Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2 doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.

1. Action and Riddle difficulty are set separately, so you can keep fights easy and puzzles hard, or the other way round.
2. The pocket radio crackles when a monster is near; listen to it before you walk into a dark room.
3. Downed enemies aren't dead until you stomp them, so finish every one off before moving on.
4. Red squares are save points; there's no autosave, so use them whenever you pass one.
5. James marks locked doors and clues on your map automatically, so check it often instead of trying every door twice.
6. You don't have to beat Pyramid Head in his set-piece fights; dodge and survive until the scene ends.
7. How you treat your health, how often you look at certain items and how you treat Maria all quietly change which ending you get.

Tap a secret to reveal it.

• Pyramid Head was designed by artist Masahiro Ito.
• Akira Yamaoka composed the score and also worked as the game's sound director.
• The Xbox release, Restless Dreams, added Born from a Wish, a side story starring Maria.
• The town's trademark fog began in the first game partly as a way to hide the PS1's short draw distance.