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But in the end Silent Hill 2 provided the light the team set out to follow.

The dynamic heavy showers herald the arrival of more numerous and aggressive monsters.

Murphy Pendleton stands in an alley with a pipe in Silent Hill: Downpour

It’s a very different Silent Hill, informed by the culture of the Czech Republic.

Let’s lean into that.

In the town of Silent Hill, you never know what’s quite around the corner.

Harry is grabbed by pursuers while trying to escape an icy environment in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Welcome home you never really left.

This feature originally appeared in PLAY Magazine which printed its final issue in 2024.

Silent Hill: Downpour wasn’t the first in the series to jump to HD.

Murphy runs away from a strange presence in the speed sections of Silent Hill: Downpour

“At the time survival horror was changing.

‘How action-oriented do we get?

‘": 16 years on, Tomm Hulett reflects on Silent Hill: Homecoming

A hulking enemy approaches Murphy from behind as he readies a pickaxe in Silent Hill: Downpour

Travis approaches Silent Hill on a foggy street, indicated by a signpost, in Silent Hill Origins

Angela holds a knife in Silent Hill 2 remake

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Cronos: The New Dawn key art featuring a mysterious building in the background and traveller in foreground

The cover of Edge Magazine showing Cronos: The New Dawn spread across all the way to the back cover

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Hinako Shimizu sitting in a shrine with two masked woman approaching her during the reveal trailer for Silent Hill f.

A screenshot shows a tentacled monster in Cronos: The New Dawn

A screenshot shows a monster hanging upside down as sunlight shines from behind them.

Look Outside screenshot of the player character looking out of the window at an unseen horror

System Shock

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In-game screenshots of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

Forza Horizon 5 screenshot of a Horizon Realms track that�s lit up in neon pink with illuminated palm trees decorating either side of the road

Lune prepares to attack a hulking enemy Nevron in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2