Despite being a good Game, i thought Silent Hill 2 was a disappointing Sequel.
I played part 3 first and then part 1, then i saw a female on the cover of Silent Hill 2, so i thought you play as a female character and that the game had some similarities with Silent Hill 3 or at least similar looking Otherworlds, but after i realized, that the new protagonist had not much to do with the old Characters, i got already disappointed. ( Would it not have made sense if they changed James Sunderland to Harry Mason? SPOILER ALERT : Both lost their wife and after the events of the first game ( or at least according to the second Movie ) they changed their identity and even their hair Color, so...they could of have used Hary Mason as the protagonist again, since their Storys would match up a little, but i got sidetracked, sorry XD )
But that was not the main Point, not only does the second game not connect to the other Games, but the Story doesnt even focus on Silent Hill itself all that much, it feels more like a Ghost Story or a Psycho Thriller.
The Other Worlds ( even if they made sense for the Story ) felt bland and boring, specially the Other World Version of the outside of the Town, which did not match up to the first game at all, overall the graphics were boring. ( like the main character )
The Story was also predictable and in the end i just questioned myself what the game had even to do with Silent Hill? Many Places, like the Apartment and the Hotel, didnt really have Other Worlds, it barely looked any different and wasnt as shocking or disturbing to me, like in the other 2 games.
The Enemys looked to much like Humans, for my taste....specially the end boss ( again, i get it, it makes sense that they used this kind of boss, but still ), i felt trolled. There was just one Type of Monster i liked, the rest were pretty boring for me and i really hated to walk trough every corner of the town, just to get the map completed and to collect every singe item. In the first Game, you have to do that as well, but your character doesnt run out of stamina at least and in Part 3, most areas are small and the town part is shorter.
And the Backstory you get, by playing the game a second time and get new documents, is just lame. I dont want to spoiler it, but the reason why Silent Hill seems to be so weird, was a cliche. A very common one in Horror Movies and i was disappointed that Silent Hill choosed this as the backstory.
Again, its a good game but from all the Silent Hill Games i played ( Part 1 to Shattered Memories ), this one is my personal worst of them all. And yes, Shattered Memories also had different Other Worlds and to human looking Monsters, but that game had more interesting concepts and gameplay elements and its faster paced.