While Team Silent may or may not have intentionally made the combat in those first four Silent Hill games clunky, it served a greater purpose within the Survival Horror genre.
And the Silent Hill 2 remake will be their first taste of one of the most influential Japanese Horror games ever made.
The controls in the Silent Hill series up until Homecoming, which Team Silent didn’t develop, were pretty abysmal and received criticism from major outlets until the games effectively changed direction.
It makes Silent Hill 2 feel less tense and more like a power fantasy.