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Silent Hill 4: The Room (PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC) - FAQ/Walkthrough
v1.21 - 2/12/2005
by Dev [devhatesyou(at)gmail(dot)com]
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Game Developer : Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Game Publisher : Konami
Platform(s)    : PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC.
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..  Table of Contents                                              [sh4_01]  ..
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Note: This guide uses a sectioned code search system so you can easily find
whatever section you'd like to jump to without scrolling. To find the section
"Table of Contents", for example, one would input: [sh4_01] into their
wordprocessor or browser's find function for text matching. All of the
individual section codes are listed here in the Table of Contents.
SECTIONS:
[sh4_01] .. .. .. .. .. - Table of Contents
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[sh4_02] .. .. .. .. .. - Update History
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[sh4_03] .. .. .. .. .. - Controls, Menus, and Options
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[sh4_04] .. .. .. .. .. - Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ
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[sh4_05] .. .. .. .. .. - Characters
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[sh4_06] .. .. .. .. .. - Basic Combat Guide
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[sh4_07] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Introduction
[sh4_08] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Room 302, Beginning
[sh4_09] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Subway World
[sh4_10] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Forest World
[sh4_11] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Water Prison World
[sh4_12] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Building World
[sh4_13] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Apartment World
[sh4_14] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Hospital World
[sh4_15] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Subway World 2nd
[sh4_16] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Forest World 2nd
[sh4_17] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Water Prison World 2nd
[sh4_18] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Building World 2nd
[sh4_19] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Room 302 of the Past
[sh4_20] .. .. .. .. .. - Walkthrough: Outside Room 302
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[sh4_21] .. .. .. .. .. - The Ranking Screen
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[sh4_22] .. .. .. .. .. - Endings
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[sh4_23] .. .. .. .. .. - Weapons
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[sh4_24] .. .. .. .. .. - Items
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[sh4_25] .. .. .. .. .. - Enemies
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[sh4_26] .. .. .. .. .. - Secrets, and Extras
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[sh4_27] .. .. .. .. .. - Memos
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[sh4_28] .. .. .. .. .. - Memo Locations
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[sh4_29] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Introduction
[sh4_30] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Room 302, Beginning
[sh4_31] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Subway World
[sh4_32] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Forest World
[sh4_33] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Water Prison World
[sh4_34] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Building World
[sh4_35] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Apartment World
[sh4_36] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Hospital World
[sh4_37] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Subway World 2nd
[sh4_38] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Forest World 2nd
[sh4_39] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Water Prison World 2nd
[sh4_40] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Building World 2nd
[sh4_41] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Room 302 of the Past
[sh4_42] .. .. .. .. .. - 10-Star Speedwalkthrough: Outside Room 302
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[sh4_43] .. .. .. .. .. - Contacting the Author
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[sh4_44] .. .. .. .. .. - Credits
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[sh4_45] .. .. .. .. .. - Copyright/Legal Info
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..  Update History                                                 [sh4_02]  ..
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* v1.21 - Released 2/12/2005. Fifth release. Very minor changes.
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* v1.2 - Released 11/06/2004. Fourth release. Edited the 10-Star Speed
walkthrough a bit so that it follows a faster route, and added some
extra small bits of info here and there. I don't think there's much
more--if anything-- to document.
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* v1.1 - Released 10/20/2004. Third release. Minor updates.
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* v1.0 - Released 10/14/2004. Second release. 10-Star Speedwalkthrough is
finished and pretty much everything is covered. Changed some
formatting for some sections. Gave it another look over since I'm
using metapad instead of notepad to write my FAQs now. Should be very
few errors now, but feel free to e-mail me about any serious ones.
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* v0.9 - Released 10/05/2004. Initial release. May be errors!
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* FAQ Creation Date - 09/20/2004.
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..  Controls, Menus, and Options                                   [sh4_03]  ..
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The controls for Silent Hill 4: The Room are a bit different from those in the
previous installments to the series. They're not hard to learn, though, and
they're pretty responsive.
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Controls:
_ _  ____
These are the default controls for the North American PlayStation 2 version of
Silent Hill 4: The Room. On the Xbox and PC version, things will likely be
different, but I'm sure you can manage.
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First Person Mode:
_ _  _____________
- D-Pad
Item selection. Left+Right scrolls, and in the Storage Box, Up/Down scrolls
between items and weapons.
- Left Analog Stick
Movement.
