The game's visuals and combat were praised, but reviewers criticized the controls, voice acting, and slowdowns in the frame rate.

Investors across the region had criticized the controls as a weak attempt at halting a sharp rise in the Thai currency, the baht.

MegaTech magazine criticized the controls and difficulty.

Thunderbolt Games criticized the controls, the camera angle, and the omission of a tutorial; resulting in a 6/10.

Like Nintendo Life, they criticized the controls, claiming that they were "the worst ever."

Mc Shea criticized the controls, stating that they were inconsistent and did not respond at given times.

Allgame echoed these sentiments, praising the graphics, but criticizing the controls, referring to them as "an ordeal and will take some practice".

He also criticized the controls and visuals.

English-language critics praised the atmosphere, graphics, story and monster designs of Silent Hill 2, but criticized the controls as difficult to use.

IGN gave the Wii version a 3.5 saying that it does not give clear instructions on how to dance and also criticized the controls.