Jan's controls are definitely not mapped correctly, and it seems like the search function is broken for him, too. Every time I've installed the Enhanced Edition the controls have initially been busted. The Enhanced Edition site has a good guide for setting it up and troubleshooting for whatever controller he's using. Of course, at this point Jan might just be used to the scuffed controls anyways.
<3 Love this series. Great reactions, great trivia. Thank you for giving us SH content in 2022.
This!
Edit: It's worth noting that even on PS2 Silent Hill 2 has fully customizable controls, so Jan can either map them to the original style or find a setup that works for him!
@heatdrive88: Completely agree! Been waiting for Jeff to guest on this show since it started since he's talked about wanting a music podcast on the site a few times in the past.
Hope I'm not overstepping my bounds here, but here's a tip for the controls: Hold RB and tap A for a strong overhead strike. Hold RB and hold A for quick successive strikes (which Jess mentioned you can walk around while doing).
I only mention it here because they're not intuitive, you'd think the quick press would be the weak strike, but no. Jess is right tho, on PS2 it's pressure sensitive.
@theonewhoplays: No spoilers obviously, but the only scene that this mod changed that I remember was brought up for debate in the community involved a refrigerator and a power cord, as far as I know.
@glots: The intro video to SH2 plays when you sit on the title screen for a while, and unlike the first game, for SH2 and 3 you actually shouldn't watch it because it spoils some stuff.
The mods to make the game look as good as possible are probably a factor, but even so the difference in how atmospheric and creepy the game is versus the first one is remarkable. The difficulty of getting hold of a decent copy of the game also really hit home to me how badly Konami have treated this, one of the canonically greatest games of all time. Even as someone who never had a strong connection to the series, that level of neglect is maddening.
The crazy thing here is that the mods are used are purely restorative, they don't bump up the quality of textures or anything, they return missing effects to the PC version that were originally in the PS2 version.
I just wanna say, good on Jess for using the Enhanced Edition (I'm guessing it was her suggestion)! It really does rival the Greatest Hits PS2 version of the game as the definitive way to play.
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