As many of you know, I thoroughly enjoyed Silent Hill 2 this year, but even in my review, I acknowledged its performance issues, particularly as it came to the random stutters that seemed to even themselves out in the later half of the game. Blooper Team has been hard at work to fix the game, though, and as of a few patches ago, the stutter issues seem to have gone away at least for me.
However, there’s still more to be done, and Blooper Team is still hard at work. Blooper Team announced on twitter/X that patch 1.06 for the game seems to have gone live in the early A.M. on Friday, November 22nd. The patch notes, which you can see below, seem to be getting smaller with each patch, and that’s good to see.
PlayStation® 5
Technology
- Fixed a bug regarding trophy counting
- Fixed some graphics glitches on PlayStation 5 Pro
Gameplay
- Fixed door markers on Brookhaven Hospital map
- Improved traversal spots and fixed an issue where enemies could get stuck
- Fixed an audio glitch in the bull section of Toluca Prison
- Fixed minor blocker in Labyrinth (player was unable to exit either side of the Labyrinth after obtaining the map)
- Fixed map marker for boar lot in Toluca Prison
- Fixed map marker west of Southvale
- Fixed a bug with Maria’s navigation
- Fixed an issue where some of Maria’s lines would occur multiple times.
- Fixed an issue where the final boss was missing and a movement bug
- Fixed an issue where mannequins would get stuck in ambush mode
- Fixed interactions with items that were difficult to obtain
- Improved boss animations
- Added a guide for picking up the plate in the final puzzle of Toluca Prison
- Fixed a translation issue when changing difficulty during gameplay
- Fixed wall animation during Abstract Daddy fight based on user feedback
- Fixed an issue where the game would not progress after a cutscene when using low FPS.
- Fixed a progression-blocking issue at Brookhaven Hospital
- Fixed some issues with lights in Southvale East at night.
- Fixed an issue with the mannequin’s physics
- Fixed other minor issues with objects, collision detection, typos, lighting, drawing, and loading.
Steam®
Technology
- Fixed an issue that caused interference between game saves and controller vibration
- Improved mouse sensitivity range and value interval
- Fixed a bug related to mouse input
- Fixed a bug when using a controller
Gameplay
- Fixed door markers on Brookhaven Hospital map
- Improved traversal spots and fixed an issue where enemies could get stuck
- Fixed an audio glitch in the bull section of Toluca Prison
- Fixed minor blocker in Labyrinth (player was unable to exit either side of the Labyrinth after obtaining the map)
- Fixed map marker for boar lot in Toluca Prison
- Fixed map marker west of Southvale
- Fixed a bug with Maria’s navigation
- Fixed an issue where some of Maria’s lines would occur multiple times.
- Fixed an issue where the final boss was missing and a movement bug
- Fixed an issue where mannequins would get stuck in ambush mode
- Fixed interactions with items that were difficult to obtain
- Improved boss animations
- Added a guide for picking up the plate in the final puzzle of Toluca Prison
- Fixed a translation issue when changing difficulty during gameplay
- Fixed wall animation during Abstract Daddy fight based on user feedback
- Fixed an issue where the game would not progress after a cutscene when using low FPS.
- Fixed a progression-blocking issue at Brookhaven Hospital
- Fixed some issues with lights in Southvale East at night.
- Fixed an issue with the mannequin’s physics
- Fixed other minor issues with objects, collision detection, typos, lighting, drawing, and loading.
While it does say they’ve worked on the PS5 Pros graphical issues, it does appear people are still having issues on this console version like Luke in the above tweet. Blooper Team has acknowledged the issues, so I’d assume more fixes for the console are coming. Blooper Team hasn’t shown any signs of abandoning updates for the game.
