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|Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams Walkthrough FAQ |
|(c) Copyright 2002-2003 Conquerer |
|Game Title: Silent Hill 2 |
|Publisher: Konami |
|Developer: Konami TYO |
|Platform: Xbox Video Game System |
|Genre: Action/Adventure/Puzzle/Horror |
|Origin: Japan |
|Number of Players: 1 |
|Released Date: 12/21/01 |
|ESRB Rating: M for Mature |
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E-mail: Conquerer13@hotmail.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MAIN
1. UPDATES
2. FAQS
3. TIPS AND STRATEGIES
4. DIFFICULTY SETTINGS
MAIN SCENARIO - LETTER FROM SILENT HEAVEN
5. STORYLINE
6. CHARACTERS
7. ENEMIES
8. WEAPONS
9. CONTROLS
10. WALKTHROUGH
11. SPEED WALKTHROUGH
12. ENDING REQUIREMENTS
13. RANKING
14. WEAPON/ITEM LIST
15. SAVE POINT LOCATIONS
16. MEMOS
SUB SCENARIO - BORN FROM A WISH
17. STORYLINE
18. CHARACTERS
19. ENEMIES
20. WEAPONS
21. CONTROLS
22. WALKTHROUGH
23. SPEED WALKTHROUGH
24. RANKING
25. WEAPON/ITEM LIST
26. SAVE POINT LOCATIONS
27. MEMOS
MISCELLANEOUS
28. COOL AND SCARY THINGS
29. MY PERSONAL REVIEW
CONCLUSION
30. CREDITS
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MAIN
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1. UPDATES
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Most Recent Updates:
[07/28/03]
Added 2 more cool and scary things, 2 more FAQs, and put square brackets
around the dates for the updates. Also added 4 more memos and corrected
Crismon to Crimson throughout the FAQ.
[07/12/03]
Added 12 more memos to the section and added 2 more cool and scary things
that were forgot about in the last update.
[06/18/03]
Many updates made. Added strafing to the tips section, updates on memos
and added 14 more. Added the Hyper Spray part in the ranking section,
updates on the ranking section for both scenarios, updates on the weapon/
item/map list and added the Dog Key in there. There's now an Available
section in the secret items part of the list. Changed the C.A.S.T so
everything is in order, added more C.A.S.T, updates on the save/load
screen in the tips section. many updates on the PH boss fight - Added a
way better strategy. Updates on weapons, added walk/run control to the
control sections. Updates on the Trick or Treat puzzle, found out that the
Blue Creek Map's name was the West Apt. Building and changed it and added
the 10-Star Ranking to the ranking section. Also changed some more
controls from PS2 to Xbox.
[06/13/03]
First sent in. Created a FAQ for SH2 RD from my SH2 FAQ, changing certain
things and added "Restless Dreams" in the ASCII.
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2. FAQS
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is this game like Resident Evil?
A: Some may say, but it is VERY different and is amazing in its own way.
Q: How many version are there of Silent Hill 2?
A: 5. For PS2: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (Greatest Hits) , Silent Hill
2: Restless Dreams (JPN), Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut, and for Xbox:
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.
Q: How many endings are in this game?
A: 6 for the Main Scenario and 1 that's not really an ending for the
Sub Scenario
Q: Would you recommend me to buy this game?
A: Yes, this game can be for many gamers. To tell the truth, I wasn't
really interested in games like this even close to how I like them now.
I just bought Silent Hill 2 because it was scary. But I realized many
more reasons why this game is good. See my review for more details.
Q: If I have Silent Hill for PlayStation, should I buy this one?
A: If you enjoyed it, yes, definitely. But if you didn't really like it
then I suggest you at least rent it.
Q: About how long do you think it would take for me to beat this game?
A: It actually took me over 8 hours to beat Silent Hill 2. But I
explore a lot. It should take you at least 4 hours your first time,
that is if you're really good in these games. Around 6 hours is
probably average.
Q: I am convinced to buy this game now, what version should I get.
A: If you live in North America, get Greatest Hits, in Europe get
Director's Cut, in Japan get Restless Dreams. For Xbox, get the only
version which is Restless Dreams.
FAQ/Walkthrough Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What do you mean by "examine"?
A: Go up to whatever is mentioned and press A
Q: I can't find a certain item, where can I find it?
A: Check the Weapon/Item/Map List, although every item location and where
you use the item is described in the walkthrough section
Q: I can't solve a certain puzzle, can you help me?
A: Every puzzle is described in detail in the walkthrough but if you are
really having trouble, just e-mail me.
Q: I need to find a place to save but I can't find one, where is one?
A: Check the Save Point Locations section
Q: Do you ever describe where ammo is in this FAQ?
A: In puzzles, yes. But no where else unless I say "If you need ammo, go
here."
Q: I have the GH Version, how do I load my data from the original version?
A: Your data is recognized but you cannot load you file if you were in the
middle of a game. You won't need to load your game so just start a new
game and save like you normally would. After you beat the game once
though, load your game and go to New Game to do it safe. Do the same with
the Xbox Version.
Q: When I try to enter Room 109 1F in Blue Creek Apartments, I can't
open it. What's wrong?
A: I get this question all the time, but I have never had a problem with
it. You probably need to see Edie in Room 101 1F of the north Wood Side
Apartment building or you may have to check the note on the Room 209 2F
door, in Blue Creek Apartments.
Q: I can't find the Dog Key. Where is it?
A: First, you need to receive the In Water, Leave, and the Maria Ending
in the same file. Then load your game and start a new one. Then when
you're exiting Rosewater Park, keep going straight and you should enter
and open lot with a Dog House with the key it it. If there's a fence
there, you haven't done it right.
In the future there may be for FAQs. If you have a question, just e-mail
me and I will gladly answer it. I will probably put it up here and answer
it too.
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3. TIPS AND STRATEGIES
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Menus
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Main Screen
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Beginning Video
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Is there a beginning video in this game? Yes, but it takes time for it to
come up, around a minute. It is always the same so it won't change when
you beat the game. there are a few scenes which are not in the game
because they were taken out.
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New Game
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Starting a New Game isn't like continuing from the file you beat the game
in. If you start a new game without loading your game it will be
overwritten when you save. Try to avoid this a load your game whenever
you want to play again. But if you want to just play a new game you can
use this. And your first time through Silent Hill 2 you will have to start
a New Game.
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Continue
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This option will only work when you have a game saved on your Memory Card
or Hard Drive. If not you won't be able to use it because there is nothing
to continue from. When you use the Continue option you will start from
where you last saved. It loads very fast which is a good thing. This loads
the most recent save from your memory so in order to load another game you
will need to use the Load option to load the other file. Once you beat
Silent Hill 2 you can use the Continue option to load your stats and then
start another game safely.
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Load
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You you load you game it is just like continue, only you see the load
screen and get to use which file you want to load. So if you want to load
a different file that was saved most recent, you will have to use the Load
option to load the game. This option can also be used for loading games
the not most recent files that are completed. But if the most recent file
has the game cleared you can just use Continue to load it faster.
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Option
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Yes, it is called Option but they do mean Options. In the Options menu you
can change things like the control style, walk/run control etc. Check out
the Controls section for more info.
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Loading and Saving Your Game
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After you beat a game of Silent Hill 2 you will see a ranking screen with
all of your stats from the game you just played. When you load your game
after you saved the Clear Data it will go to that same ranking screen.
Press A and then go to New Game and select the Action and Riddle Mode
(Only Action Mode in Sub Scenario). It is important to do this because
if you just turn on Silent Hill 2 after you beat the game already and just
start a new game it is not the same file and when you save it will
overwrite your other date, if saved on the same file. So that game will be
lost which is not good. But you can save it on a different file if you
wish, but I recommend getting all the endings on one save file. If you
wish, you can make an alternate save just in case you think you won't beat
some part, if you want to do a certain thing at that part whenever you
want or more things like that. Even right after you beat the game and you
want to play again you still have to load your game and then make a new
game. This happens to many people very often and might happen to you. But
as long as you listen to the above instructions you'll be fine.
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Save/Load Screen
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When you save or load your game there is your file (if you have one) and
spots for other possible saves. This is only one part of the Save/Load
screen. You can use the D=Pad to go left or right and see your total time
for a file or which endings you have. Below is what each letter means:
(No particular order for this list)
L - Leave
M - Maria
W- In Water
R - Rebirth
D - Dog
U - UFO
X - Sub Scenario
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Game Basics
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Don't let sounds scare you
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Camera
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The camera angles in Silent Hill 2 may be annoying to some people but I
don't find them at all. But most of the time you can change the camera
angle so it is behind your character like in buildings and sometimes on
the street. But in some angles it will just go a little bit father than
you're current angle and sometimes you won't be able to see your character
but you can just let go of the button. To reposition the camera angle
like mentioned above press and hold the Left Trigger. In buildings it will
stay behind your character when you hold it for a little but but to see
further on the streets you will need to hold the Left Trigger to keep the
view. You can also free-look whenever you want. Hold the Left Trigger and
move the Right Thumbstick to the direction you want to look at. In large
area you character's head will just move but it can look cool. But it
usually shows you the direction that you hold.
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Static and Sudden Noises
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Yeah, sure they're scary but you don't need to turn around on the long
beginning pathway. Sounds of somewhat similar to a dog's bark will be
heard and may scare you. Other sounds like sudden noises are just to
make you feel scared. You have the Radio for a reason, so when it's on,
there is only a monster near you when you hear the static from the Radio.
But You cannot hear the static when Doormen and near you unless the are
very close to you. But if you hear a sudden crash and the Radio is on,
don't worry about it. The Radio doesn't appear to work in Boss Fights
but you don't really need it, it would probably just annoy you and you
already know the enemy is there. So when you hear a sound don't always
think it's an enemy and keep your Radio on.
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Sounds and Subtitles
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As you will notice when you watch videos in Silent Hill 2, there is a lot
of sounds and character lines. Subtitles will capture everything said
and will capture what James is thinking and some points. He doesn't talk
out loud always because he is usually alone but he does sometimes.
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Using the Map
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Yes, you have a map in this game. It should be your best friend. It guides
you on your journey in Silent Hill. You will get several maps, usually
when you enter a building. For one area, James draws his own map, since
there obviously wouldn't be one hanging around in that area. Your map is
VERY useful. If you are using the FAQ to guide you through Silent Hill 2
then you will need to use the map to figure out where to go in most areas.
But don't worry, I describe every location for all the maps and there's
even a Weapon/Item/Map List in this FAQ, so check out that if you can't
find a map. In dark areas, you will only be able to view your map with
your Flashlight turned on or light spots in dark areas. To view your map
just simply press the Y. You can also go to Map in the Menu but why do
that when you can just press Y? To be honest, I use my maps a lot. I know
how to beat the game without this guide or the Strategy Guide but I still
find the maps very useful and you should too. Without a map for some areas
you can be completely lost so use it wisely.
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Using the Radio and Flashlight
==============================
In Silent Hill 2 you will receive a Radio and a Flashlight whether you
like it or not; you have to get them. But why wouldn't you want them? They
are both very excellent devices and can't be turned on or off. You first
find the Radio and it appears to be broken, with a strange message on it
when you get it. But as you find enemies you will notice that it will
create static. This is simply to alert the player that there's an enemy
nearby. The monsters cannot hear this so it is pointless to turn it off.
The Radio is actually very helpful because some enemies can be right in
front of you and you can't hear them, and the camera isn't always on them
so keep the Radio on. You find the Flashlight after the Radio but it is
very useful, too. You don't need it right away because you are outside
and it's light at the time. You will need to use it in dark areas for a
few reasons: You won't be able to view your map unless you find a light
spot, you can't unlock doors with keys because it just says they're locked
and James can't find the keyhole anyway, You can't use other object from
the menu because it says it can't be used here and you wont be able to
pick up items unless they are in light spots. So be smart and keep your
Flashlight on most of the time. Apparently you can turn your Flashlight off
and just simply walk by enemies but I have tried this and it doesn't seem
to work. If it has worked for you, e-mail me and tell me what you did. You
can toggle your Flashlight on and off with the White Button. Keeping it on
in the day light is pointless but it doesn't waste the battery, so if you
keep it on it's fine.
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Memos
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You may not think so but these can be useful. Especially for certain
puzzles. Memos are gathered after viewing notes that you find; not all
notes are memos for some reason, though. But in the Memo Section of this
FAQ you will find even some that don't count as Memos.
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Running
=======
Yeah, you may not feel so tough running away but the monsters in Silent
Hill 2 are worth running away from. Especially, on the streets, try not to
waste your time killing demons because it is pretty pointless, unless you
are going for a better Ranking. Running away from demons doesn't make you
a wussie. It is actually quite smart to do this. But if you are trapped
you can't really run so just deal with the enemies.
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Ammo Conservation
=================
A very important thing, very important. You don't want to go around Rambo
style shooting everywhere; you will run out of ammo very quickly. Shooting
an enemy on the ground can be pointless on Normal and Hard Action Mode
because they have a lot of health. And remember, shooting an enemy just
makes it prone so James can kick it, always remember to kick enemies to
finish them off. But on easier Action Modes it can be easier to kill
enemies enemies with guns.
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Melee Weapons
=============
You have them for a reason. For ammo conservation. When you're running low
on ammo or don't even have a gun you should use a melee weapon. There is
a few of them. There is Wooden Plank, Steel Pipe and Great Knife. Best
overall would be Steel Pipe, but Wooden Plank is the easiest one to use
and the Great Knife is the most powerful weapon in the game, although it
lacks in speed.
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Soft Reset
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What is Soft Reset? Well, it is a function so that once you're in the game
you don't have reset the console to get back to the Main Menu. For many
other games you actually do have to reset the console. Once you're in the
game just hold Start and Back for about 3 seconds and you will be
transported to the Main Menu. You might be wondering, why for 3 seconds?
Well, would you want it to go back to the main menu when you pressed these
2 buttons when you were doing good and/or hadn't saved in awhile? I'm sure
you'd feel frustrated so instead of only pressing them, you hold them,
which is good enough.
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Combat Strategies
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Suggested Weapons
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Patient Demons
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These enemies are easy to find and easy to kill. When you encounter one
on the streets, just simply run by it. Inside buildings the best weapons
would be the Wooden Plank and the Handgun. If low on ammo use the Wooden
Plank but if you're fine the handgun would be the best weapon. One would
think that the Shotgun is good on Patient Demons but it isn't really.
If you are at medium range it takes about the same amount of shots. And
the Shotgun takes longer to ready your aim and the firing rate is too
slow. The Handgun is the best way to deal with patient Demons.
In the Sub Scenario the easiest and best way to deal with Patient Demons
is to use to the Revolver. On the streets, there isn't much of a point to
but it can be fun to use the Chinese Cleaver.
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Giant Roaches
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Roaches aren't much of a threat but they can really annoy you and lower
your health to red. You want to try to make James step on it with his heel.
If you can't seem to this this and the Roach is really annoying you, you
should only use the Handgun, 1 shot. Shotgun is just ridiculous, although
I don't think they're anywhere when you have the Shotgun, except for the
Roach Trap.
In the Sub Scenario, try to make Maria step on the Roach with her heel but
if you have trouble just shoot one Revolver shot at it to take care of it.
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Mannequins
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The enemies won't cause much harm at all if you know what you're doing.
The appear to be on standby when you aren't close to them but the start up
when you move closer. You can just use the Handgun will ease, but you can
also you use Wooden Plank or the Steel Pipe and it can be pretty easy. But
if you're gonna try to use the Great Knife on one, I suggest you use the
Hyper Spray first.
In the Sub Scenario with Maria just use the Revolver with ease or use the
Chinese Cleaver to show it who's boss.
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Nurse Demons
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Nurse Demons are slightly more strong than Patient Demons. It is best to
only use the Handgun. Probably the best and only weapon to kill Nurses.
They carry Steel Pipe so watch out and keep your distance.
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Underhangers
------------
There is no real point in killing Underhangers. You only encounter under
10 and you can dodge them very easily. Just run by them on the opposite
side of them if you can. But if you really feel like killing them use the
Shotgun. It should only take a few shots and since you can't kick the
demon it will just die and fall off the gated floor.
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Doormen
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You only encounter 4 of these demons and a Boss version of one. The one
and only suggested weapon is the Shotgun. Usually 2 shots and it will fall
to the ground. You won't always have to kick them once they're prone
unless you're on higher difficulties. For the Boss Doorman, use the
Shotgun and fire only 2 shots each time and it will fall to the ground.
Try to run to the other side of the rom before it gets up and do the same
It only takes about 6 shots to kill the monster, so it isn't that hard.
Never use the Rifle on Doormen, it takes way to long to ready your aim,
firing rate is too slow and it inflicts just about the same power at the
Shotgun at close range. The Handgun is too weak though, so just stick with
the Shotgun.
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Pyramid Head
------------
Once word, run. Whenever you encounter this "red pyramid thing" you should
always either run the opposite direction or run past it if you can. But
when you encounter Pyramid Head in a Boss situation use the Handgun for
the first battle. Or you can just not shoot it at all and just run back
and fourth to each side. I think it does take longer to do this but you
save a lot of bullets. For the Pyramid Head Duo use the Hunting Rifle
because of its power and the Pyramid Heads don't move to fast. Try to fire
around 1-3 shots but near the end they go slower and you can try to take
off 4 shots. You can also use the Handgun and fire a lot more shots but
its power is way weaker and it could take a lot longer. Just stick with
the Hunting Rifle.
===============
Kicking Enemies
===============
When you use a weapon on a demon it just makes it prone so James can kick
it. Or Maria in the Sub Scenario. So after the enemy falls to the ground
you will have to go up to the demon and kick it to finish it off. This is
why the static doesn't stop once the demon is on the ground, because it
isn't dead yet. Sometimes the demon may already be dead, so you won't
have to kick it. But if the Radio's static stops it is ok.
===============
Pushing Enemies
===============
Yes, you can actually push enemies. In 2 instances near the end of the
game you have to do this but I won't spoil it for you. To push an enemy
just simply run at it and your character will be running on the spot, in
front of the enemy but it will slowly be forced to move and you can get by.
You don't have to do this anywhere else but if an enemy is blocking your
way and you don't feel like killing it just push it out of the way. I
don't think it's possible to push Doormen but I am not sure of it. I
wouldn't try it anyway, it's a risk of being attacked. This will work best
on Mannequins because of their standby function but it can still work well
with Patient Demons and Nurse Demons. There is too much risk with Doormen
and I am sure that you can't push Pyramid Head, who would try it anyway?
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Surrounded
==========
Yeah, you've gone and done it, the monsters are now surrounding you, how
will you get out? Well, some rooms you can be ambushed by 2 enemies right
after you enter a room. Your character is vulnerable while the screen
is black, going back to the game. So when you access the menu you enter
and room you will not be able to see you character for a brief amount of
time but you can still move. Anyway, when you're surrounded by enemies,
the best way to go is the Shotgun. It shoots fast enough and is very
powerful at close range. The Handgun is too weak and the Rifle takes way
to long. But you can actually try pushing your way through the enemies
(see Pushing Enemies above) but you risk being attacked. So try to push
your way through if you want and if you can't, use the Shotgun.
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Fighting Multiple Enemies
=========================
This is not when you're surrounded but simply when you have 2 or more
enemies in your sights and are coming for you. The Handgun is the best
gun to use on the 3 basic enemies (Patient Demon, Mannequin, Nurse Demon)
so use it the most. When you targets aren't really close to you then the
Handgun is really good. At close range try to use the Shotgun, that is if
they're very close. If they are really far away and you have enough ammo
for it then try to use the Hunting Rifle. Make sure you don't use it on
Doormen though, it's horrible. With Doormen, they only come in groups of 2
(besides the boss) but the Shotgun is still the best and only suggested
weapon for them. For the Hangers Boss use the Shotgun also, the Handgun is
too weak for the beginning. But to conserve ammo use the Handgun for the
last Hanger if you want. For the Doorman and Eddie, Shotgun is also the
best but use the Great Knife at the beginning of the Eddie fight to make
him run to the next room. In this room use the Shotgun until he starts
going behind the meat racks. Then use the Handgun, which makes it much
easier to hit Eddie. For the last boss you should only use the Hunting
Rifle, unless you run out of ammo, but you shouldn't.
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Strafing
========
With 3D Control in Silent Hill 2, you can strafe and sidestep. With normal
Walk/Run Control you can press X or B appropriately, and you will sidestep
to the direction you wanted to. X is left and B is right. When you do the
same thing and hold the Black Button, you will strafe in the direction
you wanted to. The directions are the same but you will go faster in that
direction. It is better to switch the Walk/Run Control so you don't have
to hold the Black Button when you want to strafe. And to sidestep with it
changed, just press the Black Button and X or B appropriately. So when you
have an enemy right in front of you, just strafe out of the way if you can,
andcontinue. But if you're using 2D Control, you can't strafe because it's
easy enough to get out of situation like the above with 2D Control.
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Reloading
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Reloading can be a big problem in some fights. Especially in Boss Fights
and with multiple enemies. But there is an easier way so that your
character will not have to reload themself in the game. Simply go into
the menu and go to the firearm you're using and put Reload. Now go back
into the game and continue what you were doing. You don't need to do this
to beat bosses but it absolutely makes it easier. Try to use every bullet
before doing this, so count off all the shots in your head. But if you
have time to reload and you have 1 or 2 bullets left then you might as
well reload. But if yo have 4 or more you should wait until you have 0.
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Health Items
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On your way through Silent Hill you will find various health items which
will help you get through the game. Without these you would die probably
about 90% more, really. On Beginner Action Level you actually don't need
these at all, though. But on Hard there is probably no way you'd beat the
game without health items because of a certain part. You can find them
on the street, in buildings and other places.
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The Health System
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This is what colour the little screen in at the top left corner or the
in-game menu:
Green - Great
Normal - Fine
Normal with little static - Ok
Normal with a lot of major static - Pretty Bad
Slightly Red - Very Bad
Colourful Red - Terrible!
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Health Drinks
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Health Drinks are the easiest to find. But unlike SH1, they are not very
powerful, you'll need probably 3 to 6 to get from red to green health with
them, but they are still good. You find a lot of them in Silent Hill 2 but
that doesn't mean that they aren't very important. Without them you would
need to use a full First Aid Kit for a small wound if you wanted full
health. If you get attacked 1-2 times (depends which enemy), 1 Health Drink
should be enough. But obviously if you receive more hits you will have to
use more Health Drinks. But this is where First Aid Kits come in.
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First Aid Kits
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First Aid Kits aren't that hard to find and they are really good. It is
good to use First Aid Kits and Health Drinks together because you don't
want to waste a First Aid Kit on something minor. A First Aid Kit can
heal you to full health after about 5 hits, which is pretty amazing. it
will take 2-3 to get from red health to green health. Try to not use them
on minor wounds, instead wait until you have lower health and then use one.
But it is very safe to just use a Health Drink every or every other time
you get damaged, although you don't need to.
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Ampoules
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Ampoules cover your health for long periods of time. But if you have red
health and you use an Ampoule, after the time is over you will go back to
red health, so don't count on being safe with just one Ampoule. But they
are good if you use multiple Ampoules. However, you don't get a lot of
Ampoules so don't count on only using them. You should only use an Ampoule
if you have really low health and saving your health items for bosses or
you have no other health items. If this should ever happen be very
cautious, meaning try to stay away from enemies and run right past them on
the streets and look for health items on the streets.