- Right Analog Stick
Free-look.
- Select Button
Item information. It pauses the game but the game clock still ticks.
- Start Button
Pause the game. Stops the game clock as well. Using the Map/Memos button while
paused allows you to access the Options Menu.
- L1 Button
Sidestep left.
- R1 Button
Sidestep right.
- L2 Button
Unused.
- R2 Button
Bring up life bar, if it's currently hidden.
- Triangle Button
Memos screen.
- Square Button
Use selected item.
- Circle button
Cancel.
- X Button
Action/Investigate/Confirm. When the eye icon appears when looking at
something, press this to check it out.
- L1+R1+L2+R2+Select+Start
Soft Reset. Yes, it works in this game just like many others.
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Third Person Mode:
_ _  _____________
- D-Pad
Scrolls between items with left and right.
- Left Analog Stick
Movement. It's directional depending on the current camera angle. Easy to
figure out and get used to, though...
- Right Analog Stick
Pans the camera in a direction a little bit. Doesn't work in all areas. You can
see some cool stuff if you use this in certain areas.
- Select Button
Item Information. You can also scroll through your item list while the game is
paused like this to highlight another item for use, such as a healing item.
- Start Button
Pause the game. Stops the game clock as well. Using the Map/Memos button while
paused allows you to access the Options Menu.
- L1 Button
Dodges left while in "Pose" mode.
- R1 Button
Dodges right while in "Pose" mode.
- L2 Button
Readjusts the camera behind Henry, usually. Not in all areas, though.
- R2 Button
Enter "Pose" mode, this is basically what Combat mode was in the previous games
in the series. You will be in Pose mode as long as it's held down.
- L3 Button
Dodges in a direction the Left Analog stick is held when in "Pose" mode.
- Triangle Button
Opens Maps/Memos screen. Press Triangle again to switch between, and use circle
to exit. While in the Map screen, zoom in and out with X.
- Square Button
Use item or equip item depending on what type of item is selected.
- Circle Button
Cancel button. When held down, it switches your movement mode depending on what
your default movement mode is. If it's walk, you'll run. If it's run, you'll
walk. Dodges in the direction the Left Analog stick is held when you're in
"Pose" mode.
- X Button
Action/Investigate. Attacks while in "Pose" mode. Hold down while in "Pose"
mode to charge for a charge-hit if your weapon supports it. Not all weapons
support charge-hits.
- L1+R1+L2+R2+Select+Start
Soft Reset. Yes, it works in this game just like many others.
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Main Menu:
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- New Game
You start a New Game using this. You can select from Easy, Normal, or Hard
modes. Unlike Silent Hill 2 and 3, there's no seperate "Riddle Mode". All of
the puzzles are basically the same on all three difficulties, but on Hard, you
get more vague clues to some of them.
Easy: Enemies are less numerous and easy to knock down. They are slower and
not as intelligent. You take less damage. This or Normal are recommended
for first-time players. Pistol magazines are 12 bullets on Easy.
Normal: Enemies are more numerous than on Easy and harder to knock down.
They are much more intelligent than on Easy and hit for more damage
than on Easy. This or Easy are recommended for first-time players.
Pistol magazines are 10 bullets on Normal.
Hard: This is the hardest difficulty. Enemies come in pretty much the same
number as normal, but the AI is more brutally aggressive, they take much
more damage in a shorter amount of time to knock down, and hit you for
even more damage than before. Some puzzles have vaguer clues, but the
solutions are still the same. Pistol magazines are 8 bullets on Hard.
- Continue
This will be available if you die or force a soft reset during gameplay. Lets
you continue from the last point the game deems a "checkpoint". Continues count
against rank in the ranking screen.
- Load
Goes to the Load Screen, where you can load savegames. D-Pad up and down scroll
up/down 1 file, and D-Pad left and right scroll up and down 10 files.
L1/R1/L2/R2 scroll between memory cards. Action button loads the file, Cancel
button cancels out of the menu back to the main menu. This is also where you
start "Brand New Fear" games by loading cleared save marked "a Brand New Fear".
Files with White text color are normal New Game files.
Files with Yellow text color are regular mode Brand New Fear files.
Files with Red text color are One Weapon Mode / Brand New Fear files.
Files with Green text color are All Weapons Mode / Brand New Fear files.
You can't delete specific files from this menu, but don't worry. On the PS2
version, the save on the memory card always takes around 780KB no matter how
many of these you've filled up.
