Silent Hill 2
Developer(s): Konami, Team Silent
Genre: Survival Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: IGN
Game review score: 9.0/10 (IGN)
Game description: James Sunderland goes to Silent Hill after receiving a letter written by his deceased wife saying that she is waiting for him in their "special place". Along with a girl named Maria (who strongly resembles his wife) he searches for and discovers the truth about his wife's death.
Test configuration on Windows:
PCSX2 version: | 0.9.9.r5128 (svn) |
Graphics by GSDX: | r5135 0.1.16 |
Sound by SPU2-X: | r5139 2.0.0 |
Pad plugin is LilyPad: | r5112 0.11.0 |
DVD plugin is cdvdGigaherz: | r4488 0.8.0 |
BIOS version: | USA v01.60 |
Comments: Only just started; configured, played a bit, saved game. The use of dense fog in this game results in an uneven framerate (with frame skip disabled); still, ~50-60, so not bad. Running fullscreen D3D10 mode, 2x native scaling with custom window size 1168x1022 on a 1080p TV. Dynamic vsync off. Interpolation #4, de-alias filter, Xaudio 2, latency 90ms, Timestretch w/ default settings. Disc is an ISO on HDD. Playing with Dualshock 3 using libUSB/sixaxis64. Automatic Gamefixes is on. Hack comments: Unknown if any of these make a difference, but they're what I default to:
- VU Cycle Stealing 3rd "notch"
- INTC Sync Hack
- Idle Loop Fast Forward
- mVU Flag Hack
- mVU Block Hack
PCSX2 version: | untested |
Graphics by ZZogl: | untested |
Sound by SPU2-X: | untested |
PC specs used to test the game:
CPU: | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 (stepping 02) @ 2.27GHz |
GPU: | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M (8.17.12.9551) |
Comments: FMVs won't play normally with scaled resolution and HW rendering. In other words, hit F9 when movies start :). Sound is a little wobbly in FMVs in software mode, but not unlistenable.