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SILENT HILL 3 (PS2) FAQ/WALKTHROUGH
WRITTEN BY: GOBICAMEL (GOBICAMEL@HOTMAIL.COM)
VERSION: 1.0
THIS DOCUMENT IS COPYRIGHT (C) 2003 GOBICAMEL
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INCOMPLETE, VERY INCOMPLETE......
Your worst nightmare...
Besides Oprah Winfrey in a swimmming suit, that is...
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Hello and welcome to my Silent Hill 3 FAQ/Walkthrough. This guide will
basically hold your hand through the game and it contains some handy
appendices (weapons/monsters etc.). Ah well, just have a good time reading
this li'l document ^_^.
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1: STANDARD GUIDE STUFF
A: Introduction
B: E-mail Policy
C: Legal Information
D: Version History
E: Dedication
2: BASICS
A: Controls
3: WALKTHROUGH
A: Lakeside Amusement Park
B: The Shopping mall
4: APPENDICES
A: Monsters & Bosses
B: Weapons
C: Items
D: Cheats
5: OTHER
A: FAQs
B: "You're Not Here" Lyrics
6: CLOSING
A: Credits
B: Outro
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A: INTRODUCTION
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Hi all! Welcome to yet another Gobicamel guide, and I promise: This one is
just as good/bad as all the others. And -as always- I've come up with a very
weird (crap) format; I hope you like it. The same thing goes for the ASCII
logo up there; It's just plain weird. I'm sorry. Shoot me.
As for the rest of the guide: The walkthrough and most other sections are
incomplete. I am working on this guide, though... so don't mail me just to
tell me to HuRRy Up j00~!!!!11one! I promise that at *some* point in the
future, this guide will be complete and all dandy, but *some* point in the
future does NOT mean now.
As for the game: Silent Hill 3 > Silent Hill 1 & 2 (in my humble opinion).
Why? Well, it's basically what Silent Hill 1 was and more;  Creepy,
atmospheric, kick-ass gameplay, graphics that make you drool and so on. You
should buy this game *now*... unless you're not really into the "survival-
horror"-thing, of course.
In Silent Hill 3 you play as Heather... a girl who needs to take some more
baths; Just look at her skin. Yeah, I know, that was quite a lame attempt at
being funny. I'm sorry. Anyway, if you have never played Silent Hill before,
I strongly recommend you read CVXFREAK's and ORCA's awesome Plot Analysis.
If you know what Silent Hill 1 & 2 were all about, you will understand Silent
Hill 3's plot a lot better. And the better you get the story, the funner the
game is. Of course, even without the story-line, this game kicks major ass.
If you're reading this and you don't have SH3, buy it. Really.
Have fun reading this guide, playing the game and living your life.
- Gobicamel
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B: E-MAIL POLICY
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READ THIS BEFORE E-MAILING ME! Please? Pretty please? If you break one of
these rules, I'll block you and I'll send the dogs after you (trust me, they
hurt). So, just follow this policy and you'll make both my life and your
life a lot easier.
Make sure your question isn't already answered in the guide. Remember
that I have a life too (and no, I DON'T have a life which consists of
answering questions you also could have found by actually *using* this
guide).
Don't send me hate-mail. I hate hate-mail (hate hate-mail, you get it...
hey, why's nobody laughing?!). I hate hate-mail so much that if you send
me hate-mail I just *might* summon a Tarrasque. Do you know what a
Tarrasque does? Play Dungeons & Dragons to find out :P. Let me give you
one hint: It isn't nice.
When mailing me, put "Silent Hill 3 guide" as a subject. Or, at least,
something that lets me know you have a question. I get a lot of spam, you
see... so most e-mails without a clear subject will be thrown away. I'm
sorry for the inconvenience.
Of course, all suggestions/critiques are welcome. As long as your
suggestions are constructive, I'll take them into account. I encourage
you to find things I missed and/or alternative (useful) strategies. I
really appreciate it ^_^.
The walkthrough (along with some other sections) is incomplete as of yet.
This is because I'm writing this guide while going through the game. So,
don't mail me questions on parts of the game not yet covered in the
walkthrough. You shall be ignored and if I'm feeling evil I will even
block you.
Last but not least: If you e-mail me information which is important
enough to update this guide, you'll gain credit (of course).
E-mail address: gobicamel@hotmail.com
gobicamel (at) hotmail (dot) com
Thanks for listening to my rambling ^_^.
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C: LEGAL INFORMATION
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-- " The filthy thieves, they stole it from us...my precious. We hates them...
we hates them, don't we, darling? " -- Gollum --
Just like Gollum says, stealing is bad, m'kay? This document is copyright (c)
2003 Gobicamel. It may not be reproduced or retransmidded without consent from
me, the author of this guide. It may not be altered, sold, etc. Also, don't
put this document on your site if I did not allow you to.
If you violate one of the above terms, I'll cast the "Evil Gobicamel Spell" on
you, which means all your vital organs will magically disappear from your
body, so I can sell them on the black market. If you're lucky I'll sue you
instead.
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D: VERSION HISTORY
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VERSION 1.0:
That's the version you're looking at right *now*. The guide is incomplete as
of yet, but more updates will be coming soon. Don't blame me if your
definition of soon is else than mine. Blargh! Oh, on another note: I just
might change the headers soon (the section headers, so not the chapter
headers) as they ummm.... suck. Well, actually... I'm thinking about
changing the whole freakin' lay-out. Suggestions are welcome.
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E: DEDICATION
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I actually stol..err...borrowed this idea from Meowthnum1. That's one of the
many reasons that this guide is dedicated to him. Other reasons include:
He's the only highly respected author who talks to me (one of the only,
actually)), he likes cats, he is one who actually *does* enjoy the work of
newer authors and he had to listen to all my rambling (and he never even
complained, it's a miracle). So, all in all, he's a cool guy. Seriously,
Meowth, there should be more people like you. Also, his guides >>>> mine. You
should check out his work, too. NOW.
I also dedicate this guide to Tom Hayes, a very good author and a very cool
person. He also loves Silent Hill and he too is making a Silent Hill 3 guide.
Due to the fact that I bought this game two days earlier than he received it,
he was forced to listen to all stuff I had to tell about this game. And, just
like Meowth (see above), he is one of the only respected (and in this case
prolific, too) authors who talks to me... and that's great. His guides >>>>
mine too... hmm... I sense a pattern here.
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A: CONTROLS
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Since I'm such a lazy ass, I more or less translated the controls directly
from the (Dutch) Instruction Manual. So, this section is a mixture of the
Manual Controls section and my crappy translating skills.
COMING SOON >_ <
At this moment, the Controls is, like, totally incomplete. In the next updates
a lot more will come, though.
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Some notes before we begin:
As of yet, the walkthrough only covers the Normal Action level and the
Normal Riddle level. This guide will probably cover the Hard Riddle level
at some point in the future, too.
This note is written especially for people with an IQ below 20. A
walkthrough *walks you through the game*. That means that *sometimes* I'll
give the solutions to puzzles and so on. So... spoilers ahead; don't hold
me responsible for "ruining your gaming pleasure". After all, I did not
force you to use it, did I? No, I didn't! So don't complain. Sorry if you
found this note offensive, but some people really are that dumb > __