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Recovering Health
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Once you have been attacked and your health isn't so great then you should
use a health item. But while you're going to to menu and exiting the menu
you are vulnerable to enemies around you and you can't see for a very
brief amount of time so in very important fights you should try a faster
way. So instead of going into the menu and using a health item, press the
Left Thumbstick (push it in) and James will use his strongest health item.
His first choice is the First Aid Kit, then the Health Drink and then the
Ampoule when you have nothing else left. You might wonder when to know to
press the Right Thumbstick. Well, you will be able to feel James'
heartbeat from the vibration of the controller. You will feel the heartbeat
if has pretty bad, bad or terrible health. The harder you feel it, the
worse condition James is.
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Items
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Using Items
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Keys
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On your journey in Silent Hill you will find many items. A lot of them
will be keys so get used to finding many keys. Keys are not usually not
found at very obvious places but they aren't that hard to using. To use a
key all you will need to do is go up to a door that you have a key for and
press A to use it and then go through the door. But not all keys are like
this. The above is for opening doors. For other things like something
stuck to something and you can use a key, you will have to use it in the
menu. For locks on certain items you will need to use them in a menu but
you can save time if there's 2 items (see Combining Items) that are used
on the same thing. Keys are found the most besides health items (which
you don't absolutely always need) but not always you will use a key right
after you get it.
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Other Items
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There are other items that are not keys but can be just as or more
important than keys. Items like a Lighter for example can't be used by
just walking up to where you use it, you will have to use it in the menu
Like keys, other items can be combined and sometimes will have to be
combined, but there is more instances where you combine other items.
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Combining Items
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Combing items can be an easier way to use items so that you don't have to
go back to the menu and use each of the number of items used on the same
thing. But in some instances you will have to combine items. So in order
to combine and use items you must go on one of the items, press A, put
"Combine", press B, go to the next item and repeat this process until you
have all the items you're going to use combined and press "Use" Over one
of the already combined items. But not all items can be combined. So if
there is a key to a certain room and a key to another room there won't
even be a "Combine" option for either of them. And some other items that
can be combined like a ring and a key for example, you won't be able to
use it because it can't be used, unless there is a keyhole and a spot for
a ring which there never is in Silent Hill 2.
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4. DIFFICULTY SETTINGS
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Before you play a game of Silent Hill 2 you will need to choose 2 levels
of difficulty for gameplay and puzzles. They are:
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Action Level
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Beginner
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Enemies die after they receive 1 or 2 hits from your weakest Firearm and
will fall to the ground and die. You don't have to reload any of your
Firearms. If you are being held by a monster, James shake himself out of
the attack automatically. Bosses are very easy and move slow and you can
easily beat the game without receiving any hits. Enemies don't regenerate.
This is obviously the easiest Action Level and you shouldn't have any
problems with it. When you first play Silent Hill 2 this Action Level is
good to start on. But after that you are just being a menace to the
monsters since it will be even easier. And for the boat stage you use the
D-Pad to control the boat which is easy.
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Easy
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This Action level is very similar to Beginner but when enemies receive 2
hits they will fall to the ground and you must kick them to finish them
off. Bosses are still easy but aren't as easy and are half as much as
their usual strength. None or few enemies will regenerate. And for the
boat stage you use the D-Pad to control the boat which is easy.
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Normal
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For hardcore Silent Hill gamers Normal Action Level is a good way to play
either the first or second time through the game. It is self-explanatory
because it is called "Normal" and this is how Silent Hill 2 is supposed to
be played. Enemies will fall to the ground in 3 to 4 shots from your
weakest Firearm. You will have to kick enemies after you shoot them to the
ground, unless you took many shots at the enemy and it is already dead.
Enemies tend to regenerate sometimes. If you are grabbed by an enemy you
must use the movement controls and the shoulder buttons to get out of the
attack. You will always have to reload your weapon yourself. And for the
boat stage you use the D-Pad to control the boat which is easy.
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Hard
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This is obviously the hardest difficulty in Silent Hill 2. Enemies will
take 4 to 5 shots to just fall down and then you will have to kick them.
Bosses have full strength and speed. Enemies regenerate a lot and if you
don't kick an enemy after it's on the ground it will get right back up and
have very close to full strength! James tends be very clumsy like Harry in
SH1. He will somewhat trip over himself when you try to stop or when you
run into wall and hit the wall, causing you to slow down. But unlike SH1,
James will always do this if you're running fast and run to a door, trying
to open it, and then James will James will go through the door. James
aiming won't be as great as in other modes but it isn't that noticeable.
And for the boat stage you will have to use both Thumbsticks to control
the boat which can be hard.
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Riddle Level
============
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Easy
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All puzzles are fairly easy and you are pretty much told the answer by
memos. But this is a good way to start your first journey and to know
what the puzzles are like.
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Normal
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Moderate puzzles but some can be difficult. Others are still pretty easy.
You aren't told the answer but it is described in a riddle.
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Hard
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Puzzles are hard to solve and require maybe brief amounts of thinking.
Other puzzles can be really hard and one is completely random.
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Extra Hard
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Puzzles are very hard and require a lot of thinking. Some will even make
you guess and frustration is commonly caused by this mode. You will be
able to play this mode once you beat the game on all 3 Riddle Levels.
There is no Extra Hard Riddle Level option but when you go to Hard Riddle
Level it is the Extra Hard Riddle Level. If you had problems with previous
puzzles than I don't recommend you play this difficulty yet and instead
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MAIN SCENARIO
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5. STORYLINE
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James Sunderland received a letter from his wife that has been dead for 3
years. The envelope has his wife's name on it, Mary. It read:
In my restless dreams,
I see that town.
Silent Hill.
You promised me you'd take me
there again someday.
But you never did.
Well, I'm alone there now...
In our "special place..."
Waiting for you...
James says to himself in Silent Hill, but a dead person can't write a
letter. He talks to himself wondering what their "special place" was.
Then something comes to his mind, Rosewater Park. They spent a whole
day the staring at the lake. And then James sets off his "special place."
But will he find the truth, or something else?
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6. CHARACTERS
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James Sunderland
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Age: 29
James is the main character in Silent Hill 2. He has brown eyes and
apparently brown hair from what looks like blonde. He works as a clerk for
a small company. James is quiet and doesn't like talking too much. James
was a proud and loving husband, until his wife, Mary, was stricken
with a rare and fatal disease, The one he treasured, Mary, was very ill,
and there was no chance. He hasn't been the same since.
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Mary Sheperd-Sunderland
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Age: 25
James' dearly departed wife. She was originally cheerful and kind. In bed,
she cried that she didn't want to die yet she hoped for death at the same
time during her agony. She told James to abandon her because she said she
was ugly and useless, but she also said that she wanted James to be by her
side until she died. Silent Hill was James and Mary's "special place"
because of their many great memories there. Mary was ill and died 3 years
ago, but James received a letter that was from Mary. James has decided to
come to Silent Hill to find her. But could she still be alive?
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Angela Orosco
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Age: 19
James first meets this woman in the graveyard in East South Vale. She has
dark hair and brown eyes. She seems to be looking for her mother, that she
very dearly misses. She appears to be a regular girl but she isn't. She
hesitates and doesn't answer some of James' questions. After Angela
graduated from High School she ran away from home, but her father found
her and brought her back. Once again, she ran away, but this time she
wandered off to Silent Hill.
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Eddie Dombrowski
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Age: 23
James meets Eddie in the apartments and he is puking in a toilet. He has
blonde hair and gray eyes. He worked part-time at a gas station. He is
pretty much like the average guy but he seems to be defensive all of a
sudden. Eddie seems awfully concerned with exonerating himself for the
murders that keep cropping his wake. He seems like a murderer but denies
everything. Eddie is no resident of Silent Hill, but why is he in this
town?
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Laura
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Age: 8
This young little girl seems to have a sharp grudge against James,
although James has no idea who she is. She somehow knows things about
James, including him and Mary. Laura has blonde hair and blue eyes. She
creates problems for James when he already has other things on his mind.
Laura has no parents nor siblings; she lived in an orphanage. She was in
the same hospital as Mary and they became good friends. She is restless
and doesn't stay put.
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Maria
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Age: 25(?)
A strange woman that James meets in Silent Hill. She could be the twin
sister of Mary, except for a few physical and behavioral characteristics.
Maria used to work at Heaven's Night before Silent Hill went insane. She
is cheerful and positive but can be very emotional in certain situations.
She talks looking straight at the other person's eyes and she does the
same when listening. Maria seems a little strange and she knows James'
name without him telling her.
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7. ENEMIES
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Patient Demons
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Locations: Throughout the whole game
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This is the first demon James encounters. Patient Demons have 2 attacks
in different stances. When the demon is standing up, it will attack by
spitting a yellow acid-like spray at James, which stuns him. When the
demon face down on the ground, the attack will be scrambling towards
James and hitting him, which inflicts mild damage. When you encounter
patient demons use the Wooden Plank or Steel Pipe if your ammo is scarce.
If not, use the Handgun. Knock the demon down to the ground by hitting it
with a melee weapon or shooting it down with the Handgun, and then finish
the demon off by kicking it once. If you do not kick the demon when it is
on the ground, it will get back up and will have nearly full health, so
make sure you always kick the demon when it is on the ground. This goes
for all demons, unless they die before you get a chance to kick them, or
if you can't kick them at all. If you do not want to fight a patient demon
just run away. If you are in a dark area, you can simply walk right by
them without them knowing you are there.
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Giant Roaches
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Locations: Throughout the game but usually on the street
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You can hear a roach by listening for a buzzing/cricket like sound. A
roach has 1 type of attack. It will run towards you and will bite James'
foot. To deal with a roach, simply run away until it's gone or just run
at it so that James' heel of his shoe will crush it. But if it is really
annoying you use the Handgun, 1 shot. If you in an open area, like the
streets, roaches will try to run away, but if you are in a small area,
it is very likely that they will try to attack you.
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Mannequins
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Locations: Throughout the whole game
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Mannequins have only one attack. Their attack is at extremely close
range, so they are pretty easy to get by. Their attack is whacking James
with one of its arms/legs. This attack is a powerful so stay away from
mannequins. But do not worry about using a melee weapon on them, but don't
under-exaggerate them. If you have lots of ammo, use the Handgun to deal
with them.
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Nurse Demons
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Locations: Brookhaven and "Nightmare" Hospital and just outside the
hospital in Dark South Vale
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Nurse Demon's are only in Brookhaven Hospital and on the streets, so you
don't have to worry much about encountering them. Nurse Demons carry
steel pipes, very similar to James'. They have one attack. It is whacking
James with their steel pipe. This inflicts quite a bit of damage. The
nurses may attack you when you least expect it, so be careful. If there a
two nurses, in front, and behind each other, there is a very good chance
that the nurse behind will whack the nurse in the front, just trying to
hit you if you are near them. To deal with a nurse use the Handgun. But
if you are extremely low on ammo, use the Steel Pipe.
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Underhangers
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Locations: Gate floors - Dark South Vale, The Labyrinth and "Nightmare"
Hotel
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Underhangers are found under gate floors. Their attack is shooting
tendrils at your feet with their huge arms, if you are above them. This
will stun James. When you encounter a lair of Underhangers, Just run
over them, dodging their attacks, and look for safe spots, where they
can't attack you. Attempting to kill an underhanger is a waste of time,
so just run away. But if you want to kill it just for fun, use the
Shotgun.
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Doormen
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Locations: Lake View Hotel (Boss: The Labyrinth)
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The attack range of a Doorman is extreme, so be aware! It's only attack
is grabbing you a pulling you under its frame this will inflict a lot of
damage. When you encounter a Doorman, use the Shotgun. After it's on the
ground, make sure to kick it or might get up and have nearly full health.
If the Doorman dies before you kick it, you can't kick it. The boss
Doorman is much stronger than normal doormen, so don't be afraid of them,
but also make sure to don't let them get to close.
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Pyramid Head
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Locations: Throughout the whole game
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This bizarre pyramid-headed creature is James' worst nightmare! It's
invincible! James encounters Pyramid Head many times. In a boss
situation, beware of Pyramid Head's long-range attack with his Great
Knife or Lightweight Spear. When you encounter Pyramid Head, and it's not
a boss situation, just run away since Pyramid Head is invincible.
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8. WEAPONS
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Melee Weapons
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These weapons do not require ammunition. Instead, you have to hit the
enemy with your melee weapon. If you ever run out of ammunition, or if
your ammunition is scarce, equip and use a melee weapon.
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Wooden Plank
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The Wooden Plank is the first weapon James acquires. This is a two-by-
four length of wood with nails at one end. The Wooden Plank is only good
at extremely close range, but it inflicts a moderate amount of damage, so
be careful when attacking enemies, and don't worry too much about their
health. When you find an enemy that you want to defeat with the Wooden
Plank, hold the Right Trigger to ready your weapon, walk up to the enemy,
and press or hold the A button to whack the enemy. You can also attack
when running. Hold forward and the Black Button button (with switched walk/
run control you only have to hold forward), hold the Right Trigger, run up
to the demon, and press or hold A. Always try to attack from behind with
the plank, because of the extremely close range. You can find the Wooden
Plank at the construction site at the north end of Vachss Road
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Steel Pipe
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A long shaft of bonded steel, which has a greater range than the Wooden
Plank. To use it, hold the Right Trigger, walk up to an enemy, and press
or hold A. If you want to swing the Steel Pipe from side to side, press or
hold A before you reach the enemy. If you want to crouch and stab the
enemy's midsection, press or hold A when your are close to an enemy. If
you want to swing the Pipe in an overhead bashing fashion, press and hold
the Right Trigger and A, tightly at the same time. James can find the
Steel Pipe at the Texxon Gas Station at the northeast corner of Nathan
Avenue and Carroll Street stuck in the hood of the car.
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Great Knife
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Before James acquires the Great Knife, the demon that James refers to
"Pyramid Head" wields this enormous knife. The Great Knife is an
incredibly large and heavy blade with a razor-sharp edge. The Great Knife
will indeed kill almost anything in one hit, but it is very awkward to
handle and use. James can only drag the Knife across the floor, and slows
him down a lot, since it is very heavy. To use the Great Knife, walk up to
an enemy holding the Right Trigger, press or hold A, and James will lift
the weapon of the weapon of the ground and swing it in a clumsy arc at
the face height. Enemies have a lot of time to deflect your attack, so be
careful. James can find the Great Knife in the center room of Pyramid
Head's Lair.
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Chainsaw
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Only in a replay game, James can acquire the Chainsaw. It is a little
hefty and awkward to use. Walk up to an enemy holding the Right Trigger, to
start it up, and press or hold A to saw back and fourth at head level. Try
to attack from behind. If you decide to attack from the front, it is wise
to use the Hyper Spray first. In a replay game, James can find the
Chainsaw stuck in the pile of logs across from Silent Hill Ranch. Trust me,
you'll know where it is.
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Hyper Spray
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James can only find this can of aerosol spray in a replay game. The Hyper
Spray will immobilize one or multiple enemies for only a brief amount of
time. However, the noxious fumes are also dangerous to James. It will
drain his health if you use the Hyper Spray too much. To use the Hyper
Spray as a weapon, hold the Right Trigger, walk near an enemy, press or
hold A, and the enemy should be immobilized briefly. Now take out any
other weapon and use it to defeat the enemy. James can on find the Hyper
Spray in a replay game, in the Motorhome on the south side of the
intersection of Saul Street and Harris.
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Firearms
========
Each gun comes loaded with one clip. You will have to collect ammunition
that is lying around, to keep using the gun. Each gun is different in
speed and power.
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Handgun
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An automatic pistol that holds 10 shots in each clip. Handgun Bullet pick-
ups normally contain 10 bullets. To use the Handgun, hold the Right
Trigger to target an enemy near you, and press A to fire a shot. To fire
multiple shots, press A around every half a second, or hold A until the
enemy falls down. James finds the Handgun in the red shopping cart in the
center of Room 301 3F, Wood Side Apartments.
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Shotgun
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The Shotgun holds 6 shells. Shotgun Shells pick-ups normally contain 6
bullets. To use the Shotgun, walk close to an enemy so you can use the
Shotgun's wide blast radius, hold the Right Trigger, and press or hold A.
You should mostly use the Shotgun for boss battles, but you can also use
it on normal enemies if you have plenty enough ammunition. James can find
the Shotgun in a locker in the Women's Locker Room 2F, Brookhaven
Hospital.
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Hunting Rifle
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The Hunting Rifle has extremely precise aiming with an extremely long
range. Rifle Shells pick-ups normally contain 4 bullets. To use the
Hunting Rifle, hold the Right Trigger to target an enemy from a long range
distance, and press or hold A. You should only use the Hunting Rifle for
the last two battles of the game. If you don't, it may be very hard to
beat the game. Only if you know how much ammo you need for the battles,
and if you have plenty enough ammunition for the Hunting Rifle, you can
use it, but keep track of your ammunition and beware of its very slow
firing rate.
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9. CONTROLS
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Control Function
D-Pad/Left Thumbstick Movement (2D or 3D style), move in Menu/
Screen cursor
Right Thumbstick Press to use health item
START Pause game
BACK Open Menu, accept, skip scene
A Accept, search, attack, stomp or kick
Black Button Run, guard
White Button Cancel, exit Menu/Puzzle, toggle
Flashlight ON/OFF
Y Quick Map
B Sidestep right
X Sidestep left
Right Trigger Ready weapon
Left Trigger + Right Thumbstick Look in all forward directions
Left Trigger Position camera behind James
X + B Turn 180 degrees
Start + Back (3 sec) Soft Reset (in game)
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3D and 2D Control
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The default setting is 3D Control but you may change it in the Options
Menu if you wish. In 3D Control, in order to move, you will need to make
the front of James facing the direction you want to travel. In 2D Control
you can just run whatever way you want to without changing where James is
facing.
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Secret Options
==============
To access this menu you need to go to the Options Menu then press either
the Left or Right Trigger. In this Secret Options Menu you can change
different things including Noise Filter, which makes the game look all
fuzzy if it is on, Walk/Run Control which you can make it so you don't
have to hold the black button to run or if you have to. Others are Weapon
Control, Map Zoom, Blood Color, and View Control. But in order to change
the Noise Filter off you need to beat the game at least once. You will also
receive the ammo multiplying option once you beat the game once so you can
use normal, x2 or x3 the ammo!
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Switching Walk/Run Control
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In Silent Hill 2, you will be running for the majority of the game. It is
mostly pointless to not run in some cases, even in very small areas. So
go in the Secret Options menu and switch the Walk/Run Control so you don't
have to hold the Black Button the whole time. This is a lot better for the
whole game and esprecialy the streets and larger areas. And On the normal
Xbox Controller, you have to move one of your fingers all the way to the
Black Button to run with the normal Walk/Run Control. This can be hectic
an annoying so it makes the game a lot better if you switch the control.
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10. WALKTHROUGH
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| Legend |
| ======== |
| New Area |
| ======== |
| ------ |
| Puzzle |
| ------ |
| +++++++++++++++ |
| Optional Puzzle |
| +++++++++++++++ |
| =--= |
| Boss |
| =--= |
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East South Vale
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When you start, a video will play. After it's over, exit the washroom.
Then another video will play. After it's over, run over to the driver's
side of James' blue car and take the Map of Silent Hill. Then run west,
until you see some stoned stairs, and run down them. Now keep on
following the path until you reach a steel gate. Open it, to enter the
graveyard. Walk forward until it shows a video. Now, James meets Angela.
From now and on use your map to know where you go. After the video is
over, exit through the west gates, and keep on following the path, and it
will eventually turn into Wiltse Road. When you reach Sanders Street, run
to Lindsey Street, and head North, until you reach Vachss Road. Run until
you reach a Construction Site, and enter it. A video will play, and James
finds a Radio inside. Then he sees a Patient Demon, and he takes a Wooden
Plank from the barricade structure.
From now and on, use the Wooden Plank, until further notice, for saving
ammo. Now, hold R2 and walk up to the demon, and whack it, with the X
button, until it falls down, and James will confirm that the demon is
killed. Exit the Construction Site, and run to Martin Street and head
North, until you see a corpse. Go up to the corpse, and take the Apartment
Gate Key. Then, run to Katz Street, and head West, until you reach the
Wood Side Apartments Gate, and enter it. Then, enter the double doors
right in front of you to enter Wood Side Apartments.
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Wood Side Apartments
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When you enter, turn left and get the Map of the Apt. Building on the
bulletin board, and then run up to 2F, and run to Room 205. After you
enter, you will see a Flashlight on a fashion dummy. Get it, and a
Mannequin will get up, but you don't have to kill it, so exit, and go up
to 3F.
Now try to get the key through the bars, and James will try to grab it,
but then a young little girl comes, kicks the key away, and steps on James'
hand. Now run to Room 301. After you enter, walk up to the shopping cart
in the middle of the room, and take the Handgun, exit the room, and run
back down to 2F.
Now head East, until you hear a scream. Then head North, and you will see
a demon glowing red! What is going on here! Enter Room 208, and there is
someone murdered sitting in a chair. Then go to the shelf and take the Key
to Room 202. Now, exit the room, and run to Room 202 and use the key.
Inside Room 202, enter the bedroom, and go up to the hole in the wall,
with green liquid coming out of it. Examine the hole, to get the Clock
Key. Exit the room, and run to Room 208 again, and go up to the clock, and
use the Clock Key on the clock face.
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Clock Puzzle
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Now, turn the clock hands, to 9:10, and you should hear a clank. No
matter what Riddle Mode you are playing, the answer to this puzzle is
always 9:10. But the hands will start on different times every time.
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Now, go to the right side of the clock, and push the clock, and a hole
in the wall is revealed. Go through the hole, and you are now in Room 209.
Exit the room, and enter the blue door, which is the North stairwell. Go
up to 3F, and go inside Room 307, and a video will play of a Pyramid Head
and 2 mannequins.
After the video is over, get the Courtyard Key in the closet where James
was hiding. Exit the Room, and head South to the end of the hall and head
West and get the Fire Escape Key the little girl kicked. Now head East
down the hall until you reach the end. Enter the Stairway door, on the
right side of the hall. Go down to the very bottom, and head North on 1F
through the opened hallway, to the end, and take the Canned Juice, in
front of Room 107. Go back, and exit through the double doors and run West,
and enter the other double doors.
Go up to 2F and go in the laundry room beside the stairway door, where you
just came from, and go up to the garbage shoot and use the Canned Juice to
knock out the stuck garbage, in the shoot. Now, go back down to 1F and
exit the lobby doors, and go to the bottom of the garbage shoot, and take
the Coin [Old Man]. There is also a memo in the garbage. Study the memo,
because later you will need to know something in it.
Go back through the lobby doors and go through the Courtyard Door. Now is
a good time to equip the Handgun. Now go to the pool, and run to the edge,
and James will fall in. Go up to the baby carriage, and take the Coin
[Snake]. Now, use the northwest steps to exit the pool. Now enter the east
door of the courtyard, and enter Room 101. You should hear someone
vomiting, so enter the washroom, and a video will play. James now meets
Eddie.
Exit the room, and go back from where you first came from. Go up to 2F,
head West to the Fire Escape door, and use the Fire Escape Key, to move
on to Blue Creek Apartments.
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Blue Creek Apartments
=========================
You are now in a bedroom of Room 203 of Blue Creek Apartments. Go to the
washroom and examine the toilet, to find a memo in a wallet. Examine the
memo, and go to the living room of the apartment room, and go up to the
safe.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Safe Combination Puzzle
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
To use the combination, rotate the dial with the D-pad to make it easier,
until you reach the first number of the memo. Then turn the dial the
direction it says, until you reach the second number, then turn the dial
the direction it says, until you reach the third number, and finally,
turn the direction it says, until you reach the fourth number, which is
the last number. If you did it right the safe should open. If you don't
fully understand how this works, I'll show you. Example: 15>>08<<12>>06.
