Talk:Silent Hill 2

Unsourced
Hi, everybody. I'm putting this whole section here until some reliable sources can be found for it. Kaguya-chan (talk) 21:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * "Silent Hill 3 contains several references to the previous game, unlocked if a memory card with a Silent Hill 2 save is being used. In one of these scenes, Heather (the protagonist) discovers something lodged in a toilet, similar to James' discovery. While James can reach in and fish it out, Heather ultimately refuses, turns to the camera, and wonders what sort of person would actually do that. The same save data will also create a poster with Maria on it in the Heaven's Night bar that Heather will notice if she enters it. Another reference is when Heather examines the mail box at her apartment building and says there are no letters from a dead wife (similar to James' incident). The last one is on the rooftop of Brookhaven Hospital. Examining the rear fence prompts Heather to say it is secure and won't fall over, whereas in Silent Hill 2, James is flung at the fence by Pyramid Head and it falls over, James falling over the edge with it. The UFO ending for Silent Hill 3 also features James with Harry Mason (the protagonist of Silent Hill) after his abduction following the Silent Hill 2 UFO ending."
 * Well, I've seen everything that's described, so can confirm it. Since it's a linkable source you require, however, what about walkthroughs?
 * Listener Sheogorath (talk) 07:48, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Film
Does anyone know if the film Silent Hill 2 is going to be about the game and not a direct sequel to Silent Hill the film? Because this seems to suggest a direct sequel, especially with the lines "the film will be set 'years later' with the main character being 'much older'". Anyhow, my point is that if the film Silent Hill 2 is not about the game Silent Hill 2, then it is misleading to have a section about the film which is not based on it. (Oh, how confusing...) Kaguya-chan (talk) 21:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Legacy
When this inevitably goes up for FA, this section is probably going to have to go as just being plot-related trivia. The way I see it, it should either be trimmed and worked into the existing sections or perhaps rewritted to reflect other ways it affected the series (say, how other games reused the SH2 monsters in various forms.) --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 17:39, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Suggested sources
For "Reception":
 * . Hula Hup (talk) 20:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * . Hula Hup (talk) 17:34, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * , . Hula Hup (talk) 09:29, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * . Hula Hup (talk) 19:24, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * On the dog ending (No 50): . Hula Hup (talk) 19:34, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * . Hula Hup (talk) 19:02, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

For "Development":


 * . Hula Hup (talk) 02:32, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Here's what apparently went wrong with HD - "We got all the source code that Konami had on file -- which it turns out wasn't the final release version of the games! D'oh!" --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 00:37, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Replacement ref - 1UP archive not working? --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 08:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)


 * On the CG: . Hula Hup (talk) 22:43, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Image resolution
hey, why is the resolution on all of the photos like 50 x 50? can't somebody upload higher resolution photos? this is embarrassing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.15.106.199 (talk) 01:39, 18 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi! Unfortunately, it's part of this website's policy to have low resolution for fair-use images. Sorry about that. Rapunzel-bellflower (talk) 21:56, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

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New information
Art designer Masahiro Ito has tweeted out a lot of interesting BTS tidbits that may be pertinent to the article, if anyone wants to add any of it. I already added some of it to the Pyramid Head article.  Dark Knight  2149  09:25, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That's really exciting news! Thank you for letting us know! Rapunzel-bellflower (talk) 19:02, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Merger with the Silent Hill HD Collection
Hi all. I'd like to propose a merger for the Silent Hill HD Collection into this one and Silent Hill 3. I believe that, since the HD collection is really just a port of SH2 and SH3, albeit a... contentious one, that it can be easily merged without losing any relevant information. Thoughts? Rapunzel-bellflower (talk) 23:31, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The Silent Hill HD Collection was pretty notable for being a bastardized version of the two games, and there's a fair bit of development info that exists for why (such as voice acting disputes). - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 03:58, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I've decided to withdraw this proposal, because I've had a look around the interwebs and there is far more out there than I remember there being. Thank you for your thoughts. Best wishes, Rapunzel-bellflower (talk) 12:39, 19 October 2019 (UTC)