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There are five separate endings. Each ending is achieved based
on how the game was played. The Bad ending is the easiest to get as it requires no extra exploring, just for the player
to finish the game. The Good+ and UFO endings require experimentation and exploration. Some are quick to label
one particular ending as the absolute Canon ending based on varied conflicting sources, but Konami themselves have never officially
taken a position and have instead stated each ending presents its own unique story arc. However, it should be noted
that if one follows the series plotline as a whole, then the entire premise of the third game in the series eliminates the possibility of the "Bad" and "Bad+" endings from being
Canonical endings in the full series plotline.
- Bad: Attained by killing Cybil and not rescuing Kaufmann.
Upon finishing the game, the player sees that Harry is still in his crashed Jeep, dying, suggesting the entire game was a
hallucination.
- Bad+: If the player rescues Cybil, but not Kaufmann,
this ending is achieved. Cybil is present for the ending. Instead of fighting the demon god as the final boss, Harry instead
fights Alessa. After defeating Alessa, Harry hears Cheryl's voice through the defeated Alessa one last time. Harry sits on
the floor distraught because he realizes he has lost his daughter. Cybil tells him that they need to go, but they are trapped,
as fire rains and the Otherworld starts collapsing around them.
- Good: This ending is achieved when the player fails
to rescue Cybil but manages to rescue Kaufmann. Kaufmann shows up at the final boss confrontation with the demon god. After
Harry defeats the boss, Alessa reappears and hands Harry a baby. She then creates a portal where he escapes. Kaufmann makes
a move to follow him, but a blood-soaked Lisa Garland crawls up through the floor and stops him, dragging him screaming into a
pit. In the last scene, Harry ends up running on a dark street when the game ends.
- Good+: If the player rescues both Cybil and Kaufmann,
this ending will appear. Both Kaufmann and Cybil are present for the final battle with the demon god boss. After the demon
god is defeated by Harry, Alessa reappears and hands Harry a baby and creates a portal for him to escape. Both he and Cybil
go through the portal that lands them where Cheryl was initially found seven years ago. Cybil is then shown standing next
to Harry as he looks at the new baby he has, and the game ends. After obtaining this ending, the opening video, in which Harry
and his wife find Cheryl on the side of the road, is changed to the ending video where Cybil is with Harry looking at the
baby instead. Kaufmann's fate is the same as you would achieve if you received the good ending.
- UFO: This is a joke ending, and not considered an "official" ending by many
fans. Harry uses a 'channelling stone' in certain areas, noticing the presence of UFOs after doing so. The final time it is
done, on top of the lighthouse, a UFO lands and abducts Harry after he asks if they know where his daughter is, "She's about
this tall, black hair" (a humorous reference to the fact that Harry's line whenever he meets somebody throughout the game
is "Have you seen my daughter?", etc.) A credit sequence is then played where a song plays. A voice can be heard repeating
the name "Silent Hill" occasionally. The abduction scene is presented in several still images referencing the Mars Attacks
series of Trading Cards. This concept became so popular with fans that Team Silent included alternate UFO endings for both
Silent Hill 2 and 3. These endings appear to create a separate storyline, with the third game's UFO ending referring
to the first two games' UFO ending.
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