Turn the dial any direction until you reach 15, now turn the dial, by
pressing right, until you reach 8, then turn the dial, by pressing left,
until you reach 12, and then finally, turn the dial, by pressing right,
until you reach 6. Now the safe should open.
If you are still stuck, e-mail me, and tell me your numbers. Make the
topic: SH2 Safe Combination. On Hard Riddle Mode, you will have some
roman numerals, which you have to convert, and/or add. X is 10, V is 5,
VV is 10, XX is 20, XV is 15, and X2 is 12, V5 is 10, and so on. Example:
XV>>08<>06. Turn the dial any direction until you reach 15, now turn
the dial, by pressing right, until you reach 8, then turn the dial, by
pressing left, until you reach 12, and then finally, turn the dial , by
pressing right, until you reach 6. The only reason to solve this puzzle is
because there are 4 boxes of Handgun Bullets inside the safe. But you
don't have to solve this puzzle, but it is easy, so you can solve it
easily.
On Extra Hard Riddle Mode there will be letters like a, j and more. a would
be 1 and j would be 10. It is the number of what it is in the alphabet.
Below is what the letter would be as a number. Once you have all the numbers
you can solve the puzzle with the above.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
After you finish the safe combination, you will find 4 boxes of Handgun
Bullets inside the safe. Exit the room, and go through the stairway door,
and beside the 2F door, in the stairway is the Map of the West Apt.
Building, take it. Go down to 1F, and go inside Room 109. If it won't open
then you need to see Eddie in Room 101 1F in the north building of Wood
Side Apartments. When you're inside go through the white door, and a video
will play. James meets Angela again, and she gives James, her knife. If
you ever examine the knife during the game, you are more likely to get a
certain ending. If you do not examine the knife, then you are not more
likely to get that certain ending. Read the Ending Requirements section of
this FAQ to figure out which ending you want to get.
After the video is over, take the Coin [Prisoner] on the nightstand, and
exit the room. Enter Room 105 and examine the secretarial puzzle desk.
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Old Coin Puzzle
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The solution to this puzzle is different based on which Riddle difficulty
you chose. When you examine the desk, it will tell you how the puzzle
works. The solutions to this puzzle on Easy, Normal, and Hard Riddle
modes are listed below.
Easy: Old Man, Empty, Snake, Empty, Prisoner
Normal: Empty, Old Man, Prisoner, Empty, Snake
Hard: Empty, Old Man, Empty, Snake, Prisoner
Extra Hard: Old Man, Empty, Snake, Prisoner, Empty
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After you've solved the old coin puzzle, take the Lyne House Key, and go
back up to 2F and use the Lyne House Key and enter Room 209. Inside, walk
outside to the balcony and run over to Room 208, and get the Apartment
Stairway Key on the bed, exit the room, and use the Apartment Stairway
Key on the stairway door, and you will see Pyramid Head inside.
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BOSS 1: Pyramid Head
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Difficulty: Easy
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This is pretty easy. You actually don't even have to fire a single shot.
All you have to do is run to the other side of the room when Pyramid Head
gets near you. But he may swipe you with his Great Knife you don't do it
at the right time. So wait in the corner at the beginning until he gets
near you, and let him stop to raise his Great Knife - This is the time
to run to the other side of the room. He will nail his Great Knife right
into the ground where you were and it would definitely kill you if you
were still there. But, you're not so go in the other corner of the room
and wait there until Pyramid Head gets close to you.
Again, wait for him to stop and lift his Great Knife and then leg it to
the other corner; where you were before. Just keep repeating this
strategy for awhile and the will be over. An alarm will sound of and
Pyramid Head will turn around and head down the stairs. Doing this
strategy will save you a lot of precious bullets so you should always do
this. Remember, the fight is timed, so bullets won't do anything, and
Pyramid Head is invincible. On Hard Action Mode, the fight will actually
be around 5 minutes! So just try to hang in there.
But if you don't feel safe doing this, there is a strategy with using the
Handgun below, but the above strategy WILL work.
Immediately raise the Handgun and start firing. To make it more safe,
count off the shots in your head, and then reload in the menu. Pyramid
Head wields a mighty blade so heavy that he has to drag it behind him.
So, that means he will walk pretty slow. Pyramid Head only has two
attacks. One is lifting up his Great Knife to slay James; the other, he
grab you by your neck and try to strangle you.
If you see him stop, that means he lifting up his Great Knife, so that he
can take a swing at you, so run to the other side and shoot from there
until he gets to the edge of the screen, and then run to the other side
and shoot from there. After you've fired about 35 shots in Normal Mode
(50 in Hard Mode) a siren will go off in the distance, and Pyramid Head
will head to the stairs. When he's heading to the stairs, don't go near
him, or he'll turn around, and very quickly slay James. So, let Pyramid
Head go down the stairs, and the water will drain. Go down the stairs,
and exit to West South Vale.
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West South Vale
=========================
After you exit the Apartments, head North, and a video will play. James
sees the little girl again, and she seems to know something about Mary.
After the video is over, continue going North, and James will finally
reach Rosewater Park. Keep on heading North, to the waterfront, and head
West, and a video will play. James meets a strange woman, named Maria,
whom looks just like Mary. Maria will follow James for the next portion
of the game. Make sure Maria doesn't get killed, because it will be GAME
OVER. Even if you shoot Maria once, she will die, so be careful.
Now, head West to the other side of the park, and then head South, until
you get to Nathan Avenue. Head West to The Texxon Gas Station, and take
the Steel Pipe from the running car. Now, head West once again, and enter
the front entrance of Pete's Bowl-A-Rama.
After you're inside, enter the door on the left, and a video will play,
after it's over, find the next door, and enter it. Go forward and another
video will play. James meets Eddie again, and he tells James that the
little girl's name is Laura. Later, James sees Laura exit the bowling
alley. After the video is over, exit through the same door as Laura, and
then exit through the main doors.
Maria is running back to tell James to go after Laura. Run through the
side parking lot to the gate in back of Pete's. Head South until Maria
shows you where Laura went, and the door to get to the other side. Try to
open the door, that Maria pointed out. It's lock and Maria will unlock it
with her 3 keys, then try again, and it's open.
Once you're inside, go up the stairs and open the door on the right, and
go out the next exit, that leads outside. Once you're outside, go down
the stairs, and head East until you reach Carroll Street. Now, head South
until you see Laura enter the hospital. Now, follow Laura and enter
Brookhaven Hospital.
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Brookhaven Hospital
=========================
After you enter Brookhaven Hospital, get the Map of the Hospital on the
bulletin board on the right side. Now, go to the Reception Office. Once,
you're inside go through the next door to enter the Document Room, and
take the Purple Bull Key on the desk, and exit both rooms.
After you do that, enter the south stairwell and go up to 2F. First, you
can get the Examination Room Key in the Lab Coat in the Men's Locker Room,
but you do not need it. Now, enter the Women's Locker Room and examine
the teddy bear on the table to get the Bent Needle. Now, go to the open
locker and take the Shotgun, and exit the room.
Enter the patients wing and enter Examination Room 3. When you're inside,
go to the typewriter and examine it to get a memo that contains a 4-digit
code. Exit the room, and go to M2, and get the Lapis Eye Key in the small
nightstand. Exit the room and go up to 3F.
On 3F, try to open the patients wing hall, and a number keypad will show
up. On Easy and Normal Riddle Mode, enter the code 7335. On Hard Riddle
Mode, enter the code 1328. Now, enter the patients wing hall. If you want
to get rid of Maria, enter S3 and she will lay down on a bed and relax.
After this happens, she can't join you anymore, so take the Roof Key in
the nightstand and exit the room.
Depending on how much time you spend with Maria, and if you check on her
often, in S3, you will have a better chance of getting a certain ending.
Read the Ending Requirements section of this FAQ to figure out what to
do if you want to get a certain ending.
Since you just got the Roof Key, go up to the roof. On the roof, look
around, until you see a green book on the ground. Either look at it or
just stand near it, or on it for a second. This can also make you have a
better chance of getting a certain ending. Read the Endings and Ending
Requirements section of this FAQ. Now go to the Elevator Control Room and
Pyramid Head will knock you off the roof, and you are now in the Special
Treatment Room, which was locked before.
On Normal and Hard Action Mode, James will have Red Stamina after you
fall, so use a First Aid Kit or two. Now, enter the second room from the
left and read the blood writing on the wall. Write down or remember the
4-digit code, because you will need to know it very soon. Exit the room
and go through the door that was lock, and now it's unlocked. Enter the
patients wing and enter S14, and examine the weird looking box.
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"Louise" Puzzle
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First, combine the Purple Bull Key and the Lapis Eye Key. Now, on the
push-button lock, enter the 4-digit code that you found on the Carbon
Paper, in the typewriter in Examination Room 3. If you forgot the code,
go to your Memo section in the main menu and see what it was. Now, on the
turn combination lock, enter the code you got from the Special Treatment
Room, and the box should open.
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Inside the box is a Piece of Hair. Now go to the Shower Room, and combine
the Bent Needle, and the Piece of Hair, to get the Elevator Key out of
the drain. Now, use the Elevator Key on the North elevator, and go down
to 1F. On 1F, Enter C4, and walk forward to see Laura. That little brat,
locked James inside Examination Room 2. James sees two new enemies that
are called Hangers. Now, you have to kill the Hangers.
=====-----=====-----=====
BOSS 2: Hangers
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Difficulty: Normal
=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=
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At the start, make sure you have your Shotgun equipped, keep on shooting
the Hangers, until the get close to you. When they get close, run to the
other side, or they will grab you.
The best thing to do is to lure both Hangers to one side of the room, and
then run to the other side and pump rounds into them. The Hangers only
have one attack. That is coming up to James and grabbing and lifting him
by his neck. Again, make sure the Hangers don't get too close or they
grab James and pick him up. If this happens, rapidly press the D-pad and
the shoulder buttons to get out more quickly, and lose less health.
If your running low on Shotgun Shells after you kill the first two
Hangers, equip the Handgun, and shoot around 15-20 shots at the Hanger,
and it should die.
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"Nightmare" Hospital
=========================
After the video plays and it's over, you are in the Garden. Go through
the door right in front of you to enter the Hospital again. Once inside,
go through the door on the left side. Now, go up to 2F in the elevator.
On 2F, go to M6, and take the Dry Cell Battery and the Basement Storeroom
Key, on a small ledge, above the hands, and exit the room. Now, go up to
3F exit the patients wing, and enter the South stairwell. Now, go down the
stairs, until you reach the very bottom, and enter the door.
After you're inside, go up to the shelf and push it. After that, try to
go down the ladder and Maria opens the door, and a video plays. After
it's over, Maria will now stay with you and follow you for awhile.
Go down the ladder to the Basement's Basement. Take the Copper Ring in the
middle of the floor, and go back up the ladder, and exit the door. Now, go
back up to 3F, and enter the patients wing, and enter the elevator, and go
down to 2F.
Before the elevator doors open, a strange message from a game show. Three
questions are asked. After the elevator doors open, and you are on 2F,
head to the Day Room, and try to open the fallen fridge, and then Maria
will help you open it. Inside is a Lead Ring. Now go back up to 3F. If you
want to collect your prize for the Trick or Treat announcement in the
elevator, exit the patients wing and enter the Storeroom. Inside, go up to
the blue box on the counter, and examine it.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Trick or Treat Box
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On the box is a panel with nine buttons and looks like this:
1 2 3
Q1 o o o
Q2 o o o
Q3 o o o
In order to get your prize you have to answer the questions correctly. No
matter Riddle Difficulty, on the top row press the 3 button, on the middle
row press the 1 button, and on the bottom row press the 3 button, and the
box will open. Inside the box is Shotgun Shells x5 and 2 Ampoules! Just
incase you forget the questions and want the answers to the questions here
they are:
1. The Amusment Park in Silent Hill is called Lake Side Amusment Park.
2. Walter Sullivan killed the innocent kids.
3. Nathan Avenue is the only road you can take to get to Pale Ville.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
After you have opened the box and collected the Shotgun Shells x5 and 2
Ampoules, exit the room, and enter the patients wing for the last time.
Go up to the North stairwell door. There are two 3D arms sticking out of
the door. Go to the menu and combine use the Copper Ring and the Lead
Ring, and the door is now unlocked. Go through the door, and go down to
the very bottom of the stairs and enter the door.
Now go follow the path, and you will see Pyramid Head. He's trying to
spear Maria to death, so run quickly following the path before she dies.
On Hard Action Mode, you will have to shoot Pyramid Head or whack him
with any weapon to slow him down. My weapon of choice for this part is
the Steel Pipe. When he first appears, whack him once, and walk backwards
a couple steps, until Pyramid Head come closer, and whack him again. Walk
backwards a couple more steps, until Pyramid Head comes closer, and whack
him again. Keep on doing this until you get around the fenced window area,
and then run for it, and once you get near the elevator, a video will
play, and James will enter the elevator, but Maria will not make it, and
Pyramid Head stabs her and kills her.
Then the elevator goes up to 1F, and the video is over. Now, enter the
Director's Room. Inside on the desk, James finds a map and the Hospital
Lobby Key. Exit the room, and use the Hospital Lobby Key on the main
entrance door to exit the hospital.
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Dark South Vale
=========================
After you exit the Hospital, head South down Carroll Street, and then
East on Rendell Street. Now, head South on Munson Street, and East on
Saul Street and open the gate door. Now, run over the gate floor, dodging
the Underhangers, and watch out for the gaps in the floor. At the end,
enter the gate door. Now, continue heading East on Saul Street, North on
Neely Street, until you reach Sanders Street. Now, head East on Sanders
Street, and North on Lindsey Street to the second house to the right of
Gonzale's Mexican Restaurant.
On the porch you will find a letter and a Wrench. Take the Wrench and
continue heading North on Lindsey Street to Katz Street, and head West on
Katz Street, and go through the gate door, past the Apartments, and
continue heading West, until you reach Munson Street. Now, head North on
Munson Street, and West on Nathan Avenue, until you reach the entrance of
Rosewater Park. Now, head North until you see some steps on the right. Go
down them, and go down the stairs ahead of you to the left and walk
forward, and go behind the "praying woman" statue, and dig up the tin box.
Now, use you Wrench to open the tin box, and take the Old Bronze Key
inside. Now, go back up the sets of stairs you came down before, and exit
Rosewater Park. Now, head West on Nathan Avenue, to the Silent Hill
Historical Society Museum, and use your Old Bronze Key, and enter the
museum.
Once inside, head forward, and enter the door on the left. Now go through
the hole in the wall, and go down the very long walkway, and you will
finally reach a door, enter it to enter the Unmapped Area.
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The Unmapped Area
=========================
Now, enter the door right ahead of you. Now, enter the door near the
demon. When you enter, you will see a hole in front of you. Jump down it.
Now, you are trapped in well. Search every inch of brickwork, until you
find an area that feels like James can break it. Take out your Wooden
Plank or Steel Pipe, and whack the area until it breaks apart, and a door
will be revealed, enter it.
Now you are in a sewer. Follow the path, until you a door, and enter it.
Now enter the door on the right, and take the Spiral Writing Key on the
ground, and your Flashlight will turn off. Now, use your Drycell Battery.
The room is filled with bugs! Go examine the panel beside the door, since
the door is locked.
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Roach Trap
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Either 2 or 3 random numbers will be highlighted on the panel. The code
to get out is with those numbers. Try different combinations with those
numbers, until the door is unlocked. If you're numbers are 3, 6, 8, try
368, 386, 638, 683, 836, and 863, and the door will unlock, with one of
those combinations. If your numbers are 6 and 9 then try 669, 699, 669,
996, 966, 969 and the door will unlock.
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After you have unlocked the door, exit the room, and go forward to the
gate floor, and use your Spiral Writing Key, and the gate will open.
Jump down to enter Toluca Prison.
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Toluca Prison
=========================
When you start, a video with Eddie will play. He murdered someone again.
After he exits, take the Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig" on the table at the
back of the room. Now exit the room. Since there is no actual compass
directions in Toluca Prison, I will refer to your map. North is up, East
is right, South is down, and West is left.
Now, Head North up the hall, until you reach a desk with the Map of the
Prison on it, and take it. Now, head South down the hall, and enter the
first door on the right, according to your map. You are now in the Shower
Room. In the Shower Room, head North, until you reach a wall, and head
East, and go through the "no doored" shower, and take the Tablet of "The
Seductress," and exit the Shower Room.
Now, head South down the hall, and enter the bottom row of cells. Enter
the 9th cell from the left, and take the Wax Doll on the bed, and exit
the cell. Now, enter the east corridor, and head North, and enter the top
row of cells. Now, enter the 7th cell, and take the Tablet of "The
Oppressor on the bed. Try to exit the cell, and it won't open! Keep
trying, and James will force it to open.
Now, since you have all of the 3 tablets, exit to the east corridor, and
exit through the Double doors on the right side of the wall, to enter the
Courtyard. Once outside, walk directly forward until you reach a scaffold.
In the menu, combine the 3 tablets, and use them, and after they're all
inserted, you should hear a scream/cry. Now head back to the double doors,
and take the Horseshoe, that suddenly appeared, and enter the door.
Once inside, enter the top row of cells, and enter the door that leads to
the east corridor. Now, enter the last door on the left side, and exit
the door on the other side of the demolished visiting room, to enter the
civilian side of the Prison. On the civilian side, enter the door on down
on the right side of the door you just came out of. Inside this visiting
room, take the lighter on the counter, in front of the glass, and exit
the room. Now, enter the last door on the right side, before the gate,
and enter the next room inside. Now, take the Hunting Rifle on the wall.
You can see another Hunting Rifle above, but it's barrel is busted. Exit
the room, and enter the west corridor through the other door in the same
room.
Now, go through the gate. On the floor, you can see a white escape hatch
on the ground, go on top of it. Since James can't open it, go in the
menu, and combine The Wax Doll, Horseshoe, and the Lighter, and use them.
Now, James opens the hatch. Jump down the hole. Now, head North and enter
the door. Inside James makes funny comments, if you examine some of the
dead prisoners in the foul corridor.
Go through, the door on the other side of the room, and jump down the
hole. After you jump down, walk forward, and open the door. Now jump down
the hole. Down the hole, enter the large elevator, and go in the corner
and it should descend. It may seem like a very long time, but it comes to
the end.
Do you realize how far down James is right now? He walked down 1 very
long hallway, that descended, jumped down 5 holes, and just went down 1
really long elevator ride, that descended very deep. How is James going
to get out alive? Lets find out later. Enter the light brown door to
enter the Labyrinth.
=========================
The Labyrinth
=========================
As you can see, the door directly across from the entrance to the
Labyrinth is blocked by wires, and there is a ladder visible. So you will
need to find a tool to cut the wires. In the Labyrinth, I will tell you
where to go by using compass directions. North is the top of your map,
South is the bottom, and so on. Use your map to figure out where to go
from now on, but make sure your flashlight is on so James can draw the
map.
Once you've explored the whole room you have found 3 ladders you can go
down. If you want to get a new weapon go down the Northeast ladder or the
one directly across from it (They both lead to the same room). Now you
are in the same room as Pyramid Head so be careful. Once you have have
the whole area mapped out you should find a room in the center. Enter
the room on the East side.
If you encounter Pyramid Head on the way to the room, just turn around
and head the other direction until you reach the room and enter it.
Inside you will find the Great Knife that Pyramid Head was carrying to
start with, on a table, take it and leave the room. Go back up one of the
ladders and go down the ladder in the Southeast corner. In this area,
just follow the path and go up the ladder. In this room you will
find a weird box of faces and an empty room, so examine the box of faces.
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The Box of Faces Puzzle
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This puzzle is very easy in Easy and Normal Riddle Difficulties. Keep in
mind that some faces are upside-down and some are right-side-up. Rotate
the box upward or downward until the right-side-up face with the red eyes
is displayed. Now, if you look behind James, the entrance to the empty
room has completely vanished! Now, with the red eyes right-side-up face
displayed, rotate the box left or right so that one of the 3 upside-down
faces is showing. Now, as you can see, there is a staircase in the empty
room now, so you are done with the box of faces.
On Hard and Extra Action Mode the solution is randomly selected each time
so just keep trying it on different faces until it is correct.
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Go down the staircase and James will meet Maria. But James in in the
other side of a Jail Cell and Maria is on the other side. Now, your job
is to find the other side of the jail cell. After the video, go up
staircase again and you should hear some spark-like sounds. Go up to the
open breaker box beside the ladder and take the Wire Cutters that are
stabbed into a wire. Go down the ladder and follow the path and go up the
ladder at the other end. Now go to the door with wires blocking the
entrance in the Southwest corner and use the Wire Cutter. Now go down the
ladder in front of you. Go follow the hallway and go up the South ladder.
Follow the hallway, on the right and go up the Southwest ladder.
Go clockwise or counter-clockwise until you find an opening to another
ladder (the ladder is near the middle) and go up it. Go up the South/
Southeast ladder. Follow the path, until you find an opening to a ladder
and go up it. Pyramid Head is certain to block you way to the exit
ladder, so lure him to an open area and then go up the East ladder by the
East opening. Be sure to save your game here because there will be a boss
fight really soon!
Look at the paper on the ground if you want, but you can barely read it
anyway. When your done with the partly-legible newspaper, enter the door.
Equip the Shotgun and Follow the path, on the way you may notice many
papers on the ground. Some are from today's date according to James.
Continue walking the path and you should hear Angela scream and James will
enter the door and will have to fight a Doorman Boss.
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Boss 3: Doorman
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Difficulty: Normal
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If you find the 3D Control hard to use in this fight, just go in the menu
and change it to 2D Control. Right when the fight starts, start blasting
Shotgun rounds into the Doorman as fast as you can. If the Doorman is
close to you and it falls on the ground, use that time to run to the
other side of the room and reload.
The Doorman has one attack of lumbering over and lifting its doorframe
over James's head like a hood. The range of this attack may surprise you
so stay as far away from the Doorman as possible at all times. You will
have to fire around 8-10 Shotgun shots on Normal. Then Angela will finish
off the job and run out of the room.
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After the fight, exit the room and continue following the path and go
through the next door. There is a pair of handcuffs attached to the
exiting lifting-gate (bars), so you can not go there yet, so investigate
the 2 doors in the same corridor.
After investigating the 2 rooms you will find a room with 6 hanged men
and a room with 6 empty nooses.
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Free the Innocent Man
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The first thing you want to do is examine the 2 signs on the fence in the
room with the 6 Hanged Men in it. They should give you a clue of what you
have to do. All of the Hanged Men are positioned in a randomly chosen
fashion. But on each Riddle Mode it is a certain one.
Here are the solutions to this puzzle on all Riddle Modes:
Easy Riddle Mode: The Kidnapper is the innocent man. I basically tells
you.
Normal Riddle Mode: The Arsonist is the innocent man. There was no proof
that he did it.
Hard Riddle Mode: The Counterfeiter is the innocent man. He's the one
speaking about the crimes of all the truly guilty men.
Extra Hard Riddle Mode: The Thief is the innocent man. The man speaking
never mentions him.
Once you determine the Innocent Man in this room (where he is located),
head to the room with the 6 empty nooses inside. Once inside, find the
noose that is in the same spot of the Innocent Man in the other room.