- Options
Enters the options menu, described below.
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Options:
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These are the configurable options for the game. There's 2 pages of things you
can play with. Press the L1/R1 buttons to change page. Can also be accessed by
pausing during gameplay and hitting the Map/Memos button.
Option 1:
- Brightness
Press action button to enter this submenu.
Left and Right select brightness level.
Up and down select contrast level.
Map/Memo button sets default levels.
Action button again exits this menu.
- Screen Position
Lets you adjust the screen positioning if it isn't perfectly centered on your
TV. Use it if that's the case. Left and Right move the X axis, Up and Down move
the Y axis. Map/Memo button sets default. Action button again exits.
- Language
Sets text language for the game. In the North America version, only Japanese
and English are available, with English as default. Voice acting is always in
English, and this is the norm for the series.
- Subtitles
Toggles subtitles. On or Off.
- Vibration
Controller vibration function. On or Off.
- Sound
Stereo or Monaural.
- BGM Volume
Sets the level of the Background Music Volume.
- SE Volume
Sets the level of the Sound Effects Volume.
- Exit
Exit menu.
Option 2:
- Button Config
Press Action button to enter this menu.
There are three submenus in here---
Basic Control:
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You can choose from...
type A
D-Pad = Item Select
Left Analog Stick = Move/Evade
Select = Item Info
Start = Pause
L2 = Rear Camera
R2 = Pose
Triangle Button = Map/Memo
Square Button = Use Item, Equip Item
Circle Button = Cancel
X Button = Select/Investigate (Action)
type B
D-Pad = Item Select
Left Analog Stick = Move/Evade
Select = Item Info
Start = Pause
L2 = Rear Camera
R2 = Pose
Triangle Button = Map/Memo
Square Button = Use Item, Equip Item
Circle Button = Select/Investigate (Action)
X Button = Cancel
type C
D-Pad = Item Select
Left Analog Stick = Move/Evade
Select = Item Info
Start = Pause
L2 = Rear Camera
R2 = Pose
Triangle Button = Map/Memo
Square Button = Cancel
Circle Button = Use Item, Equip Item
X Button = Select/Investigate (Action)
First Person Movement:
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Here you can select what the left analog stick does in first person mode.
Rotate - Pressing stick forward moves forward, back moves back. Left and right
rotate camera left and right.
Sideways Movement - Pressing stick forward moves forward, back moves back.
Left and Right sidestep left and right.
I prefer the latter.
First Person Camera:
--------------------
Here you can select the type of control the right analog stick free movement is
in first person mode.
Normal - Up is up, down is down.
Up/Down Reverse - Plane style controls.
Your choice.
That's it for Button Config.
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- Default Control
Run or Walk. What your default movement type is. Run is my personal choice.
- Noise Effect
On or Off. The Silent Hill noise filter effect. I keep it on.
- Blood Color
Red, Green, or Purple.
- Head Motion
Sets head bobbing in first person mode. On, Slight, or Off. I prefer Slight.
- Hide Gauge
Toggles whether the game hides the life bar when inactive or if it is always
displayed. On will hide it when inactive. Off will keep it always up.
- Hide Icon
Toggles whether the game hides the item bar when inactive or if it is always
displayed. On will hide it when inactive. Off will keep it always up.
- Exit
Exit menu.
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..  Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ                               [sh4_04]  ..
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Q: Do I need to play any other games in the series to "get" this one?
A: No, not really. It helps you catch the little references you'll find here
and there, but it's not required to understand this game.
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Q: How can I save my game?
A: I thought this would be pretty obvious if you checked things around your
apartment, but apparently not. In Room 302 where you're in first person
mode, look for a red book laying on the table in the main room. It is near
the windows. That is the save location; Infact, the only place you can save
at all in the entire game.
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Q: How do I get [insert item/weapon here]?
A: The Walkthrough, Weapons, or Items sections should tell you where and how
to get whatever you're looking for. I made sure to cover all the bases.
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Q: How do I pin ghosts? The game won't use the Sword.
A: Answered in other places of the guide, but asked so frequently I might as
well answer it here, too. To pin ghosts, you must beat them down until you
can stomp them. Using regular attacks that don't force a knockdown that may
not be stompable like charge attacks is a good idea. So, use regular attacks
and beat the ghost down until it slumps over and you can stomp it. If it
gets back up, just continue beating it until it falls over again and repeat
until you can stomp it. Then use your Sword of Obedience. Equipping yourself
with a Saint Medallion helps quite a bit too, since it weakens them.
