SILENT HILL 2 ********** 10 Star Ranking FAQ ======================================================================= |WARNING! This FAQ contains every type of spoiler in the game there possibly is. Make sure you have beaten the game first or read at your own risk. You have been warned| ======================================================================= Table of Contents O. The making of an FAQ 1. Copyright stuff 2. Introduction 3. How the star ranking works 4. Determining which version you have 5. Stuff you should know before attempting the 10 star ranking 6. The requirements 7. My 10 star ranking stats 8. The action level 9. The riddle level 10. Ending 11. Ending clear 12. Saves 13. Time 14. Items 15. Defeated enemies by shooting/fighting 16. Boat stage time 17. Damage 18. Where is the boat speed/walking dist/running dist at? 19. Hyper Sprays information. 20. Strategies A. The Start of the Game B. On the way to Brookhaven Hospital C. Silent Hill Historical Society here we come D. Pyramid Head in the apartments E. Pyramid Head in the basement F. Killing the Doorman G. Killing Eddie 21. Hints 22. Puzzle solutions 23. Other stuff A. Silent Hill 10 star ranking FAQ B. The Cinderella music box in hard/extra C. Silent Hill 3 D. Disk Read Error 24. Conclusion 25. Thanks list 26. Guide status/Contact info ----------------------------------------------------------------------- O. THE MAKING OF AN FAQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr-17-03- I started typing today and I got all the way to how the star ranking works section. Apr-20-03- I just typed to the strategies section and proofread my guide. Took a few more useless parts out and added a few new helpful parts in. I switched some parts around to reduce confusion. Somehow it erased my numbered parts in the sections so I had to fix that. Apr-21-03- I proofread the guide again. I finally got some Xbox info on the game. The puzzle solutions are now finished I'll post and proofread them later. I finally typed all section headings. Apr-22-03- I posted the puzzle solutions. Had to do A LOT of changes when I switched from document to document. I had to correct it because it just didn't agree with this guides format. I also typed all sections in other stuff. Apr-24-03- I just took out a totally useless part out and retyped the guide status/contact info. I took the time to rephrase a few lines and type a bit more. Still awaiting an E-mail and some Xbox info still. Apr-25-03- I finally got the E-mail I was looking forward to so now I can piece whatever holes there are in this guide. I got the all the Xbox info I needed, so I added stuff to the boat stage time section. I also updated the thanks list. I shortened the introduction and added a new section called conclusion. Apr-26-03- daylight. Made a few changes to the guide status/contact and corrected the Hyper Spray information section. Apr-27-03- I just realized I missed a puzzle in the puzzle solutions section so I corrected it. I added a section called hints and took out a few parts, corrected some things and I also added some things. Apr-29-03- I totally rewrote the saves section. I changed a few section's names reorganized some crap. Apr-30-03- I'm now at Eddie, so I'll be doing the strategies that people suggested. I just put a lot of info into Hyper Spray information section and might be retyping it. May-01-03- I just shortened this guide and reworded a lot of sentences. I wrote the on the way to Brookhaven Hospital and Silent Hill Historical Society here we come. May-02-03- I finally beat Silent hill 2! I've obtained almost all the green Hyper Spray information. Mar-03-03- I typed the Killing Eddie section finally. So tonight will be a night of retyping, correcting, switching around, and proofreading. May-07-03- I proofread it once more and this time I used CTRL+F to help find mistakes I didn't find before. I added a few more things here and there. May-09-03- I just corrected a lot of stuff in the puzzle solution part and a other few tid bits in the guide. If things go as planned I'll finish everything by tomorrow. May-11-03- I beat the game yesterday and I got the e-mail and sent my guide to gamefaqs.com and I hope they will post it. :) May-16-03- broke up some of the MEGA paragraphs into littler ones so it's more understandable. May-17-03- I got an E-mail from neoseeker asking permission to post this and any other FAQs I write and so forth. So I redid the copyright and guide status/contact info. May-24-03- I typed the Doorman strategy. Because of that I had to change a few things around in the guide. June-03-03- I shortened the history like I have wanted to do for forever (having the history helps me keep track of what I've done). Aug-05-03- Silent Hill 3 gets released tomorrow! On topic though I got the Hyper Spray section updated tremendously thanks to Rachenar. A couple of days back I did add the "Pyramid Head in the apartments strategy". Nov-04-04- I retyped the entire guide again and added the part about Pyramid Head running away and the matrix strategies. I will proof read it once more tomorrow and then update the sites. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. COPYRIGHT INFO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Shawn Jenner 2003-2004. This guide may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web sites except for the list below or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. In other words just don't sell it for money (printing is fine). Websites currently hosting my guide- 1. www.gamefaqs.com 2. www.neoseeker.com 3. www.ign.com So far ONLY those three websites have my permission to host my guide. Their respective trademark and copyright holders own all trademarks and copyrights contained in this document. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. INTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This guide is NOT a walkthrough; it is just to help you obtain the 10 star ranking. The 10 star ranking in Silent Hill 2 is one of the hardest things I've done so far. Yes, this FAQ does contain a lot of spoilers for all of you who haven't beat this game yet. This FAQ is for the Xbox, PC, and Playstation 2 versions of Silent Hill 2. The reason why I'm writing this is because I unlocked the green Hyper Spray (with help from the message boards). Some people could provide me with the accurate ranking requirements, but I couldn't get much info on how to do them and so forth. Since there were no FAQs posted about this at the time (April 17 2003) I had to do most of it by myself. Then someone convinced me to write this FAQ. This is my first FAQ so excuse me if it's a little sloppy, and I hope it helps you a lot with getting the 10 star ranking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. HOW THE STAR RANKING WORKS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For all of you who don't know how the star ranking works in Silent Hill 2 here it goes. After you beat the game you get a screen telling you everything you did through the game, and at the bottom you will have big stars and little stars. The big star counts as 1 point and the little stars count as .1 point. if you got 4 big stars and 7 little stars then you got a 4.7 star ranking. (And obviously the best ranking is 10 big stars, which they will be all colored gold). Now we ask why is some of my finishing stats gold and white? When your stat is white it means you didn't accomplish the stat requirements for the maximum stars, and you don't get as much stars as you would if you got the gold stat. So lets say you beat the game in normal mode. You would get a few more stars for beating the game in normal mode then you would if you beat the game in easy mode, BUT you would not get the maximum stars because you were not playing hard mode. So quite simply you get more stars if you play harder modes or when you do better on the stats. When your stat is in gold you achieved (or did better) then what the stat requirement was for the gold star and therefore it gives you the maximum stars you can get for that certain stat. And obviously all your stats have to be gold (except for the boat speed/walking dist/running dist) in order to achieve the 10 star ranking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. DETERMINING WHAT VERSION YOU HAVE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The PC version is exactly the same as the Xbox version. Although I don't include anything about the PC version in this guide (you should already know the controls ect...) except for this section just remember that if I talk about something about the Xbox version it also means the PC version too. So you can also skip over anything Xbox players can and note don't use any PC helping things/cheats ect... It might go against you ranking like in Silent Hill (PS). I can't confirm that for sure but there is no need for any risks here. And besides cheating sucks. Now you PC gamers can skip the rest of this section. Now as we all know back then people with the PS2 version of Silent Hill got screwed over, because the Xbox version got released three months later with a bunch of extras that the PS2 version didn't get. Then a while later Konami releases Silent Hill 2 Greatest Hits for PS2 that included all the extras the Xbox version had. Now why would this be important for getting the 10 star ranking? Well since the PS2 Greatest Hits got all the extras the Xbox version had, that meant the extra endings and items where also added as a requirement towards to 10 star rank. (This is really a guess I don't know for sure because I got the 10 star ranking on the Greatest Hits version only). If you have the Greatest Hits version of Silent Hill 2 then you have to collect 150+(+8) items and get 4/4(+3) endings. If you have the original version of Silent Hill 2 then you have to (and can only) collect 150+(+7) items and can only get 4/4(+1) endings. I will be using 150(+8) and 4/4(+3) through out the guide so all of you who have the original version just remember yours is 150+(+7) and 4/4(+1). To reduce confusion, if you have a save of the original Silent Hill 2 your Greatest Hits version will recognize everything you have unlocked. So in other words every ending, item, and Hyper Spray you have unlocked will be transferred and saved to your Greatest Hits save. What you do is while your playing your Greatest Hits game go to a save point and save your game on the same memory card that has you original Silent Hill 2 save. Now your Greatest Hits save will have everything you unlocked from you original save. Then go back and delete your original Silent Hill 2 save. You can't get confused either because your GH file will be called SH2GH. For anybody who is a Silent Hill fan and does not own the Greatest Hits version of Silent Hill 2 I suggest you sell your original and buy the Greatest Hits version (or the Xbox, PC versions if you please). But I warn you; you could find more copies of Brittany's Dance Groove (some stupid game involving Brittany Spears you can find everywhere) then Silent Hill 2 Greatest Hits. I had to get someone to drive me about an hour to Circuit City to get this game, and when I got home and opened it the instructions were bent and the memory card holder was crushed but the game worked perfectly thank God. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE ATEMPTING THE 10 STAR RANKING. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Before you even attempt to try to get the 10 star ranking here is some stuff you should know... 1. You should be skilled in hard mode. 2. You should know how to solve all the puzzles in extra or hard riddle mode. 3. You should have unlocked all endings and special items. 4. You should know your own way around town and buildings. 5. DON'T cheat and DON'T use any special weapons at all, because if this game is anything like trying to get the Silent Hill 10 star ranking then you wont get the Silent Hill 2 10 star ranking if you do. What it all comes down to is that you have to be really good at Silent Hill 2 (without cheating). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. THE REQUIRMENTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally eh. Well here are all the requirements in order to get the 10star ranking. Action level- hard Riddle level- extra/or hard Ending- Dog (don't have but its the best way) Ending clear- 4/4(+3) Saves- 2 Time- beat game under 3 hours Walking dist- doesn't matter Running dist- also doesn't matter Items- over 150+(+8) Defeated enemies by shooting- over 75 kills Defeated enemies by fighting- over 75 kills Boat stage time- under 1min 20sec Boat max speed- doesn't matter Damage- under 500pts of damage ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. MY 10 STAR RANKING STATS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For anyone who wants to know my 10 star ranking finishing stats for Silent Hill 2 here they are... Action level- hard Riddle level- Extra Ending- Dog Ending clear- 4/4(+3) Saves- 2 Time- 2 hours 34 minuets 36 seconds Walking dist- 1.88km Running dist- 10.62km Items- 217(+8) Defeated enemies by shooting- 92 Defeated enemies by fighting- 90 Boat stage time- 1m 5s 24 Boat max speed- 3.24m/s Damage- 422pts Now see if you can beat it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. THE ACTION LEVEL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You have to play hard action mode in order to get your action level stat gold. When playing hard mode your ammo will be low (if you never use melee weapons like me) just about all the time until you get the ammo from the trick or treat box. Also remember to put your bullet adjust to x3. If you don't you will probably never have any ammo throughout the game. Most monsters in hard mode take about 4-5 rounds to take down, and even more if you are trying to kill them by shooting. Most importantly more monsters appear in hard mode so use your ammo wisely. So simply it's ok to be ammo whore when going for the 10 star ranking. This is about the only form of "cheating" acceptable for the 10 star ranking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. THE RIDDLE LEVEL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pretty sure the riddle level can be either be hard riddle mode or extra riddle mode to get the gold. The game sort of randomly picks between hard and extra riddle mode (if you have unlocked extra riddle mode that is). You can unlock extra riddle mode by beating easy/normal/hard riddle mode all one time and then choose hard mode again it should be in extra riddle mode. I wish Konami would have just included an option for extra riddle mode to make things a lot easier. Now what I do to help solve puzzles a little quicker is I type all the puzzle solutions and print them out. That way I can just look at the paper and just put in the solution without thinking too much and waste time. But not all puzzles are just a snap. Some puzzles require you to think and waste time. Like the facecube puzzle, and of course the 3- lighted button puzzle. Of course for this game however it's almost impossible to go over 3 hours over two stupid ass puzzles. Facecube- it's hard to explain this one but here it goes. The cube represents the room right next to you. Turning the facecube turns the room in whatever direction you turned the facecube (faces represent walls). What I do is turn the facecube until you can enter the room. Go inside the room and you see doors all around it. What you have do in the room is try to figure out the best way to turn the cube so that two doors in this room create an opening (passage) towards Maria's cell. If you've beaten the puzzle you know what I'm talking about. The lighted numbers puzzle- pretty much all you do is press three of the three LIGHTED numbers in different patterns and hope it unlocks. Example: if the lighted numbers are 3, 5 and 7 then it could be 753, 573 or 375 ect.. What is the worst part of this puzzle? Trying to get the right combination quick for one thing and there are bugs that suddenly appear. If you're not quick enough to get back into the puzzle after failing it then the bugs might bite you. And this can be pretty bad; I've been taken down to red status before because I kept screwing up. Oh and sometimes there will be only two buttons lighted. If that happens don't be like me and spend 20 min trying to figure it out and get so pissed off you shut off the PS2. What you do is you press one of the button two times and the other one time. The safe puzzle- here is a quick review. Always start at the one. In easy and normal its really easy just follow the numbers. In hard mode there will be some Roman numerals. The X=10 and the V=5. If the numbers appear in this combination VV7 then you add what each numeral is worth plus the number. (Example) VV7>>8<>5 then the combination is 17>>8<<12>>5. In extra there will be letters. Find the numbers place in the alphabet then add 9 to it. a>>5<>9 then the combination is 10>>5<<19>>9. Some people have trouble with the >> and the << signs. The >> means you turn the dial right and the << means you turn the dial left. It's so simple it makes you wonder if it's a trick! There are plenty of good FAQs on this site that may explain the puzzles better then I do. So check them out if you still have trouble. I beat this game so many times I can beat the facecube puzzle in extra under 2-3 minutes. As long as you passed adding and subtracting in first grade you should be able to beat the safe puzzle without too much strain. The lighted puzzle is just luck as far as I'm concerned. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. ENDING ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There are many endings you can get to have your ending stat gold. The one I suggest strongly is the Dog ending. Why? Because it's the fastest ending, its always gold, and you can avoid the last two bosses (because they deal a lot of damage and cuts time). No other ending will cut it like this one. You should already know how to get the dog ending but I'll put in here anyways. Just get the dog key from the doghouse (by jack's Inn) and use the key on the green observatory door in the Evil Lakeview hotel (after you have watched the tape). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. ENDING CLEAR ----------------------------------------------------------------------- First let me explain how the ending stats work. When you get the status screen you will see 4/4(+3) right by Ending clear. The 4/4 is all the main endings (leave/Maria/in water/rebirth) and the (+3) thing is all the "special" endings. Which include Dog ending, UFO ending, Baldwin ending. You must unlock all of these endings in order for it to be gold. (Make sure you save your Maria game in the same slot as your James game or I don't think it will count that ending or give you the blue gem) Remember how I said earlier how there are changes between the original and Greatest Hits version of Silent Hill 2? Well the endings were one of them. If you have the original Silent Hill 2 then you can only get 4/4(+1). You get all main endings but you only get one "special ending" and that ending is the Dog ending. And that's all you have to unlock. Greatest hits players have to unlock all the endings in order for it to be gold. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. SAVES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to get the gold for saving you can only save two times. And when I say save two times that means ONLY check the red square two times. Even If you don't save, checking the red square WILL count as a save. These are my suggested save locations. If you want you can choose the best save spots that you are best with (but be warned use the saves wisely), these are just the save spots I highly recommend. It may seem hard or even impossible to save only two times in hard, but once you do it enough times it gets easier and easier. I used to be a 44 save per game person. Now its very rare if I go over five saves per game. 1. First save- right before you meet Pyramid Head in the basement of evil Brookhaven Hospital. This part is about halfway through the game, and the next part is probably one of the hardest parts in the game because Maria can't keep up fast enough and gets killed by Pyramid Head too quickly. 2. Second save- before or after Eddie (your choice) I like to save after Eddie so that way if I screw up on the boat part I won't have to fight Eddie all over again. But saving before Eddie also has an advantage. Eddie will probably deal the most damage in the game, so just incase you go over the damage limit at the end of the game you can always go back to that save. My stats after my first save- After I saved for the first time in evil Brookhaven Hospital I had killed 51 enemies by fighting and 35 enemies by shooting. I had a total time of 1 hour 19 minutes. I had a total of 17 handgun bullets and over 120 shotgun bullets at this part (thanks to the trick-or-treat box). Before you save for the first time is the hardest part of the game. One of the main reasons is because of Maria. If you shoot her she dies instantly and you have to start all back over again, happened to me three times and I wasn't happy. Pyramid Head in the apartments also killed me a few times too. He has the one hit kill move and for some odd reason I have never died at this part except when I was going for the 10 star ranking. <**UPDATE** For a better way to help not kill Maria go to the very bottom of the "Defeated Enemies by Shooting/Fighting" section and look for the "Alternate Maria strategy"> Make sure when you save you save in two separate slots. It's kind of like insurance. Below is an example why you should. Lets say you save at the evil Brookhaven Hospital and you did really well up to that point. But then you do really bad up to the point of Eddie and you save over the first save, all that hard work up to the hospital would have been for nothing. So that's why I suggest you save in two different slots, one slot for your first save your second slot for your second save. I know it saved me once. I always save in two different game files (not the same game file) that way you can delete the save you don't need and it won't take up any unnecessary KB that way. Yes I whore my KB. I have the (PS2) HDD but I still whore every last KB like it was my last. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. TIME ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to get the gold for time all you have to do is beat the game in less than three hours. It's not really as difficult as it seems. Getting under the time in Silent Hill 2 isn't as challenging as getting under the time in Silent Hill (trust me). One of the most important things when you are trying to beat a game under a certain time is to skip all cut scenes. Even if they are five second cut scenes just skip them. <**UPDATE** It has come to my attention that the cut scenes in Silent Hill 2 don't add on to your total time so it's ok to watch them.> Know how to beat the buildings and streets in the most linear path you can. Nothing is worse then having to backtrack because of a missed item. As long as you don't screw around and know exactly where to go you should be ok. The Dog ending will make your game shorter (which is just what you need) so make sure you get it. If possible don't waste a lot of time trying to kill your enemy. When you first start the game try to get to the apartments quickly. DON'T kill any monsters (with an exception to the first monster) at all until you reach the Blue Creek Apartments but collect all the items you can. Even when you're on the streets after you have beaten the apartments and Brookhaven Hospital don't skip over items (yes even get the most out of the way items). I also want you to collect as many items as you can because you can kill a lot of enemies while your doing it, and meet the item and defeated enemy requirements more easily. Trust me as long as you don't mess around, get the dog ending, and know where to go you'll get under three hours. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. ITEMS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Alright let me explain why the item stat looks like this 217(+8). The number in front of the parentheses is the total number of items you have collected through the game. The (+8) is how many special items you have collected throughout the game (like the chainsaw, Hyper Spray, ect...). I'm pretty sure both the 217 and the (+8) have to be gold to get the 10 star ranking. If one of them is white and one of them is gold you screwed up somewhere. I suggest you collect all special items in the game. (The special items and their locations are listed in the puzzle solution section of this guide). I don't know if you have to collect all special items to get the 10 star ranking but there is no need to take unnecessary chances here so just collect them all (and most importantly don't use them). <**UPDATE** it has come to my attention that you don't have to collect all of the special items and in fact you can use them> Make sure you collect every item you can in the most linear path you can think of. Before you enter the apartments is the most important part of item collecting in the game. You can find one pack of handgun bullets, three first aid kits, and five health drinks just in the very beginning. That one pack of bullets may not seem like much but I had to start back over because I didn't get it. Unless you're really good at killing stuff with a plank without getting hit, then you wont have to worry about collecting ammo so much. But me if I even attempt to hit something with a melee weapon in hard mode I WILL get hit. It hasn't failed yet and I don't expect to succeed anytime in the near future. I suggest you go through at least one game devoted only to locate and remembering where items are (the FAQs help a lot to locate items but its best to know from your own experience). Search every dead end, every room ect... you wouldn't believe how many boxes of ammo I never found until I did this. I found about four boxes of handgun bullets in the apartment area alone and even more outside. When James is close to an item he turns his head to where items are located. It's a very useful trick. Get to know it well as I've found many items this way that I wouldn't have found if I didn't know this. Remember how I said earlier how there are changes between the original and Greatest Hits version of Silent Hill 2? Well the items were another one of them. If you have the Greatest Hits version of Silent Hill 2 then you have to collect all 8 special items. If you have the original version you can only collect 7 special items. The special item that is missing is the blue gem (which triggers the UFO ending). Before you unlock the Dog door go down to the reading room and get the book of crimson ceremony. Then go back to the dog door and enter it. <**UPDATE** It has come to my attention that you don't need all special items to get the 10 star ranking.> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. DEFEATED ENEMIES BY SHOOTING/FIGHTING ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to get this stat gold you must kill over 75 enemies by shooting them to death. But we also have to kill over 75 enemies by fighting also. So how do we know how many enemies we have killed by shooting and fighting? And which one you need to work on? What I did was get a notebook divide it into two columns one labeled fighting one labeled shooting. Every time you kill an enemy by fighting put one tick mark in the fighting column every time you kill and enemy by shooting mark it in the shooting column ect... When you're on the streets make sure every time you kill a monster pause the game and mark it real quick. If your inside a building make sure you kill every monster in the room before marking it down. It was very accurate when I did it. I counted 89 by shooting, 88 by fighting. But it was really 92 by shooting and 90 by fighting. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// When is the best to start killing monsters? And when is the best to start killing monsters by fighting or shooting? The first monster(s) you should kill (besides the first Spitter) is the Spitters on the second floor in room 210 of the Blue Creek Apartments after the scene where Laura kicks you. DO NOT kill any enemy by shooting them until after you have met with Maria. Always kill them by fighting. Or you will probably run out of ammo (depending on how you kill monsters). You can decide when you want to start killing enemies by shooting just remember to wait after you have met Maria to do so. I usually start killing monsters by shooting when I'm on the way to Brookhaven Hospital, and no don't kill every enemy you see by shooting after you meet Maria, otherwise you might as well shoot yourself (don't really do this :P). You should kill more by fighting then by shooting even when you first start killing enemies by shooting. The time in the game when you should really focus on killing enemies by shooting is on the streets after evil Brookhaven Hospital and through out the game. Just make sure you got at least a few shooting kills in the hospital just to be on the safe side. Well this way of killing a monster by shooting is probably the worst way but it always worked for me so here is what I did... after the monster gets knocked down go up as close as you can to them (point blank preferably) and pump it full of lead till they die! Now