Once it's found, Press A to pull it down. Now, exit this room and head
back to the other room. If done correctly, you should notice that the
Innocent Man is gone, and there is something where he was. Go over to
where his location was and pick up the Key of the Persecuted.
If you don't do this puzzle correctly each time there will be 2 Patient
Demons in the corridor each time, so make sure you do the puzzle
correctly.
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Now follow the hallway to the handcuffed gate and use the Key of the
Persecuted. Now, go down the ladder follow the path and enter the white
door since the gate is locked. Inside, a video will play. Maria has died
again! Could she be real? After the video, you will be outside. Now the
gate is open, so proceed through the last corridor of the Labyrinth that
leads outside.
Outside is a graveyard. If you examine the graves you will find these
names: Walter Sullivan, Eddie Dombrowski, Angela Orosco, and himself,
James Sunderland. Now, James must jump down his own grave. Once in his
grave, it seems to be a long path, so follow it until it comes to and
end with a door, enter it.
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BOSS 4: Eddie
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Difficulty: Hard
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As soon as the video is over you should know what you have to do. Eddie
has gone mad and now you have to kill him before he kills you. In this
first room there is no strategy. So just pull out either the Shotgun,
Hunting Rifle or the Great Knife. The best choice would be Great Knife.
It is the most powerful weapon in the game and you will only need to
swipe Eddie 1-2 times, depending on your Action Mode. But don't worry too
much about being hit because Eddie walk move away from James when you
approach him so go up to him with the Great Knife and swipe him and it
should him him because of it's length.
If not just try again until you can hear him panting and he will run into
the next room. With the Shotgun and Hunting Rifle just start blasting
away at him until he runs into the next room. But you should try going
right up to him with the Shotgun and give him a few blasts. The Hunting
Rifle should only be used if you decide to stay away from Eddie and fire
at him and recover your health safely and be sure to use some Health
Drinks for minor wounds, First Aid Kits for large wounds and the Ampoule
for a painkiller by pressing R3. After you shoot Eddie a number of times
he will end the draw and run into the next room. After he leaves be sure
to get the Rifle Shells and Shotgun Shells. Reload, make sure you have
good health, then enter the second room.
In this room, there are giant racks of meat hanging from the roof so you
can use them to block Eddie's shots. Eddie has 2 attacks. Either raising
his .44 Magnum Revolver and shooting James or he will run up to James and
punch him. In this room, it is best to use your Shotgun first because you
should have plenty of ammo for it and not as much for the Hunting Rifle.
Try to get close to Eddie so he only gets to punch you and inflict less
damage and blast him with the Shotgun, but remember to keep your health
good. When he runs after you just use the strafing buttons and directional
buttons to get away and hide behind a meat rack and then come out and do
it again. When he starts hiding behind the meat racks equip the Handgun
because it is faster and better overall for this part.
Find him behind the rack that he's behind and let him run, but since the
Handgun is easy to ready your aim, aim at Eddie and take off some shots
and repeat this process. Finally he dies in a brief video. If you want to
there is a different strategy here. After the video, when Eddie
approaches you, shoot him once, then run away so he can't get you back.
It is best to try to attack Eddie at close range because he will run up
to you and try to punch you, which is much better than being shot by his
gun, which is much more powerful. James' health can still go red after 4
or 5 punches so be careful and be sure use use health often after contact
from Eddie.
Try to sneak up Eddie from behind. To do this simply hide behind the meat
racks so Eddie can't see you. When he runs somewhere, run out and shoot
him. After about 8-10 Shotgun blast Eddie should fall to the ground. He
is dead now. So continue by exiting one of the 2 large doors where you
haven't been yet.
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Toluca Lake
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As soon as you exit through one of the doors, continue along the dock
until you see a boat when the video plays. Now you have to row the boat
across Toluca Lake. If you are playing Beginner, Easy or Normal Action
Mode, it will be much more easier to control the boat. Press the D-Pad
buttons to go the direction you want to. Hold Up to go forward, left to
go left, and right to go right.
But if you are playing Hard Action Mode this could be hard for you. You
will have to use both Thumbsticks. By rotating both Thumbsticks in a
clockwise fashion at the same time you will turn to the right. If you
turn both Thumbsticks in a counter-clockwise fashion at the same time
you will turn to the left. To move forward simultaneously turn the left
Thumbstick counter-clockwise and the right Thumbstick clockwise.
Try to do this very fast because the time you take to complete this will
count in the final ranking at the end of the game. So at the beginning
turn your boat until you face the light. Now row forward until you reach
the dock to your "Special Place," which is the Lake View Hotel.
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Lake View Hotel
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Finally! You have reached your "Special Place." The Lake View Hotel. After
the Boat Stage, equip your Shotgun until near the end of the game if you
haven't already. Now, run forward to the courtyard of the Hotel. On the
left fountain you will find the "Little Mermaid" Music Box. Look around
for the main entrance to the Lake View Hotel and enter through the door.
You will need to find a map.
Look to your left and on the wall is the Map of the Hotel (for guests).
When you look at the map you should notice that in box of Room 312 it
says "Waiting for You..." Could Mary really be here? Next, enter the
"Lake Shore" Restaurant and go to the piano. As you see in the video,
Laura is here. She scared James by playing the piano but James denies it.
This video is pretty important. It tells you many things, including Mary
saying "Happy 8th Birthday to Laura." Laura says she turned 8 last week.
So Mary is alive! Laura gives you the letter and claims she lost another
one and runs out to find it. Go over to the area with the table and grab
the "Fish" Key on one of the tables. You are done here so go out to the
main hallway.
There should be 2 Doormen out here and they are coming after you. Shoot
them both with the Shotgun until they fall then kick them both. If you
need or want Rifle Shells and Handgun Bullets x3 then enter the Store
Room. If not, enter the Lobby and grab the Key to Room 312. Also, you
can find the letter to James on the desk. It says that his videotape
that he left is in the safe in the Office on B1F Then go back to the main
hallway an go down to B1F. Once down here, find the elevator and grab the
Thinner and go back upstairs.
You are done on this floor so go up to 2F. Also, don't count on getting
to Room 312 soon. You'll notice that there is a gate blocking the 3F
hallway. On 2F, enter the Cloak Room to find the Key to Room 204 in a
briefcase. But it is locked. So use the "Fish" Key to open it. Exit the
room and if you want ammo and a Health Drink, check out the Reading
Room.
The Next thing to do is West Wing of rooms. Kill the 2 Doormen and enter
Room 204 which is the only room you can enter right now. Inside on a
desk you will find the Employee Elevator Key. Continue investigating,
and you will find that there is a hole in the wall. So you can enter Room
202. In this room you will find a funny looking briefcase and some
pictures on the bed.
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The Locked Briefcase
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As you can see, this briefcase is locked. You need to enter a combination
of 4 letters. No, it is not Mary. Now is the time to use your Thinner. Go
to the bed and investigate it. James will notice that there is one that
is a picture of the case and the combination but it is crossed out in
black marker. Go in the menu and use the Thinner.
Now the combination will be revealed. Go back to the case and enter the
same combination as in the picture and the case will open. Inside is the
"Cinderella" Music Box.
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Now you want to go to the Employee Elevator Room which is across to the
east side of 2F since you have the Employee Elevator Key now. Once inside,
go over to the elevator and walk in. An alarm will sound. That means that
the elevator can't support this much weight. James is not fat. Is is just
his items. Check the panel on the elevator to find a note about weight
allowance.
Just outside of the elevator there is a shelf. Go and investigate it. In
order to use the elevator you must empty your whole Inventory. Even if
you have a letter James can't use the elevator. After putting all your
things in the shelf, go back in the elevator and go down to 1F. You might
feel scared discarding your weapons now but you will be just fine.
On 1F, just outside of the elevator, grab the Map of the Hotel (for
employees) on the corkboard. Now go to the Pantry and grab the hard to
see "Snow White" Music Box on the shelf. Now you have all the Music
Boxes. Exit the room and enter the Office. If you remember, this is where
your videotape should be. Inside grab the Videotape and the Can Opener.
For ammo, enter the Employee Lounge for Rifle Shells x2. If you go back
to the elevator you can see that it will not move. So you have to find
another way back to 2F.
For a start, enter the blue door in front of the Office. Inside, go down
the stairs and enter the basement through the door at the bottom. In this
area. There will be 2 Mannequins that you will have to run past and you
have no weapon to use on them. So check your map and enter the Boiler
Room to get the Bar Key then exit the room.
Check your map again and enter the Kitchen. Inside the Kitchen you should
find a large tin. Now is the time to use the Can Opener. After you've
opened the can you will find lightbulbs inside. Who keeps lightbulbs in a
can? James will take one, then continue on by entering the "Venus Tears"
Bar. Inside the bar it is dark and James can't see clearly enough to put
the Bar Key through the key hole to unlock it.
Behind the door is a lamp on the bar. Use the lightbulb and James will
put it in. Now exit through the door. Now you are in a familiar place,
the basement for guests. Go up the stairs to 1F, then go up again to 2F.
On 2F go to the Employee Elevator Room and reclaim your things from the
shelf. Exit the room and enter the Lobby. Go down the stairs and examine
the Music Box Player.
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Music Box Puzzle
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On Easy Riddle Mode, just put the 3 Music Boxes in any of the 3 slots. On
Normal Riddle Mode, you will have to put them in specific places from the
description of each slot. Cinderella fled at midnight, Snow White woke
from death, and the Little Mermaid was a mute for time. On Hard Riddle
Mode they positions are different. The "Little Mermaid" Music Box goes
in the front. The "Snow White" Music Box on the east side, and the
"Cinderella" Music Box on the west side. After all 3 Music Boxes are put
in correctly, examine it once more and make the music play and the Music
Boxes will rotate and the Hotel Stairway Key is on a Music Box.
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Take the Hotel Stairway Key and then head up to 3F and use the Hotel
Stairway Key and open the gate blocking the way. On 3F, use the Key to
Room 312 to open it. Inside, walk around until you find a working VCR.
Put the videotape in. After awhile of the video, Laura will enter the
room.
After the video James can hear Mary talking on his Radio. She must be in
the Hotel! Exit the room.
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"Nightmare" Hotel
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If you have the Dog Key, you can enter the Observation Room and end the
game. If not, head down to 2F. If you enter the Reading Room on 2F there
are headphones on the desk. If you listen to this you are more likely to
get a certain ending. It is your choice if you want to listen to it or
not. For more information, check out the Ending Requirements section of
this FAQ. Now, enter the west corridor and if you enter certain
doors you will be warped to a different area.
Room 207 and Room 204 warp to each other. Room 202 warps you ever to Room
219. Room 219 warps to Room 220. Room 220 warps you to Room 207. And
lastly, Room 212 warps over to Room 202. So just enter Room 202 and it
will warp you to Room 219. From here, just go to the elevator and go down
to B1F which is the only elevator button that works.
After going down to B1F, you can see that this floor is completely
flooded. You will have to work around this floor like this. First, enter
the "Venus Tears" Bar where you can find 5 Health Drinks with the other
drinks on display. They camouflage with there surroundings. Once done here,
enter the kitchen. If you need ammo, here is the place. There are Shotgun
Shells x2 on the Kitchen counter and there are Rifle Shells x2 in the
back on the shelf.
Once done here, exit the room and enter the blue door to see a video of
Angela. If you have not yet examined the knife it will affect the ending.
Fore more information, check out the Ending Requirements section of this
FAQ. After the video, you are left with fire in the middle of the stairs.
Don't try to go through it, James will just lose health. Exit through the
door and re-enter the room.
It is different. It is the same as before though. Continue up the stairs
and go through the door. You are now on 1F again. Go North until you see
a path that goes east, north, and east again. Follow it and enter the
door to find a room full of Underhangers under the gate floor. Just run
through the hallway, dodging them until you come to a door, enter it.
In here you will find 9 Save Points! Nine Red Squares. I think they are
trying to tell you to save your game here. After this point, there are
the 2 last bosses of the game. Equip the Hunting Rifle and keep it ready
for the rest of the game. Enter the door.
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BOSS 5: Pyramid Head Duo
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Difficulty: Normal
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You've already fought 1 Pyramid Head before, now you are about to fight
2! Right at the beginning run to a corner, preferably the corner farthest
away from the 2 Pyramid Heads. From there try to take off 2-5 shots on
Easy and Normal Action Mode then strafe out of the way using either L1 or
R1 for either direction and run to the next corner or the corner directly
across from your current location before either Pyramid Head stabs you.
Don't under-estimate their range. It may surprise you. The 2 Pyramid Heads
only have one attack that is coming up to James and stabbing him with
their Spears. On Hard Action Mode try to take only 1-2 shots because the
Pyramid Heads move much faster.
It is better to take only 1 shot and get away clean than to take 2 shots
and get stabbed. But if you are sure you can make it, take 2 shots then
strafe out of the way by using either L1 or R1 appropriately. After about
10-12 shots on Normal Action Mode the Pyramid Heads should stop and go
towards the center and stab their spears through themselves and die. On
Hard Action Mode you will have to shoot either Pyramid Head more times.
Also, it doesn't matter which Pyramid Head you shoot because it's like
they share their health. When you defeat the 2 Pyramid Head continue to
move on.
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Pyramid Head Eggs Puzzle
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After you have finally defeated the 2 Pyramid Heads examine their corpses
to find the Rust-Colored Egg and the Scarlet Egg in both of the Pyramid
Heads' hands. Use them to open the 2 exiting doors by inserting them into
either door, but they must be inserted into different doors.
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After you have inserted the 2 eggs go through one of the 2 doors. After
you have done so, find the main entrance and try to exit the hotel. You
are now in a long hallway. A recording of Mary will start to play. If you
stay and listen to the whole thing or run quickly and go through the door
at the end of the hallway, it will most likely effect which ending you will
receive. So make a decision and go through the door when you're ready. Now
you are actually outside, it is raining now.
Find your way to the stairs and go up all the way to the top. It will
take awhile. When you're at the top a video will play and you now have
to fight the Final Boss in the game.
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BOSS 6: Maria/Mary Demon
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Difficulty: Very Hard
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This boss is quite similar to the Hangers but is quicker at moving and
has more attacks. This last boss has 2 attacks. It will spit out a cloud
of black moths that will swarm around James to prevent you from moving.
To get out of this attack wiggle the movement controls and the shoulder
buttons. The other attack is is very lethal so try not to let it happen
to you. It will try to get close to you, hovering above you, and it will
snatch James with its long black tail. Beware of the speed of the attack
because it may surprise you.
To get out of it wiggle the movement controls and shoulder buttons then
run away. If the demon is close to you, you should consider strafing in
either direction to get away. So in order to beat this final boss, try to
stay as far away from the demon as possible and use the Hunting Rifle's
accuracy to get the job done. After you shoot the boss several times it
should fall on the ground. Go up to the helpless demon on the ground and
choose your weapon of choice and finish off the demon... Good Job, you
have now beaten the game.
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11. SPEED WALKTHROUGH
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| Legend |
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| New Area |
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| Puzzle |
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| +++++++++++++++ |
| Optional Puzzle |
| +++++++++++++++ |
| **** |
| Boss |
| **** |
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LETTER FROM SILENT HEAVEN
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EAST SOUTH VALE
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-At the beginning, exit the Restroom, take the Map of Silent Hill from
Jams car and head west to the stoned stairs and go down them
-Follow the path to the Graveyard and enter it
-Find Angela and then exit the Graveyard through the other west exit
-Follow the path and grab the Chainsaw if it's in the log
-Keep heading east, through the next fence door and it will turn into
Wiltse Road
-Head west on Sanders Street and follow the "shadow", by heading north
on Lindsey Street and East on Vachss Road and enter the Construction Site
-James will find a Radio and rip off a Wooden Plank from the structure
-Kill the Patient Demon and exit the Construction Site
-Head west back to Lindsey Street, head south, west on Katz Street and
north up Martin Street
-Take the Apartment Gate Key and head south back down Martin Street
-Head west on Katz Street until you reach the Wood Side Apartments gate,
and enter it along with Wood Side Apartments
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WOOD SIDE APARTMENTS
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-Grab the Map of the Apt. Building and head up to 2F
-Enter Room 205 and take the Flashlight
-Go up to 3F, try to get the key on the other side of the gate thing, get
Handgun from Room 301 in the shopping cart and go back down to 2F
-Head east until you hear a scream/cry and head north to Room 208
-Grab the Key to Room 202 on the left shelf and exit the room
-Head to Room 202 and enter it with the key
-Enter the left room to find a small hole in the wall
-Investigate the hole to get the Clock Key
-Head back to Room 208 and find the clock in the left room
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-Open the Clock Face and set the hands on 9:10
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-Push the clock and go through the wall to Room 209
-Exit the room and go up the stairwell to the right to 3F
-Enter Room 307 to find Pyramid Head and James will hid in the closet
until he leaves
-Get the Courtyard Key from the closet and exit the room
- Head south down the hallways and get the Fire Escape Key by the gate
thing
-Head down to 1F through the east stairwell
-Go down the 1F corridor and get the Canned Juice in front of Room 107
-Exit through the lobby doors and head west to the west entrance, where
you first came in
-Go up to 2F and put the Canned Juice down the garbage shoot, in the
laundry room
-Go back down to 1F and go outside to the incinerator to get the Coin [Old
Man], and head back up to 2F
-Head west down the corridor to last door, in front of you
-Go through the door, and James will use the Fire Escape Key and go over
to Blue Creek Apartments
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BLUE CREEK APARTMENTS
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-Go over to the washroom and get the memo from the toilet
-Go into the main section of the room and examine the safe on the chair
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-Use the memo to solve the puzzle
-Turn the dial to the first number
-Turn the dial, pressing right, until you reach the second number
-Turn the dial, pressing left, until you reach the third number
-Turn the dial, pressing right, until you reach the last number
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-Take the ammo from the open safe and exit the room
-Enter the east stairwell and take the Map of Blue Creek on the floor
-Go down to 1F and enter Room 109
-Enter the white door near the middle of the room
-James meets Angela again and she gives him a Knife
-If you examine this Knife it may effect which ending you'll receive
-Take the Coin [Prisoner] on the nightstand and exit the room
-Enter Room 105 and examine the secretarial desk
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-Solve the puzzle with the Riddle Mode you are on:
-Easy: Old Man, Empty, Snake, Empty, Prisoner
-Normal: Empty, Old Man, Prisoner, Empty, Snake
-Hard: Empty, Old Man, Empty, Snake, Prisoner
-Then you will get the Lyne House Key
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-Exit the room and head up to 2F
-Enter Room 209 and use the balcony to go over to Room 208
-Take the Apartment Stairway Key, run back to Room 209 and exit the
room
-Enter the northeast locked stairwell with your Apartment Stairway Key
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-You will now have to fight Pyramid Head
-As soon as you can play, make sure your Handgun is equipped
-Shoot Pyramid Head several times until he gets in the screen
-Run to the far corner and try to empty a full clip or more into Pyramid
Head
-Run back to the other corner and shoot him ore from there
-Repeat this process until you in the second corner and the alarm sounds
off
-Pyramid Head will head towards the stairs and go down, don't go near him
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-When Pyramid Head is gone, the water in the stairwell will drain
-Go down the stairs and exit to West South Vale
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WEST SOUTH VALE
===============
-Go down the stairs and head north to Rose Water Park
-On the way James meets Laura in a video and then she runs off
-Run north, to the Rosewater Park waterfront and meet Maria in the video
-Make sure you do not kill Maria or it is GAME OVER
-Exit the park by heading west and at the steps head south to Nathan
Avenue
-Head west to Texxon Gas and take the Steel Pipe in the car hood
-Now continue west to Pete's Bowl-O-Rama and enter it through the front
double doors
-Enter the door on the left and after the video find the other door in
the room and go through it
-Go up to Eddie for a video
-Enter the double doors where Laura went through and exit the bowling
alley through the double doors where you came in
-After Maria comes back run south down the area east to the entrance and
enter the gate
-Head south towards the end of the alley for the video and try to enter
the locked door
-Maria will open the door with her 3 keys and then enter Heaven's Night
-Run up the stairs and enter the green door on the right
-Find the exit door and go through it
-Run down the stairs and head south until Maria spots Laura run into the
hospital and enter Brookhaven Hospital
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BROOKHAVEN HOSPITAL
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-Grab the Map of the Hospital on the left board and enter the Reception
Office
-Go through the other door and grab the "Purple" Bull key on the table,
and exit both rooms
-Enter the stairwell nearby and go up to 2F
-Enter the Women's Locker Room to get the Bent Needle in the teddy bear
and the Shotgun in the locker
-Enter the patients' wing, enter the Examination Room 3 and get the code
on the blue carbon paper
-Exit the room, enter M2 and take the "Lapis Eye" Key
-Now go back through the double doors to the other corridor
-Go up to 3F, enter the patients' wing with the code, which is 7335 on
Easy and Normal Riddle Mode and 1328 on Hard Riddle Mode
-Enter S3 so Maria can have a rest
-Take the Roof Key on the nightstand and go up to RF, using the other
corridor
-Run over to the diary (examine it if you want; it may affect which
ending you'll receive) and run to the fence near the Elevator Control
Room
-Pyramid Head will knock you off the roof to the locked Special Treatment
Room
-Enter the 2nd closest door to the camera, get the number on the wall
then run to S14 and enter it
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-Combine the "Purple Bull" Key and the "Lapis" Eye Key and use them
-Enter the code you found on the blue carbon paper in the Examination
Room 3 on the push-button lock
-Enter the code you found on the wall in the Special Treatment Room
on the turning lock
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-Open the box and take the Piece of Hair
-Now go to the Shower Room in the same corridor and combine the Bent
Needle and the Piece of Hair nd use them by the drain to get the
Elevator Key
-Enter the elevator in this corridor and go down to 1F
-Enter C2 and find Laura for a video; she takes and locks James in the
Examination Room and now you will have to fight a boss
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-Equip your Shotgun and blast away at the Hangers
-Try to stay away from them so they can't pick you up or kick you
-Shoot them until they get close to you then run to the opposite
corner
-Stay away from them while you shoot until they both die and a 3rd
will come out
-Do the same until this one is dead and it is over
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"NIGHTMARE" HOSPITAL
====================
-Go through the door beside you and enter the next area through the left
wall
-Go in the elevator and go up to 2F and enter M6
-Take the Dry Cell Battery and the Basement Storeroom Key where the hands
reaching up are
-Go up to 3F via the elevator and enter the east corridor
-Enter the stairwell and go all the way down to the basement and go
through the door, using the Basement Store Room Key
-Push the shelf and try to go down the ladder
-Maria will come in, go down the ladder and get the Copper Ring
-Go back up to 3F, enter the patients' wing and enter the elevator
-Go down to 2F and a trivia will come up, like a radio, maybe James'
-On 2F enter the Day Room and get the Lead Ring from the hard to open
fridge, with Maria
-Go back up to 3F if you want to answer the trivia and enter the Store
Room after entering the east corridor
-Go up to the weird box and examine it
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-For the first row of numbers, press 3
-For the second row of numbers, press 1
-For the last row of numbers, press 3
-If answer incorrectly, yellow spray will come from the room and drop
your health the red
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-Take the 4 Shotgun Shell packs and the 2 Ampoules inside the box
-Now go back to the patients wing and examine the stairwell door
