Silent Hill HD Collection Includes Original Voice Overs for Silent Hill 2 March 20, 2012

Just a very quick post script here folks because I know there was a huge issue about this for the past few months.  Shortly after Konami announced that they were re-releasing Silent Hill 2 and 3 with the Silent Hill HD Collection they announced that the updated game would feature brand new voice overs.

Based on a lot of the comments I read on several internet retailers, the internet very quickly went into an uproar over this news.  Silent Hill 2 had been out for so long that its original audio was just as classic as the rest of the game, and many fans did not want the audio changed for the HD Collection.  The Silent Hill HD Collection, which originally was intended for release towards the end of 2011 got delayed, and delayed.  I heard some musings online that the reason for the delays was because Konami changed their mind and decided to include the original voice over along with the new voice recordings.

I’m happy to inform everyone that the original voice over for Silent Hill 2 is included in the released retail version of Silent Hill HD Collection.  Since I live in North America, my version is NTSC region 1, so I can’t speak for any other versions of the game that may have released in other territories.  If you live in Europe or Japan and would like to post a comment about this feel free to.

UPDATE:  Silent Hill HD Collection features new voice overs for Silent Hill 3, but unlike Silent Hill 2, does not offer the option to play with the original voice over.

Expect an unboxing very soon!