2012’s Silent Hill HD Collection is perhaps best known by fans for inexplicably changing the Silent Hill Ranch sign font to Comic Sans. It was a tweak to the beloved original that baffled Silent Hill fans and has become infamous in the 12 years since the HD Collection’s release.
Fans had wondered which font Bloober would go with for its remake ahead of release, and so now with early access available it has come as some relief to discover the developers did indeed ditch the HD Collection’s Comic Sans sign in favor of the original’s. X/Twitter user @Wario64 showed off this new/old look.
not comic sans 🙁 pic.twitter.com/K6ZAmpG5dg
— Wario64 (@Wario64) October 6, 2024
However, Silent Hill 2 Remake players have discovered that if you clip through or go out of bounds in the PC version when at Silent Hill Ranch, you can find the HD Collection’s Comic Sans sign among other discarded rubbish in an abandoned warehouse (right where fans will say it belongs).
Twitter/X user @GmanLives surfaced the change, since verified by other users, declaring Silent Hill 2 Remake GOTY for this awesome nod to Silent Hill HD Collection.
So if you clip through the ranch at the start of the Silent Hill 2 remake you can find the comic sans font sign hidden away inside. GOTY. pic.twitter.com/J855Vtk8am
— GmanLives (@GmanLives) October 7, 2024
The apparent Easter egg is certainly going down well with Silent Hill fans. “… Bloober Team and Konami are genuinely amazing for that,” said NONAMEDREDDITER. “… Bloober are officially god tier,” added Low-Positive5888. “Bloober, my heart grows bigger and bigger for you every day,” said stinkyratboiii. “Suck it HD Collection!” declared cyb0rganna.
Generally, Bloober’s Silent Hill 2 Remake is going down well with fans and it’s certainly a hit with critics. However, trolls are trying to ruin the fun — the Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia page had to be locked down after its list of review scores from the press was edited to make them lower. Check out the Silent Hill 2 Remake’s global release times to find out when it’s playable in your region.
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