------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILENT HILL 2: RESTLESS DREAMS-ENDINGS FAQ (Spoiler-Free) Written By: Evil-Chicken Version 1.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Introduction 2. Possible Endings 3. Ending Walkthroughs 4. Conclusion/Credits/Updates/FAQ's ============================================================================== 1. Introduction ============================================================================== First off, I just decided to write a guide to the endings because I figure that it would be very useful to many people. In my own experience, when i looked for information on endings, it was scattered and not completely clear, so I thought that if I wrote an ending guide, people wouldn't have to take the time and effort to figure search several different sources for the same information. So, here it is, many people want to know ONLY how to get the endings, but have to look through specific parts of walkthroughs and parts to find what they're looking for. Not anymore, here is everything you know, in a simple/small walkthrough that's easy to read and use. The reason I chose SH 2:RD is because its the first horror-survival game that I've really loved and wanted to play over and over. The RE series is to action based and not enough horror/story based. If I wanted an action game, I'd buy GTA3. SH 2:RD is different because you can choose how hard the puzzles/enemies are. I think this is a MAJOR plus to the games replay value and enjoyment overall. And seeing is there is only 1 FAQ for the x-box version, (some people don't think to check the PS2 section) I thought it didn't cover enough info on the endings, and not clearly enough. So I'm going to elaborate them more clearly. ============================================================================== 2.Possible Endings ============================================================================== There are several factors that can go into what ending you receive. This makes it hard to get the exact ending you want sometimes. With the exception of the re-birth ending because you just have to find all the items for it. But I will go into all of that in a bit. All of the endings are great, and in my opinion, it's worth it to re-play the game over and over (with difficulty adjustments to the puzzle/monster each time) to get all of the endings that are possible. I will now go over what endings are possible to receive. A. Maria Ending B. In-Water Ending C. Leave Ending D. Rebirth Ending E. Dog Ending F. UFO Ending (Exclusive to X-Box) ============================================================================== 3.Ending Walkthroughs ============================================================================== Now its time to start on the actual walkthroughs for the endings (yay!), I WILL NOT give away any part of what happens in the ending. I will just tell you how to get them. K, here goes. A. Maria Ending In general, stay with Maria a lot, don't run ahead too much, walk whenever possible (when with Maria). When your at the hospital, visit Maria every time you pass the room. And when running towards the final boss, and there is talking and voices in the background, do not listen to them. Run as fast as you can, and get to the final boss without listening to all of it. Finally, listen to the headphones to the headphones in the hotel. The basic idea to get this ending is that you make James feel "attached" emotionally to her. Another non-crucial tip, but just to help is after leaving the cell that she is kept in (in the Labyrinth) re-enter it. One final tip, try not to let Maria get hurt. Protect her with your life. B. In-Water Ending To get this ending, basically act like you don't really care if your character dies. Don't spend much time with Maria. Don't visit Maria in the hospital. Read the diary written by the little girl that you find on the roof of the hospital. And when you encounter Angela with the knife, and you agree to hold it for her, go into your inventory and examine it once or twice during the course of your travels. Also, stay in red health. If you are hurt and you don't heal yourself at all, and you do everything else mentioned above, you should get this ending. C. Leave Ending With this ending, you do not want to become "attached" emotionally to Maria, but you don't want to do the same steps as the In-Water ending. So, when Maria is with you, always be running, don't care if she is caught up with you or not. Never visit her in the hospital, and don't talk to her when she's laying on the bed. Just leave her as soon as you get the chance. But the main difference between this and the In-Water ending is that instead of staying nearly dead, do the opposite. Try to stay in perfect health or close to that whenever you have to resources to do that (on easier combat modes this isn't hard at all). And when at the