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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo; Creature Labs (PC); Hijinx Studios (HD version)
Publisher(s)	Konami
Director(s)	Masashi Tsuboyama
Producer(s)	Akihiro Imamura
Artist(s)	Masahiro Ito
Writer(s)	Hiroyuki Owaku; Takayoshi Sato
Composer(s)	Akira Yamaoka
Series	Silent Hill
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows; PlayStation 2; PlayStation 3; Xbox; Xbox 360
Release	September 24, 2001 SH2; PlayStation 2; NA: September 24, 2001; JP: September 27, 2001; EU: November 23, 2001; Director's Cut; Xbox; NA: December 20, 2001; JP: February 22, 2002; EU: October 4, 2002; PlayStation 2 JP: July 4, 2002; NA: November 17, 2002; EU: February 28, 2003; Microsoft Windows NA: December 2, 2002; EU: February 28, 2003; HD Collection; PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360; NA: March 20, 2012; JP: March 29, 2012; EU: March 30, 2012; AU: April 5, 2012; ;
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single player

Silent Hill 2 is a survival horror video game. It was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, as well as Creature Labs for the PC version and Hijinx Studios for the HD version. Silent Hill 2 was published by Konami. The game was the 2nd game in the Silent Hill video game series but is not a direct sequel to Silent Hill.

Release

It was released on the PlayStation 2 on September 24, 2001 in North America, September 27, 2001 in Japan and November 23, 2001 in Europe.^[2] A Director's Cut of the game was released on the Xbox on December 20, 2001 on North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan and on October 4, 2002 in Europe.^[3] It was released on Microsoft Windows on December 2, 2002 in North American and on February 28, 2003 in Europe.^[4] An HD Collection of the game was released on the PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 on March 20, 2012 in North America, March 29, 2012 in Japan, March 30, 2012 in Europe, and April 5, 2012 in Australia.^[5]

Reception

IGN rated the game a 9 out of 10 and IGN's Doug Perry said "It's frightening, deep, clever, and tries to improve the genre, if just a little, and in the end, that's all I really want in a survival horror game.”^[6] GameSpot gave the game a 7.7 out of 10 and GameSpot's Joe Fielder "Silent Hill 2 is a much prettier, somewhat smarter but less-compelling game than the original"^[7]