Getting the Silent Hill 2 remake platinum is a weirdly emotional journey. It's not just about the digital trophy or the bragging rights on your PSN profile. Honestly, it’s about forcing yourself to see every single miserable, terrifying corner of James Sunderland’s psyche until there’s nothing left to uncover. You’ve got to be willing to play through the fog at least twice, though most people will end up doing three or four runs just to keep their sanity intact.
It’s tricky.
Bloober Team didn’t make this a "walk in the park" list, but they also didn't include that soul-crushing 10-star requirement from the old HD Collection. That’s the first thing you need to know. If you’re a veteran who remembers the nightmare of the PS3 trophy list, you can breathe. The Silent Hill 2 remake platinum is much more approachable, yet it still demands a weird level of obsession with the game's multiple endings and missable collectibles.
The 6-Ending Wall
You cannot get this platinum in one go. Impossible. Basically, the game has eight endings now, but you only need the six "classic" ones for the Party Like It's 2001 gold trophy. We’re talking about Leave, Maria, In Water, Rebirth, Dog, and UFO. The two new ones—Bliss and Stillness—are cool, but they won't help you get that shiny blue icon.
Most people mess up the first run by trying to be too perfect. Don't.
For your first playthrough, just live in the world. You’ll likely naturally trigger the "Leave" or "In Water" endings based on how much you heal or how often you look at Mary’s photo. Kinda poetic, right? But the real work starts in New Game Plus. That’s where you find the items for the Rebirth ritual and the legendary Dog Key. If you’re efficient, you can save-scum near the end of the Lakeview Hotel to knock out a few endings back-to-back, but you’ll still need a dedicated NG+ run for the specific items that only spawn then.
Can You Really Do a "No Guns" Run?
There’s a gold trophy called As Close as You Like, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: finish the game without killing enemies with ranged weapons.
This sounds like a death sentence.
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But here’s the secret: you can still use guns. You just can't kill with them. You can shoot a Lying Figure in the leg to slow it down, then finish it off with the steel pipe. However, if you want to make your life infinitely easier, wait until New Game Plus to find the Chainsaw. It’s stuck in a log near the beginning of the Silent Hill Ranch. Once you have that, you become the monster. The Chainsaw shreds everything, including bosses like Flesh Lip and Eddie, making the "no guns" requirement a total joke.
Just remember: shooting a balloon or a window is fine. Shooting a nurse until she stops moving? Run over.
The Collectible Nightmare
You’ve got to find 68 Memos, 26 Strange Photos, and 26 Glimpses of the Past. That’s 120 things to click on.
Missing one is easy.
The Archivist trophy is particularly annoying because one specific memo—the Cryptic Letter—only appears in New Game Plus inside a safe at Pete’s Bowl-O-Rama. If you're following a guide from someone who only played the original, you might get frustrated looking for it in a standard New Game. It’s not there. You’ve also got the Echoes trophy for the Glimpses. These are little "vibes" where the game acknowledges how things looked in the 2001 original. They’re super easy to walk past if you aren't paying attention to the audio cues.
Speedrunning Through the Fog
The Faster Than Fog silver trophy requires you to beat the game in under 10 hours.
For a first run, that’s tight. The remake is much longer than the original; a casual first playthrough usually clocks in at 15 to 18 hours. But once you know the puzzle solutions (which don't change if you stay on the same difficulty), you can sprint through the town. Skip the optional houses. Don't fight anything you don't have to. On a second or third run, 10 hours feels like an eternity. You can easily do it in five if you aren't stopping to look at the pretty lighting.
Tips for the Final Push
- Radio Silence: Do a run where you never turn the radio on. It makes the game way scarier because monsters just jump out of the dark, but it’s a required silver trophy.
- The 10-Minute Boat Ride: For the Scourge of Toluca Lake trophy, just sit in the boat for 10 minutes. Don't row. Just vibe. Check your phone.
- Save Often: Keep a manual save at the 9-square save point in the Lakeview Hotel. This is your "hub" for reloading different endings.
The road to the Silent Hill 2 remake platinum is a grind of repetition and specific choices. You’ll have to stomp on 50 enemies, smash 50 windows, and try to open 50 locked doors just to tick off the miscellaneous boxes. It’s a lot. But standing in that final hallway, hearing the dialogue change because of the choices you made, makes the whole thing feel worth it.
To make this actually happen, start by focusing your first run entirely on collectibles and the "Maria" ending, as that one requires the most specific "babysitting" of her character. Once you have the collectibles out of the way, your New Game Plus run can be a focused, Chainsaw-fueled speedrun to mop up the joke endings and the "no guns" trophy. This path keeps the frustration low and the Platinum trophy within reach without needing five separate trips through the Fog World.