for some reason the low health indicator in the PC port of Silent Hill 2 is a screenshot of the wall that you meet Laura sitting on in a cutscene???

I was looking over old update videos for the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition mod and I noticed when they were showing off the updated skybox texture for the lookout area that they added in just off-screen (the area highlighted in red is the only portion of the texture visible in-game) the island church from one of the endings that itself is only barely visible in game.

I was thinking about this again and I found the full, clean images, on the project’s Github page if anyone wants them

I was thinking about this again again and I thought I’d consult a map of the area too. This is a fanmade map by Guy-onthe-Couch on Deviantart that combines in-game maps from the games into one big map. It's obviously quite undetailed outside of what is there for gameplay and it doesn’t really match the skybox very well but it’s interesting anyway to try and see what might line up.

The white lakeside structure on the right is presumably the Lake View Hotel, a nice addition to the skybox as it is the final destination of the game. That being on the very right and the island being (offscreen) on the far left indicates we are only seeing a very narrow slice of this map from the observation area where this skybox is from (in the bottom right of the map) and that the amusement park would be just off to the right of what can be seen.

It's time to close out Ol' Jimmy Sund's journey through the fog as we finish up Silent Hill 2! Hope to see you there!

Art by @teamcatple