-In the menu, combine and use the Copper Ring and the Lead Ring
-Go through the unlocked door and go down the stairs to the door and go
through it
-Run down the hallway and Pyramid Head will come and attack Maria
-Just run quickly down the corridor to the last hallway where Maria
starts running and run down the hallway to the elevator for a video
-Maria wont make it so it was kind of useless protecting her
-Now you are on 1F, enter the Director's Room and get the Hospital Lobby
Key along with the examining the map
-James will see Laura walk by, do the same by going through the lobby
doors with the Hospital Lobby Key
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DARK SOUTH VALE
===============
-Head southeast until you get to Saul Street and run on the gated path
with the Underhangers, and dodge them
-On the other side, go through the door
-Run northeast to Lindsey Street and grab the Wrench on the porch of the
second closest house to Gonzale's
-Head north then east on Katz Street and go through the now unlocked
gate door past Wood Side Apartments
-Run up to Rosewater Park and find the Praying Woman Statue
-Go behind it, dig and use the Wrench
-Take the Old Bronze Key in the tin box and run back to Nathan Avenue
-Head northwest up Nathan Avenue and enter the Silent Hill Historical
Society with the Old Bronze Key
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THE UNMAPPED AREA
=================
-Enter the second room via the door on the right
-Find the hole in the wall and go down the really long descending stairs
until you reach a door, go through it
-Go through the next door and follow the hallway to where the Patient
Demon is and enter the door in front of you
-Jump down the hole and you will be in a well
-Search the well for some "different" and weak bricks, then equip either
the Wooden Plank or the Steel Pipe and whack it 2-3 times
-Enter the door and follow the path to the first door and go through it
-Get the Spiral Writing Key and your Flashlight battery dies
-Use the Drycell Battery to replace the old one
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-Examine the keypad in the bug-filled room
-Either 2 or 3 numbers will be illuminated on the keypad
-Use them to solve the puzzle by trying each combination possible
-There is always only 6 possible combinations
-Example - 1,2 - 121, 211, 112, 212, 122, 221
1,2,3 - 123, 132, 213, 231, 312, 321
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-Exit the room and use the Spiral Writing Key to open the locked gate
door on the floor and jump down the hole
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TOLUCA PRISON
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-After the video, get the Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig" and leave the room
-Head upward until you find the Map of the Prison on a table on the left
and head downward and enter the second door on the left
-Head north and then east and enter the open shower room and get the
Tablet of "The Seductress"
-Enter the south row of jail cells and get the Wax Doll from the second
last cell
-Enter the north row of jail cells from the east side of the prison and
get the Tablet of "The Oppressor"
-Exit to the Courtyard and find the scaffold
-Combine and use the Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig", Tablet of "The Seductress"
and the Tablet of "The Oppressor" on the front of it, where the picture of
the Pyramid Heads are
-Head back to the entrance and get the Horseshoe on the door handle
-Use the north row of jail cells to get to the east side of the prison
and enter the civilian side of the prison through the last open door on
the left
-Enter the next door on the left and get the Lighter by the glass
-Enter the last door on the right and enter the next room in the Warden's
Office and take the Hunting Rifle hanging up
-Go through the gate next to the Warden's Office and combine and use the
Wax Doll, the Horseshoe and the Lighter on the hatch to make a handle
-Jump down the hole and go the door directly in front of you
-Go through the other door and jump down the hole
-Open the door and jump down the next hole
-Enter the elevator and go in one of the 2 far corners for the elevator
to start its descent
-After the terribly long elevator ride go through the one and only light
brown door to enter the Labyrinth
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THE LABYRINTH
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-James draws his own map if you have the flashlight on so do so
-If you want a new weapon, follow the path to the northeast ladder and go
down it
-Run left down the turning hallway and enter the first room on the left
-Get the Great Knife on the table
-Leave Pyramid Head's lair by going back where you came from, to the main
area
-Follow the path to the southeast ladder and go down it
-Go down the corridor and go down the next ladder
-Examine the box of faces
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-On Easy and Normal Riddle Mode rotate the cube until you get the right-
side-up red face and turn the cube left or to one of the 3 upside-down
faces
-On Hard Riddle Mode there is no set solution, just keep trying until
you get it right
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-Run past the box of faces, into the grated room and go down through the
now doorway stairs to a video
-After the video, get the Wire Cutters from the electrical box near the
box of faces
-Go back to the main area and use the Wire Cutters to cut the wires
blocking the door across from the entrance to The Labyrinth and go down
the ladder
-You should hear or encounter Pyramid Head in one or two areas in the
low water, just be careful of his attacks
-Go up the first ladder on the right and go down the hallway and go down
the southwest ladder
-Find the other ladder and go up it and follow the path to find another
ladder, go down it
-Find the only other ladder in the area and go up it
-Run forward and go down the ladder and go up the first ladder on the
left
-Go through the door and go down the hallway of papers for a video and
you will now fight another boss
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-If you haven't already, equip you Shotgun and blast the Doorman a few
times until he gets pretty close to you. Always run to the other side
of this room because it's very small
-Shoot 2-4 times and he should fall down and get up
-Repeat this a few times, using the strafe buttons to get f of some
situations, until the Doorman is dead
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-After the video exit the room and go through the next door to find
2 weird rooms, another puzzle
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-Run to the first room to figure out the locations of the hanged men
and then run to the other room and pull the noose in the same location
as the body of the wrongfully accused man
-There solutions are:
Easy Riddle Mode: Kidnapper
Normal Riddle Mode: Arsonist
Hard Riddle Mode: Counterfeiter
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-Run back to the first room and grab the Key of the Persecuted and go
through the last door in the hallway and use the Key of the Persecuted
to unlock the handcuffs attached to the gate
-Go down the ladder and go through the white door for a video
-Now go through the now opened gate and go up the ladder
-Go in the Catacomb and go down your grave
-Follow the long path and enter the next room for another boss
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-As soon as you can play, equip the Great Knife and swing it at Eddie
once on Easy and Normal Action Mode, causing him to go to the next
room, or twice on Hard Action Mode
-If you don't have it, use the Hunting Rifle, a few shots
-In the next room, equip your Shotgun and take off a few shots at
Eddie
-Try your best to not let him shoot you, so use the strafe buttons
when he readies his gun
-After awhile, he will get confused and hide behind the meant racks
-Run up to him to make him move, then shoot him
-If you find it difficult with the Shotgun, use the Handgun, but not
the Hunting Rifle, it takes to long to ready your aim
-Keep shooting him until he dies for a video
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-After you've defeated Eddie, exit the area by going through one of
the 2 large doors where you haven't been yet
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TOLUCA LAKE
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-Run along the dock to the boat and get in it
-Use the D-pad to move the boat on Easy and Normal Action Mode
-On Hard Action Mode you will have use both the thumbsticks
-Move the left thumbstick counter-clockwise and the right thumbstick
clockwise simultaneously to move forward
-Move both thumbsticks counter-clockwise simultaneously to turn left
-Move both thumbsticks clockwise simultaneously to turn right
-When you get in the boat, move forward to get going and turn right
until you see the light from the lighthouse
-Continue moving forward until you reach the Lake View Hotel for a
video
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LAKE VIEW HOTEL
===============
-Run into the courtyard of the hotel and get the "Little Mermaid" Music
Box on the fountain
-Enter the Lake View Hotel via the door at the top of the steps
-Take the Map of the Hotel (for guests) on the left corkboard and enter
the "Lake Shore" Restaurant
-Get the "Fish" Key on the set table and go near the piano for a video
-Go down to B1F and get the Thinner in the elevator and go back up to 1F
-Enter the Lobby and then the Reception and get the Key to Hotel Room 312
-Go up to 2F and enter the Cloak Room
-Use the "Fish" Key to open the briefcase and get the Key to Hotel Room
204 inside
-Enter the west side of 2F and enter Room 204 with the key and take the
Employee Elevator Key on the desk
-Go through the hole in the wall to Room 204 and use the Thinner to erase
the ink over the photo on the bed
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-Go over to the briefcase to the right of the bed and use the code you
got from the photo on the bed to open the briefcase
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-Get the "Cinderella" Music Box from the now open briefcase and run to
the east side of 2F and enter the Employee Elevator Room
-Go in the elevator and see the note on weight allowance and exit the
elevator and examine the shelf nearby
-Now put every single one of your items in the shelf and go back in the
elevator and go down to 1F
-Get the Map of the Hotel on the left corkboard and enter the Pantry
-Get the "Snow White" Music Box on the shelf to your right and enter
the Office
-Take the Videotape and the Can Opener in the open safe and enter the
stairwell with the blue door, beside the Office and go down to B1F
-Enter the Boiler Room and get the Bar Key on the generator and enter
the Kitchen
-Use the Can Opener to open the can on the counter and take the Light
Bulb
-Enter the Venus Tears Bar and put the Light Bulb in the lamp on the
counter and exit the bar, using the key and go back up to 2F
-Go to the east side of 2F and enter the Employee Elevator Room and get
all of you items back and go exit to the middle of 2F and go down the
stairs to the large music box
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-On Easy Riddle Mode just put in the 3 Music Boxes in any of the 3
slots
-On Normal Riddle Mode the "Snow White" Music Box goes in the front,
the "Cinderella" Music Box goes on the left and the "Little Mermaid"
Music Box goes on the right
-On Hard Riddle Mode the "Little Mermaid" Music Box goes in the front,
the "Cinderella" Music Box goes on the left and the "Snow White" Music
Box goes on the right
-Select "yes" to make the music box play when it asks you and it will
play correctly
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-The music boxes will turn to the inside and 3 others will be facing you
now
-Take the Hotel Stairway Key on the middle music box and run up to 3F,
using the key to open the gate
-Enter Room 312, using the key and insert the Videotape into the VCR to
the right of the TV for a video
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"NIGHTMARE" HOTEL
=================
-Go down to 2F and enter the west side of the floor
-It may effect which ending you'll receive, but if you want to, you can
enter the Reading Room on the same floor and listen to the headphones,
first
-Try to enter Room 202 and you will be transported to the east side of 2F
-Go through the double doors to the south and enter the elevator and go
down to B1F
-The basement is now flooded but you can still get around
-Enter the Venus Tears Bar and use the Kitchen as a passageway to the
next corridor and enter the stairwell for a video
-After the video, exit the stairs that are different than before and then
they will be normal again
-Follow the path northeast and go through the door
-Run along the path with Underhangers underneath it, ignoring them, and
go through the next door
-Equip the Hunting Rifle and go through the double doors to the Lobby
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-Right when you can play run into the farthest corner and start shooting
at the Pyramid Heads
-You should be able to take off at least 3-4 shots on Easy Action Mode,
1-2 shots on Normal Action Mode and 1 on Hard Action Mode
-On Hard Action Mode try to only take off one in each corner you visit
because you may get stabbed
-After you've taken off the appropriate amount of shots using the R1 and
L1 buttons to strafe out of the way, to the next farthest corner
-Keep firing at the two Pyramid Heads, traveling to the farthest corner
each time, and you should find this battle quite easy
-Just make sure the Pyramid Heads don't get close to you so hold L2 to
position the camera on the Pyramid Heads when you're shooting at them
-Keep in mind that it doesn't matter which Pyramid Head you are shooting
each time, they split the damage each one takes
-After about 10 shots on Normal Action Mode the two Pyramid Heads should
head towards the center on the Lobby and they will stab their spears into
their heads, oddly enough, to end the battle
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-Examine the Pyramid Heads' corpses to find the Rust-Colored Egg and the
Scarlet Egg in their hands
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-Find the 2 exiting lobby doors and insert the Rust-Colored Egg and the
Scarlet Egg into either one of the two doors, but you must put one in each
door
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-Exit through one of the 2 doors and go through the door that you first
came into the hotel and you will be in a long hallway
-It may change which ending you will receive if you listen to the whole
recorded conversation or not
-Once you've decided what to do and you've done it, go through the door at
the end of the long hallway
-Turn to your left and start running up the many stairs, as it turns,
follow it to the very top for a video, then the final boss in the game
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-Right when you can play run away into a far corner and use your Hunting
Rifle's amazing accuracy to hit the demon
-Make sure that when you see the demon spit out what looks like
butterflies, you keep running until they fly away because they can harm
you
-Try not to get to close to the demon or it will try to grab you and hold
you up in the air, inflicting damage
-Keep running into corners, staying away from the demon, and use the
Hunting Rifle to shoot the demon
-Be sure to dodge the demon's attacks and you should do well
-Be sure to hold L2 to position the camera on the demon when you're
shooting at it to see how close it is to you and run away when it gets
close
-If you ever get attacked which will probably happen, use the movement
controls and the shoulder buttons to get out of the attack faster
-The demon will spit out its butterflies several times so stop shooting
when this happens and run until they fly away
-After many shots the demon should fall to the ground and it is now
helpless
-Take out your weapon of choice and take out the demon
-If using the Great Knife press A hard so James will do a downward
attack, hitting the demon
-After you have officially killed the demon you have beat the game,
congratulations!
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12.ENDING REQUIREMENTS
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Maria Ending
============
-Immediately go where Maria tells you to go. Do not go the opposite
direction or make her tell you twice
-Make sure Maria suffers none or very little damage
-Spend a long time with Maria before leaving her in Room S3 3F of
Brookhaven Hospital
-After you leave Maria in Room S3 3F Brookhaven Hospital, return and
check on her often
-After leaving Maria's cell in the Labyrinth try to re-enter the room
(the white door, not down the stairs)
-At the last long corridor before the Final Boss after the Pyramid Head
Duel don't listen to the conversation and quickly run forward until you
reach a door
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Avoid the Maria Ending
======================
-Hit Maria with the wooden plank a few times but do not kill her
-In the Inventory Examine the Photo of Mary and the Letter from Mary
-After you meet Maria in Rosewater Park run as fast as you can to room S3
3F in Brookhaven Hospital
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In Water Ending
===============
-Examine Angela's Knife in your Inventory
-Read the Diary on the Hospital Rooftop
-After viewing the videotape go down to the Reading Room on 2F of
"Nightmare" Hotel (Lake View Hotel) and listen to the recorded conversation
on the headphones on the desk
-Listen to the entire last corridor conversation of Mary sick in bed
before the last Boss Fight
-Go through the game with Red health status often
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Leave Ending
============
-Recover your stamina(health) as soon as it drops. Try to keep green
stamina throughout the whole game
-After meeting Maria in Rosewater Park do not head east and do not make
Maria tell James which direction the Hotel lies
-Listen to the entire sick bed conversation of Mary sick in bed in the
last long corridor before the last boss fight
-Do everything that is recommended to avoid the Maria Ending
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Rebirth Ending
==============
-Collect and have all 4 of the secret items (not including Chainsaw and
Hyper Spray) in your inventory when you beat the game(have to beat the
game at least once first)
-The Names and Locations of the secret items are:
-White Chrism- Blue Creek Apartments Room 105 1F
-Lost Memories Book- In newspaper stand at the Texxon Gas Station
-Obsidian Goblet- Silent Hill Historical Society Museum in the smashed
display case in the second room
-Crimson Ceremony Book- After you view the videotape in Room 312 3F,
"Nightmare" Hotel go down to the Reading Room 2F and
it's behind the headphones on the bookshelf
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DOG Ending
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-After you get the Rebirth Ending you can find the DOG Key in the Doghouse
in the yard a little west of Jacks Inn -After you view the videotape in
Room 312 3F, "Nightmare" Hotel, use the DOG Key on
the Observation Room door on the same floor
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UFO Ending
==========
After you've beaten the Sub Scenario, pick up the Blue Gem in the
Restroom at the beginning of the game. It is by the furthest stall from
James. Once you have it you must use it in these 3 places to receive the
UFO Ending:
-"Nightmare" Hospital in the Garden 1F after you've beaten the Hangers
Boss.
-Right in front of the boat on the Labyrinth dock of Toluca Lake, after
you've beaten the Eddie Boss.
-Room 312 3F Lake View Hotel, right in front of the right window beside
TV before you watch the videotape
After you do that the game will end and you will receive the UFO Ending.
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13. RANKING
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After you finish a game in Silent Hill 2 with the Letter From Silent
Heaven Scenario (Main Scenario) you will be ranked on what you have done.
The things you are ranked on are:
Action Level The Action Level that you choose at the
beginning of the game
Riddle Level The Riddle Level that you choose at the
beginning of the game
Ending Which Ending you receive
Ending Clear How many of the endings you've received
Saves How many times you saved your game
Total Time The total time you play the game
Walking Distance The total distance you walked in the game
Running Distance The total distance you ran in the game
Items How many items you picked up in the game
Defeated Enemy By Shooting How many enemies you killed by shooting
Defeated Enemy By Fighting How many enemies you killed by fighting
Boat Stage Time The amount of time it took you to complete
the Boat Stage
Boat Max Speed The max speed you reached during the Boat
Stage
Total Damage The total damage you received from enemies
in points
Your Rank The amount of stars you receive
After you've beaten the game it will show your rank. Save your game and
next time it will load your Ranking when you try to load your game. So
load your game press A and go to New Game to start another game with it
remembering your rank.
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10-Star Ranking
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It is possible to get a 10-Star Ranking. It requires you to do certain
things. If you want to get a 10-Star Ranking then you should do the
following:
-Play on Hard Action Mode
-Play on Extra Hard Riddle Mode
-Clear all 5 endings
-Save your game 2 times or less
-Finish the game in 3 hours or less
-Collect at least 100 regular items
-Get the Chainsaw, Hyper Spray and the Dog Key
-Kill at least 75 enemies by shooting
-Kill at least 75 enemies by fighting
-Finish the boat stage in under 1m 20s
-Receive 200 points of damage or less
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Hyper Spray
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The Hyper Spray is a secret weapon that can be used to immobilize enemies
for a brief amount of time. Fore more information on it, check out the
weapons section. After you beat the Main Scenario in Silent Hill 2, you
will receive a ranking. Your ranking can effect the power of you Hyper
Spray. Here are the following colours that you can get and their power:
White - Start off with this - Not very good but OK
Yellow - Pretty good - Inflicts a moderate immobilization period
Purple - The best - Creates a pretty long immobilization period
In order to get the Purple spray, you'll need to get a very good ranking.
Try your best to get a 10-Star Ranking, using the requirements above.
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14.WEAPON/ITEM/MAP LIST
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Weapon Name
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Chainsaw
Great Knife
Handgun
Hunting Rifle
Hyper Spray
Wooden Plank
Shotgun
Steel Pipe
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Item Name
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Apartment Gate Key
Apartment Stairway Key
Bar Key
Basement Storeroom Key
Bent Needle
Can Opener
Canned Juice
Clock Key
Coin [Old Man]
Coin [Snake]
Coin [Prisoner]
Copper Ring
Courtyard Key
Drycell Battery
Elevator Key
Employee Elevator Key
Examination Room Key
Fire Escape Key
"Fish" Key
Flashlight
Horseshoe
Hospital Lobby Key
Hotel Stairway Key
Key of the Persecuted
Key to Hotel Room 204
Key to Hotel Room 312
Key to Room 202
Knife
"Lapis Eye" Key
Laura's Letter
Lead Ring
Letter form Mary
Light Bulb
Lighter
Lyne House Key
Music Box "Cinderella"
Music Box "Little Mermaid"
Music Box "Snow White"
Old Bronze Key
Photo of Mary
Piece of Hair
"Purple Bull" Key
Radio
Roof Key
Rust-Colored Egg
Scarlet Egg
Spiral Writing Key
Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig"
Tablet of "The Oppressor"
Tablet of "The Seductress"
Thinner
Videotape
Wax Doll
Wire Cutter
Wrench
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Secret Item Name
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Blue Gem
Crimson Ceremony
Dog Key
Lost Memories
Obsidian Goblet
White Chrism
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Map Name
========
Map of Silent Hill
Map of the Apt. Building
Map of the West Apt. Building
Map of the Hospital
Map of the Hotel (for employees)
Map of the Hotel (for guests)
Map of the Labyrinth
Map of the Prison
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WEAPONS
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Weapon: | Chainsaw
Location: | Stuck in a pile of logs across from Silent Hill Ranch, after
| you beat the game at least once.
Notes: | Powerful but hard to use; James need to stop and start it up
| and then you can attack.
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Weapon: | Great Knife
Location: | Pyramid Head's Lair on the table in the Labyrinth.
Notes: | Possibly the most powerful weapon in the game. James has to
| raise it first then swing, because it's huge . Awkward to use.
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Weapon: | Handgun
Location: | In the shopping cart in Room 301 3F Wood Side Apartments.
Notes: | The first firearm James acquires. Holds 10 bullets per clip.
| Best at close and medium range.
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Weapon: | Hunting Rifle
Location: | In the weapons lock-up just behind the front office in Toluca
| Prison.
Notes: | The best weapon in the game. Holds 4 shots. Extreme range,
| amazing stopping power, but lacks in firing rate.
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Weapon: | Hyper Spray
Location: | Motorhome at the intersection of Saul Street and Harris after
| you beat Normal or Hard Action Mode.
Notes: | Immobilizes enemies when sprayed at, for a brief amount of
| time. May affect James' is health after many sprays.
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Weapon: | Wooden Plank
Location: | Construction site at north end of Vachss Road.
Notes: | The first weapon James acquires. Isn't the best weapon but
| is good at extremely close range.
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Weapon: | Shotgun
Location: | Women's Locker Room 2F Brookhaven Hospital.
Notes: | High stopping power but lack in range. Holds 6 Shots. Best
| at close range.
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Weapon: | Steel Pipe
Location: | Texxon Gas station, stuck in a car's hood at the northeast
| corner of Nathan and Carroll.
Notes: | Better than the Steel Pipe and swings faster.
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ITEMS
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Item: | Apartment Gate Key
Location: | On the corpse, at the North end of Martin Street.
Purpose: | Unlocks the front gate of Wood Side Apartments.
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Item: | Apartment Stairway Key
Location: | On the bed in Room 208 2F Blue Creek Apartments.
Purpose: | Unlocks the North stairwell of Blue Creek Apartments, 2F.
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Item: | Bar Key
Location: | Hanging on the boiler in the Boiler Room B1F Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks the "Venus Tears" Bar door in Lake View Hotel, B1F.
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Item: | Basement Storeroom Key
Location: | On the ledge above the reaching arms in Room M6 "Nightmare"
| Hospital.
Purpose: | Unlocks the B1F Storeroom of the "Nightmare" Hospital.
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Item: | Bent Needle
Location: | Stuck in the teddy bear in the Women's Locker Room 2F.
Purpose: | One of the 2 items needed to get the key in the drain in the
| Shower Room 3F, Brookhaven Hospital.
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Item: | Can Opener
Location: | In the safe in the Office 1F Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Opens the unmarked can on the counter in the Kitchen of Lake
| View Hotel, on B1F.
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Item: | Canned Juice
Location: | In front the door of Room 107 1F Wood Side Apartments.
Purpose: | Knocks the stuck garbage out of the garbage shoot on 2F, Wood
| Side Apartments.
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Item: | Clock Key
Location: | In the hole in the wall in the bedroom in Room 202 Wood Side
| Apartments.
Purpose: | Unlocks the face of the clock in Room 208 2F, Wood Side
| Apartments.
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Item: | Coin [Old Man]
Location: | In the incinerator out Wood Side Apartments, after you knock
| the garbage out of the shoot.
Purpose: | One of the 3 coins needed to solve the Coin Puzzle in Room
| 105 1F, Blue Creek Apartments.
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Item: | Coin [Snake]
Location: | In the baby carriage in the Wood Side Apartments courtyard
| pool.
Purpose: | One of the 3 coins needed to solve the Coin Puzzle in Room
| 105 1F, Blue Creek Apartments.
