Q 01/05

In Silent Hill 2's joke Dog ending, which breed of dog is revealed to have controlled every event in the game?

A) Akita

B) Shiba Inu

C) Corgi

D) Pomeranian

Answer · why

B) Shiba Inu

A Shiba Inu sits at a bank of levers in the secret ending, and James collapses in disbelief before the dog hops down and licks his face.

Q 02/05

Which Dostoevsky novel about a guilt-ridden killer did Silent Hill 2's writers use as the basis for its story?

A) The Gambler

B) Notes from Underground

C) Crime and Punishment

D) The Brothers Karamazov

Answer · why

C) Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment was the model: where the first game's story turned on a cult, the sequel studies one man's conscience instead.

Q 03/05

Pyramid Head's Great Knife in Silent Hill 2 was designed as one half of which giant everyday tool?

A) A pair of scissors

B) A pair of tongs

C) A pair of pliers

D) A pair of tweezers

Answer · why

A) A pair of scissors

A pair of scissors was the plan: James was meant to find the matching blade later, but the monster designer ran out of time to add a second one.

Q 04/05

Which weather effect, a Silent Hill 2 trademark, did critics complain was missing from the HD Collection remaster?

A) Rain

B) Snow

C) Fog

D) Ash

Answer · why

C) Fog

Fog had hidden rough textures and hardware limits in 2001, so thinning it for the HD Collection exposed parts of the town players were never meant to ...

Q 05/05

Which Kraków-based Polish horror studio was chosen by Konami to develop the 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2?

A) Techland

B) CD Projekt Red

C) People Can Fly

D) Bloober Team

Answer · why

D) Bloober Team

Bloober Team won the job after Konami invited several studios to pitch, bringing the horror experience of Layers of Fear and The Medium.

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