Success of Silent Hill 2 remake led its opponents to vandalize the game’s Wikipedia page

In a pleasant surprise, the remake of “Silent Hill 2″has been almost universally critically acclaimed, bringing new life to one of the greatest horror classics in the entire video game industry.

However, this success has not gone down well with some of the game’s opponents, who resorted to vandalizing its Wikipedia page to insert misinformation about the title’s reception.

According to media such as Eurogamer, people still unknown edited the Wikipedia page for “Silent Hill 2” to add phrases like it received “the worst reviews imaginable.” He also modified the score received by the game, removing several points to give the appearance that the title was vilified by the specialized press.

The cause of these changes or the animosity is still unknown, although it can be speculated that it has to do with the opinion that the remake’s developers, Bloober Team (“The Medium”, “Layers of Fear”), He was not up to the task of ‘touching’ a title as important as “Silent Hill 2.”

Others have pointed out that the game has become very ‘woke’, a term used on the web to refer to any cultural production that has supposedly compromised its quality or integrity with aspirations related to social justice, gender equality, respect for the LGBT+ community. and more causes considered “progressive.” In the case of “Silent Hill 2″, these criticisms focused on the change in the design of Maria’s character, highly sexualized in the original game.

For the moment, Wikipedia has responded to these changes by blocking any editing of the article by unknown users.

“Silent Hill 2″ is available from October 8 for Windows and PlayStation 5 users.