- Can only run stably on a single core: both the North American and European Director's Cut version are compatible to use with the Silent Hill 2 Widescreen Fix and accompanied fix packages.
- Atmospheric fog and the shadowing are much simpler and less refined than the PlayStation 2 version.[1] See Fog Fix
- FMVs suffer significantly in quality compared to the other versions.[2] See FMV Enhacement Pack
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. See High frame rate to raise frame rate cap.
Is there a reason behind this change? I see all of the points as "objectively" negative.