Remastered HD collections of PS2 favorites such as Sly Cooper, Devil May Cry, and Tomb Raider have begun to appear on the PS3, complete with updated visuals and trophy capability. A recent addition to these collections is the Silent Hill HD Collection, collecting both Silent Hill 2 and the somewhat scarcer Silent Hill 3.

To start things off Silent Hill 4: The Room, one of the more adventurously diverse entries in the series, is noticeably absent from this collection. The two games that are included are mostly intact save for a few unlockable outfits for SH3 and more importantly it’s original voice overs. Purists may be outraged at this as the vocal performances of the original Silent Hill 3 are superior to the new voice over track and weren’t really in need of replacing. Mystifyingly Silent Hill 2′s original voices may be selected at game’s start however, unlike SH3. The new voice overs are serviceable, but are at times badly synched (resembling a bad kung fu movie). Many sections of cutscenes’ sound appear to be missing or synched improperly such as gunshots not matching with their sound effect or a now soundless pounding fist on a door.

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