I also noticed some people had trouble with this part, what you do is if you have the handgun equipped walk towards the monster while your shooting them (it can save you 1-2 handgun bullets per monster). You could also just hit monsters with melee weapons for a bit then start shooting them. No matter how many times you hit a monster with a melee weapon all you need is one bullet to finish off the monster and it counts it as shooting. Its also the other way around no matter how much you shoot it, if you finish it off by kicking it counts as a fighting kill. If there is more then one enemy around you don't worry about killing them by shooting until you have killed all the enemies that poses a threat to you while you try to kill the one you were aiming for. Kill the ones that are closest to you first by kicking then on to the next one ect... you are in a room where there are two demon nurses. One of them is in front of you a little ways in the room, and the other is on the side of you pretty close by. Knock down the demon nurse on the side of you with four rounds and kick it real quick. Then aim for the one in front of you and kill it by shooting or fighting (whatever you want to work on). Usually when I'm killing stuff in the hallways is when I get the most shooting kills. The nurses/whatever are usually spread out and very rarely are two together. So I usually kill one by shooting then the next by shooting ect... But if two are together then I usually knock them both oh the floor kill one by kicking and blast the other. The best way to kill something by fighting is to get them on the ground run over and kick it. Here is a situation I found difficult. Lets say you kill all the monsters in a hallway then go you through a door. Then you come back out and there is a monster on the floor crawling making screeching noises. WHEN you kill it do you add one more tick mark? Or do you just count it as one you have already killed and don't add a tick mark? Well after a long time of thinking I counted it as one I have already killed and didn't add a tick mark. You probably didn't kill it well enough therefore that's why it's still alive. Even if it is wrong at least you aren't counting more enemies you haven't killed. Depending on what type of gun you use on the three hanging men in the hospital is the kind you should stock up on. I use the shotgun on them, so I usually try to have at least 60+ shotgun shells. Other then that, try to keep your shotgun ammo and handgun ammo equal throughout the game. There is also a problem with Maria. If you shoot her one time she dies and its game over for you. Be careful where you shoot and try to make sure she is behind you when you're shooting at something. It's safer that way. If for some occasions in the game you cant get her away from the enemy or out of harm's way you, shoot the monster cautiously as soon as it starts to fall stop shooting and kick it (don't take the chance of killing it by shooting). Or if you want as soon as you enter the hospital and do your thing on the first floor go directly up to the 3rd floor and ditch her in room S3. You should know the pass code for the door already so it should only take about two minutes or so. Then just go about your business with no fears of killing Maria. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. BOAT STAGE TIME ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to get the gold for the boat stage time you have to beat the boat stage under 1 min 20 sec. You may hear people say it can be 1 min 30 sec but that is wrong. I beat the boat stage time in 1 min 21 sec and it wasn't gold. Now how do you know if you went over the allotted time? Get a watch or a stopwatch or any thing that will tell you how much time you have spent. As soon as you enter the boat press the watch's button. If it goes over 1min 20sec load your game back again. You can restart your game if you screw up. Press Start+Select+L1+L2+R1+R2 at the same time to restart your game Hold Start+Back for about three seconds to restart your game Does this seem easy to you? Well it shouldn't. Remember this is hard mode. What you have do is row towards the light. In order to steer the boat you have to rotate both analog sticks to move it. L3- rotate this counterclockwise to turn left R3- rotate this clockwise to turn right (Rotating R3+L3 together in the direction stated above at the same time and it will make your boat move forward) Left stick- rotate this counterclockwise to turn left Right stick- rotate this clockwise to turn right (Rotating the left and right sticks together in the direction stated above at the same time and it will make your boat move forward) When your first push off, start rotating L3 or the Left stick counter clockwise and it should start turning you towards the light. When you see the light right in front of you start rotating both R3 or the Right stick and L3 or the Left stick together (in the directions above) to start rowing forward. Now after experimenting for a while I found that this is the best way to go about this part. Lay the controller in your lap, and instead of using your thumbs to rotate the analog sticks, actually use your hands and grip the top of the analog sticks and rotate. For me it was a lot faster because I could rotate the analog sticks faster. If you're doing this and you start shifting to either the left or to the right, start rotating one of the analog sticks a little slower and the other one a little faster depending which way your shifting. Depending where you saved is an advantage. If you saved after beating Eddie and screw up then all you have to do is load your game back up again and do it again (my suggested save place). If you saved before you killed Eddie and you screw up then you have to kill Eddie all over again and then back to the boat part. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. DAMAGE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally! Last is damage. Probably the hardest part for me of the 10 star ranking was getting below 500 points. I used to get like 1,700 damage so this was a big challenge. A lot of people I talked to had some problems with this part too. And there is not much I can do to help you but I'll do my best! Some ways to avoid damage is to kill everything you see (don't run past anything unless you have to). Running past stuff only increases your chances of getting hit. Plus you should kill everything you see anyway because you need 75+ enemies by shooting and 75+ enemies by fighting. Use your weapons your best at. I'm really good with guns so the only time I use a melee weapon is at Eddie with the great knife (and at the two Pyramid Heads boss battle but you wont be doing this part). Otherwise I always get hit if I even attempt to hit something with a melee weapon so guns are my number one choice for killing enemies without taking much damage. Eddie will deal the most damage in the entire game followed closely by the Doorman. I'm guessing maybe out of 422 damage points for me Eddie probably did at least 250+ damage points or so. So make sure you are very careful with this boss. How often should I use medical? Obviously you want to keep your meds used as low as possible. You don't want to use medicals very often. The first time I used a med was in Brookhaven Hospital. Here is my list of medical used during the game EXCLUDING my med I used on Eddie because I didn't even bother counting my med used on Eddie (it was a lot that's all I can tell you). Now I wish I did but this may help you a bit. 1. First health drink used- right before I met Pyramid Head on the roof. I had pretty low life and I didn't know if he would have killed me or not, I just didn't want to take a chance. 2. First first aid kit used- was after Pyramid Head knocked me off the roof. Yah that put me all the way into the red status. 3. Don't remember where I used this one but I know it was a health drink somewhere in the hospital or evil hospital. The nurses suck. 4. Third health drink used- was just because I kept getting hit by those damn nurses in the evil hospital. 5. Fourth health drink used- was when I was in the labyrinth; just because a Spitter flanked me. 6. Second first aid kit used- one word "DOORMAN". Do I need to say more? (The Doorman only bit me one time too I just had a lot of damage before I started). 7. Fifth health drink used- was just because I panicked and was too afraid to die at the very end and I really didn't need to use it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. WHERE IS THE BOAT SPEED/WALKING DIST/RUNNING DIST AT? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There is none! These stats DO NOT count towards your 10 star ranking and therefore why talk about them. These can never ever be gold no matter what! Three less things to worry about if you ask me. And that's a good thing for this particular part of the game. (: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. HYPER SPRAY INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you played Silent Hill you may remember that you could unlock different colored Hyper Blasters the better rank you got. If you got below 7.9 star ranking you unlocked the red Hyper Blaster, which has the power of a handgun but with unlimited ammo. If you got over 8 stars you unlocked a yellow Hyper Blaster, which has the power of a shotgun in a handgun form. If you got the perfect 10 stars then you unlocked a green Hyper Blaster, which has the power of a rifle in a handgun form. Well Konami decided to continue that but with a little twist. Instead of a Hyper Blaster you can unlock a Hyper Spray, which can come in four different colors: purple, white, yellow, and green. Just like the Hyper Blaster the Hyper Spray can never run out so you have infinite spray! The bad thing is when you spray the Hyper Spray it will drain your life but no matter how low your life is the Hyper Spray won't kill you. I think the more powerful the Hyper Spray the more damage it does you so be careful. 