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Item: | Coin [Prisoner]
Location: | On the nightstand in Room 109 1F Blue Creek Apartments.
Purpose: | One of the 3 coins needed to solve the Coin Puzzle in Room
| 105 1F, Blue Creek Apartments.
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Item: | Copper Ring
Location: | In the center of the floor in the "Nightmare" Hospital
| Basement Storeroom.
Purpose: | One of the 2 rings needed to open the west stairwell door,
| "Nightmare" Hospital 3F.
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Item: | Courtyard Key
Location: | In the closet where James was hiding in Room 307 3F Wood Side
| Apartments.
Purpose: | Unlocks the door that leads to the courtyard on the east side
| of Wood Side Apartments 1F.
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Item: | Drycell Battery
Location: | On the ledge above the reaching arms in Room M6 "Nightmare"
| Hospital.
Purpose: | Replaces the old battery for the Flashlight when the old one
| dies.
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Item: | Elevator Key
Location: | In the shower drain in the Shower Room 3F Brookhaven Hospital.
Purpose: | Unlocks the cover to call the elevator, Brookhaven Hospital
| 3F.
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Item: | Employee Elevator Key
Location: | On the desk in Room 204 2F Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Employee Elevator Room on the east side of 2F,
| Lake View Hotel.
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Item: | Examination Room Key
Location: | In the bloody lab coat pocket in the Men's Locker Room 2F.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Examination Room on 1F, Brookhaven Hospital.
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Item: | Fire Escape Key
Location: | On the floor on the east side of the bars in Wood Side
| Apartments 3F Corridor.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Fire Escape door at the west end on 2F, Wood Side
| Apartments.
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Item: | "Fish" Key
Location: | On the plate on the table in the Lake Shore Restaurant 1F
| Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks the briefcase in the Cloak Room 2F, Lake View Hotel.
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Item: | Flashlight
Location: | On the fashion dummy wearing Mary's clothes in Room 205 2F
| Wood Side Apartments.
Purpose: | Allows you to see and be able to read your map in dark areas.
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Item: | Horseshoe
Location: | On the handle of the door in the Courtyard in Toluca Prison,
| after you solve the scaffold puzzle.
Purpose: | One of the 3 items needed to create a handle for the floor
| hatch in Toluca Prison, 1F.
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Item: | Hospital Lobby Key
Location: | On the desk in the Director's Room in "Nightmare" Hospital 1F.
Purpose: | Opens the lobby doors in the "Nightmare" Hospital, 1F.
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Item: | Hotel Stairway Key
Location: | On the music box after you insert your 3 music boxes to the
| large music box, Lake View Hotel 1F.
Purpose: | Unlocks the gate blocking the 3F corridor, Lake View Hotel 3F.
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Item: | Key of the Persecuted
Location: | On the ground where the wrongfully hanged man was, after you
| pull the right noose in the Labyrinth.
Purpose: | Unlocks the handcuffs on the valve and the gate to raise the
| gate in the Labyrinth.
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Item: | Key to Hotel Room 204
Location: | In the briefcase in the Cloak Room 2F in the Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks Room 204 Lake View Hotel, 2F.
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Item: | Key to Hotel Room 312
Location: | In one of the key boxes behind the Reception Desk on 1F, Lake
| View Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks Room 312 Lake View Hotel, 3F.
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Item: | Key to Room 202
Location: | On the bookshelf in Room 208 2F in Wood Side Apartments,
| after you get the Handgun.
Purpose: | Unlocks Room 202 2F, Wood Side Apartments.
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Item: | Knife
Location: | Angela gives it to you in one of the rooms in Room 109 1F
| Blue Creek Apartments.
Purpose: | If examined, can change the outcome of the ending you will
| receive at the end of the game.
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Item: | "Lapis Eye" Key
Location: | In the nightstand drawer in Room M2 2F Brookhaven Hospital.
Purpose: | One of the two keys needed to solve the "Louise" Puzzle.
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Item: | Laura's Letter
Location: | Laura gives it to you in the Lake Shore Restaurant 1F in the
| Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | More information about Mary.
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Item: | Lead Ring
Location: | Inside the fallen refrigerator 2F in the Day Room "Nightmare"
| Hospital.
Purpose: | One of the 2 rings need to open the west stairwell door,
| "Nightmare" Hospital 3F.
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Item: | Letter form Mary
Location: | James has this for the whole game.
Purpose: | If examined, can change the outcome of the ending you will
| receive at the end of the game.
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Item: | Light Bulb
Location: | Inside the can on the counter in the Kitchen B1F Lake View
| Hotel.
Purpose: | Creates light to open the "Venus Tears" Bar door when screwed
| into the lamp on the counter, "Nightmare" Hotel B1F
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Item: | Lighter
Location: | On the counter of the civilian side in the Visitor's Room 1F
| Toluca Prison.
Purpose: | One of the 3 items needed to create a handle for the floor
| hatch in Toluca Prison, 1F.
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Item: | Lyne House Key
Location: | Inside the secretarial desk in Room 105 1F Blue Creek
| Apartments.
Purpose: | Unlocks Room 209 2F, Blue Creek Apartments.
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Item: | Music Box "Cinderella"
Location: | In the locked suitcase in Room 202 2F Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | One of the 3 music boxes needed to solve the Music Box Puzzle.
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Item: | Music Box "Little Mermaid"
Location: | On the edge of the water fountain in the courtyard behind the
| Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | One of the 3 music boxes needed to solve the Music Box Puzzle.
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Item: | Music Box "Snow White"
Location: | On the shelf in the Pantry 1F Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | One of the 3 music boxes needed to solve the Music Box Puzzle.
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Item: | Old Bronze Key
Location: | In the buried tin box behind the "praying woman" statue in
| Rosewater Park.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Silent Hill Historical Society Museum in Dark
| South Vale.
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Item: | Photo of Mary
Location: | James has this for the whole game.
Purpose: | If examined, can change the outcome of the ending you will
| receive at the end of the game.
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Item: | Piece of Hair
Location: | Inside the Louise's secret box in Room S14 Brookhaven
| Hospital.
Purpose: | One of the 2 items needed to get the key in the drain in the
| Shower Room 3F, Brookhaven Hospital.
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Item: | "Purple Bull" Key
Location: | On the table beside the typewriter in the Document Room 1F
| Brookhaven Hospital.
Purpose: |
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Item: | Radio
Location: | At the Construction Site, at the north end of Vachss Road East
| South Vale.
Purpose: | Makes noise when enemies are nearby.
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Item: | Roof Key
Location: | On the Nightstand in Room S3 3F Brookhaven Hospital.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Roof door to access, Brookhaven Hospital RF.
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Item: | Rust-Colored Egg
Location: | In one of the Pyramid Head's hands after the Pyramid Head Duo
| in the Lobby 1F "Nightmare" Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks the the door that you insert it in, after the Pyramid
| Head Duo, "Nightmare" Hotel 1F.
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Item: | Scarlet Egg
Location: | In one of the Pyramid Head's hands after the Pyramid Head Duo
| in the Lobby 1F "Nightmare" Hotel.
Purpose: | Unlocks the the door that you insert it in, after the Pyramid
| Head Duo, "Nightmare" Hotel 1F.
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Item: | Spiral Writing Key
Location: | On the ground in the Trap Room in the unknown area beneath
| Silent Hill Historical Society Museum.
Purpose: | Unlocks the gate door on the ground of the "Unmapped" Area.
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Item: | Tablet of "Gluttonous Pig"
Location: | On a table in the Cafeteria Toluca Prison 1F.
Purpose: | One of the 3 tablets needed to insert to the scaffold in the
| courtyard of Toluca Prison on 1F.
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Item: | Tablet of "The Oppressor"
Location: | On the bed in the 7th cell in the top row Toluca Prison 1F.
Purpose: | One of the 3 tablets needed to insert to the scaffold in the
| courtyard of Toluca Prison on 1F.
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Item: | Tablet of "The Seductress"
Location: | On the ground in the last shower room on the left side in
| Toluca Prison 1F.
Purpose: | One of the 3 tablets needed to insert to the scaffold in the
| courtyard of Toluca Prison on 1F.
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Item: | Thinner
Location: | On the floor in the open elevator B1F in the Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Erases the black ink from the photo in Room 204 2F, Lake View
| Hotel.
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Item: | Videotape
Location: | In the safe in the Office 1F Lake View Hotel.
Purpose: | Insert into the VCR in Room 312 3F, Lake View Hotel.
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Item: | Wax Doll
Location: | On the bed in the 9th cell in the bottom row in Toluca Prison
| 1F.
Purpose: | One of the 3 items needed to create a handle for the floor
| hatch in Toluca Prison, 1F.
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Item: | Wire Cutter
Location: | In the fuse box in the rotating cube room, after speaking to
| Maria.
Purpose: | Cuts the wires over the door in front of you when you enter
| The Labyrinth.
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Item: | Wrench
Location: | On the ground on the house porch beside Gonzale's Mexican
| Restaurant Dark South Vale.
Purpose: | Unscrews the bolts on the tin box behind the "praying woman"
| in Rosewater Park, Dark South Vale.
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Item: | Blue Gem
Location: | By one of the stalls in the washroom at the beginning of the
| game.
Available:| After you beat the Sub Scenario.
Purpose: | Use in the "Nightmare" Hospital Garden, in front of the boat
| on the Toluca Lake dock and near the Lake View Hotel Room 312
| window to receive the UFO Ending.
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Item: | Crimson Ceremony
Location: | On the shelf behind the headphones in the "Nightmare" Hotel
| Reading Room on 2F
Available:| After you've beatne the game at least once
Purpose: | One of the 4 items required in your inventory at the end of
| the game to receive the Rebirth Ending.
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Item: | Dog Key
Location: | Directly across Nathan Avenue when exiting Rosewater Park, to
| the west of Jack's Inn, inside a Dog House in an open lot.
Available:| After you've received the 3 regular endings or the Rebirth
| ending.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Observation Room after you view the videotape,
| Lake View Hotel 3F.
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Item: | Lost Memories
Location: | In the newspaper stand at the Texxon Gas Station in West
| South Vale.
Available:| After you've beatne the game at least once
Purpose: | One of the 4 items required in your inventory at the end of
| the game to receive the Rebirth Ending.
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Item: | Obsidian Goblet
Location: | In the smashed display case in the 2nd room of the Silent
| Historical Society Museum in Dark South Vale.
Available:| After you've beatne the game at least once
Purpose: | One of the 4 items required in your inventory at the end of
| the game to receive the Rebirth Ending.
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Item: | White Chrism
Location: | On the kitchenette counter of Room 105 1F.
Available:| After you've beatne the game at least once
Purpose: | One of the 4 items required in your inventory at the end of
| the game to receive the Rebirth Ending.
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MAPS
====
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Map: | Map of Silent Hill
Location: | In James car, inside the open left door, on the seat.
Covers: | The whole outside of East and West South Vale and Pale Ville.
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Map: | Map of the Apt. Building
Location: | Just inside Wood Side Apartments, on the left corkboard.
Covers: | Floors 1F, 2F, 3F of the East and West buildings of Wood Side
| Apartments and the courtyard linking them both.
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Map: | Map of the West Apt. Building
Location: | On the floor of the middle stairwell, right beside the door.
Covers: | Floors 1F, 2F and 3F of Blue Creek Apartments (3F is never
| explored though).
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Map: | Map of the Hospital
Location: | Just inside Brookhaven Hospital, on the left board.
Covers: | Floors 1F, 2F, 3F and RF of Brookhaven Hospital and
| "Nightmare" Hospital.
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Map: | Map of the Hotel (for employees)
Location: | Just outside of the Employee Elevator, on the left corkboard
| on 1F, Lake View Hotel.
Covers: | Floors 1F, 2F, 3F and B1F of Lake View Hotel and "Nightmare"
| Hotel.
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Map: | Map of the Hotel (for guests)
Location: | Just inside Lake View Hotel, on the left corkboard.
Covers: | Floors 1F, 2F, 3F and B1F of Lake View Hotel and "Nightmare"
| Hotel, including the employee area.
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Map: | Map of the Labyrinth
Location: | James draws his own if your Flashlight is on.
Covers: | Only the area of The Labyrinth that you explore, since James
| is drawing it as he goes.
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Map: | Map of the Prison
Location: | On the table on the left side of the wall beside the 3rd door
| on the right, of the left prisoners' corridor.
Purpose: | Floors 1F and B1F, including the courtyard on 1F.
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15. SAVE POINT LOCATIONS
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East South Vale
===============
1. In the well near the beginning of the long path on Wiltse Road.
2. In the fenced area on the table on Vachss Road.
3. Inside the motorhome on the bed on Saul Street.
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Wood Side Apartments
====================
4. In the West Building lobby and the right, just inside the entrance.
5. On the cart in Room 209 2F.
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Blue Creek Apartments
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6. On the wall in a sort of narrow area, Room 105 1F.
7. On the wall by the door in Room 208 2F.
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West South Vale
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8. On the green car's trunk in the Jack's Inn parking lot.
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Brookhaven Hospital
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9. On the left table in the Reception Office 1F.
10. On the left wall in S11 3F.
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"Nightmare" Hospital
====================
11. On the wall in the unmarked room 1F, that you enter from the garden.
12. In the east stairwell on 3F.
13. On the right wall by the exiting lobby doors.
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West South Vale
===============
14. On the counter of the Silent Hill Historical Society, when you enter.
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Toluca Prison
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15. On of of the pillars in the Cafeteria 1F.
16. On the wall by the urinals in the Men's Washroom 1F.
17. On the wall by the door to enter The Labyrinth, after the long
elevator ride .
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The Labyrinth
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18. On the wall, after you come up the ladder, before you fight the
Doorman Boss.
19. On a grave in the Catacomb.
20. On the barrel on Toluca Lake's dock.
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Lake View Hotel
===============
21. On one of the chairs in the Lobby, 1F.
22. On the wall in the Employee Elevator Room 2F, on the east side of the
hotel.
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"Nightmare" Hotel
=================
23. On the door of Room 313 3F, after you watch the videotape.
24. Nine Red Squares on the wall before the Pyramid Head Duo, 1F.
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16. MEMOS
***********************
Here are the memos in Silent Hill 2. They are not all here but most of
them are. Soon they will all be here, hopefully.
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Table of Contents
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Swamp Monument
Memo next to corpse #1
Memo next to corpse #2
Memo next to corpse #3
Memo next to corpse #4
Memo next to corpse #5
Memo next to corpse #6
Wall scratches
The scars from the past
Three different sizes, time on the run
Article about murder incident
Wallet in toilet bowl
Dear Tim
To the right is the lady
Three bright coins in five holes be
In memory of the sixty seven who died
"Lost Memories"
Patient record
Doctor's journal
Numbers written on the whiteboard
Imprint on carbon paper
Tern tern tern the numbers
Diary from roof
Joseph
Louise
The basement's basement
She is an angel
I took the direckter's key
There's a letter and a wrench
The key is in the park
Newspaper from shop window
Words written on the wall
Bar Neely's
Jennifer Carroll
Boat Launch note
Waterfront landscape
Pyramid Head painting
Brookhaven Hospital
Prisoner note
Painting 1, from cell
Painting 2, from cell
Painting 3, from cell
Prison guard's diary
Legend of the Lake
Blood-soaked newspaper
Please someone save me
Counterfeiter
Kidnapper
Thief
Bodily Injurist
Arsonist
Swindler
The Felon
Walter Sullivan's Tomstone
Miriam K.'s Tomstone
James Sunderland's Tomstone
Angela Orosco's Tomstone
Eddie Dombrowski's Tomstone
Receptionist memo
Crimson Ceremony
Photos from trunk
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LETTER FROM SILENT HEAVEN
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Memo Title: Swamp Monument
Remains of _____ Swamp
The ____ers of land surroun____ __ is monument was originally swamp, but
was later fil_____ Fr____ng ago, t__________s nicknamed Blood Swamp
because the _______ers poured the wat__ _sed to was the ex______ols in
here. Perhaps it's fo______hat many pe_____m to have s____ ______n the
area.
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Memo Title: Memo next to corpse #1
I'm going to write everything that I've learned so far. Maybe that will
help you out some how. If you're reading this, it probably means I'm
already dead.
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Memo Title: Memo next to corpse #2
I saw those demons. They were there, I'm certain. But my friend says he
didn't see anything. If that's true, does that mean that what I saw was
an illusion? But whether that demon that ate human beings was real, or
whether it was just some kind of hallucination that my mind dreamed up...
One thing I know for sure is that I'm beyond all hope.
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Memo Title: Memo next to corpse #3
It seems that they're attracted to light. That's why people who need
light to see are their natural prey. They also react strongly to sound.
If you want to go on living, you'd be better off just sitting in the dark
and staying quiet. But even that probably won't save you.
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Memo Title: Memo next to corpse #4
If you're going to try to fight them, the most important thing is to
relax. It's dangerous to fire a gun while you're all crazy with fear.
Take good aim, and then squeeze the trigger. And don't forget to finish
them off. I think most of those creatures can be killed, even if they are
tougher than people.
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Memo Title: Memo next to corpse #5
Run away.
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Memo Title: Memo next to corpse #6
Run away! Run away! Run away!
Run away! Run away! Run away!
Run away! Run away! Run away!
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Memo Title: Wall scratches
Henry | Mildred | Scott
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Memo Title: The scars from the past
The scars from the past shall remove the nail that stops Time.
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Memo Title: Three different sizes, time on the run
Three different sizes,
time on the run.
Three young men circlin'
round the sun.
Henry is short and
very, very slow,
Scott can't stop,
he's always on the go.
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Memo Title: Article about murder incident
The police announced today that Walter Sullivan, who was arrested on the
18th of this month for the brutal murder of Billy Locane and his sister
Miriam, committed suicide in his jail cell early on the morning of the
22nd.
According to the police statment, Sullivan ised a soup spoon to stab
himself in the neck, severing his carotid artery. By the time the guard
discovered him, Sullivan was dead from blood loss, the spoon buried two
inches in his neck.
An old schoolmate of Walter Sullivan's from his
hometown of Pleasant River said "He didn't look like the type of guy who
would kill kids. But I do remember that just before they arrested him he
was blurting out all sorts of strange stuff like "He's trying to kill me.
He's trying to punish me. The monster... the red devil. Forgive me. I did
it, but it wasn't me!."
The schoolmate then added "I guess now that I think of it, he was kinda
crazy."
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Memo Title: Wallet in toilet bowl (different every time)
## >> ## << ## >> ## (# - number)
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Memo Title: Dear Tim
Dear Tim,
I have to run an errand so I'm going out. I left the house key with Uncle
David (You know where he lives, don't you? The key is in the room near
the first floor staircase.). I'll be back as soon as I can, so please
watch the place while I'm gone.
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Memo Title: To the right is the lady (Easy Riddle Mode)
To the right is the lady. To the left is the old one.In the center drwals
the other. Now just two spaces remain, But fear not for now, The puzzle
is done. The puzzle is done.
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Memo Title: Three bright coins in five holes be (Hard Riddle Mode)
Three bright coins in five holes be
at one end sits the seducer of she
the wind from behind, the woman doth play
the formless one, null, lies furthest from they
the old one beside the serpent sits not
'tis to the prisoner's left that he doth rot
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Memo Title: In memory of the sixty seven who died
In memory of the sixty seven who died of illness and now sleep beneath
the lake.
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Memo Title: "Lost Memories"
The name comes from the legend of the people whose land was stolen from
them.
They call this place "The Place of the Silenced Spirits." By "Spirits,"
they meant not only their dead relatives, but also the spirits that they
believed inhabited the trees, rocks and water around them.
According to legend, this was where the holiest ceremonies took place.
But it was not the ancestors of those who now live in this town that
first stole the land from these people. There were others who came
before.
In those days, this town went by another name. But that name is now
hopelessly lost in the veils of times.
All we know is that there was another name, and that for some reason the
town was once abandoned by its residents.
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Memo Title: Patient record
[Jack Davis]
He has attempted suicide three times in the past for reasons unknown.
Although he is normally a model patient who follows doctor's and nurse's
orders, he must be watched closely due to his past pattern of sudden and
violent suicide attempts.
[Joseph Barkin]
His illness seems to be rooted in the fact that he believes he is guilty
of causing his daughter's death. His symptoms suggest a psychotic break
and paranoid delusions. Normally calm, but has a tendency towards
violence when excited.
[Joshua Lewis]
History of hospitalization as well as numerous assault, battery and other
violent offenses. He has a strong persecution complex and a tendency to
solve things through violence. Extreme caution necessary.
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Memo Title: Doctor's journal
The potential for this illness exists in all people and, under the right
circumstances, any man or woman would be driven, like him, to "the other
side." The "other side' perhaps may not be the best way to phrase it.
After all, there is no wall between here and there. It lies on the
borders where reality and unreality intersect. It is a place both close
and distant. Some say it isn't even an illness. I cannot agree with them.
I'm a doctor, not a philosopher or even a psychiatrist. But sometimes I
have to ask myself this question. It's true that to us his imaginings are
nothing but the inventions of a busy mind. But to him, there simply is no
other reality. Furthermore he is happy there. So why, I ask myself, why
in the name of healing him must we drag him painfully into the world of
our own reality?
(Something else is written by hand.)
I got the key from Joseph. It's probably the key to that box.
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Memo Title: Numbers written on the whiteboard
3rd floor patient wing hall - 7335 (1328 on Hard Riddle Mode)
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Memo Title: Imprint on carbon paper (randomly selected ending)
i know it i know the number of the box #### it cant help him anymore the
button key doesnt scare me so nobody can stop who i am i don't know who i
am is who i am is who i am is
(# - number)
(Alternate Endings)
me i am and no one can stop me one can stop me no one can stop me can
stop can stop no no
me i am a genius and no one can stop me and no one can stop me one can
stop me no one can stop me can stopcan stop no no
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Memo Title: Tern tern tern the numbers
Tern tern tern the numbers better not forget them So i'll right them down
here #### The other one, my secret name
(# - number)
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Memo Title: Diary from roof
May 9
Rain. Stared out the window all day. Peaceful here - nothing to do. Still
not allowed to go outside.
May 10 Still raining. Talked with the doctor a little. Would they have
saved me if I didn't have a family to feed? I know I'm pathetic, weak.
Not everyone can be strong.
May 11
Rain again. The meds made me feel sick today. If I'm only better when I'm
drugged, then who am i anyway?
May 12
Rain as usual. I don't want to cause any more trouble for anyone, but I'm
a bother either way. Can it really be a such a sin to run instead of
fight? Some people may say so, but they don't have to live in my shoes.
It may be selfish, but it's what I want. It's too hard like this. It's
just to hard....
May 13
It's clear outside. The doctors told me I've been released - that I've
got to go home. I ----------
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Memo Title: Joseph
If Joseph looks calm, he can be taken out of his cell.
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Memo Title: Louise
Louise
I'll take care of you four ever. It's my destiny!
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Memo Title: The basement's basement
I was locked up inside the basement's basement. It was so small and dark
and I was so afraid. I dropped my precious ring. But I will never, ever
go back there.
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Memo Title: She is an angel
She is an angel no one knows only I can see the Lady of the Door they
cannot walk along her Bridge of Thread they fall from the weight of their
crimes. Like bloated and ugly corpses their sins she devours them sun and
sinner alike she saves me she is an angel.
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Memo Title: I took the direckter's key
I took the direckters's key - the one to the mooseum. I hid it behind the
preying woman when I went out for the day trip. I picked it up but I did
not steal it. I'm not a krimminal.
