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Silent Hill HD Collection is a port of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with 720p resolution (1280 x 720) at 30 FPS, originally developed by Team Silent, ported by Hijinx Studios, and published by Konami. It includes the Born from a Wish scenario from Silent Hill 2. It features an alternate voice dub, as well as PlayStation Network Trophies and Xbox 360 Achievements. Players have the option to switch between the original voice acting and the alternate voice acting for Silent Hill 2, while the re-dub is mandatory for Silent Hill 3 because it lacks the original voice acting. The Xbox 360 version is also available as a digital download while the PlayStation 3 version is not. In October 2016, Silent Hill HD Collection was made available on PlayStation Now (now, PlayStation Plus), meaning the game can be streamed to PlayStation 4 and PC. This also includes the latest patch. In April 2022, It’s no longer available on PlayStation Now (now, PlayStation Plus). VOICE ACTING: The re-dubbed voice acting received a divisive reaction from fans as a group and has retained a mixed reception since. Fans of the re-dub cited that the original voice acting felt unprofessional, and that the re-dub aimed to “fix“ this. Fans of the original voice acting often cite that the voice acting was meant to be realistic and that the characters sounded natural and human, rather than like dramatic actors, explaining that the awkward and stilted manner characters spoke in helped add to the surreal and dream-like atmosphere, and also helped portray the cast of Silent Hill 2 as mentally or emotionally damaged. They also tend to feel that some characters in the re-dub are too melodramatic and miss key inflections and tones throughout both games. For example, the original voice of Angela speaks awkwardly, stutters, and has a childish tone due to being a victim of child abuse; in the re-dub, Angela speaks more typically for a person her age. Of all the character redubs, the performance by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Mary Sunderland received the most backlash. McGlynn’s voice is widely considered too deep to accurately portray the “soft, gentle Mary.“ McGlynn herself felt her voice was too deep to play Mary, but producers cast her regardless. ARTISTIC CHANGES: - Characters tend to use new words when starting sentences. This occurs most often with Laura. - During the opening monologue theme, the guitar has been changed from acoustic to electric. - The distances on the sign at the beginning have been altered. In the original version, Paleville is 10 miles, Old Silent Hill is 50 miles and Brahms is 265 miles. In the HD Collection, Paleville is 9 miles, Old Silent Hill is 6 miles and Brahms is 16 miles. - The Silent Hill Ranch sign’s font is changed to Comic Sans. - The textures on the first aid kits and the medical cross posters have been changed, owing to the Red Cross being trademarked. - The street and sidewalks textures have been changed to look much cleaner. - During Eddie’s rant in the Labyrinth, when he says, “It doesn’t matter if you’re smart, dumb, ugly, pretty...“, the subtitles say “your“ instead of “you’re“. - The FMV cutscenes are stretched horizontally to appear as widescreen, which is more problematic than Silent Hill 3 because Silent Hill 2 is more FMV-heavy. The incorrect aspect ratio results in a slight “stretched“ or “fat character“ look. - The Sunderlands’ video tape FMV is now bordered on all sides by a TV set rather than being presented in full-screen. This obscures the image on all four sides, and can make it even more difficult to realize that James smothers Mary with a pillow. - Although it is completely random, the Ranking Screen may appear white. NOTE: This video is only dedicated to the voice acting differences between the Original Version and the HD Collection. #konami #silenthill2 #sh2 #hdcollection #voiceacting #dubbing #dub #differences Special thanks to @skybluenerd219. If it wasn’t for you, this compilation of scenes wouldn’t have been possible. 🤲🏻
