When you go through the updated version Silent Hill 2 from the studio The Bloober Team you will get unusual pictures. They become collectibles, officially known as Easter eggs to the original game. In addition, players will receive a special achievement for finding them. However, that is not what these pictures hide. Recently, one of the players managed to unlock their secret meaning. As it turns out, the photos contain a symbolic message for fans of the series Quiet Hillwhich became a real revelation and inspired new theories and discussions.
Each of the 26 pictures in the game contains elements – windows, spots, signs or objects – which, if counted carefully, indicate a specific letter in the captions of the pictures themselves. Using these letters, the player could form the sentence: “You have been here for two decades” (translation: “You’ve been here for two decades) This cryptic message refers to the 20th anniversary of the original game, adding depth to the symbolism in the remake .
To decrypt the text, Dale Robinson he worked hard. For example, the six open windows in one of the pictures indicated the sixth letter of the phrase “SO MANY PEOPLE HERE!”, which provided the letter Y. Likewise, the remaining letters were found to be a phrase that supports James’ theory of a symbolic journey and return to nightmare Quiet Hill forty years later.
The extended line not only plays on nostalgia, but also suggests that the theme of “eternal return” and James’s tight memories are still relevant. That could mean Quiet Hill and the horrors that happened there live on in the player’s mind, creating a “vicious circle” effect where the nightmares never go away.
