tips and answers to frequently asked questions you should know before playing

It doesn’t matter if you are veterans who played the original title more than 20 years ago or if you are new visitors to the cursed town, this new version of James Sunderland’s nightmare has many surprises for you. If you plan to play the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 This guide full of beginner tips and answers to frequently asked questions you should know before playing will be quite useful during your first few hours exploring Silent Hill. Don’t worry because there are NO spoilers here.

Tips for combat

It’s going to be a while before you can get your hands on a firearm, so it’s a good idea to get used to using melee weapons. In addition, these will help you save ammunition when it is scarce.

• A good technique against early game enemies is hit them twice with a melee weapon, dodge their next attack and do the same again. Sometimes it is possible to take a third hit before the counterattack, but we do not recommend taking the risk.
• The enemies’ vomit can be easily dodged and we can start attacking them before they finish the animation.
• Enemy vomit remains dangerous for a few moments on the floor. If you have to go over it, make sure there is no more smoke.
• The “dodge” move makes James invincible throughout his entire animation. Don’t be afraid to abuse this during combat at the beginning of the game. Later there are enemies with longer attack animations that must be dodged to the sides or backwards specifically.
• Don’t stop hitting an enemy just because he falls to the ground. Once they are on the ground, we can finish them off with a melee weapon or a stomp. They can confirm if he is already dead if a blood stain forms around him, but even then they can continue hitting him.

• Once you have a firearm such as a pistol or shotgun, you can try the following tactic to save bullets in the remake of Silent Hill 2
  : shoot at the legs of the enemies (the knees in the case of nurses) until they fall to their knees. At that moment you can quickly approach them and finish them off with a melee weapon.. If they do it right, they can take out an enemy using only two pistol bullets.
• There are patient enemies (the ones that look like they are inside a body bag and have no arms) with dark spots on their body. When defeated, they can release harmful vomit by surprise. If one is knocked down, dodge until it has made this attack or until you are sure it won’t.
• There are two types of cures: Bottles and syringes. Bottles heal one unit of health and syringes heal all of it. Blood stains on James’ jacket indicate how much health he has lost. If a red frame also appears on the screen, it is time to use a bottle. If a cross appears at the bottom right, we are about to die and it is better to use a syringe.

• Are they attacking one enemy and are ambushed by another they didn’t know was nearby? In that case we recommend using headphones. When there are multiple enemies in a fight, they make a distinctive sound when they are about to attack from a blind spot. If we are accompanied by María, she will let us know if there are more enemies nearby.
• If you’re constantly running out of bullets and healing items, you can lower the combat difficulty at any time (and raise it again later when you feel more confident and have more resources).
• Mannequin enemies (the two pairs of legs joined at the waist) usually stand still in a corner to surprise us. If we do not have the flashlight on, it is possible to pass by them without alerting them.

Tips for exploration and puzzles

• Showcases, windows and car glass can break. They can take advantage of this to take objects inside or even look for alternative entrances to buildings.
• James takes note of all the items related to the puzzles and the steps to take to advance the story on his map. If you ever don’t know what to look for or what puzzle to try to solve, look at what’s written in red on the maps you’re currently traveling on. Once they solve the riddle in question, they will appear crossed out.

• There are areas of the game that we cannot return to and others that change radically. You can take advantage of the multiple recording boxes that there are and make several ‘saves’. This way they can return to any area later if they think they forgot something and crossed a point of no return.
• If they’ve walked through an area over and over again, can’t find the way forward, and the map doesn’t tell them anything, they may have missed an area. pared destruible.
• Unlike combat difficulty, which can be changed at any time in the game, the difficulty of the puzzles in the ‘remake’ of Silent Hill 2 cannot be altered after starting the game so better heed our advice: if you don’t feel very confident in your logical abilities, better start the game with this indicator on ‘easy’ or ‘standard’.
• Not every building and room in the game needs to be entered, but optional locations may contain ammo, healing, puzzle clues, or even lore revelations. Of course, be careful because many will be protected by enemies.
• If James looks in a different direction ahead, it’s because something caught his attention. That means there is an object or element to interact with nearby.

Answers to frequently asked questions

How faithful is the ‘remake’ to the original game?

It is very faithful in terms of overall plot and development, but has much more playable content. Repeating puzzles have different elements and there are many other new puzzles which end up doubling the length of the game.

Will this game come out for Xbox?

It is possible, but it will take at least a year.

Where is the flashlight in the remake Silent Hill 2?

Don’t worry if a couple of hours have passed and you still haven’t found the flashlight, as it is an item that is obtained later as part of the plot and cannot be lost. It’s in room 202 of the Woodside Apartment Building.

Where is the gun in the remake Silent Hill 2?

They also don’t have to worry they haven’t found their first firearm. That is another object that is obtained as part of the plot and cannot be lost. It is in room 212 of the Woodside Apartment Building, inside a red market cart.

Where is the shotgun in the remake Silent Hill 2?

Unlike the flashlight and pistol, if it is possible to bypass the shotgun location in Silent Hill 2 Remake and not take it. This It is located in a locker in the women’s locker room on the 2nd floor of Brookhaven Hospital..

How long is it Silent Hill 2 Remake?

Unlike the original game, which could be beaten in 10-12 hours, the ‘remake’ can last between 16 and 20 hours the first time you play it. Despite that, there is an achievement that consists of completing it in less than 10 hours.

We hope that this guide with tips for beginners and answers to frequently asked questions that you should know before playing the remake of Silent Hill 2 they found it useful.