It must be a huge weight off the collective shoulders of everyone at Bloober Team to see the remake of Silent Hill 2 is doing pretty well for itself. Steam shows the game as "Ov?erwhelmingly Positive" for all reviews, so it definitely proves the w?ait was worth it in the end.

As a survival horror game, Silent Hill 2 is dripping with mood, atmosphere, anguish, sorrow, and grotesque denizens. What it's not dripping with, however, is a potassium-based snack. This is where Nexus Mods user Stevebg23 comes to the res??cue with a mod that changes the p?istol James finds into a large banana.

As if that ?wasn't enough, you'll also find that the lead pi?pe �a classic of the original 2001 release, many would say �has also been changed. Now, the player will find themselves beating the snot out of monsters with a giant spoon.

Because of reasons, I guess

The reason for the "Banana Gun and Spoon Pipe" mod is simple: the creator "always wanted to have a silly mod," a?nd this is the result. They also reassure us you can reload the skin of the?? gun, and that the spoon is "shiny and silvery and nice to handle against the hordes of evil coming your way." Comforting to know.

Despite its seriousness, anyone who's played the original Silent Hill 2 knows the developer was not afraid to get a little silly. The infamous dog ending showed a kind of light-hearted irreverence for this drab horror experience that many of us were absolutely? not expecting the first time around.

Of course, the game is still the same, even if you do swap out the pistol for a healthy-looking, half-peeled banana. It's nice to know James is getting his vita?mins while? battling the inner demons of his guilty conscience.

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No one is more relieved to see that the remake of Silent Hill 2 has been nothing short of a major triumph. Well, I s??uppose developer Bloober Team could be classed as being so?mewhat more reassured, especially now the game has sold an impressive amount already.

Maybe it's not too surprising, but it certainly vindicates any doubts people may have had prior to launch to see that Silent Hill 2 has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Accordin?g to a post on the game's Japanese X account, it actually exceeds this figure, and the post itself comes with a "thank-you" message to those who've bought and played it so far.

In fact, these numbers are based on research dating October 11. Not only does this mean that SH2 sold a whopping amount in just a?? few days (it launched on October 8), but given we're now ?on the 17th, no doubt it's sold even more.

Take that, doubters

Bloober seemed very much up against it, particularly with its past reputation of not exactly treating themes of mental illness with great sensitivity. Now, though, any concerns about whether the studio could handle a reimagining of one of the industry's most influential psychological horror games can surely be put to rest.

Currently, the remake of Silent Hill 2 is sitting pretty on Steam, with a review score of "very positive," complete with some pretty glowing reviews from fans. Our own Zoey had some optimistic things to say about the game in her review, calling it "solid" though with some flaws.

Either way, as one user on Steam said: "SILENT HILL IS BACK BABY!"?? I'm just sad I have to wait until the Xbox version comes out before I can join in on all this merriment.

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As caught by Kotaku, you can already play the masterful remake of Silent Hill 2 without the seri?es' ever-present and all-engulfing fog. Behold, the marvel:

Though Team Silent originally came up with it just to circumvent the PS1's hardware limitations, the fog present in Silent Hill ended up becoming the series' mo?st ?iconic element. I'd argue it's even one of gaming's most iconic visual elements, overall.

Removing the fog from any of the Silent Hill games seems like shooting yourself in the foot with a bazooka, especially since the volumetric fog in the new Silent Hill 2 is one of the most amazing visual effects ever seen in a game. Still, FrancisLouis immediately set out to create a mod that rids the town of ??fog, and the results are surprisingly? neat.

The game sure does lose a lot of what makes it special because the remake’s unique fog is incredible to look at, but it also hides a lot of the graphical prowess of the remake. Another interesting thing you might notice is how the game doesn't get less creepy, it just gets so in a different way. Silent Hill, in the state James visits it in, remains a desolate place filled with creepy crawlies and other inexplicable phenomena, and now ?they're all in plain sight.

The mod is called "Silent Hill 2 HD Collection", a cheeky reference to the Silent Hill 2 and 3 remasters from 2012 that accidentally did away with most of the?? games' fog. Those were absolutely awful, but I'm glad they paved the way for this kind of experimenting.

I wouldn’t recommend this mod for a first playthrough, obviously. But, alongside the official no-UI mode and 90s filter, I think this is a pretty neat (and funny) way to experience SH2 and p?roof that the remake is more than just its ?spectacular environmental effects.

You can now enjoy Silent Hill 2 on PC and PS5.

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