utilizing Nvidia DLSS. Individuals utilizing Nvidia’s frame-generating tech have reported little points like blowing leaves leaving trails within the air and different minor visible glitches, so hopefully Bloober has managed to stomp these out.
Additionally, extra related for me, the studio says the sport now runs higher on Steam Deck. I really loaded the sport up on my Deck forward of a visit a few weeks in the past, and was disenchanted to seek out it was virtually unplayable. If the sport now really runs on my moveable powerhouse, I will be a cheerful camper.
We had a fairly good time with the Silent Hill 2 remake round right here, with Kerry Brunskill scoring it 78% in our Silent Hill 2 assessment and remarking that “when it is good it is wonderful.” It is gotten a constructive response from elsewhere too, with even die-hard Bloober sceptics admitting the studio managed to tug it off.
Listed here are these patch notes in full.
Silent Hill 2 Patch 1.04 notes
Technical
Decreased visible glitches when utilizing the most recent model of NVIDIA DLSS.Added an choice to allow DLSS body era within the menu when utilizing DLSS for supersampling.NVIDIA Reflex is now lively when DLSS body era is enabled.Added assist for AMD FSR 3.1.1.Added an choice to allow AMD Fluid Movement Frames within the menu when utilizing FSR 3.1 for supersampling.Up to date Intel Nanites to assist upcoming driver updates.Improved efficiency and optimization for Steam Deck.Fastened stuttering points associated to sky map era.Added an choice to allow/disable HZB culling to repair stuttering on some AMD/Intel GPUs.All graphic settings needs to be saved domestically.
Gameplay
Fastened a problem with translation for UI “Excessive” preset not being translated and displayed correctlyFixed a problem with Picket Plank showing throughout James’ dying animationFixed streaming difficulty the place staring on the partitions contained in the Grand Market induced issues with loading the entire surroundings round JamesFixed a problem the place interacting with the fallacious aspect of the peephole in Brookhaven Hospital teleported James to the opposite sideFixed a problem the place breaking home windows close to Neely’s Bar acquired James caught within the window frameFixed a problem that allowed James to entry the inaccessible balcony in Blue Creek ApartmentsFixed a problem with Summary Daddy’s habits throughout boss struggle the place the enemy was not hitting James properlyFixed a number of points with Summary Daddy’s third TV – it ought to now have the right audio, and the wall received’t intrude with its positionFixed a problem with a query mark from the Convention Room not disappearing after acquiring Cinderella figurine in Lakeview HotelFixed a problem with collision detection with the Dayroom partitions in Brookhaven HospitalFixed a problem the place James was falling below the map when approaching Laura getting into Brookhaven Hospital from the bushes on the leftRemoved debug numbers displayed behind wallpapers in Blue Creek Residences’ Clock RoomResolved a problem with James not having the ability to go away the 3F hall within the Lakeview HotelFixed a problem with the lightbulb on the third flooring of Blue Creek Residences consistently switching on and being impervious to destructionResolved a problem with the small espresso desk blocking James within the nook of the room situated in Woodside ApartmentsFixed a problem the place after finishing the Disgust Path in Labyrinth, the participant was compelled to do it throughout againFixed a problem with Spider Mannequins getting caught when attacking James whereas he’s going by way of squeeze traversalFixed a problem with James getting caught within the window body whereas attacking Mendacity Figures situated exterior of the windowAdded extra pure motion for James when switching weapons whereas aimingFixed a problem with triggering Spider Model occasion on Concern Path within the Labyrinth a number of timesImproved the flexibility to choose up objects through the closing boss fightFixed a problem with image frames overlapping within the Moth RoomImproved the deformation of Nurses’ skirtsFixed a problem occurring when displaying the details about unlocking NewGame+ which didn’t seem within the participant’s chosen languageFixed seen unloading of the door of an deserted storage within the west aspect of South ValeFixed query mark on the map throughout Chute Puzzle in Woodside Residences