Silent Hill 2 Soft Lock?

So to start off, I tried both version 1.4.0 and 1.5.0 (as of June 21st 2019) of PCSX2, and both Original and Greatest Hits USA versions of SH2 (loading from ISOs). Menu loads fine, FMV runs smoothly

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