Konami Releases New Silent Hill 2 Remake Patch for PS5

Konami has released patch 1.08 for Silent Hill 2 Remake on PS5 and PS5 Pro, addressing graphical issues with lighting, shadows, reflections, and flickering.

The game has faced a series of graphical problems on consoles, with PS5 and PS5 Pro players frequently complaining about image quality. In August, after update 1.07 was released, players said “this game is cursed.” The patch was supposed to improve the visuals, but users found a range of new visual flaws instead.

According to publisher Konami, update 1.08 fixes numerous rendering errors and improves the game’s performance and quality modes. It is intended to address problems found after the previous patch.

Full patch notes:

Graphics

• Fixed numerous lighting, shading, and reflection rendering issues across various locations.
• Improved image stability in Performance and Quality modes.
• Fixed flickering on water surfaces, lighting effects, reflections, particles, and images in story scenes.

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from obtaining certain items.

Story scenes

• Made numerous fixes to improve the quality of cinematic sequences.

Source: iXBT.games