hospital, DO NOT read the diary on the ground, just walk around for a second, then try to go through the door that you didn't come onto the roof with. And another thing is, don't examine Angela's knife, just let it sit in your inventory, don't give it a second thought. D. Rebirth Ending First off, you can only get this ending after you have beaten the game once. It does not matter which ending you got on your first time through. This one you don't really have to act a certain way to get the ending. Instead, you must find the 4 ritual items hidden throughout Silent Hill. If you played the Sub-Quest, you know what one of the items is, because you are sent to go get it. One tip before you start out on this. DO NOT get the dog key. This will cause you to not get this ending. The items you are looking for are the Book Of Lost memories (found in the newsstand outside of the Texxon Gas Station.) The White Chrism (found in room 105 of the Blue Creek Apartments, on the kitchen counter.) The Obsidian Chalice (In a display case at the Silent Hill Historical Society.) And the Red Death (Dark Hotel, reading room). Then just finish the game and the ending will be different. E. Dog Ending To get this ending, it takes beating the game 2-3 times. You have 2 choices for pre-quisits to get this ending. Either you; Get the Maria, In-Water, and Leave endings, or, you get the rebirth ending. So either way you have to beat the game at least 2 times before you get this one. Anyways, first you need to get the dog key. Get this after you've found Maria in the park, go by the gas station, in between the gas station and the bowling alley, you will find a chain link fence. There is a hole in this fence that you can go through. On the other side of the fence, there is a doghouse. Look around by the doghouse and you will find the dog key. Then after you listen to Mary's voice (after watching the video tape). Go to the observation room (after leaving the room with the video tape, just go right.) And use the dog key there. When you go into that room, you will witness this ending. F. UFO Ending This ending may only be received on a replay game. The first thing you need to do is in the bathroom that you start in. Grab the blue gem. After you are locked in the room in the hospital by Laura, and you fight the odd looking monsters that hang from the ceiling, you watch a rather odd cut scene showing the camera lowering through a vent or something with Maria calling your name. After you start playing again, you are in a garden looking place. Use the blue gem here and you can see UFO's in the sky, yippee. Then when on the dock where you get in the boat. Go to the brown looking part of the dock/pier and use the stone again, make sure to do this BEFORE you get in the boat. ooh, ahh, more UFO's. Then finally, at the Lake View Hotel, when you reach room 312, use the stone yet again. But this time instead of just seeing a UFO, the game will end, and you will witness this exclusive ending. ============================================================================== 4.Conclusion/Credits/Updates/FAQ's ============================================================================== Well that's my guide to the endings. You can now easily acquire them all without having to read and scan and put together bits and pieces from other walkthroughs, and you avoided the spoilers. You now know how to get the endings, but you do not know what happens in them. This is the best way to achieve them in my opinion. If I said something wrong or if your having problems, e-mail me at kidwithnolife@hotmail.com Hmm, who would I like to thank, who would I like to thank. Well Konami for sure, for making the game. For game FAQ's for inspiring me to write this and possibly publishing it. Lets see, who else.....hmm, one day ill think of someone, hopefully. Oh wait, got someone, Miss Allie and Dark Schneider for the locations of the 3 ritual items. That was a big help. Also thanks to CJ for telling me about listening to the headphones for the Maria ending. Also big thanks to CVXFREAK/ORCA782 for the location of the 4th ritual item. And thanks to eesposi1@nycap.rr.com for alerting me that I had forgot to put down the 4th ritual item. Updates: March 13th- Wrote pretty much everything. March 14th- Wrote everything else April 10th- Fixed a couple grammatical errors and started looking for the answers to a question someone e-mailed me. April 14th- Fixed a few things wrong that I discovered because of people e-mailing me. FAQ's: I got an e-mail saying that the blue gem wasn't in the bathroom. Does anyone have an idea of why? For the person that sent me the e-mail-Make sure you loaded your previous save file to start a new one, hope that helps. For whoever asked me about the 4th ritual item, I now have it, look at the endings. If anyone else has questions/comments on my FAQ, send it to kidwithnolife@hotmail.com