Konami's latest "fix" for Silent Hill 2 Remake on PS5 and PS5 Pro just turned Performance Mode into a black smear nightmare. Patch 1.07 was supposed to sharpen fog, kill shadow flicker, and polish up the visuals across both consoles — instead it crushed blacks, wrecked shadows, and left players staring into the void while chasing those sweet 60fps frames.

Quality Mode sits there untouched like the smug bastard who dodged the bullet, but anyone running Performance Mode gets pixelated James in mirrors, worse strobing, and foliage that looks cursed. Reddit and ResetEra are already lighting up with the classic "how did this pass QA" chorus, and this isn't even the first time the remake's danced with technical demons on Sony hardware — the Pro launch was a mess from day one.

Konami UK dropped a quick acknowledgment on X saying the team's investigating and will share more when they have it, no timeline attached. Bloober Team's radio silence so far. The fog wins again, and the horror of broken shadows hits harder than any Pyramid Head encounter.