Silent Hill 2 Patch seemingly fixes huge PS5 Pro issues

Konami and Bloober Team have finally released a fix for the PS5 Pro version of Silent Hill 2.

Though the Silent Hill 2 remake promised to help showcase the graphical enhancements allowed by the PS5 Pro’s superior hardware, things didn’t originally go well. If you’re one of the relatively few people who’ve gotten the chance to try the game on the new system, you’re likely still pretty pissed that it actually ran worse than it did in the original PS5. Bad framerate, instability, and a shimmering capable of making you feel nauseated are not the kind of horrifying elements we need in Silent Hill.

To make matters worse, Bloober and Konami were completely silent for weeks. They’ve finally released a patch that aims to fix all graphical and stability issues on the PS5 Pro version of the game.

Below are all the fixes introduced by patch 1.06 on the PS5:

PS5 Silent Hill 2 fixes on patch 1.06

Technical

• Fixed issues with counting achievements
• Fixed graphic glitches on PlayStation 5 Pro

Gameplay

• Fixed door markers in Brookhaven Hospital
• Improved extended movement spots to fix enemies clipping issues
• Fixed audio issues in Ox Section of Toluca Prison
• Fixed soft blocker in Labyrinth (player will be no longer permitted to exit neither of the Labyrinth Paths after obtaining a map)
• Fixed map markers in Boar Section of Toluca Prison
• Fixed map markers in Western South Vale
• Fixed issues with Maria’s navigation
• Fixed the issue with triggering some of Maria lines multiple times
• Fixed issues with Final Boss movement and disappearing
• Fixed Mannequins stuck in their ambush state
• Fixed interactions with hard-to-get collectibles
• Improved Boss animation
• Added tooltip for picking up tablets in Toluca Prison final puzzle
• Fixed translation issues for changing difficulty during gameplay
• According to our players feedback, breathing skin walls during Abstract Daddy Boss Fight has been restored
• Fixed blocker after the cutscenes with forced lowest FPS
• Fixed blockers in Brookhaven Hospital
• Fixed some issues with car lights in South Vale during the night
• Fixed issues with Mannequins presenting ragdoll behavior
• Fixed other minor issues with: foliage, collisions, typos, light glitches, visible occluders, loading levels

Technical

• Fixed interference between saving a game and properly performing vibrations on the controllers
• Improved range and step for mouse sensitivity
• Fixed mouse input issues
• Fixed issues with game controllers

Steam Silent Hill 2 fixes on patch 1.06

Gameplay

• Fixed door markers in Brookhaven Hospital
• Improved extended movement spots to fix enemies clipping issues
• Fixed audio issues in Ox Section of Toluca Prison
• Fixed soft blocker in labyrinth (player will be no longer permitted to exit neither of the Labyrinth Paths after obtaining a map)
• Fixed map markers in Boar Section of Toluca Prison
• Fixed map markers in Western South Vale
• Fixed issues with Maria’s navigation
• Fixed the issue with triggering some of Maria lines multiple times
• Fixed issues with Final Boss movement and disappearing
• Fixed Mannequins stuck in their ambush state
• Fixed interactions with hard-to-get collectibles
• Improved Boss animation
• Added tooltip for picking up tablets in Toluca Prison final puzzle
• Fixed translation issues for changing difficulty during gameplay
• According to our players feedback, breathing skin walls during Abstract Daddy Boss Fight has been restored
• Fixed blocker after the cutscenes with forced lowest FPS
• Fixed blockers in Brookhaven Hospital
• Fixed some issues with car lights in South Vale during the night
• Fixed issues with Mannequins presenting ragdoll behavior
• Fixed other minor issues with: foliage, collisions, typos, light glitches, visible occluders, loading levels

This is not the first big Silent Hill 2 issue to get reported by fans en masse, and not the first time Bloober team manages to fix the problems. The patch just came out, so we’re yet to see if it really does fix all issues, but it seems as if we’re not looking at another Silent Hill HD Collection scenario.

You can now experience Silent Hill 2 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, and PC.