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Memo Title: There's a letter and a wrench
[Map with something written on it]
He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not
bold enough to stare into it himself. The truth can only be learned by
marching forward. Follow the map. There's a letter and a wrench.
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Memo Title: The key is in the park
Or perhaps you are a fool. The truth usually betrays people. A part of
that abyss is in the old society. The key to the society is in the park.
At the foot of the praying woman, inside of the ground, inside of a box.
To open it, I need a wrench. My patient buried it there. I knew, but I
did nothing. It made me uneasy to have such a thing near. I wasn't
looking for the truth, I was looking for tranquility. I also saw that
thing. I fled, but the museum was sealed as well. Now no one dares to
approach that place. If you still do not wish to stop, James, I pray to
the Lord to have mercy on your eternal soul.
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Memo Title: Newspaper from shop window
There was a HOLE here. It's gone now.
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Memo Title: Words written on the wall
If you really want to SEE Mary, you should just DIE. But you might be
heading to a different place than MARY, James.
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Memo Title: Bar Neely's
I'll wait at "BAR" Neely's"
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Memo Title: Jennifer Carroll
Victim of persecution by t________ans. Jenni___ Carroll lived with pride
and honor. What happened here shall never be forgotten.
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Memo Title: Boat Launch note
[Map]
Boats to Lake Side Amusement Park and Lakeview Hotel
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Memo Title: Waterfront landscape
"Waterfront landscape" Allen Smith (Date of birth and death unknown)
A scene of this area from long ago. From the style, it looks like it was
done sometime around 1820. There were a lot fewer people then, and only a
handful of buildings.
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Memo Title: Pyramid Head painting
"Misty day, remains of the Judgment"
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Memo Title: Brookhaven Hospital
Brookhaven Hospital (1880)
This hospital was built in response to a great plague that followed a
wave of immigration to this area. It was originally little more than a
shack, but it gradually grew and grew.
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Memo Title: Prisoner note
September 11, 1820
Prisoner number: C-221
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Memo Title: Painting 1, from cell
Burning Man
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Memo Title: Painting 2, from cell
Woman in Flight
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Memo Title: Painting 3, from cell
436 People at a Recital
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Memo Title: Prison guard's diary
Prisoner's do not feel remorse. In fact, they do not feel themselves to
be villans at all. Even the most uneducated brute will use what little
words he knows to justify himself. In such trifling dreams they have,
flourishing even in the darkness. Prisoners, too, are no exceptions. No
matter how foul nor loathsome one's own life and existence may be, human
nature is abiding.
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Memo Title: Legend of the Lake
Toluca Lake, the town's main tourist attraction. This clear, beautiful
lake has another side as well. It may seem like just a typical ghost
story that you might find in any number of old towns across the country.
But in this case, the legend is true. On a fog-bound Novmber day in 1918,
the Little Baroness, a ship filled with tourists, failed to return to
port. A newspaper article from back then simply says "It most likely
sunk for some reason". Despite an extensive police search, not a single
fragment of the ship nor any of the 14 bodies of passengers or crew has
ever been recovered to this day. In 1939, an even stranger incident
occurred.
(There are many pages torn out)
Many corpses rest at the bottom of this lake. Their bony hands reach up
towards the boats that pass overhead. Perhaps they reach for their
comrades.
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Memo Title: Blood-soaked newspaper
The bo____f a man later identified as Thomas Oro_____Lumberjack, ag_ 39)
was discovered in the ________________om lying fa_____. The probable
cause of dea____as multiple stab wounds to the front of the neck and the
left side of the torso by a sharp edged weapon. The estimated____e of
death was somewhere between 11:00 p.____nd 12:30 midnight. Due to signs
of struggle in the room and the lack of a murder weapon, police are
cons__ering this a homicide and have opened a murder investigation.
Futhermore, given the fact that the cash in the room was untouched and Mr.
Oro_____ad a history of drunkenness and violence, the polic______ect that
t_____tive was not robbery______________ of crime o______ion.
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Memo Title: Please someone save me (Easy Riddle Mode)
He committed an evil crime. He turned a happy home into a pile of ash.
For that, he should die. They also committed crimes. They tried to fraud
and trick others. So their reward too is natural. Even he cannot be
forgiven, My friend without his hand. And so his death bothers me not.
And what of him? He also is not sinless. There is only one here who is
innocent. The missing child was nowhere to be found, And so there was no
proof of his guilt. His death was a tragedy. That is all I wish to say.
It was neither justice nor retribution.
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Memo Title: Counterfeiter
This man was hung for the crime of counterfeiting. Justice and revenge
have been served.
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Memo Title: Kidnapper
This man was hung for the crime of kidnapping. Justice and revenge have
been served.
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Memo Title: Thief
This man was hung for the crime of thievery. Justice and revenge have
been served.
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Memo Title: Bodily Injurer
This man was hung for the crime of bodily injury. Justice and revenge
have been served.
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Memo Title: Arsonist
This man was hung for the crime of arson. Justice and revenge have been
served.
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Memo Title: Swindler
This man was hung for the crime of swindling. Justice and revenge have
been served.
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Memo Title: The Felon
This felon drank one last bottle of ale before he was executed and laid
here to his eternal rest.
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Memo Title: Walter Sullivan's Tomstone
Walter Sullivan
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Memo Title: Miriam K.'s Tomstone
Miriam K. -"Traitor"
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Memo Title: James Sunderland's Tomstone
James Sunderland
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Memo Title: Angela Orosco's Tomstone
Angela Orosco
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Memo Title: Eddie Dombrowski's Tomstone
Eddie Dombrowski
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Memo Title: Receptionist memo
Mr. James Sunderland, The videotape you forgot here is being kept in the
office on the 1st floor.
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Memo Title: Crimson Ceremony
Speak. I am the Crimson One. The lies and the mist are not they but I.
You all know that I am One. Yes, and the One is I. Believers hearken to
me! Twenty score men and seven thousand beasts. Heed my words and
speaketh them to all, that they shall ever be obeyed even under the light
of the proud and merciless sun. I shall bring down bitter vengeance upon
thee and thou shalt suffer my eternal wrath. The beauty of the withering
flower and the last struggles of the dying man, they are my blessings.
Thou shalt ever call upon me and all that is me in the place that is
silent. Oh, proud fragrance of life which flies towards the heart. Oh Cup
which brims with the whitest of wine, it is in thee that all begins.
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Memo Title: Photos from trunk
HELP
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SUB SCENARIO
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17. STORYLINE
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You are Maria. Maria wakes up in the Heaven's Night Bar and everyone's
gone. She thinks she are the only one left in the town and she wants to
find someone. So she decides to fight and live over letting those monster
get her.
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18. CHARACTERS
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Maria
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Maria worked at the Heaven's Night Bar until disaster struck in the town
of Silent Hill. She is all alone after she wakes up and she wants to find
someone. She Heaven's Night off on a journey to find someone.
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Ernest Baldwin
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Although you never see Ernest, he is one of the main characters. You
always encounter him behind doors and Maria has talks with him. He is the
owner of the Baldwin Mansion. He had a daughter but she died at the age
of 7 due to reason that only Ernest knows about.
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19. ENEMIES
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Patient Demons
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Locations: Throughout the whole game
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This is the first demon Maria encounters. Patient Demons have 2 attacks in
different stances. When the demon is standing up, it will attack by
spitting a yellow acid-like spray at Maria, which stuns her. When the
demon face down on the ground, the attack will be scrambling towards Maria
and hitting her, which inflicts mild damage. When you encounter patient
demons use the Chinese Cleaver if your ammo is scarce. If not, use the
Revolver. Knock the demon down to the ground by hitting it with a melee
weapon or shooting it down with the Revolver, and then finish the demon
off by kicking it once. If you do not kick the demon when it is on the
ground, it will get back up and will have nearly full health, so make sure
you always kick the demon when it is on the ground. This goes for all
demons, unless they die before you get a chance to kick them, or if you
can't kick them at all. If you do not want to fight a patient demon just
run away. If you are in a dark area, you can simply walk right by them
without them knowing you are there.
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Giant Roaches
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Locations: Throughout the whole game
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You can hear a roach by listening for a buzzing/cricket like sound. A
roach has 1 type of attack. It will run towards you and will bite Maria's
foot. To deal with a roach, simply run away until it's gone or just run at
it so that Maria's heel of her shoe will crush it. But if it is really
annoying you use the Revolver, 1 shot. If you in an open area, like the
streets, roaches will try to run away, but if you are in a small area, it
is very likely that they will try to attack you.
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Mannequins
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Locations: Throughout the whole game
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Mannequins have only one attack. Their attack is at extremely close range,
so they are pretty easy to get by. Their attack is whacking Maria with one
of its arms/legs. This attack is a powerful so stay away from mannequins.
But do not worry about using a melee weapon on them, but don't under-
exaggerate them. If you have lots of ammo, use the Revolver to deal with
them.
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20. WEAPONS
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Melee Weapons
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These weapons do not require ammunition. Instead, you have to hit the
enemy with your melee weapon. If you ever run out of ammunition, or if
your ammunition in scarce, equip and use a melee weapon.
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Chinese Cleaver
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This weapon is found on the bar in Heaven's Night. It is the only Melee
weapon in the Born from A Wish Scenario. The Chinese Cleaver has two
attacks. Down and across. A good strategy is to run with Maria on the
street and run into an enemy while holding the Right Trigger and A. Repeat
this strategy until the enemy is one the ground then kick it.
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Firearms
========
Each gun comes loaded with one clip. You will have to collect ammunition
that is lying around, to keep using the gun. Each gun is different in
speed and power.
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Revolver
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This weapon belongs to Maria and is what you start off with. It can hold 6
bullets in each clip. The Revolver does not have a fast firing rate so try
not to stand too close to your enemies. To shoot it, Hold the Right
Trigger and press or hold A.
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21. CONTROLS
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These controls are the very similar to the Main Scenario of Silent Hill 2,
but they are slightly different. Here they are anyway:
Control Function
D-Pad/Left Thumbstick Movement (2D or 3D style), move in Menu/
Screen cursor
Right Thumbstick Press to use health item
START Pause game
BACK Open Menu, accept, skip scene
A Accept, search, attack, stomp or kick
Black Button Run, guard
White Button Cancel, exit Menu/Puzzle, toggle
Y Quick Map
B Sidestep right
X Sidestep left
Right Trigger Ready weapon
Left Trigger + Right Thumbstick Look in all forward directions
Left Trigger Position camera behind Maria
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3D and 2D Control
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The default setting is 3D Control but you may change it in the Options
Menu if you wish. In 3D Control, in order to move, you will need to make
the front of James facing the direction you want to travel. In 2D Control
you can just run whatever way you want to without changing where James is
facing.
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Secret Options
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To access this menu you need to go to the Options Menu then press either
the Left or Right Trigger. In this Secret Options Menu you can change
different things including Noise Filter, which makes the game look all
fuzzy if it is on, Walk/Run Control which you can make it so you don't
have to hold the black button to run or if you have to. Others are Weapon
Control, Map Zoom, Blood Color, and View Control. But in order to change
the Noise Filter off you need to beat the game at least once. You will also
receive the ammo multiplying option once you beat the game once so you can
use normal, x2 or x3 the ammo!
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Switching Walk/Run Control
==========================
In Silent Hill 2, you will be running for the majority of the game. It is
mostly pointless to not run in some cases, even in very small areas. So
go in the Secret Options menu and switch the Walk/Run Control so you don't
have to hold the Black Button the whole time. This is a lot better for the
whole game and esprecialy the streets and larger areas. And On the normal
Xbox Controller, you have to move one of your fingers all the way to the
Black Button to run with the normal Walk/Run Control. This can be hectic
an annoying so it makes the game a lot better if you switch the control.
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22. WALKTHROUGH
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| Legend |
| ======== |
| New Area |
| ======== |
| ------ |
| Puzzle |
| ------ |
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West South Vale
=========================
After the video exit the room and go through the green door to the left
on the opposite side of the wall. In this area take the Chinese Cleaver
stabbed into the counter and exit to outside. Once outside, head South
down Carroll Street, East on Rendell Street then North on Munson Street.
Be sure to stay on the right side of Munson Street and you should see a
blocked off entrance to Blue Creek Apartments with a truck in front of it.
To a little left of blocked off entrance is a door, go through it. Kill
the or just walk past the Mannequin and enter the mansion
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Baldwin Mansion
=========================
Once inside, find and go through the double doors. Enter the door on the
left, go up the stairs and try to go through the door on the right. Ernest
Baldwin, the owner of the mansion, is behind the door. After the video go
through the door directly in front of the stairs, kill or ignore the
Mannequin and enter the door on the right to access the balcony. Pick up
the White board, go back through both doors and go down the stairs. On the
way down you should hear a thump. Go through the main floor door and you
can see that the cover for the fireplace has fallen.
Go investigate it to find a ladder, climb up it. Pick up the Black Board
and the Red Board and examine the grave which appears to be Ernest's
daughter's, Amy.
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Acacia Key Puzzle
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This puzzle is may seem hard at first. But it actually isn't. There is a
solution where you can figure the puzzle out without my help. Just copy
the squares on the plates to 3 pieces of paper around equally sized. Then
cut out the squares and try to find a way that you can put all 3 boards on
each other so that there is no blue background (on the grave) by with your
3 own paper of what you can call boards.
But if you don't understand what I mean then here is how you solve the
puzzle:
1. Put in the White Board as it is
2. Put in the Black Board as it is
3. Put in the Red Board 90 Degrees to the left
You may be wondering and no, it doesn't matter which order you put in the
boards. As long as the White Board and the Black Board are put in as they
are and the Red Board is put in 90 Degrees to the left you will solve the
puzzle.
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After the puzzle is solved Maria will get the Acacia Key. Head back down
the ladder, go through the door on the right, the door you came out
before you went up the ladder, and go up the stairs Up here go through
the door in front of you, enter the door at the end of the hallway on the
right and enter through the door and Maria will use the Acacia key. Once
inside the hallway, go past the Piano Room and enter the Kids Room. Go up
to the table beside the bed and take the Matches and leave the room. Now
continue down the hallway to find another door, go through it into the
attic. Note: There is no map of this area. Go up the sitars and you
should hear voices.
You might notice that the room is dark and Maria says she can't see
anything when you try to examine something. Remembering that you have
Matches, find the candle on the table and use the Matches. Now go to the
chair with something underneath it to find the Birthday Card. There is no
more to do here so go down the stairs and you should hear Amy, she says:
"Give it..." ... "To my daddy." Exit the attic, go down the stairs and
exit through the door that you used the Acacia Key for. Go through the 2
doors so that you are in the where Ernest was behind the door and go
through the door that he was behind. There is no one in here now, well,
besides you.
Enter through the door on the right, go through the only unlocked door to
the stairs and go down the stairs. Once at the bottom enter the east
hallway beside the Main Kitchen door. Go down the long hallway. Enter
the Service Room and exit through the other door. Go through the door
directly in front of you, enter the study and try to open the other door
to find that Ernest is behind this door now. After Maria and Ernest are
talking for awhile Ernest asks you to get the White Liquid (which is the
White Chrism in the Main Scenario) and bring it to him.
After the video exit the room, go back through the door that led you to
this area, find the stairs and go up them. Exit through the door to lead
you outside. Now go to the left and enter Blue Creek Apartments.
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Blue Creek Apartments
=========================
In here go through the door in front of you and enter Room 105 on the left.
Grab the White Liquid (White Chrism) on the desk and exit the room along
with Blue Creek Apartments by going back into the stairwell and exiting
through the door in front of you. Go back in the Baldwin Mansion.
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Return to Baldwin Mansion
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Go down the stairs, go through the Service Room and the door after that
and enter the Study. Go up to the door and try to go in it. A video will
play. Maria and Ernest are talking for awhile then Maria opens the door -
There is nothing there. After the camera is looking around the room
revealing nothing but the room itself and a table Maria in outside where
you see Laura in the Main Scenario. She puts her Revolver to her head and
puts it down. Then she throws it away. She starts walking away and she
whispers "James..." and the Born From A Wish Scenario is over.
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23. SPEED WALKTHROUGH
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| Legend |
| ======== |
| New Area |
| ======== |
| ------ |
| Puzzle |
| ------ |
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WEST SOUTH VALE
===============
-Exit the room and go through the only other open door and get the Chinese
Cleaver stabbed into the counter and exit Heaven's Night through the next
door
-Run south down Carroll Street, east on Rendell Street and north on Munson
Street and go through open door near Blue Creek Apartments on the east
side, then enter Baldwin Mansion
-Get the Baldwin House Map near the double doors and go through them
-Go up to 2F and try to enter the door on the right for a video
-Go through the next door to the left and enter the balcony through the
right door to get the White Board
-Go down to 1F and you should hear a noise on the way
-Go up to the fire place and climb the ladder and get the Black Board and
the Red Board on the ground and examine the grave
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-Put in the White Board as it is
-Put in the Black board as it is
-Put in the Red Board 90 degrees to the left
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-Take the Acacia Key and go down the ladder, then back to 2F
-Go through the door in front of you again and run past the mannequin and
enter the other balcony
-Enter the door, using the Acacia Key and enter the Kids Room and get the
Matches on the table
-Continue to the right and enter the Attic and use the Matches on the
candle
-Get the Birthday Card from under the chair
-Go back and go through the door where Ernest was and go through the
other door and the next
-Go down to 1F and enter the east hallway through the door beside the
Main Kitchen door, go through the other door and down the next hall
-Go through the Service Room and through the door right ahead
-Enter the Study and try to open the other door in the room
-Maria will give Ernest the Birthday Card and now you'll have to get the
White Oil
-Go back through the other door where you came into this corridor and go
up the stairs and through the next door and then follow the pathway to the
next door and go through it
-Enter Blue Creek Apartments
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BLUE CREEK APARTMENTS
=====================
-Enter Room 105 and get the White Liquid and the desk and exit back to the
Baldwin Mansion
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RETURN TO BALDWIN MANSION
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-Run back to the Study on 1F and try to go through the other door again to
complete the scenario
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24. RANKING
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After you finish a game in Silent Hill 2 with the Born From A Wish
Scenario (Sub Scenario) you will be ranked on what you have done. The
things you are ranked on are:
Action Level The Action Level you choose at the beginning
of the game
Saves How many times you saved your game
Total Time The total time you play the game
Walking Distance The total distance you walked in the game
Running Distance The total distance you ran in the game
Items How many items you picked up in the game
Defeated Enemy By Shooting How many enemies you killed by shooting
Defeated Enemy By Fighting How many enemies you killed by fighting
Total Damage The total damage you received from enemies in
points
Your Rank The amount of stars you receive
After you've beaten the game it will show your rank. Save your game and
next time it will load your Ranking when you try to load your game. So
load your game press A and go to New Game to start another game with it
remembering your rank.
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25. WEAPON/ITEM LIST
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Weapon Name
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Chinese Cleaver
Revolver
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Item Name
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Acacia Key
Birthday Card
Matches
Black Board
Red Board
White Board
White Liquid
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Map Name
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Baldwin House Map
Map of West South Vale
Map of the Apt. Building
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WEAPONS
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Weapon: | Chinese Cleaver
Location: | Stabbed into the counter in the main room of Heaven's Night.
Notes: | Not much stopping power but it's the only weapon melee weapon
| in this scenario. It is good for the streets.
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Weapon: | Revolver
Location: | Maria's own weapon that she starts off with.
Notes: | Moderate stopping power. Holds 6 bullets. Good for inside
| areas; close to medium range is good.
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ITEMS
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Item: | Acacia Key
Location: | Stuck in the grave of Amy Baldwin at the top of the fireplace
| in the Baldwin Mansion.
Purpose: | Unlocks the Acacia door on the second balcony on 2F, Baldwin
| Mansion.
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Item: | Birthday Card
Location: | Under the chair in the attic of the Baldwin Mansion.
Purpose: | Leave for Ernest in the Study 1F, Baldwin Mansion.
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Item: | Black Board
Location: | Near the grave of Amy Baldwin, on the ground at the top of
| the fireplace.
Purpose: | One of the 3 boards needed to solve the Acacia Puzzle.
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Item: | Matches
Location: | In the Kid's Room on the table in the Baldwin Mansion on 2F.
Purpose: | Lights the candle on the table in the attic, Baldwin Mansion.
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Item: | Red Board
Location: | Near the grave of Amy Baldwin, on the ground at the top of
| the fireplace.
Purpose: | One of the 3 boards needed to solve the Acacia Puzzle.
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Item: | White Board
Location: | On the ground of the first balcony on 2F from the middle north
| stairs of the Baldwin Mansion.
Purpose: | One of the 3 boards needed to solve the Acacia Puzzle.
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Item: | White Liquid
Location: | Room 105 1F on the secretarial desk of the Blue Creek
| Apartments.
Purpose: | Leave for Ernest in the Study 1F, Baldwin Mansion.
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MAPS
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Map: | Baldwin House Map
Location: | In the foyer of the Baldwin Mansion, on the desk near the
| double doors
Covers: | Floors 1F and 2F of the Baldwin Mansion.
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Map: | Map of the Apt. Building
Location: | On the floor of the middle stairwell, right beside the door.
Covers: | Floors 1F, 2F and 3F of Blue Creek Apartments (3F is never
| explored though).
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Map: | Map of West South Vale
Location: | Maria's own map that she starts off with.
Covers: | The whole outside of West South Vale.
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26. SAVE POINT LOCATIONS
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Baldwin Mansion
===============
1. On the right wall in the Living Room 1F.
2. On the wall by the stairs door, outside of the Service Room 1F.
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27. MEMOS
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Here are all of the memos in the Sub Scenario of Silent Hill 2.
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Table of Contents
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White Board
Black Board
Red Board
Inner Garden Tombstone
Birthday Card
Plant Encyclopedia : Acacia
"Lost Memories"
Plate on the floor
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Memo Title: White Board
When the White Breath is found, I shall dedicate this thing. Oh Spirit
of the Mist, Grant us fortune eternal."
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Memo Title: Black Board
When the Dark Grail is found, I shall dedicate this thing. You who deny
Death, Grant us fortune eternal.
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Memo Title: Red Board
When the Crimson Words are found, I shall dedicate this thing. Oh you
Gods deep in slumber, Grant us fortune eternal.
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Memo Title: Inner Garden Tombstone
Along with you died joy.
All that remains is despair and a future of meaningless tomorrows
But I will never give up
One, to see your beautiful smile again
One, to beg the blessings of the Gods.
I wait for that day.
When the boards cover all
All sadness too will be covered
But until my dreams return to reality
I will have to swallow all the pain
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Memo Title: Birthday Card
TO MY DEAREST DADDY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
FROM AMY BALDWIN
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Memo Title: Plant Encyclopedia : Acacia
A genus of evergreen trees of the mimosa tribe of the pea family.
Its tiny flowers are yellow or white and grow in clusters. Common
varieties include the "gum tree".
The Acacia Tree is a potent symbol in many religions across the World.
In Christianity it represents eternal life and morality.
In ancient Egypt it represented purity and rebirth, while in ancient
Babylonia it was thought of as the tree of the Godess Ishtar and was a
symbol of light.
It was also a holy tree to the Ancient Jews who built the sacred Ark of
the Covenenant from it and for whom it signified a peaceful death and
release from grief.
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Memo Title: "Lost Memories"
I have the strongest trust - you may even can it faith - in the miracle
called "Ressurection of the Dead".
Upon the hill where the light descended,
the Beast intoned his song.
With words of blodd,
drops of mist and the vessel of night,
the grave became an open field.
