Key Takeaways
- Gamers are calling the Silent Hill 2 remake “woke” because of the neon signs that were present in the original.
- They were also outraged by Angela's new design and comments made last year by Konami that they were adapting the original for a “modern audience.”
The Silent Hill 2 remake has been “woke” by controversy like clockwork. One of the biggest pieces of evidence to that point is the neon signs at strip clubs. People are upset about “body positivity,” believing it’s part of a “pregnancy fetish.” The same mark was on the original.
This first came to the attention of the 'anti-woke' crowd through a now-deleted post on the “Kotaku in Action” subreddit, with Twitter users like former Blizzard Entertainment producer Mark 'Grummz' Ken sharing it on social media. It went viral in the media. With equally mocking fury.
The Kotaku in Action forum also called the backlash “bullsh*t” and deleted a post saying “the sign looked the same as the original.”
Despite being told this isn't anything new for the remake, reviewers said the original had a “much flatter tummy” and that the new one, which looks identical in a slightly different pose, “looks fat or pregnant.” “. As you can see for yourself in the photo below, this is clearly not true.
Gamers are also outraged by Angela's design
Commenters said the remake is “full of woke crap,” the developers have “serious mental problems,” and that it's not just strip club signs that look the same as they did 20 years ago that are causing such reactions.
They were also upset that Angela Orosco, a 19-year-old survivor of sexual abuse, wasn't sexy enough. YouTubers like HeelvsBabyface described her as “Mangula,” and tweets went viral accusing a “DEI consulting firm” of “butchering” her designs.
Coupled with the strip club sign and Konami's comment earlier this year that they wanted to adapt Silent Hill 2 “for a modern audience,” many of the outraged gamers have vowed to stop the remake altogether, with Steam curators labeling the game as “not a 'wake.' I recommend it because of the content: There is always the original… it has the same markings.
Silent Hill 2, considered by most to be the best game in the Silent Hill series, is the first to receive a remake. After over a decade of Silent Hill, this remake lets players re-experience the classic game in a whole new way.