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Q: How do I equip Eileen with a weapon?
A: I thought this one was a given as well, but anyway... you need to stand
near her and use it as an item. She'll pull it out like Henry does as a
weapon and in your itembar, it'll have an "E" attached to it, just like
when you equip a weapon or Saint Medallion. Remember, you have to be right
near her or you'll get a "I can't use this here." error to equip and
unequip Eileen's weapons.
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Q: Is there a joke ending?
A: As of right now with the initial release of the game, no. Perhaps if they
make a revised edition of the game like with Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.
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Q: Eileen ends up severaly damaged after the cutscene with the Man with the
Coat in the Subway World 2nd time, even though she looked absolutely fine
before. What's going on here?
A: I believe this a byproduct of playing repeated Brand New Fears using the
same file every time. I've tried everything to find a "cause" for it, but
nothing logical ever turned up any results. This only seems to happen to
those who've completed many, many games saving and reloading using the same
file over and over. You can still get the good endings using the Holy Candle
heal trick, though, so don't worry.
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..  Characters                                                     [sh4_05]  ..
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This section is a list and short description of many characters in the game.
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Henry Townshend:
_  _ ___________
Age: 28 years old.
Henry Townshend is a pretty average guy living in Room 302 of South Ashfield
Heights, an apartment building in South Ashfield. He has lived there for the
past two years. Five days ago, however, he couldn't leave Room 302. He's been
trapped inside Room 302 ever since. Not much is known about Henry, but it is
known that he likes photography and has a habit of keeping little scraps of
information.
No one seems to hear him yelling for help and his door is sealed and chained
shut. When a loud noise is heard from his bathroom, he investigates to find a
mysterious hole leading him to strange other worlds.
You play as Henry Townshend in Silent Hill 4: The Room.
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Eileen Galvin:
_  _ _________
Age: Mid 20s.
Eileen Galvin is Henry's next door neighbor in South Ashfield Heights -- she
lives in Room 303. Henry eventually discovers a small hole in his wall which
allows him to see Eileen in her room, but as with the front door... she can't
see him or hear him. Henry and Eileen only really know each other's name and
face when the game begins, and not much else.
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Frank Sunderland:
_  _ ____________
Age: 60s.
Frank Sunderland is the superintendent and owner of South Ashfield Heights.
He's an old man who has seen and heard some strange things in his days. He can
be seen through the peephole of Henry's apartment sometimes.
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Cynthia Velasquez:
_  _ _____________
Age: 29 years old.
Cynthia is a pretty woman Henry meets upon first entering a strange world
through the hole in his apartment's bathroom. She thinks she's dreaming.
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Jasper Gein:
_  _ _______
Age: Late 20s or early 30s.
Jasper Gein is a stuttering skinny white man that Henry meets in another of the
strange worlds he visits. Jasper is very interested in supernatural and occult
things, and particularly interested in meeting a man he calls "the devil".
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Andrew DeSalvo:
_  _ __________
Age: 40s or early 50s.
Andrew DeSalvo is a fat man that Henry meets in yet another world he visits.
Not much is known about him initially.
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Richard Braintree:
_  _ _____________
Age: Mid 40s.
Richard Braintree is another resident of South Ashfield Heights. He lives in
Room 207. He's seen as a tough and dangerous guy, and is the subject of talk of
many of the residents of the building. He always carries a real loaded Revolver
around with him.
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Mysterious Kid:
_  _ __________
Age: Unknown.
A mysterious child that Henry sees in the other worlds he visits. He does not
speak much, but bad things tend to happen when he's around.
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Man with the Coat:
_  _ _____________
Age: Unknown.
A long-haired man wearing a trenchcoat that has been seen around the South
Ashfield Heights apartment building many times in the past. Who is he...?
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..  Basic Combat Guide                                             [sh4_06]  ..
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The Combat in Silent Hill 4: The Room is somewhat similar to previous games in
the series, but has its own refinements and changes.
________________ _  _
The Basics of Combat:
_  _ ________________
With a weapon equipped, and in 3rd person mode, you press and hold the "Pose"
button to enter Pose, or combat mode. Combat only takes place in third person
mode, never in first person mode.
