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Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia page locked after salty fans try to rewrite its critically-acclaimed reception (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 1 month ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Wikipedia has had to lock down the Silent Hill 2 Remake page after repeated vandalism from editors who refuse to accept that the remake of Konami's seminal horror game released to critical acclaim earlier this week.

Outright lies around the games reception and metacritic score - including one edit that said the game had "received the worst reviews imaginable" - means the page has now been put into a semi-protected state to stop unregistered users from making wild, unsubstantiated claims, including one that said Eurogamer had awarded it 0/5 stars when, in fact, it got top marks.

It's unclear what's motivating the edits, although its presumed by some to have been fuelled by the nauseating discourse that the game is "woke" because of changes made to the characters facial features and clothing.

Alternatively, it may stem from some fans' dismayed that Silent Hill 2 has been remade by Bloober Teamor, indeed, at all.

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never got that. A remake and its original counterpart can co-exist - one doesn't make the other worse or the other way around. What's the issue?

[–] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s not about the original being overtaken; these specific losers are mad because they had declared it “woke trash” before it came out, because of the redesigns of Angela, and are pitching a hissy fit that the game is actually good.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh, what's wrong with the redesign? Haven't heard of anything

[–] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They made her look like an actual teenager, which somehow equaled “making her ugly” to these weirdos.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Some people think there is this magical thing called canon. If something is canon and you heavily dislike it, it messes up your enjoyment for whole franchise and you no longer can enjoy previous entries that you grew up with.