How to get all Silent Hill 2 endings
Oct. 15, 2024Our spoiler free guide shows you how to get every ending in Silent Hill 2 Remake
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With 8 Silent Hill 2 endings in the Remake, working out how to get them all - especially when some of them are locked behind obscure puzzles or player actions - is tricky. Whether you want to earn the original endings - Leave, In Water or Maria - or the stranger ones like UFO, Dog or Rebirth, or if you want to see the new endings added in theSilent Hill 2 Remakelike Stillness and Bliss, there’s a lot of options. All but the first three are gated behind New Game Plus, so players will have to go through the game at least once to see any of the latter ones, but if you’re willing to go through it, we’ll show you how to get all the endings in the Silent Hill 2 Remake, as well as discuss which of them is the best ending.
All Endings in Silent Hill 2 Remake
There are 8 possible endings to the Silent Hill 2 Remake, all of which we’ve laid out below, as well as whether you’ll be able to unlock them on New Game Plus or your first playthrough.
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It’s worth explaining thatthe “Leave”, “In Water” and “Maria” endings in Silent Hill 2 work on a behind-the-scenes points system,or at least something similar to that idea.
The Remake is constantly judging your actions in-game, with the idea being that Silent Hill 2 is trying to work outhow James is feeling about himself and his situation based on the actions you make him take, both in and out of combat.Some endings are based on him caring about the people he meets (or not), whereas others are based on how much he works to defend himself physically or how much self-preservation he exhibits.
It can be pretty hard to read and is always a little esoteric, but we’ll lay out the basic steps that are being measured, and what they contribute to in all the related, relevant guides.
The “Leave” ending in Silent Hill 2 is achieved by completing the game normally (it does not have to be NG+), under the following conditions.
The goal here is to meet two criteria:have James show a high level of self-preservation, while also seeming uninterested in focusing on either Maria or Mary.Healing frequently is the easiest way to ensure this - don’t spend a lot of time in low health, and you should be fine, even if you break some of the other rules.
The “In Water” ending in Silent Hill 2 is achieved by completing the game normally (it does not have to be NG+), under the following conditions.
This time around, you need to complete the game while showingJames as somebody with low self-preservation and self-regard, while also focusing on Mary - but NOT Maria.
The “Maria” ending in Silent Hill 2 is achieved by completing the game normally (it does not have to be NG+), under the following conditions.
The goal here is toshow high self-preservation (James wants to live), while also making Maria look like a high priority, but not Mary. This is probably the trickiest of the three “first playthrough” endings to achieve, as keeping Maria safe and happy is pretty fiddly, especially when something as minor as bumping into her can have a negative effect.
The Rebirth ending can only be achieved on New Game Plus, and rather than something you do through choices, this timeyou have to find four special items to add to your inventory throughout the game.
Once you have all these four items, completing the main story will automatically trigger the “Rebirth” ending, regardless of what choices or actions you’ve made along the way. This can only be cancelled by triggering the specific conditions for the endings that are listedafterthis one.
The legendary “Dog” ending in Silent Hill 2 Remake is also specific to New Game Plus, and is unlocked through the following means:
Another ending specific to NG+, the UFO ending in the Silent Hill 2 Remake is achieved through the following method:
Fulfil all these criteria and the last time you investigate the Blue Gem, in room 312, it should immediately trigger the UFO ending.
A new ending created specifically for the Remake, the “Bliss” ending is also specific to NG+. Here’s how you get it:
The last ending, “Stillness” is another of the two new finales concocted specifically for the Remake of Silent Hill 2, and specific to NG+. Here’s how you get it.
Warning: this section of the guide has spoilers for the plot of Silent Hill 2 Remake.
The Silent Hill 2 Remake has no best ending as we understand it, it’s largely a matter of opinion, and harder to break up into black and white “good/bad” binaries. Still, some endings do seem darker than others: the “Maria” ending has James not only still ignoring the worst elements of what he did to Mary, it implies the awful events may repeat themselves, with Maria coughing on the way back to the car and James telling her to get that sorted in an ominous tone of voice.The best ending is largely a matter of opinion - and what ultimate fate you think James deserves for what he did. Discarding the comedic UFO and Dog endings, in some finales he lets go of his guilt, but in those he can’t, James ends up either destroying himself or potentially going down bleak paths (such as the occult resurrection in the “Rebirth” ending). There is no truly clean ending to a game as complex as Silent Hill 2 - and there probably shouldn’t be.
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