Here, you can press your Action button to strike. Depending on the weapon, it
may have a multiple hit combo (mash button) and/or be able to perform a charge-
hit. Charge-hits will be elaborated on below. While in Pose mode, you can also
perform the dodge. See below for more information on it, as well.
________ _  _
The Life Bar:
_  _ ________
In Silent Hill 4: The Room, there's a life bar which is always displayed during
"Pose" mode, or if you turn it on in the options, always displayed period.
It looks somewhat like this...
___ Life Bar, Life Left                ___
/    (blue/flashing)                   ////\   Charge Bar
______________________________ ________   |/| \/|  with 66% charge.
|/|  _  ___/
(red) Life Bar, Life Lost ___/       |/|_/ |
\___/
The left part is the Life Bar. The right, reddish (ingame, not in this FAQ,
knucklehead) area is displayed when you take damage, and is labelled "Life Bar,
Life Lost" here. To its left is the blue, or flashing--depending on status--
part of the lifebar, which is labelled "Life Bar, Life Left." In our example,
we have a Life Bar with around 75% Life Left. You can take damage from various
things, such as enemy hits, harmful aura from certain enemies, hauntings in
your apartment room, and so on.
Life is restored by returning to Room 302 during the first half of the game,
and by using one of the three types of health items: Nutrition Drink, Portable
Medical Kit, Ampoule.
To the right of the Life Bar is the charge Bar. It's shaped like a letter C and
fills up clockwise from the bottom right part of the C to the top right. Only
fills up when using weapons which have a charge ability. Let go of the attack
button when it's full to unleash the charge attack.
There's no Stamina management like in Silent Hill 3, so don't worry about that.
_______ _  _
Charge-Hits:
_  _ _______
A new part of Silent Hill 4: The Room's combat. Some weapons have the ability
to charge up and unleash a charge-hit. These are generally more powerful, and
during part of the charge-hit, you are invulnerable to hits which would
otherwise harm you. This varies from weapon to weapon. Use it and abuse it,
because it's there for that.
Many of the more powerful weapons tend to knock regular enemies down to the
ground in a single charge-hit, and thus ready them for a stomp. Simply go into
Pose mode and hold down the Action button to charge if it is available on your
equipped weapon.
__________ _  _
The Dodge Move:
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New to Silent Hill 4: The Room is the ability to dodge left, right, and back.
In "Pose" mode, use buttons corresponding to this feature, and if required, a
direction on the analog stick appropriate to the direction you want to dodge.
You can avoid some enemies' hits this way. It replaces the "Block" found in
Silent Hill 3.
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The Stomp Move:
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It's here, of course. In Silent Hill 4: The Room, the stomp is once again an
instant-killer on downed mortal enemies and a guaranteed temporary knockout on
those who cannot be killed. This is a very important part of combat, since many
enemies can take a lot of punishment before they die if you don't stomp on them
and take them out when they've been knocked down. Simply walk over to a downed
enemy and press Action button to perform it.
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Item Use in Combat:
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Since item use is all real-time in this game, you should use the Item Info
button, where it pauses the game (Not game clock) and scroll through the menu
to highlight an item you want to use. Then return to gameplay and press the
Use/Equip button right away if it's urgent.
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On Firearms:
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Normally I wouldn't write a section detailing them in the basics of combat, but
since this game handles them somewhat differently from the other games... I
figured it'd be a good idea. Anyway, there are guns in this game, but due to
the inventory limitations and general rareness of ammunition, it's a bad idea
to become reliant on them.
They are somewhat powerful, and they will allow you to knock enemies down from
a distance so you can stomp them, but due to inventory limitations and rareness
of ammo I recommend you do not become too reliant on them. Use melee weapons
more. Besides, many of the good melee weapons are much more powerful than the
firearms in the game anyway.
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Closing Words:
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There's only so much I can tell you. It's best you try out the game and
experiment on your own as well. If you need detailed specific enemy strategies,
visit the Enemies section. This is it for combat basics.
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..  Walkthrough: Introduction                                      [sh4_07]  ..
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"What... the... hell?"
Before playing the game using my Walkthrough, you should read this if it is
your first playthrough.
- Don't let me spoil the game for you! This Walkthrough will contain spoilers
in the interest of being as complete as possible.
- Room 302 is the only place you can save in the entire game. The red notebook
on a stand near the windows in the main room is that save point.
