Silent Hill 2

Over the past few years, the graphics in games have hardly changed. We have become accustomed to high detail, high-quality textures, and realistic faces of characters. Perhaps the situation will change after the release of new video cards, but in 2024, the graphics remained at about the same level as before.

That is why, when compiling this article, we primarily paid attention not to the number of pixels in the hero's boot, but to the artistic component. Combined with advanced technologies, it is able to impress even today.

2024 proved that after a couple of challenging years in the industry, game developers finally found time for PC as a platform. Optimization no longer looks like a forgotten part of the development process — new games increasingly demonstrate excellent performance on systems of varying power. In this compilation, we've gathered 10 games that not only offer engaging gameplay but are also well-optimized for PC, including less advanced hardware. We've also added setup tips so you can enjoy the game with maximum performance.

Firstly, we would like to wish you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas too, whether it's already here or coming up! It's going to be a big weekend: the best time to relax, shop at sales and play your favourite games. But how did developers and publishers congratulate this year? Now we'll tell and show you.

September and October have come to an end, and we are ready to show you the brightest cosplay of the first two months of autumn. We present to your attention Sonya Blade from the classic Mortal Kombat 3, the demoness Lilith from the fourth Diablo, the gorgeous Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite, the vampire Selene from «Underworld», as well as the main trend of recent times — Juliet from Lollipop Chainsaw.

Initially, remake of the second Silent Hill was declared as a Sony console exclusive. However, in the end, the game was released on PC, and simultaneously with the release on PlayStation 5. Immediately after that, enthusiasts began to make modifications for the re-release of the classic. You will learn about the best mods from our article.

The Poles from «Bloober Team» have repeatedly proven that they know how to work with psychological horror games. After the project The Medium, the gaming community had no doubt that this particular studio would work with the long-forgotten Silent Hill series. And now, after years, we have received a modern vision of the PlayStation 2 era masterpiece, which not only retained the key merits of the original but also modernized all the outdated mechanics by today's standards. We went through the updated Silent Hill 2 to reasonably dispel the remaining skepticism after the unsuccessful trailers and pre-release hate, as well as to explain why this game deserves your close attention.

In October 2022, information appeared that Silent Hill 2 would receive a full-fledged remake. At that time, many were surprised why Konami started with the second part of the series. However, there are objective reasons for this decision. You will learn about them, as well as about the advantages of the original 2001 game, from our article.