1. Purple Hyper Spray- this is the lowest Hyper Spray you can obtain. The purple Hyper Spray will freeze everything except the final boss because it cannot reach her (it will however drive her moths away). It will knock down Spitters but won't harm them (you also can't kick them). To unlock this Hyper Spray get between .1-1.9 stars. (Some say you have to get fewer than 4 stars to obtain it, but until me or someone else confirms this it will stay at what it is now) 2. White Hyper Spray- this is the normal Hyper Spray and the one you probably have right now. It will freeze most of the enemies in the game and most bosses. You can unlock this Hyper Spray by getting between 2- 7.9 stars. (And again this depends all on the purple Hyper Spray. If it is really .1-3.9 stars then the white requirements will be 4-6.9 but until me or someone else confirms it will stay at what it is now) 3. Yellow Hyper Spray- this Hyper Spray is the same as the white hyper spray. I think it may freeze the enemy for a tad bit longer but nothing special. About the only thing different are the different colors. To unlock this Hyper Spray get between 8-9.9 stars. 4. Green Hyper Spray- this is the best Hyper Spray you can get. Instead of freezing stuff it kills it. And it will kill everything including all bosses and enemies (there are a few exceptions however look below to see what the green Hyper Spray cannot do). You can unlock this Hyper Spray by getting the perfect 10 star ranking. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The green Hyper Spray will kill everything (and make certain bosses run away instantly) except a few things in the game so here is what the green Hyper Spray cannot do. Maria- the green Hyper Spray cannot kill Maria. All that happens is she stumbles and goes "ah". Pyramid Head- in the hospital basement- spraying him with it will make him stop attacking for a while. He will still follow you but he won't attack. Pyramid Head in the labyrinth- it only freezes him. Nothing else. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Here is how to unlock the Hyper Spray and where to find it. According to gamewinners.com you have to beat the game two times to unlock it. But I have also heard that you have to get a same ending two times or you have to beat the game under normal/hard two times to unlock it. I don't know for sure all I remember was entering the motor home and there it was. I found this kind of hard to unlock. You can find the Hyper Spray in a motor home near the end of Saul Street. Getting a lower rank does degrade your Hyper Spray, which sucks. I'm still wondering why the hell did Konami decided to do that! It totally takes away from the excitement and hard work to get the Hyper Spray. But at least you got bragging rights now. If you get a white Hyper Spray and then get a yellow Hyper Spray you can't choose which color Hyper Spray you want. Your game always gives you the Hyper Spray depending on your rank. Stupid yes but I felt like I had to include this. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. STRATIGIES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You may have seen well it's in this part. Most of this section is just to help reduce confusion of how to go through the streets and some tips with certain bosses. These are pretty much the exact paths I went when I got the 10 star ranking. Just remember speed is the key. I HIGHLY suggest you read "The Start of the Game" strategy (the only one I want you to read) the other walkthroughs are just there to help you if you want to know how I got through them. The 'Killing Eddie", "Killing the Doorman", "Pyramid Head in the apartments", and 'Pyramid Head in the basement" strategies are just to help you (and give you tips) with some of the bosses that may give you trouble during the 10 star ranking. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A. THE START OF THE GAME /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Skip the cut scenes turn around and grab the blue gem (Xbox and Greatest Hits players only). I you haven't turned the x3 bullet adjust on do it now. Exit the bathroom and skip the cut scenes with James talking to himself. Go to the car and grab the map. Now head down that very long hill until you see a gate. Go through the gate and you will be in a cemetery. Skip the scenes with Angela and head towards the other gate. After you have gone through the gate a little ways down there will be a chainsaw on some logs, make sure you get it (it's a special item). Now when you finally reach town take a left and you should see a flower shop, and by the flower shop is a first aid kit sitting on a metal table. Now go up the street until you see the shadow, follow it. Keep going up till you see an ally with blood trails leading into it. By a metal shutter before the ally there is a health drink and on the other side of the ally there is another health drink sitting by a shutter. Now go into the ally until you meet your first monster (this monster will count as a fighting kill). Ok I rarely beat this monster without getting hit at least once. What I do is wait till it sprays then charge it and start whacking it. As soon as you start whacking it just stand in that one place and just keep swings rapidly and the boards reach should hit every time and the Spitter will fall. I say its ok to get hit by the Spitter once, but no more. Because 95% of the time I get hit by him at least once. Now go back to the place that was blocked earlier on Katz Street. Go into the ally called Martin Street. About half way up on the left side by a fence there will be a health drink. Stay on the right side of the ally till you come to the end of it, and then grab the apartment key off the corpse. Head back down the ally and when you reach the streets keep on continuing down the next ally. Watch out! There will be a Spitter so dodge him, and just after the Spitter is a little metal shutter with another health drink by it. When you reach the streets turn right. Right before you reach Neely's bar (don't go inside it just wastes time) there are some stairs with a health drink on the top of it. Go a little ways more and you see the one and only Happy Burger. Go collect the first aid kit at the side of Happy Burger. (Don't worry about the Hyper Spray you can get it later in the game) go across the street and in the front of the Sports Injury Center there is a first aid kit. Keep heading up till you reach Lady Jades Restaurant, which the front of the store contains a box of handgun bullets (important item to collect) and a first aid kit. Head towards the apartments and when you enter them there is a map on the left side of the wall and a health drink sitting on that... thing. Go directly to room 205 and grab the flashlight. Now go to the 3rd floor and go all the way back to room 301 and get the handgun. Get out and try to grab the key Laura kicks out of your hand. Head back to the second floor and you will notice there are no monsters! Go to room 210, and there will be two Spitters in here. These are the first two monsters you should kill. Collect the two boxes of handgun ammo. Now head to room 208 and get the key to room 202. Now the monsters start reappearing so from here on out kill EVERY monster you see EXCEPT the three Spitters in the pool. The three Spitters in the pool take forever to kill and they just waste ammo. What you do is stand on the far edge of the pool (and far away enough so they cant hit you) let all three Spitters gather at that side of the pool then sprint and run as fast as you can toward the side of the pool and then run off the side of the pool, grab the snake coin then go up the steps. If you do it right you won't get hit at all (this does require practice). /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// B. ON THE WAY TO BROOKHAVEN /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// After you have got out of the apartments keep going up till you see a first aid kit. Then head the other way till you get to Rose Water Park. Before you get into the area Maria is in, there are some handgun bullets on a bench. Go into the area Maria is and by the edge to your right is a health drink. Meet Maria and head toward the exit of the park, before the exit there is a health drink guarded by a mannequin, get it. Now go left till you see a collapsed road and you'll find some handgun bullets. Head down Manson Street, when you reach Katz Street take a right and head all the way down the road until you see a fenced in area. In it is a first aid kit and on the opposite side of the street is another first aid kit. Go back to Jack's Inn and by that big Jack's Inn sign in a little area you will see a dog house, get the dog key (special item) from the dog house. Go up to Taxxon gas parking lot and by a car you will find two health drinks and a pack of handgun bullets, head a little ways up and you will find another health drink by a metal shutter. Now go to the gas station and you will see a car with a pipe stuck in it, grab it. Make sure you grab The Book of Lost Memories (special item) that is in a newspaper stand by the side of the gas station. Go to the bowling ally. After that chase Laura down that ally and go into Heavens Night where you will find a first aid kit on a chair. Exit Heavens Night and go into Brookhaven Hospital. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// C. SILENT HILL HISTORICAL SOCEITY HERE WE COME /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// After exiting the hospital go down Carroll Street and then take a right. At the dead end you will find a first aid kit, health drink, handgun bullets, and an ampoule. Now turn back and head up Rendell Street, stay to your left and you will see an opening behind a fence. Inside the place you will find two boxes of rifle shells, two boxes of shotgun shells, and some handgun bullets. Just before you reach the end of the street on the side of some poster thing to the left there are some shotgun shells and a health drink. Go right until you reach a dead end and you will find two boxes of handgun bullets. Right after you turn on Saul Street on your right will be two health drinks. Go through that passage until you end up back on the streets. Go inside the motor home and grab the Hyper Spray (special item) grab the first aid kit by the motor home, go a little up more and you will see two boxes of shotgun shells. Before you turn off of Saul Street on your right by some mailboxes are two boxes of handgun bullets. Now go left and as soon as you turn you should see a first aid kit, go up a little more till you reach Happy Burger. Right by Happy Burger are two boxes of rifle shells. Start moving down on Sanders Street at the very end will be some stairs with two boxes of shotgun shells on it. As soon as you turn right at Lindsey Street there will be another set of stairs with a health drink at the top. Go to the flower shop and in the parking lot right next to it by the front of a car are two boxes of handgun bullets and a box of shotgun shells. Go back to Lindsey Street and get the letter and the wrench. Before you turn left on Katz Street there is a pack of handgun bullets sitting on the sidewalk. Keep heading down Katz Street till you reach the Ground Market, which has a box of handgun bullets in the front. Keep heading down the street till you reach The Nightmare Door and go through it. Keep heading down Katz Street till you reach the fenced in area in it is an ampoule Now go to Rose water Park once you have reached the entrance go up a little and on your left are two boxes of shotgun shells. Now you have to find the statue, it should be the left gray dot on the map (park area). Head up till you see the second opening on your right, turn into it then turn at your next right go a little left and there is the statue. Make sure you get the key one time I accidentally forgot it but didn't realize it till I got to the Historical Society. Now just go to the Silent Hill Historical Society building and before you enter it there is a first aid kit somewhere in that area. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// D. PYRAMID HEAD IN THE APARTMENTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This section was made because some needed help and wanted to know how I did it. Pyramid Head has three main attacks in this fight... 1. The simple swing- this is a simple swing that won't do too much damage. He uses this attack only in the very beginning of the battle. 2. Choke- if you get too close to Pyramid Head then he might grab you. He uses this attack only in the very beginning of the battle. 3. The executioner's final blow- Catchy name? This is the killer swing that makes this battle hard. If he hits you once with this attack you die. He will start using this attack and only this attack about halfway through the battle. <**UPDATE** you don't have to shoot Pyramid Head at all. You can just wait until he retreats without wasting a single bullet. It will save you A LOT of ammo and help you get through the game a little easier. When I went through the 10 star ranking I didn't do this. I shot him till he retreated so below is what I did> Here is what I did. After the oh so famous "Pyramid Head rape scene" the battle will start. When the battle first starts out, start shooting right away while walking backwards to the corner nearest to the door. Keep shooting until he gets too close for comfort then run past him to the opposite corner of the room (the upper left hand corner). Keep shooting at him until he gets too close then run back to the other corner and start shooting then rinse and repeat till the battle is done. About halfway through the battle he will use another attack. The one hit kill swing. You will know when he about to do this because he will be charging you and will suddenly stop to hit you. Run! And do it quick! Make sure you run to the opposite corner before you start shooting again because he will not stop using this attack until the battle is done. When the sirens start going off is when he retreats but he is still dangerous. Don't follow him stay in a safe place till the water drains. Now since we need the ammo for later on (depending on what person you are) don't go under 180 handgun bullets. Unless you absolutely need to you can go down to 150 handgun bullets. But do it carefully. If you get to 180 bullets and he still fighting you only use five bullets at a time and wait if he doesn't retreat waste five more rounds into him ect... until he retreats. Make absolutely sure you reload in your inventory. That can mean life or death if you don't. To make sure you don't accidentally reload. Count how many shots you have fired off (remember your gun only a magazine capacity of 10 bullets). When you get to 10 or Pyramid Head gets to close stop shooting. Run to the other corner or reload depending on the situation. And for God's sake try not to get hit! This boss very easy to dodge we don't want to waste unnecessary health here. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// E. PYRIMID HEAD IN THE BASEMENT /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This part WAS the hardest part for me in the entire game. What I would do was just run as fast as I could without bumping into walls. If I bumped into a wall Maria would die. And I would spend hours trying to beat this part (and surprisingly I actually did this three times). Well when I was first starting to try to get the 10 star ranking I read something on the message boards. It was this great way to beat this part in one try (which really works). So here is the way I remember it... As soon as Pyramid Head appears shoot 10 handgun rounds into him. Then reload in your inventory. Start running as fast as you can and when you reach the red grated area shoot Pyramid Head 10 more times with the handgun. Then just run all the way to the elevator. Sometimes Pyramid Head might stab you with his spear while you are shooting him. If you saved right before him just restart if not keep going. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// F. KILLING THE DOORMAN /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Doorman or a.k.a. Angela's daddy. This boss can also rake up some damage for you but not near as much as Eddie. So we want to try to beat this dude with as little damage as possible so we can save our health for Eddie. Make sure you have the shotgun equipped before you enter the room. As soon as the battle starts do a quick 180-degree turn (R1+L1 for PS2 and X+B for Xbox) and run to the left corner of the room. Turn around and shoot the Doorman two times and he should fall. This is your chance to run. Run all the way to the opposite side of the room (make sure its corner where Angela isn't sitting) turn around and shoot him two more times. After he falls run to the other side and shoot him two more times ect... you know when he is about to die when the screen seems to get a little slow and he stands on his to back legs. That's the time to finish him. One shotgun shot will do. Since the shotgun is slow by the time you start to run past the Doorman he is probably already up or getting up (he doesn't stay down for long). The thing is when he first gets up he is slow at attacking so you should be able to get right past him without any trouble, just to be safe though try to keep your distance when running past him. This room is pretty small so it's easy to get sucked by the Doorman. When you turn around I suggest you use the 180-degree turn method it's just quicker that way. Always remember to reload your shotgun in your inventory otherwise you WILL get sucked trust me I know that the hard way. For some reason the battle seems to go quicker the less times you get hit. I think every time the Doorman sucks you he regains some life. The most important thing is don't panic. No matter how close that Doorman gets to you just keep shooting until he falls then run. I say getting sucked by him once is no big deal (even I got sucked once). If you get sucked by him two or more times then is when you can start worrying. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// G. KILLING EDDIE /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Yes Eddie the most pain in the ass boss in the entire game. That's why I have a section dedicated just for killing him. Now Eddie will deal the most damage in the entire game. I divide this up into two parts. Part 1- the small room and part two- the meat freezer. Part 1 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ First we have to deal with Eddie in the first room. Here is a strategy I got from Gurn Blanston. Equip the metal pipe before the scene with Eddie and hold X and R2 (PS2) or the right trigger and A (Xbox), when the scene ends you'll be smacking Eddie continuously until he runs into the next room. You will not be hurt at all with this method. Personally I suck at this but you may master it. What I do is equip the great knife go forward a little (so you don't hit the wall with it) and swing it at Eddie about three times and he will run. Not as simple as it sounds since the great knife is heavy it takes a while for James to swing it (and you might hit the wall with it) so you have to time your attacks. I usually wait till Eddie is out of my sight and hear him walking towards me before I start swinging. Eddie always ends up shooting me at least one time (sometimes two) on this part so don't get mad if he shoots you a couple of times. Part 2 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Now Eddie will run into the next room and we have to follow him. Grab the ammo in this room and head through the door. As soon as you start the battle Eddie will point his gun at you. Before you panic strafe right behind the piece of meat and since Eddie can't get a clear shot he will run towards you. The good thing is you dodged 1-2 shots from Eddie! Now from here on is where it gets hard so here what I suggest you do. This is a strategy based on using the rifle. Run to the corner in the picture. What you need to do is get Eddie stuck in front of the piece of meat and you on the other side of the meat. Best way to do that is to run between the meat and the wall and Eddie will usually try to follow through there. When you get into position start shooting. Eddie will sometimes hit the meat instead of you, and you can shoot him more times without taking much damage. When I was going for the 10 star ranking Eddie hit the meat about six more times before he pulled out his revolver and shot me. Be warned! When he starts shooting he won't try hitting you again so move. This is a very good damage saver technique. ______________ | | J=James __| | E=Eddie | JME | M=meat | | | | | | | | |_________________| /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. HINTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kicking monsters- just to save you the agony if you have the flashlight turned off then James cant see monsters on the ground. In other words if you have the flashlight turned off when you knock down a monster James cannot see so he cannot kick it or shoot while it is on the ground. So if you are trying to keep your flashlight off only turn it on when you are killing a monster on the ground. 2. Item searching- James will turn his head towards an item when he is close to an item. Use this trick wisely. 3. 180-degree turn- press R1+L1 together (PS2) or X+B together (Xbox) for a quick 180-degree turn. It's handy for when you need to run away quickly from an enemy and most handy at the Doorman. 4. Maria- well as you know at some points in the game Maria will follow you around. I have never shot Maria by accident until I started going for the 10 star ranking, I killed her three times almost in a row and had to start all back over. When she is around be careful where you shoot. If all possible try to make sure she is not close to the enemy you are killing, if for some occasions in the game you cant get her away from the enemy you want to shoot at, shoot the monster cautiously as soon as it starts to fall stop shooting and kick it (don't take the chance of killing it by shooting). If she dies before your first save it is game over for you. By the way this is one of my most hated parts of the game when trying to get the 10 star ranking. 5. Shotgun- Also just to save you the agony, after you shoot something down with a shotgun and you are pretty close to the monster wait till the monster is on its feet before you shoot it otherwise it wont go back down again and will probably hit you. 6. Forget a code?- Did you forget a code and didn't write it down? Don't go back to the room just to look at it, that just wastes time. If you read the memo then press start and go to the memo section. It gives you a list of the memos you've read. This is really useful for that code written in blood (yes it shows you the picture of the code). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. PUZZLE SOLUTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- These are all the puzzle solutions in the game (in a shortened version). This is exactly what I printed out and used to help me get through puzzles quicker. Letter from Silent Heaven ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wood Side Apartments 2nd floor room 208 clock puzzle- Move the hands of the clock to match the stains on the clock face (9:15). Then move the minute hand back to the 2 and you'll here a click. Now you can push the clock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Blue Creek Apartments 2nd floor room 203 safe combinations- (Always start at one) >>=right <<=left Easy- check the toilet for the combination Normal- check the toilet for the combination Hard- check the toilet for the combination. Some numbers will be Roman numerals. The X=10 and the V=5. If the numbers appear in this combination VV7 then you add what each numeral is worth plus the number. Extra- check the toilet for the combination. Some numbers will be letters. Find the numbers place in the alphabet then add 9 to it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Blue Creek Apartments 1st floor room 105 coin puzzle- Easy- O X S X P (key) O=old man coin Normal- X O P X S S=snake coin Hard- X O X S P P=prisoner coin Extra-O X S P X X=empty space ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Brookhaven Hospital 3rd floor Patient Wing door pass codes- Easy- 7335 Normal- 7335 Hard- 1328 Extra- 1328 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Brookhaven Hospital 3rd floor room S14 box puzzle- 1. Insert the purple bull key. 2. Use the lapis eye key. 3. The code for the electronic keypad is found in Examining Room 3 on carbon paper. 4. The code for the spinning lock is found in the 3rd room of the Special Treatment Room. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Evil Brookhaven Hospital 3rd floor storeroom Trick or Treat puzzle- _____________ | 1 2 3| This represents the Trick or Treat box press |Q1 O O X| the buttons marked X in order to open the box. |Q2 X O O| |Q3 O O X| |_____________| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Toluca prison lighted number puzzle- There will be three numbers lighted on the keypad. Press the three numbers that are lighted in random orders and hope it unlocks. Sometimes in hard/extra riddle mode there will be only two numbers lighted. What you do is press one button two times and the other button one time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Labyrinth facecube puzzle- Easy- up, up, left The facecube represents and controls the Normal- up, up, left room behind you turning the facecube turns Hard- random the room. Turn the facecube so that two Extra- random doors line up and create a path to the cell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Labyrinth innocent man puzzle- First read the notice sign. Go into the room with the corpses and determine which one is who. Then go to the room with the empty nooses and pull on the one that takes the place of the innocent man. Go back into the room with the hanged men and get the key. Easy- kidnapper Normal- arsonist Hard- counterfeiter Extra- thief ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Lake View Hotel 2nd floor room 202 baggage code- Use the thinner on the photo on the bed to get the code. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Lake View Hotel 1st floor lobby music box puzzle- (Left to Right) Easy- any order Normal- Cinderella, Snow white, Little Mermaid Hard- Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Snow White Extra- Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Snow White ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Born from a Wish ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Baldwin's Mansion 2nd floor fireplace room Acacia key Puzzle- Insert the red board. Insert the white board 90 degrees to the right. Insert the black board 90 degrees to the right. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT GAME ITEMS Chainsaw- on logs after cemetery. Hyper Spray- inside motor home on Saul Street. Dog Key- in a doghouse near Jack's Inn. Book of Lost Memories- in a newspaper stand near Taxxon Gas Station. White Chrism- 1st floor Blue Creek Apartments in room 105. Obsidian Goblet- in Silent Hill Historical Society on a display shelf. Book of Chrism Ceremony- in the reading room of Evil Lake View Hotel. Blue Gem- found in bathroom where you first start your game. Use the Blue Gem in the following places to get 6th secret ending. A. Evil Brookhaven Hospital in the garden. B. The docks right before you enter the boat. C. Lake View Hotel room 312 at the window before you watch the tape. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. OTHER STUFF ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This part is dedicated to some stuff I found or did while I tried to get the 10 star ranking. This has nothing to do with getting the 10 star ranking for Silent Hill 2 but you may find them interesting. Go ahead and read it if you want. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A. SILENT HILL 10 STAR RANKING FAQ /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Do you have Silent Hill and haven't got a 10 star ranking? Then I suggest you use AEDavies Silent Hill 10 star ranking FAQ on www.gamefaqs.com, it will help you a lot in obtaining a 10 star ranking in Silent Hill. I only got to the 8 star ranking before Resident Evil O took over. But I will eventually get the 10 star ranking. My best rank on Silent Hill was a 4.3 before I read his guide. So I highly suggest his guide. I learned a lot from this guide like not to use special items and don't cheat. I don't know if that will affect your Silent Hill 2 rank but after trying Silent Hill I didn't want to take that chance. And damn getting under the time in that game is hard! I got the UFO ending and I was still at 1:32 minutes! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// B. THE CINDERELLA MUSIC BOX IN HARD/EXTRA /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Twas shameful greed did stain her shoe with blood" Here was something that really caught my attention when I was playing hard riddle mode. What does this mean you ask? It isn't talking about the Disney fairy Cinderella like you all probably have seen; it was actually talking about the original Cinderella (or something). I'll tell you the story. Its not entirely accurate because it was many years ago the last time I heard it, but you'll get the picture. Back when I was in 6th grade my teacher said she would be reading us fairy tails (for some reason I forgot). Of course the class was like "this sucks". But of course she adds "trust me you'll like these fairy tails". Well the story begins blah blah blah Cinderella goes to the ball loses her glass slipper blah blah blah. Well then comes the part where the prince goes to house-to-house searches. He gets to the wicked stepmother's house and he asks if her daughters would try on the glass slippers (of course they hide Cinderella under a basket or something). Well the first stepdaughter goes into the bathroom to try it on but it wont fit, so the stepmother hands her a knife and tells her to cut off her toe off so the shoe will fit. Well she cuts her toe off and the shoe fits. And her and the prince ride off. Then a bird or something appears and tells the prince to look at her bloody foot and that she cut off her toe to get the shoe on. So the prince takes her back (and hopefully washed the blood out). The other stepsister goes into the bathroom and the shoe won't fit her either so... like a good mother she hands her the knife and tells her to cut her heal off to make the shoe fit. Well she does and the shoe fits and her and the prince go off into the sunset. Until that bird come back and tells the prince to look at her bloody foot and that she cut her heal off to get the shoe to fit. So the prince takes her back and Cinderella pops out of the basket and they live happily ever after. (Oh here is the best part of the whole story). At the prince's and Cinderella's wedding two birds come down and peck the two-step sisters eyes out as a punishment, I don't remember if they did the same thing to the stepmother or not. So the meaning of "Twas shameful greed did stain her shoe with blood" That because the stepmother was so greedy for the prince's riches that she forced her daughters to cut themselves and stain Cinderella's glass slipper with blood. And umm greed is bloody bad I guess. Well... You get the picture (I suck at this kind of stuff). Disney really screwed this fairy tale up eh? I will add the price must "blinded" by love not to see blood in a GLASS slipper. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// C. SILENT HILL 3 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sometimes we all need a little motivation to do something. One of the main reasons I even tried to get the 10 star ranking in Silent Hill 2 was because of all the Silent Hill 3 screenshots and stuff I seen (it got me excited). If you have a beaten SH2 file you can unlock some secret little movie/dialog clips very familiar if you have beaten SH2. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// D. DISK READ ERROR /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This is the worst-case scenario for anyone who owns a Playstation 2 (besides it breaking). If this happens to you consult the Disk Read Error FAQs in the hardware FAQs in this site. Helped me a lot and will probably help you. Sometimes it's just a dirty disk but most of the time it's your PS2. My suggestion is you put your PS2 in the horizontal position. For some reason it reads disks better, I don't have a clue why. If anything it probably depends on the PS2 so just go to the Disk Read Error FAQs on this site. Sony will fix your PS2 for free (as long as it isn't modded) as long as you answer the questions "truthfully" ^_~ all you have to do is pay for the shipping and wait about maybe two weeks or less. This is for disk read error ONLY and is available in the United States and Canada (I think), I don't know about any other country's policies with this is. If your PS2 got hacked into pieces with an ax I'm pretty sure Sony is not going to repair it for free. This is for Disk Read Error only. If you remember the yellow slip you got with your PS2 (that most of you probably threw away) it included the Sony phone number for PS2 help. Here is the basic information you need to know. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1-800-345-SONY (that's 1-800-345-7669 for those who don't know letters) Installation/Technical Support/General Questions Representatives are available Monday-Friday 1AM-6PM Pacific Standard Time. Automated support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Trust me sending it is better. Fixed my PS2 right up, haven't had a problem since. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. CONCLUSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Just to let you know I would say it would be impossible to read this guide once and get the 10 star ranking on your first try. It is going to take time and experience and maybe some planning of your own. It took me 11 days exactly to get the 10 star ranking. And I beat Silent Hill 2 about seven times and I died a lot too. But I also had to figure out a lot of stuff by myself, do a lot of planning and write down puzzle solutions. Luckily I was trying to get the Silent Hill 10 star ranking (AVDavies guide) before I tried to get the 10 star ranking in Silent Hill 2 so that helped me out a lot too. Some person E-mailed me and told me he got it in two days so congrats to him/her. I have also heard some really ridiculous rumors about getting the 10 star ranking without getting all of your stats gold. Like "Don't save until you get to the nine red squares, and you will automatically get it". Let me assure there is no quicker or easier way to get the 10 star ranking. I wish there was but there isn't. So good luck! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. THANKS LIST ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the thanks list. Where I list everyone who has helped me with the guide and other stuff. And if I forgot you just send me an E-mail to clear it up. This list is in alphabetical order if I may add. ^_^ Andrew Edward Davies (AEDavies)- a big thanks to him. He's the dude who typed the Silent Hill 10 star ranking FAQ, which helped me get the Silent Hill 2 because before I even attempted to get the Silent Hill 2 10 star ranking I was trying to get the Silent hill 10 star ranking. Pretty much provided me with experience and stuff not to do that I use in my guide. Azusa2727/Ghidrah/RogueKnight- they all helped me out with the Xbox version stuff. Col_Sandoz/Xshady and LordAtomic- They helped me a lot with their disk read error FAQs. Conquerer- well he helped me with stuff some I cannot remember, and contributed the part about not shooting pyramid head. Www.GameFAQs.com- for posting this guide. GameFAQs Silent Hill 2 message boards- this place really helped me out a lot! If you don't have an account I suggest you get one. Gurn Blanston- I got the Eddie + iron pipe strategy from him. Kain512- if it weren't for him I wouldn't have typed this guide. Konami- Thanks for making this game. KuraiDr3amz- He provided me with Hyper Spray information that I forgot and missed. Mike Klein- Told me that cut scenes do not add on to your time. Rachenar- He provided me with all of the purple Hyper Spray information and most of the information on the other Hyper Sprays as well as the alternate Maria strategy. Some Person (it's his name)- he gave me the matrix strategy (Eddie strategy). XykoJester- His extra riddle mode FAQ helped me with the puzzles in extra, and only because of it I was able to beat it and be able to give the solutions. There were also a lot of people who helped me but I forgot their names. So thanks to everyone who helped make this guide possible! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. GUIDE STATUS/CONTACT INFO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1[GUIDE STATUS] At the moment this guide is about 98% complete. I'm going to be confirming what exactly the white and yellow Hyper Sprays do. Feel free to E-mail me with helpful information. (Currently version 7) /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2[CONTACT INFO] If you think this guide just plain old sucks just E-mail me. I'm trying to make this guide to help people with their ranks, and this guide will be useless if it doesn't. Other E-mails I accept... If there is something in this guide that I have not made clear enough or you do not understand E-mail me and I will make the section more understandable even if I have to retype the entire thing. I've already retyped this entire guide two times based on new information. If you see something I missed, something I screwed up on, or if I didn't give you credit for something. E-mail me and I will correct it. If you think you have some helpful info that could be used on this guide. E-mail me. And of course if you want permission to put this guide on a site just drop me a line. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Stuff I don't accept will be deleted as soon as possible. Some of the stuff I don't want to get is stuff like porn (if I wanted porn I'd look it up myself so sending me e-mails about buying the Paris Hilton video will be deleted like always). Like everyone I also do not want any viruses. So if you message has an attachment I will delete right away without thinking twice. Put something about Silent Hill 2 so I don't accidentally delete it. My new E-mail is "greenhyperspray@yahoo.com". As long as your E-mail is about Silent Hill 2 99% of the time I'll answer it. Please do try to read the guide first before E-mailing me. If you have read the guide and still don't understand something feel free to E-mail me your question. If you need additional help you can always ask the Silent Hill 2 message boards. There are a lot of people who have got the 10 star ranking and can help you too (and a variety of different answers). -----------------------------------------------------------------------