- You may only carry 10 items at once. Supplies such as bullets count as items
in single magazines. On Easy, Pistol Bullet magazines are 12 rounds and that
counts as 1 item. On Normal, it's 10 rounds. On Hard, 8 rounds. Everything
else except for packs of bullets will take 1 item slot per.
You can stash any number of items in your storage box which is found near
the TV in the main room of 302, so don't worry too much about the limit.
- Return to your room often and save. That way if you die, you can load and
not lose as much progress as you might have had you used "Continue".
- Room 302 will heal you over time just by being there as well, but this will
not last the entire game. This is helpful to know since there are not many
health items in the early game. You should not use the health items you find
before the apartment stops healing you unless it's absolutely needed.
- Check your map if lost. Henry automatically draws maps of every area you
will visit, and I am giving directions in compass-style.
- Tinker with the options to your liking.
- Directions as I explain them are compass-style, except in the first-person
parts. Use the map when I give compass-style directions.
- I'm not going to tell you to examine everything. Only the key things that
are necessary for completion or interesting. Examine things if you'd like
and if there are no ghost-victims around to hound you. You can catch some
cool things that way, and I wouldn't want to ruin some of that for you.
This walkthrough covers Normal mode, although puzzle solutions are exactly
the same on Easy and Hard.
Here are some extra tips:
- Guns aren't very effective. Save the ammo for multiple enemies and when you
really need to hit something from a distance. Melee weapons are the order
of the day in this game, and for good reason. It becomes a pain to carry
around the gun and several magazines of ammo due to inventory limitations.
Get used to melee weapons, since they're more powerful and most have charge
attacks that you can use effectively.
- Don't fight everything. Especially once your room stops healing you.
Even when you go for a 10-Star rank after finishing the game enough times
to be ready for that, you still don't fight everything. Besides, there are
some things you just can't kill.
When you're ready, select New Game from the Main Menu and then a difficulty
level. The game will begin.
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..  Walkthrough: Room 302, Beginning                               [sh4_08]  ..
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"I wonder if I can get out this way...?"
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Room 302 (Nightmare):
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- Room 302, Bedroom (Nightmare):
After the opening cutscenes, you'll awake in first person mode in your bedroom.
Things look pretty bad. Take this time to familiarize yourself with the
controls for first person mode.
You should notice when there's something you can examine, an eye icon appears
and you can press your Action button (default: X) to examine it. When you're
done looking at things in here, exit via the door to the bedroom by pressing
Action button while standing in front of it and looking at it.
- Room 302, Main Room (Nightmare):
You'll immediately notice some loud noise coming from the main room in here.
The bathroom door is non-functioning, as are the laundry room and apartment's
exit doors. You can examine everything you'd like in here, but the goal is to
walk by and trigger looking at the face on the wall between the couch and
cabinet with the lamp on it. After you trigger this, head towards the bedroom
again. You'll trigger a cutscene...
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Room 302:
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- Room 302, Bedroom:
After watching the intro credit cutscene which swerves around the room, and
Henry awakening from the nightmare he just had and that you experienced, you
will awaken in the bedroom, this time appearing normal at daytime.
Look around the room, find the phone and examine it, or try to head towards the
door to trigger another cutscene involving the phone which has its cord cut...
after that, walk to the window in your room and you'll automatically look out
and see a woman stretching and walking around near a Subway entrance. She'll go
down the stairs after a while. Hit Cancel to drop back into regular window view
mode where you can pan the view with your right analog stick. When you're done
with this, press Cancel again to return to first person mode in your room.
Now, examine all that you'd like in this bedroom, and exit via the door.
- Room 302, Main Room:
You're free to explore the room opposite your bedroom, the bathroom, but
there's nothing to do there right now. Head into the main room and check things
out. The first thing to do is check the chained-up door for a cutscene followed
by Henry looking out the peephole and seeing his neighbor, Eileen. When she
walks away, hit the Cancel button to stop viewing the peephole.
By the way, you can check the peephole at anytime and see different things
going on out there at times.
After the peephole bit, look down at the floor to notice a note slipped under
your door. When you're looking at it and the eye icon appears, examine it to
find your first memo, Memo: First Letter. Now head into the kitchen near the
door here, and check out the things in here. Of particular interest, you want
to open the fridge. Inside, there will be two bottles. Examine to get the
[Chocolate Milk] and [Wine Bottle], select Yes to taking them both. The Wine
Bottle is a weapon, the Chocolate Milk is something for later. You can't equip
the bottle--or any weapon for that matter--while in first person mode, so don't
worry about that just yet.
