The player discovered a secret message in the remake of Silent Hill 2 – the developers were afraid that the riddle would be too difficult

The fog-shrouded town of Silent Hill from Silent Hill 2 holds many secrets, but Konami’s remake of the cult horror game has recently lost one less secret. Warning: possible spoilers.

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We are talking about the mystery of 26 Polaroids that protagonist James Sunderland can find throughout the game. The photographs were marked with numbers and accompanied by cryptic captions.

Almost a month after the release of the remake, user DaleRobinson from the Reddit forum reported that he had solved the mystery of the photos: each of them hid a clue to a letter in the caption, which added up to a secret message.

Example photo with caption (image source: GameRant)

«I knew the secret wouldn’t last long! Although we had a theory in the office that the riddle might be too complicated. When I drew these photographs, I really wanted to make [the clues] not obvious,” recalls Lenart.

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Gamers can’t agree on what exactly the secret message is hinting at – that fans have been playing Silent Hill 2 for over 20 years or that James is actually stuck in a time loop (a popular fan theory).

The remake of Silent Hill 2 was released on October 8 on PC (Steam) and PS5. The game has earned high marks from critics and users. Sales of the project in the first three days after release exceeded 1 million copies.