The people wept in fear and joy at the reunion, but my faith in the
salvation of Xuchilpaba did not waver.
It is also spoken of in the ancient legends. The original worshippers
did not believe that death was the end but that it was simply the path
by which the decreased returned to nature. They also believed the
process was reversible.
(There's something imprinted towards the bottom of the page. Did Ernest
write this? What could it mean?)
Blood=Red,
Mist=White,
Night=Black
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Memo Title: Plate on the floor
Amy Baldwin
She was loved too much by God.
Seven years was not enough time.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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28.COOL AND SCARY THINGS
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Note: * means you can hear it a lot better with headphones or a Surround
Sound System
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Letter From Silent Heaven
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East South Vale
===============
-There are 2 green posters near the Flower Shop on the opposite side wall
near the dead end at the East - They are probably maps
-Mary says "James, why did you kill me" when he first finds the radio
-The signals to walk and to stop on the streets actually work, and
properly too, along with the traffic lights
-On the Wood Side Apartment Gate it says "No Trespassing" but James still
goes through
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Wood Side Apartments
====================
-On 2F of the west apartment stairwell the position of James' shadow
changes position when you walk near the wall near the door, in the corner
-Near the 2F door in the West first stairwell door there are many small
posters with red marker all over them
-You can see the reflection of James Flashing glowing in windows of doors
in the stairwells of both apartments
-It says "DRAGON" on the wall in the Laundry Room 2F
-It says "HEAVY VIPER" on the wall Near the door in the west stairwell 3F
on the wall
-On 3F you can hear "The Breathing Hallway"
-Pyramid Head is glowing red on the other side of the gate thing on 2F
by Room 208
-You can dance in front of Pyramid Head when he is behind the gate on 2F -
Just go by either wall and keep pressing the strafe buttons so you will
walk into the wall but not move
-There is red glow coming from the kitchen cabinet and in the bedroom
coming from a desk cabinet in Room 202 2F - The glow matches the glow of
Pyramid Head
-There is blood on the floor on the other side of the gate thing by Room
208 2F, where Pyramid Head was standing before
-In Room 208 2F there is a corpse in the chair in front of the TV after
you get the Handgun and try to get the key on the other side of the gate
thing on 3F - It's James' character model
-On a table in Room 303 3F, there is a picture of a man on a cover of a
magazine that is laying there
-Room 303 has 2 washrooms (can't enter 1)
-There is a face made out of garbage above the book in the "strange piece
of trash" at the bottom of the garbage shoot after you use the canned
juice
-The first time you meet Eddie (when he is puking in the toilet) use
headphones, it sounds real and for some people, disgusting*
-When you cross to Blue Creek Apartments from the Emergency Exit door
listen to James' hands when he grabs onto the window with both hands*
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Blue Creek Apartments
=====================
In Room 203 2F, on the wall when you enter the main section of the room,
there is what looks exactly like a map of the United States in front of
you - It matches it perfectly but it could be a coincidence
Room 203 BCA - Map of United States of America(Totally looks like it)
(After you come out to the main section of the room)
-When James tries to open the door where Maria enters Blue Creek Apartments,
he says "I can't get the door to open."
-There is a thick book on the floor in the kitchen of Room 109 1F that
might be a Child or a Cooking Book
-In Room 109 1F, there is green stuff or blood coming out of the teddy bear
on the floor (at first I thought it was probably just blood, because I had
green blood on, but it looks like some kind of liquid, and it is not blood)
Note: Its not the light green stuff that's in WSA Room 202 2F and in the
Shower Room 3F in the Hospital
-In Room 109 1F, beside the white door it says "Josa" and a picture beside
it in red
-Angela changes the subject when James ask some certain questions
including "Did you mother live in this town?" And others
-There is a pictures of Angela and her mom and dad, but her dad is ripped
out of the picture in Room 109 1F in the middle of the floor, in the mirror
room
-In Room 109 1F, there is a map of the United States on the wall in the
room where James finds Angela
-There is a sideways smile face in red above the save point in Room 105 1F
-You can hear a voice whispering in Room 209 2F near the kitchen*
-You can hear someone running by when you ran past Room 207 2F Blue Creek
Apartments sometimes by the water near the locked Apartment Stairway where
you fight Pyramid Head (You can also hear a doorknob turning near there
too)*
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West South Vale
===============
-There is a black box on a table in the 2nd room in Pete's Bowl-A-Rama (I
first thought it was a TV)
-In Pete's Bowl-A-Rama look at the Bowling Alleys during the Eddie eating
pizza video (James and Eddie, not Laura and Eddie)
-Laura is doing somewhat of a sitting dance on the table where Eddie is
sitting and eating pizza
-Eddie literally takes forever to eat one slice of pizza
-There is something on the wall to the left of the stairs when you enter
Heaven's Night that looks like a map
-Brookhaven Hospital isn't labeled on the map
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Brookhaven Hospital
===================
-There's at least 4 TVs in the Hospital. The locations are:
2 TVs at the end of the west wing hallway 2F by Room M6
1 TV in Room M3 2F(Its broken)
1 TV in Room C3 1F
-After you exit most rooms with Maria, turn and face her, and she should
have a huge shadow
-A funny thing to do: Go in the Document Room 1F and go to Maria in the
corner and strafe towards her - It makes it funier because James is
looking at Maria and Maria is being pushed repetitively
-In the hallway on 1F and some other hallways makes the floor shake a lot
with a Sub Woofer (It goes MAD)
-You don't need the Examination Room Key - Code is always 7335 (Easy,
Normal Riddle Mode) or 1328 (Hard Riddle Mode)
-When you examine the Teddy Bear in the Women's Locker Room 2F, James says
it's a normal stuffed animal, nothing else - But he doesn't take his eyes
off it
-There is a poster of a guy and his name, Jack, on the wall in the Womens'
Locker Room, 2F
-I have noticed 3 different crazy endings of the button combo for the
"Louise" Puzzle:
*me i am and no one can stop me one can stop me no one can stop me can stop
can stop no no
*nobody can stop who i am i don't know who i am is who i am is who is am is
*me i am a genius and no one can stop me and no one can stop me one can stop
me no one can stop me can stop can stop no no
As you can see, the person that wrote the memo most likely went crazy at
the end of it
-There is scary music on 3F Patient's Wing
-There is a pile of bricks at the end of the west wing hallway 3F
-The hair is the box in Room S14 3F is Louise's
-The person who wrote on the wall in Room S14 put the hair in the box to
always take care of her, like said on the wall
-You have to fall off the Roof of the Hospital and get the code for the
turning lock before you can open it - Even if you enter the code that it
is
-When you first go on the hospital rooftop go to the diary and go back to
the door, and James says he can't open it no matter how hard he tries,
but Pyramid Head comes from the opposite side
-On RF (Roof) Brookhaven Hospital go examine the fence where Pyramid Head
knocks you off - It is old, rusty, and James can probably break it if he
pushed hard - No wonder it breaks
-On RF, when you examine the old fence where PH knocks you off, it sounds
sweet!*
-There is a ladder on RF near the fence - it has a fixed wood strips over
it so you can't climb up it
-Pyramid Head comes out of no where (Unless he can fly) - The door cannot
be opened but he comes from the right when the door on the left and the
are fences surrounding the whole roof
-There is AMAZING sound effects when Pyramid Head knocks James off the
Hospital rooftop*
-After PH knocks you off the roof on Hard Action Mode you can feel James'
heartbeat shaking the Dual Shock Controller because his health is extremely
low
-James takes a couple hairs out of the Louise Box but apparently he got "A
Piece of Hair"
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"Nightmare" Hospital
====================
-After you beat the Hangers boss, listen to the siren, it sounds amazing*
-After you beat the Hangers boss, the Hospital is all bloody and has what
looks like blankets over doors
-The garden is way smaller than it is on the Hospital map
-The creators of Silent Hill love big fans - There is at least one in every
game - One on 1F Nightmare Hospital in the room after the garden on the
other side of the fence/wall
-When you try to exit room C2 1F you can hear glass shatter*
-When you enter Room S3 3F when Maria is gone, you can hear someone
breathing like their watching you (Its not the same song or sound effects
that's in some Apartment and Hospital hallways)*
-It sounds like there is a screeching pig in the basement's basement BF
-When you go close to the fence in the basement, your map says you're on
the other side of the fence
-One heck of a long elevator ride when listening to the "Trick or Treat"
game
-Hanging Antique Clock in Director's Room (Or should I say direckter's
room?), "Nightmare" Hospital 1F
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Dark South Vale
===============
-There's a Chiropractic And Sports Injury Center beside THE DANCE COMPANY;
I take it the residents of Silent Hill weren't really good dancers
-There is something attached to the wall very close to the northwest
corner of Katz St. and Martin St. that looks like just like a rusted Steel
Pipe
-It looks like there is a First Aid Kit by the broken locked Wood Side
Apartment fence gate door in dark mode
-There is graffiti of a skeleton on the Munson St. middle corner wall on
the east side near Katz St.
-The Praying Woman is supposed to be Jennifer Carroll (Jenni___ Carroll)
because if you read the front of it it talks about her
-It looks like 2 very large green doors on the right when exiting
Rosewater Park
-On your way to the Silent Hill Historical Society, you can make it so
when you're running, you step on the grass and then the next step on the
pavement and is sounds cool*
-It says "Obedience Die!" on the wall behind a fence about where Nathan
Avenue starts to curve, on the way to the Silent Hill Historical Society
-When you're running or walking on the right side of the road to the
Silent Hill Historical Society Museum, when you reach the Lake View Hotel
sign, the camera will look at it
-There's a fallen Lake View Hotel sign near the end of Nathan Avenue,
where the broken bridge is, on the north side
-There's a map of the boat routes near the Silent Hill Historical Society
and it says "Lakeview Hotel" instead of "Lake View Hotel"
-The camera zooms in when you're around the entrance of the Silent Hill
Historical Society
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The "Unmapped" Area
===================
-In the picture of Pyramid Head in the Museum, his spear looks like it
sticks out and its 3D
-There is a weird cry/yell sound when you are in the 2nd Museum Room,
going further into the Abyss
-It takes 50 seconds to get from the top of the very long, descending
hallway to the bottom.
-After you exit the well James falls down lower into the water of the
sewer
-There is a weird sound when you walk by the first door on the right after
you come out of the well*
-There is a door in the roof where you jump from when you first enter
Toluca Prison(where you use the Spiral Writing Key)
-James literally goes down the hallway after using the Spiral Writing Key
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Toluca Prison
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-Toluca Prison is leaking from the roof, from Toluca Lake probably
-There are 2 Invisible Monsters in Toluca Prison: in the North and South
Jail Cell Corridors - You can kill them both but they sound like humans
when you shoot them - For some reason the are saying "ritual"
-Music fades away when you enter the 2nd cell from the east in the south
cell hallway and it starts up again when you exit it
-There is a Book by the name of "Black Magic from the Abyss" In the jail
cell with the waxed doll on the bed
-It's funny when you walk backwards of the Scaffold in the courtyard
-It sounds like there is a horse running in the courtyard near the
scaffold (You get a horseshoe, what a coincidence)
-If you knock on the closed door in the Womens' Washroom and go to the
exit you will hear a loud and sudden noise - It doesn't work everytime,
but you can it will work if you keep trying
-TV in Warden's Office 1st Room
-The note after the long hallway entering the Abyss was last dated in
1820; However there is a TV in the Warden's Office - I am saying that
either the place where the note is couldn't be or wasn't accessed in a
long time or no one ever found it
-There's a pop can on the Warden's Desk that looks very much like a
Health Drink
-Busted barreled Rifle above the Hunting Rifle you get in 2nd Room in
Wardens Office
-James can't find stairs so he jumps down to B1F
-James says funny things in the unmapped foul-smelling corridor
-After all that jumping they should make a James Sunderland's Pro Jumper
series - He doesn't die and isn't hurt from landing most likely way more
than 50-100 feet below!
-When you try to enter the broken-locked door beside the elevator (long
ride) before The Labyrinth it sounds sweet!*
-It can be fun to strafe around the whole large elevator, not touching
any of the walls on the long ride down sicne you don't have much to do
for the very long ride
-The long elevator ride takes exactly 1 minute to get to the bottom from
when it starts moving
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The Labyrinth
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-James' Flashlight reflects in the water of The Labyrinth
-When you find Maria, after the video you can try to shoot her, but of
course she can't get hit
-Outside the Doorman Boss Room there are papers on the ground and some
are from today's date as James says
-TV in Doorman Boss Room (Angela breaks it)
-When James is pulling a persecutor's rope you can see his veins
-Eddie probably killed Maria when she's dead in her cell since he is
nearby
-The ground in James grave looks like Apple Pie (Reminds me of it)
-It takes 20 seconds to get to the end of the "pie" hallway before you
fight Eddie
-It looks like James has a beard from some views in the second room Eddie
Boss video
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Lake View Hotel
===============
-Most hotel doors sound like someone's laughing when you open them
-When you investigate the piano on 1F in the Restaurant, James will talk
about Mary's hobby and it's quite funny what James says
-Laura never finds the 2nd letter from Mary or she's just lying about it
-When you first enter the Thinner elevator on B1F you can hear someone
breathing*
-The Employee Elevator Key on the desk in Room 204 2F is HUGE
-It is possible to put 30 items in the shelf but no more (GH Version) - In
the original version, the max is 29
-There are cookies in the pantry 1F Lake View Hotel which are obviously
old - There are more foods and may be healthy to eat but he's not hungry;
after all that walking! C'mon
-James can say 5 different things in the Pantry on 1F, Lake View Hotel
-TV in Employee Lounge 1F
-Room 312 3F of Lake View Hotel is the cleanest room of the whole hotel or
that of that you can access - Someone must have been expecting you...
-TV in Room 312 3F
-The TV in Room 312 3F, Lake View Hotel is huge but has a small screen
-James could've just left with Laura if he said "Ok" when Laura says
"let's get going already" but he decides to tell her the truth and stays
-The carpet looks very real in Room 312 3F
-Clock on the wall in Room 312 3F Lake View Hotel
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"Nightmare" Hotel
=================
-In the Venus Tears Bar on B1F the health drinks match the other drinks
behind them when they're there
-The stairs are very steep in the Angela stairs on fire video
-James says he'd never kill himself when he's talking to Angela in the
stairs on fire video B1F, but he does in the In Water Ending
-After the Angela stairs on fire video you can still see her walking up
the stairs
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Miscellaneous
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-If James is tired from running go through a door and he wont be tired
anymore
-Eddie always say "I swear"
-When Laura says "get" it sounds like "git"
-It's funny when James is dragging the Great Knife because it's heavy but
when you pick up items he holds it perpendicular to the ground like it's
weightless, while he picks up the item and then it goes back to normal
-James actually survives jumping down 5 holes + his grave
-At the bottom of the Main Screen in the Greatest Hits Version, it says
Copyright 1999-2001 by Konami but the Greatest Hits Version was made in
2003 (Maybe 2002 in Japan)
===---====---===
Born From A Wish
===---====---===
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West South Vale
===============
-There is actually gleaming shine coming from the Chinese Cleaver when
you're running on the streets from certain angles and it looks like
Maria's gone mad
-The whole idea of items on cars in in the back of a Pick-Up Truck is cool
-The dead body outside of the Baldwin Mansion is probably Ernest's
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Baldwin Mansion
===============
-Talking to Ernest behind doors is a cool idea although Ernest is
invisible
-Maria asks Ernest if he's Ernest Hemingway behind the first door but he
died in 1961 and Silent Hill 1 and 2 are totally past that time - Somehow
Maria knows about Ernest Hemingway too, in her short life
-The sound of the thump from the fireplace cover when coming back down to
1F sounds nice*
-Amy says "Give it..." ... "To my Daddy." when you try to leave the attic
with the Birthday Card
-Maria doesn't stop looking at the present from Amy to Ernest but she
can't take it
-It says "Beware of Haunted Mansion" on the wall of the mansion when you
go to Blue Creek Apartments
-Somehow, Ernest knows about James
-The blackness while Maria and James are talking at the end makes that
part seem better
-In the Credits it only shows scenes with Maria in them
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Blue Creek Apartments
=====================
-Maria can steal James' map for Blue Creek Apartments
-You can actually access many areas in Blue Creek like you can with
James
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Miscellaneous
=============
-The "Music of Evil" is a good way to replace the Radio static from the
Main Scenario since Maria has no Radio
-Maria has no Radio and monsters can be right beside you without you
hearing them
Patient Demons, Mannequins and Giant Roaches are the only enemies in
the Sub Scenario
-Maria says that she's never been so scared in her whole life in
Brookhaven Hospital's basement but her life was probably very short
because she was most likely born very recently (for James)
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29. MY PERSONAL REVIEW
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Silent Hill 2 is a great game! It is the sequel to Silent Hill. I got the
game for my birthday for PS2 (I got it on 03/14/02 but my birthday was on
the 13th). I still remember me playing it for the first time. Demons, dark
areas, completely messed up monsters, a good set of characters and nice
weapons. What more could you ask for? Honestly.
Storyline - 10/10
This game's storyline is one of the best storylines in a game that I have
played. First of all, I like Resident Evil, just that I like Silent Hill a
lot more; it's more of my type. Unlike Resident Evil, Silent Hill's
storyline is actually very interesting. You might find yourself quite
emotional with the story. It gets you all into the game. Not many
characters but there is enough to make it scary and lonely. Anyway, here is
the story. James Sunderland received a letter from his dead wife, Mary,
which beckons him to Silent Hill, there vacations spot. The letter from
Mary was:
In my restless dreams,
I see that town.
Silent Hill.
You promised me you'd take me
there again someday.
But you never did.
Well, I'm alone there now...
In our "special place..."
Waiting for you...
James says to himself in Silent Hill, but a dead person can't write a
letter. And then you are set off to your "special place." Also there is a
bizarre creature in the game that my make you want to stop playing when
you find him; which is multiple times; that's not a good thing. But unlike
Nemesis in RE3, this enemy is actually really scary. Sure Nemesis can get
you scared running towards you fast but because he's running is most
likely why you are scared. And he has a Rocket Launcher which makes him not
so tough. In Silent Hill 2 this enemy has all the time in the world to get
you; it has nothing else to do so stay away from it! Another thing about
Silent Hill compared to Resident Evil. Silent Hill has totally screwed up
demons that aren't like humans. Resident Evil has Zombies which are not
really scary. And they are about all the same. In Silent Hill there are
multiple different demons which is a good thing. However, there are
different enemies is RE, but they don't really match the game.
Gameplay - 10/10
Some people may find the gameplay boring, but that's probably because this
game is not really meant for you. If you like Survival/Horror games, you
should like it. If you like Resident Evil, either you will like Silent Hill
better, or Resident Evil better; you probably wont like them the same
because they are very different. In Silent Hill there is more puzzle and
not much of combat. This is where Resident Evil comes in. It has a lot of
combat, but not many puzzle. Silent Hill can have a lot of combat, but it
is just better to run. And running doesn't make you a wuss; I think
everyone would run if they saw a Silent Hill like monster. Some people
say the entire game consists on the streets; that is not true. If you know
what you're doing you won't be on the streets for long. The game consists
in many different locations and it is great. But the true quality of Silent
Hill 2 is that you earn your weapons and they match the game. You don't
just walk around and ooohhhh!!! A Rocket Launcher just lying on the floor!
You get weapons like a Wooden Plank then build up to a Handgun and slowly
get better weapons.
Graphics - 10/10
Oh yes, the graphics. At first you might think the graphics look somewhat
"grainy" and you might think the graphics aren't that good. Well, that is
a feature in Silent Hill 2 that makes a better atmosphere for the game.
Also, when you beat the game once you can take the "grainy" effect off so
you can experience Silent Hill 2 at it's best. Once you do this, you will
most likely think the graphics are amazing. Also the CG Videos are
stunning! Every character looks great and very detailed. Lighting is great.
I have beat this game many times but I still watch some of the videos
because they look great and still interest me.
Sound - 10/10
The sound in Silent Hill 2 is pretty amazing. Scary sounds in some hallways
may totally freak you out. No, I am not joking. The sudden and scary sounds
are stunning! Sometimes when you least expect them! The songs in this game
are perfect for the storyline, from sad songs to scary songs, this game
has it all. The songs aren't just randomly played. For example: There is a
sad video where something sad happens, sad music will play. In a boss
situation and some hallways there is scary music because maybe something
scary has happened or will happen. I liked many of these songs so I
downloaded them. The sounds the monsters make are actually good; how would
we know if it sounds real or not? Sound is very important in a game like
this, and Konami did a very good job!
Control - 9/10
The control in Silent Hill 2 is good. You can change from 3D Control to 2D
Control. In 3D Control you have to face the way you want to go then hold
forward which can be difficult to get out of small areas fast, for some
people. In 2D Control you don't have to face the way you want to go and
hold forward; you hold whatever direction you want to go and that's where
you go. It is very easy for newbies but if you don't want it to be as easy,
try 3D Control.
Atmosphere - 10/10
This is the awesome thing in Silent Hill 2. Some rooms are so dark it is
hard to see where you are going. It really adds to the atmosphere. Outside
there is a lot of fog; which is great in a game like this. Some places in
Silent Hill 2 may scare you. The rooms in Silent Hill 2 are very detailed.
There are many cool and scary things to find in this game. If you are
reading this review from my walkthrough, see the Cool and Scary Things
section to see what I'm talking about. You may find yourself looking for
them. Silent Hill 2 might not be as scary in day light. But if you want to
experience the game at its best, play at night in the dark or with the
light off in a quiet room with loud volume. If you have a Surround Sound
System with a Sub Woofer like me it is great! If you don't, headphones are
amazing for realistic sounds and things like that.
Replay Value - 9/10
Yes, there is a point to play this game more than once. There are 5 endings
to get (In the Original Version). In the Greatest Hits Version there are 6
endings and a new scenario. If you have only beat the game once, I strongly
suggest you beat it a few more times. The endings are worth the play time.
And you might learn something new which you may find cool. I would say you
should at least beat the game 5 times (or 6 with Greatest Hits Version).
But replaying the game 15 or more times might be too much. But if you
really like the game, you might do so. In the Greatest Hits Version of
Silent Hill 2, there is more things to do, so consider buying that. And
expect to play the game about 6 times, and at least once for the sub
scenario, that's a lot to do.
Rent or Buy?
BUY! If you're a fan of the genre, then this game is for you. If not, this
game probably won't interest you. It is different from RE, but in a good
way. I think it is better. If you want to see what the game is like, but
your not sure whether to buy it or not, you should rent it. But any true
fan of Survival/Horror should have this game.
Overall - 10/10 (9.7 but it is closer to 10 so that's what I will give it)
Silent Hill 2 is awesome! I can't wait for Silent Hill 3! If you don't
have Silent Hill 2 go buy it now! You'll love it, I guarantee it. But try
to find the Greatest Hits Version for extra features including a new
scenario with a new playable character, new weapons, new areas and a new
ending for the Main Scenario. Trust me, this is a must have game for any
fan of the genre and it is DEFINITELY one of my all-time favourite games!
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CONCLUSION
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30. CREDITS
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1. Thanks to me for writing this FAQ
2. Thanks to Konami TYO for Developing this game
3. Thanks to Konami for Publishing this game
4. Thanks to CJayC for posting this FAQ on GameFAQs
5. Thanks to IGN for accepting this FAQ
6. Thanks to everyone on the GameFAQs Silent Hill 2 Board supporting my
C.A.S.T. topics
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