Next thing you want to do is find the big box next to your TV. When you walk
near it, your view should tilt and you should automatically see a comment that
says "This chest could hold a lot of stuff." Indeed. It can, and you will be
using it quite often. For now, stick the Wine Bottle and Chocolate Milk inside
it by pressing Action button once for each item. You can take things out by
pressing up and highlighting them inside the stored items list and then
pressing Action. Beware, you can only hold 10 items at a time on your person,
so don't take too much with you. Use the box to store things you don't
absolutely need during the current part of your "adventure"... When you're
finished, exit the storage box menu by pressing your Cancel button.
You should hear a loud crash and your camera should automatically pan towards
your bathroom door. Nevermind that for now. Turn towards the window and walk
towards the bookshelf. You should notice a note stuck between the wall and the
bookshelf there. Look down and examine it. You'll get the second memo, Memo:
Book Scrap. You can press the Map/Memos button to enter a screen to review
these in a neat organized menu. Examine the other things on the bookshelf now,
in particular, the radio. There may or may not be a news item playing, but if
not just turn it off if the loud static annoys you. You can check back and
perhaps hear more news items later.
Now, check out the other door near the chained-up door, and enter it.
- Room 302, Laundry Room:
As of right now, there's nothing useful in here, but you can examine things in
here if you'd like. Later, this room will have some use to it. For now, just
exit this room back to the main room.
- Room 302, Main Room:
Head towards your bedroom, and take the door opposite the bedroom door. This
leads to the bathroom.
- Room 302, Bathroom:
A cutscene will take place. Apparently, there's a hole in your bathroom wall
now. Henry wonders if he can get out this way... After the cutscene, examine
the hole. A broken pipe will be hanging there, and you'll be prompted to see if
you want to pull it down. Select Yes. You'll get the [Steel Pipe], another
weapon which is superior to the Wine Bottle you found. Examine the hole again,
and select yes to enter it.
Another cutscene with Henry crawling into the hole will take place. After that,
you'll have a first person view of a tunnel. Simply press and hold forward here
until Henry crawls to the end of this tunnel, into the white light at the very
end...
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..  Walkthrough: Subway World                                      [sh4_09]  ..
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"So you think this is a dream, huh?"
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Subway World:
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- Subway World, Lynch Street Side Entryway (B1):
A cutscene will take place with Henry going down a long escalator. After this,
you take control of Henry in 3rd person mode. Take a short while to get
familiarized with the 3rd person controls. Select your Pipe with the D-Pad left
and right, and equip it by pressing your Equip/Use button. When you're ready,
head forward.
You'll notice a person way off in the distance. Run towards this person, who,
when you get closer will apparently be a woman of some sort. Continue running
towards her until you trigger a cutscene. This should be west on the map if you
use the Map/Memos button to check the map, which you most definitely should as
the directions I'll be giving shall be compass-style.
Meet Cynthia. Will she deliver on her promise of a "special favor?" only time
will tell! Anyway, after the cutscene, she'll follow you around. Don't worry
about her too much, as she'll follow you between areas even if you run too far.
You should notice she's the same woman you saw when you looked out your window.
Go west until you can go west no further, then head south to enter the next
area.
- Subway World, Hallway (B1):
Continue along south here until you trigger a cutscene where Cynthia feels sick
and runs into the women's bathroom. After that, another cutscene will ensue,
where Henry is waiting for her. Out of the men's bathroom pops some kind of
dead dog, and two more dogs follow it out and begin to devour its corpse. After
the cutscene, you take control.
Walk away from the dogs and enter "Pose" mode, then walk up and strike one of
them by pressing Action button while in Pose mode. The Steel Pipe you have
equipped can do a three hit combo, but chances are after two hits you'll be
pushing them out of range. You'll likely take some hits in your first battle
here, but don't worry. If you manage to knock a dog down, walk up to it while
it is squirming on the floor and press action. This will cause Henry to stomp
on it, instantly killing it. Practice dodging and charge-hits here. These are
called "Sniffer Dogs", and I will call them Sniffers for short.
If your health gets below 25% and the enemies are still alive, enter the
women's bathroom here that you saw Cynthia go into. Regardless of whether you
kill both of these dogs or not, enter that bathroom when you do kill them or
become dangerously low on health.
