Fans of Konami’s Silent Hill 2 remake have finally uncovered the secret behind the game’s mysterious photo collection.
Twitter/X user dale_robinson has solved the photo collection mystery in the Silent Hill 2 remake. Each picture in the aforementioned photo collection contains an object of interest. If you count these objects found in each photo, then count that number across the written phrase found on said photo, you’ll obtain an alphabet. For example, the open windows in photo 1 = 6. The 6th alphabet in the phrase found on photo 1 i.e. “SO MANY PEOPLE HERE!”, is “Y”. Doing this for every photo and putting together the alphabets yields a hidden message.
Silent Hill 2 Remake Photo Collection Puzzle Hidden Message Revealed
Here is a list of all the written phrases found in each photo, and the corresponding alphabets that are combined to complete the hidden message.
- 1= Y (6 windows = 6th letter of ‘SO MANY PEOPLE HERE!’
- 2= O (2 bedposts = 2nd letter of ‘NO ONE KNOWS’)
- 3= U (3 light spots = 3rd letter of ‘YOUR BEST BUDDY!’
- 4= V (1 vase = 1st letter of ‘VALENTINE’S DAY’
- 5=E (7 birds = 7th letter of ‘CHURCH ENTRANCE’)
- 6=B (4 holes = 4th letter of ‘I’VE BEEN HAPPY’)
- 7=E (4 pieces of paper = 4th letter of ‘CAREERS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS’)
- 8=E (2 lipsticks = 2nd letter of ”BEST FLAVOUR!’)
- 9=N (9 bullet holes = 9th letter of ‘HER DRAWINGS’)
- 10=H (7 lit up windows = 7th letter of ‘THEY’RE HERE’)
- 11 E (6 is on the TV = 6th letter of ‘HOW THE TIME FLIES’)
- 12= R (1 pole = 1st letter of ‘READY TO KILL IT!)
- 13 = E (3 water stains = 3rd letter of ‘THEY MUSTN’T KNOW’)
- 14= F (3 lines on the floor = 3rd letter of ‘SO FAR FROM HOME’)
- 15= O (2 boxes on wall = 2nd letter of ‘FOUR MONTHS TO GO’)
- 16= R (3 numbers = 3rd letter of ‘FOREVER TOGETHER’)
- 17= T (1 drop/1 IV = 1st letter of ‘THE NEW CLOCK’)
- 18 = W (11 tear stains = 11th letter of ‘AT LEAST SHE WAS THERE’)
- 19 = O (3 scratches = 3rd letter of ‘WHOLE WORLD AHEAD OF US’)
- 20 = D (3 marks in the bottom left, like scratches = 3rd letter of ‘MADE IT!’)
- 21 = E (4 pieces of glass = 4th letter of ‘AFTERMATH’)
- 22 = C (Hidden ‘6’ in the photo = 6th letter of ‘STILL CAN’T GET IT RIGHT’)
- 23 = A (8 bloody footprints = 8th letter of ‘OLD MAN’S ALWAYS PREPARED’)
- 24 = D (4 lights, including the reflections of the moon = 4th letter of ‘ROAD TRIP!’)
- 25 = E (2 flowers = 2nd letter of ‘BETTER LEAVE’)
- 26 = S (1 square = 1st letter of ‘SHAPE FORCES THE MIND’)
When all chosen alphabets are combined, the resultant message reads, “YOUVE BEEN HERE FOR TWO DECADES”.
Meanwhile, Mateusz Lenart, the Silent Hill 2 remake’s creative director and lead designer at Bloober Team, took to Twitter/X to congratulate the individual who solved the puzzle. He said that he knew it wouldn’t stay hidden for long. There was a theory at Bloober Team that the puzzle might be too hard for fans to solve. He added that he really wanted to make it subtle when he painted the photo collection.
To learn about other secrets found in the Silent Hill 2 remake, follow the link here.
