Silent Hill 2 Comparison Part 1 [PS2 vs PC Enhanced Mod]

I finally present you my Silent Hill 2 comparison video, showcasing all the graphical differences between the original PS2 emulated on PCSX2 and the PC release modded with Enhanced Mod. Part 1.
The PS2 version was played in 8x native resolution (4096x4096), and the PC in 1440p. Not that it makes a big difference on a 1080p monitor though, but does eliminate aliasing. I used the PS2 Greatest Hits / Restless Dreams version, which is the same thing as Director's Cut for PC.

I did two playthroughs of the game on Hard Action and Easy Puzzle difficulties, and recorded both of them in their entirety to demonstrate absolutely every single difference. So yes, I had to edit two 5-6 hour long videos at the same time, which means double editing time. Not only that, but since the material was in insane quality (with a bitrate of 230000 kbps each) and weighed around 400 GBs each, my hardware had a difficult time keeping up, even with an i5-6600K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4 RAM and fully updated editing software. Therefore, the program crashed at least 100 times and I had other unfortunate set backs, like the program constantly getting stuck and refusing to render a certain frame. So I had to split the entire thing into parts, render them separately and then put them all back together and re-render them. And all of that for the first part. Luckily, the second one should be much more straightforward.

Since I've finished this game countless times on both versions (more on PCSX2 ever since I could play it), I thought to myself "Well, I'm pretty familiar with this game, both from a technical and consumer perspective". I've actually been planning this for a very long time, and after many doubts, lack of time or simply unsuitable circumstances, I finally had enough. All the thoughts were killing me, so it was now or never.

Pardon if my accent sounds strange at times, I'm not an American or an Englishman, I come from a rather small country called Lithuania. My first encounter with this game happened when I was around 12 or 13. And yes, I got the worst version at the time - the PC version, and not even a full one. It was a rip from some Russian DVD, so all the bugs, missing/looping music and so on made the experience all the more morbid. Boy was I missing out, I needn't mention just how absolutely kickass the soundtrack is for this game. When I played, suddenly the volume would kick up to insane highs even though I was on speakers and had it set on a bare minimum both in-game and the speakers, so that my mom wouldn't wonder what the hell's going on in that room. It was like the game was haunted and the sound was literally invading. But other areas were dead quiet, and I think that silence at least partially made me pretty uneasy with the game, particularly when I knew absolutely nothing about it and my brain couldn't possibly handle the deep symbolism and the themes meant strictly for adults to fully understand. But I cried in quite a few scenes, and after finishing it once, immediately did all the endings one after another. It wasn't my first experience with Silent Hill - that was Silent Hill 3 back in 2003. Well, I'm 22 years old now and it all seems very strange.

Anyway, enough of me rambling. If you have any questions about anything, please ask. I'll be glad to respond. Enjoy!

P.S. DO NOT touch the HD collection. Avoid it like the plague. There are much, much better things you could spend your money on. Like the PS2 collection, for instance. Or the Xbox version. Or PC.

Settings used:
PCSX2 1.5.0 - OpenGL Hardware plugin, Interlacing - Auto, 8x native resolution, Texture Filtering - Bilinear (Forced), CRC Hack Level - Partial, Hardware Depth and Accurate Date checked, everything else unchecked. All recommended speedhacks.

PC - 2560x1440 resolution (1440p), everything set on maximum settings.