The newly developed remake of Silent Hill 2 rewards players for trying to skip playing the game.
At the start of the game, protagonist James starts from an Observation Deck overlookingSilent Hill. He’s supposed to head down the stairs and make his way into Silent Hill, where the adventure begins.
However, asAutomatonreports, players can instead turn right and attempt to leave Silent Hill by walking down a country road in the opposite direction.
If they attempt this, the game will eventually give them an invisible wall – James is inevitably forced to face the horrors of Silent Hill – but it does at least award players with aPlayStationTrophy.
The ‘No Turning Back Now’ trophy will be awarded, with the description: “Try to leave Silent Hill in the Observation Deck area”.
Silent Hill 2is released on October 8 onPS5andPC. Developed byBloober Team, it’s a complete remake of the 2001PS2game of the same name.
Further reading
VGC’sSilent Hill 2 reviewsays the remake “proves the doubters wrong”, calling it “a faithful take on a survival horror classic”.
“Silent Hill 2 is a skilfully handled retelling of one of the medium’s most loved survival horror games,” we wrote.
“It stays faithful to the original (to a fault at times) but breathes enough new life into it to simultaneously ensure that long-time fans will appreciate the respect shown, while newcomers won’t find it antiquated.”
