SILENT HILL 2: SILENT HILL 2 100% Achievement Video Guide

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To get all achievements you will have to play thorugh the game at least twice. Once on New Game aiming for Maria ending and second time on New Game Plus to get all other endings and left out achievements.

First Playthrough:
Get all collectibles and play through the game as you like. You can play with radio on or you can turn in of for Radio Silence achievement. It doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about melee only, this is super easy in New Game Plus so concentrate on shooting 75 enemies on your first playthrough.
Archivist achievement can be obtained only in New Game, in New Game Plus one memo is replaced by different item.

If you want to close the game in two playthrough go for Maria ending.

Second Playthrough:
This will be our New Game Plus playthrough. At the start of the game you will get a chainsaw so going only melee will be very easy. Turn off the radio as well if you haven’t on your first playthrough.
We going for all the endings that give achievements on this one.

Third playthrough:
You may need to play through the game once more to clear up any missing achievements.

Pieces Unarranged – Collect all the Strange Photos in a single playthrough.

Archivist – Collect all memos in a single playthrough.

Echoes – Witness all glimpses of the past in a single playthrough.

Party Like It’s 2001 – See all classic endings (Leave, Maria, In Water, Rebirth, Dog).

Vicious Circle – Reach the “Maria” ending.

Do not investigate any personal item in your inventory.
Use the Woman Coin to solve Coin Puzzle.
Always open doors for Maria.
Open the door for Maria in room 107 of Jacks Inn and comment on her outfit.
Examine all posters and approach the central pole in Heaven’s Night.
Check on Maria in Brookhaven Hospital (C5) and in the Labyrinth Center.
Use the Ripe Apple to solve Mirror Puzzle.
Leave through the Scarlet Egg door after defeating the Red Pyramid Twins.
Do not listen to the conversation in the hallway after defeating the Red Pyramid Twins.

Making Peace – Reach the “Leave” ending.

Always keep health up.
Examine Mary’s Photo and Letter a lot.
Avoid inspecting Angela’s Knife.
Don’t check on Maria in the Hospital or Labyrinth.
Avoid triggers for other endings.
Leave through the Rust-colored Egg door after defeating the Red Pyramid Twins.
Listen to the full conversation in the long hallway before the final boss fight.

Only Way Out – Reach the “In Water” ending.

Don’t examine Mary’s Photo and Letter.
Talk to Angela at the graveyard.
Keep your health red at all time. Heal only when critical.
Use Man Coin to solve Coin Puzzle.
Avoid triggers for Maria Ending, don’t open doors for her, don’t talk with her, etc.
Don’t check on Maria in the Hospital or the Labyrinth.
Inspect Angela’s Knife in your inventory multiple times.
Use Rotten Apple to solve Mirror Puzzle in Lakeview Hotel.
Get hit and don’t heal during Twins fight.
Go through Rust-Colored Egg door at the end.
Listen to the full conversation in the long hallway before the final boss fight.

No achievement

Available only in New Game Plus.
Requires unlocked In Water ending at least once.
Get the Key of Sorrow.
Get Toluca Postcard.
Investigate Toluca Postcard in inventory and finish the game.

The Goodest Boi – Reach the “Dog” ending.

Only available in New Game Plus.
Get the Broken Key Part (Paw).
Get the Broken Key Part (Bone).
Combine the broken key parts to get a Dog Key.
Open the door to the Observation Room in Lakeview Hotel instead of Room 312.

Tinfoil Hat – Reach the “UFO” ending.

Only available in New Game Plus.
Get the Blue Gem from the Jeweller’s Store.
Inspect the Gem near 3 hidden eye symbols.
In Room 312 of Lakeview Hotel and use the Blue Gem instead watching the tape.

Defy Even Death – Reach the “Rebirth” ending.

Available only in New Game Plus.
Collect four items required for Rebirth Ending.
Finish the game.

No achievement

Available only in New Game Plus.
Get a Rusted Key from the Bowl-o-Rama Safe in Western South Vale.
Obtain White Claudia inside a Small Chest in the Brookhaven Hospital Garden.
In Room 312 and drink the White Claudia before watching the tape.

Enjoy Your Stay – Reach Silent Hill.

Nice and Cozy – Reach Wood Side Apartments.

Otherworldly – Enter the Otherworld for the first time.

Passed – Make your way out of Blue Creek Apartments.

Uncanny – Meet Maria.

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Admitted – Reach Brookhaven Hospital.

Nightmare Fuel – Defeat the Flesh Lip.

Alone Again – Survive the chase in Brookhaven Hospital.

Into the Abyss – Reach the end of the long staircase.

Unforgivable – Defeat the Abstract Daddy.

Inner Sanctum – Find His room.

A Human Being – Kill Eddie.

Glimmer of Hope – Reach the Lakeview Hotel.

Truly Special – Reach Room 312.

Obsolete – Destroy what you don’t need.

That Part of Me – Defeat Her.

No Turning Back Now – Try to leave Silent Hill in the Observation Deck area.

Let’s NOT Party! – Shoot all the balloons in Wood Side Apartments.

Leftovers – Find the pizza in Pete’s Bowl-O-Rama.

All Seems in Order – Discover the secret of Room 106.

It’s Bread – Interact with bread.

Scourge of Toluca Lake – Spend 10 minutes out on Toluca Lake.

Lumberjack – Find the chainsaw.

You Never Know… – Try to open locked doors 50 times.

This should unlock automatically.

Shattered – Destroy 50 windows.

Start smashing windows as soon as you reach the town. It’s better to do this early and forget about it.

Blunt Force Trauma – Kill 75 enemies with melee weapons.

This will unlock automatically once you go for melee only achievement.

No Big Deal – Kill 75 enemies with ranged weapons.

For this you must kill an enemy with a gun, not just shoot him once and finish him off with melee weapon. COncentrate on this during your first playthrough.

James of All Trades – Kill at least one enemy with Wooden Plank, Steel Pipe, Handgun, Shotgun and Rifle in a single playthrough.

Self explanatory.

Merciless – Finish off 50 enemies with a stomp attack.

Stomp is a melee finisher move that you can perform when enemy os on the ground.
In theory it should unlock automatically.

Faster Than Fog – Finish the game in under 10 hours.

This should unlock on New Game Plus.Even with limited exploration you should be able to finish this game in about 6h.

I Saw That Town – Complete New Game Plus on any difficulty.

New Game pLus unlock after you finished the game at least once.

As Close as You Like – Finish the game without killing enemies using ranged weapons.

This can be easily done in New Game Plus with a Chainsaw.
Also notice that you can not kill an enemy with ranged weapon but you can damage it. So you can shoot bosses or tougher enemies as long as you don’t kill them. Killing strike must be with melee weapon.

Radio Silence – Complete the game without using the radio.

Turn off the radio in your inventory as soon as you defeat first enemy.