While there’s still no release date or window for Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake, we might be getting an announcement soon, as the upcoming horror game’s ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board) has just gone live.
As one might expect, the game has gotten an “M” for Mature rating from the ESRB, and while we’re fully expecting the franchise’s blood and gore to be mentioned, the rating also mentions “pole dancing” and “sexual material.”
Silent Hill 2 ESRB Rating and Description:
This is a horror adventure game in which players assume the role of a man returning to a mysterious town while being tormented by his past. From a third-person perspective, players explore the town of Silent Hill, interact with characters, and battle humans and creatures (e.g., Pyramid Head, mannequins, monsters). Players use pistols, shotguns, rifles, and knives to kill enemies. Combat is highlighted by realistic gunfire, cries of pain, and blood-splatter effects. Some environments depict large bloodstains and/or intestines/organs on walls, floors, and surrounding bodies. Cutscenes and illustrations depict further instances of violence and/or blood and gore: characters impaled; a character suffocated to death with a pillow; enemies with body parts sewn together. The game contains some suggestive/sexual material: characters pole-dancing in strip-club settings; posters of women in revealing outfits (e.g., bra and thong, deep cleavage); dialogue alluding to sexuality and/or sexual abuse/misconduct (e.g., “Remember that time in the hotel? You said you took everything. But you forgot that videotape we made”; “Don’t touch me…You’re only after one thing…Or you could just force me, like he always did.”). The word “sh*t” appears in the game.
For those unaware, there was a myth years and years ago that there was a hidden scene in Silent Hill 2 where Maria did a little pole dancing. As far as I’m aware, nothing has come out to prove this claim. Well, it seems Bloober knew about this and finally did something about it?!
Silent Hill 2 still has no release date, but is set to be released on the PC and PS5 this year if rumors are to be believed.
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