Silent Hill 2 Remake Endings: How To Unlock All Endings, Including New Ones

In revisiting Silent Hill 2, developer Bloober Workforce has remained fairly trustworthy to the unique game—most of the story and dialogue are unchanged, and whereas lots of puzzles have been altered, they have an inclination to stay true to the spirit of these within the authentic. Silent Hill 2 additionally maintains the a number of endings of the 2001 launch, however consistent with the remainder of the remake’s philosophy, it appears to have modified the way you unlock them, whereas including a couple of new ones, as properly.

There are eight whole endings to the Silent Hill 2 Remake, with two new ones added to the six that had been beforehand accessible in numerous Silent Hill 2 releases. That features the 4 authentic endings and two notorious joke endings. We have been scouring Silent Hill 2 for all the knowledge we will get in regards to the puzzles, story, and endings, with a view to compile every thing you want to unlock all of them.

This is tips on how to unlock every of Silent Hill 2 Remake’s endings.

Notice: Clearly, this information accommodates ending spoilers, though we’re attempting to attenuate them. This information can also be a work-in-progress as we preserve enjoying by means of Silent Hill 2 Remake and its new recreation plus mode to unlock all its endings. We’ll replace it as we uncover extra.

That is the ending that gamers appear almost definitely to get, and is taken into account the «good» ending, as far as any ending of Silent Hill 2 is sweet. This one has James coming to phrases together with his scenario and leaving Silent Hill with Laura.

As with the unique launch of Silent Hill 2, the three major endings to the sport appear to be dictated by your habits all through a playthrough. The precise necessities for the Go away ending are probably a little bit hazy, however as within the 2001 recreation, they often appear to require James exhibiting dedication to Mary over Maria. Spend as little time with Maria as you’ll be able to, do not go to her repeatedly, and possibly do not present an excessive amount of need to avoid wasting her when she’s in bother. You also needs to attempt to preserve James at full well being each time attainable, and it’d assist to examine Mary’s photograph in your stock a couple of occasions throughout your run as properly.

If the «Go away» ending is about James’ dedication to Mary, the «Maria» ending is the other. Right here, James leaves Silent Hill with Maria on the finish of the sport.

The necessities right here appear to be the other of these within the Go away ending. Attempt to spend extra time with Maria, holding her near James after they’re together—so do not dash off and go away her. Prioritize serving to Maria if she will get into bother with monsters and assist preserve her from taking injury. Keep away from taking a look at Mary’s photograph, and when Maria suggests something—like main you towards Laura when she heads to Brookhaven Hospital—listen to her moderately than heading off in a special route to discover.

The worst of the three major endings, In Water sees James succumbing to his grief and trauma and selecting loss of life over life.

The first driver for this ending appears to be enjoying James as if he would not care about himself. You wish to keep away from «extreme» healing—that is, therapeutic James instantly after he is harm or as much as and over full well being; as a substitute, heal him solely when it is dire, and with out overdoing it. You’ll be able to inform when James is broken by the blood spots on his jacket; should you heal with a well being drink after two or three hits, James will possible nonetheless be a little bit harm, permitting you to keep away from over-healing, or utilizing extra therapeutic than is important to get him to full well being. By the identical token, do not use syringes, that are sufficient to completely heal James, until loss of life is imminent. You too can strive inspecting the knife in James’s stock once in a while throughout your playthrough, which means that James is considering hurting himself.

The Ritual ending solely turns into accessible after you have overwhelmed the sport as soon as and unlocked the New Sport Plus mode, which makes a number of further gadgets accessible all through the sport. On this paranormal ending, James rows out to a sacred spot on an island in Toluca Lake and makes an attempt to resurrect Mary with an occult ritual.

We’re nonetheless engaged on discovering the parts for this ending, however it appears possible that it hews carefully to what’s within the authentic Silent Hill 2. In that recreation, you wanted 4 gadgets to achieve the ritual ending: the Ebook of Misplaced Reminiscences, the White Chrism, the Obsidian Chalice, and the e book Crimson Ceremony.

If the UFO and Canine endings are any indication, it appears this stuff may not be of their identical areas from the 2001 recreation. Nonetheless, all you want to do for this ending is use all 4 gadgets after which full the game—but it is best to then keep away from doing the issues required for the UFO ending or the Canine ending (together with discovering the entire Canine key).

To get this ending, you want to begin a New Sport Plus run and discover a new merchandise: the Canine key. Grabbing it requires scouring the city of Silent Hill when you’ve the power to go looking its streets, earlier than you full Brookhaven Resort. First, test Massive Jay’s pet store on the nook Katz Road and Neely Road, earlier than heading to Wooden Facet Flats. Within the again room of the shop, inside a pet service, you may discover the Damaged Key Half.

After visiting Rosewater Park and assembly Maria, you may once more get entry to the streets of Silent Hill, albeit in a brand new space. Hold your eyes out within the neighborhood right here for a canine home, which was previously behind a closed gate. You will get the second merchandise, the Bone Key, inside it. Mix the 2 gadgets to make a whole key. Reserve it till you attain the Lakeview Resort on the finish of the sport, and after watching James’s video tape, use it to open the close by Remark Room.

That is one other bizarre one which requires participating in a number of steps, and in addition suggests another intelligence working behind the scenes in Silent Hill.

We’re nonetheless working by means of this ending, however the clues recommend additionally, you will wish to pull out the Blue Gem at Toluca Lake—likely on the dock after finishing the jail, earlier than rowing throughout to Lakeside Resort.

The ultimate location will likely be inside Lakeside Resort. We’ll replace this part of the information as we nail down precisely the place that’s.

You too can discover many areas all through the sport the place you’ll be able to set off Reminiscences, or freeze-frames that reference occurrences within the authentic Silent Hill 2, acknowledging parts which have been modified between the 2001 model and the remake. The Polaroids and Reminiscences every reward you with a Trophy/Achievement should you discover all of them, however provided that you get all of them in a single run by means of the sport. It appears attainable that both the Polaroids, the Reminiscences, or each are associated to the Silent Hill 2 remake’s new endings, and we’ll replace this part of the information as we uncover extra particulars.

There are lots of extra puzzles and complicated sections within the Silent Hill 2 remake. For extra assist with Bloober Workforce’s remake, use our Silent Hill 2 Remake guides hub.