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Fog of Woe: What the Silent Hill 2 remake gets right about immersing players in its world

Seeing as many a player had mixed feelings about Bloober's track record, how does the Silent Hill 2 remake honor the 2001 original while also iterating upon it?

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Creator Lilith Walther walks us through how this community in-joke became a fully realized game.

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