- Subway World, Women's Bathroom (B1):
There is a Hole here.
Check around in here. You'll notice our friend Cynthia is strangely absent.
There's not much to do in here but enter the hole near the stalls. Do so.
After the hole scene...
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Room 302:
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- Room 302, Bedroom:
You'll wake up in your bed, and another cutscene will take place. After this,
exit the bedroom. If you press your Pose mode button, you should notice that
your health will be going back up. Take advantage of this from now on.
- Room 302, Main Room:
Check around in here. You'll see the cabinet with the lamp on it has been
moved... examine it. You'll be prompted to straighten it. Select Yes. There is
writing on the wall here where the cabinet was, so examine it. Also, you should
notice a gun on the floor. Examine it as well and take it to get the [Pistol],
your first firearm. When you have that, check the strange marks in the wall to
see another cutscene where Henry bends over and checks it out...
You'll be looking into the bedroom of your neighbor, Eileen Galvin. After she
finds her broom and leaves the room, press cancel to exit this view. You can
come by later and check on her later, but she'll never notice you.
After you exit viewing this, you'll hear your phone ringing. Head to your
bedroom and enter it.
- Room 302, Bedroom:
Go examine the phone. Cynthia is calling...? Anyway, exit this room unless you
want to examine things in here, then exit when you're done that.
- Room 302, Main Room:
You should hear some sounds. Go check the peephole on your apartment door to
see Eileen sweeping to clean up the mess she made when she dropped something
earlier. By now you should also notice there are fifteen hand prints on the
wall you can see from this peephole... fifteen bloody handprints. Pay close
attention to this later. After she leaves, exit the peephole view and examine
things in here again.
Near your windows, you should notice a red book on a stand. Check it out. You
can save here, and only here during the game. I recommend you make a save now.
After you've done this, head into the bathroom door.
- Room 302, Bathroom:
The hole is still here, so enter it. This time, you won't have to hold forward
to get through it.
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Subway World:
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- Subway World, Women's Bathroom (B1):
There is a Hole here.
First thing you should notice is someone sitting on a toilet in one of the
stalls here. Check that out. It's a mannequin with a coin in its hand...
Examine it again and select Yes to take the [Lynch Street Line Coin]. Examine
it once again and Henry will comment on it. Anyway, exit the bathroom.
- Subway World, Hallway (B1):
Ignore the men's bathroom as there is nothing in there at all. Continue south
to the next area.
- Subway World, Turnstiles (B1):
Head south in here to encounter a Sniffer. Kill it with the Steel Pipe and make
your way south past the turnstiles to your next area.
- Subway World, King Street Side Entryway (B1):
Head south here. You'll notice a giant worm in the distance and two Sniffers
should emerge. Continue along south and kill the Sniffers. Use your Pistol if
things get really bad for you, health-wise. The gigantic worm is not killable,
nor is it really an enemy. It's called "Greedy Worm".
When you come to a dead-end heading south, you can head east or west. Go west
past the worm here and up the stairs, which are blocked off. You should
however, find something here. Pick up the [Pistol Bullets]. Ammunition takes 1
inventory slot per magazine. If you head up the east way coming back, there's
nothing there but some blocked stairs. Head back to the turnstiles by heading
north at the intersection here.
- Subway World, Turnstiles (B1):
If you've still got a good amount of health, check the turnstiles out with
Action button to examine them until you find the Lynch Street Line entrance. If
not, head back to the Women's Bathroom and back to your apartment to heal, then
come back here once you're healed. Anyway, I'll go on the assumption that
you're in fine condition. You know what to do otherwise.
At that turnstile, use your item: Lynch Street Line Coin. It will not be used
up since you can use it an unlimited number of times.
- Subway World, Turnstiles - Lynch Street Side (B1):
Nothing to do here but head north down the stairs.
- Subway World, Passage between Lines (North) (B2):
* Victims here: Victim-oldtype, Victim-14.
A cutscene will take place where you'll be introduced to your very first
ghost-victim. There are actually two different ones here, but trust me, you
cannot kill them. At best you can knock them out for a while, and that's just
not worth the effort or life lost even when there are items around.
Anyway,  there are no items in this area, so go down the stairs, and then take
the other stairs down to your north-east to the next area, running past the
ghost-victims. Remember, ghost-victims are the floating, moaning human-like
things with the deadly aura of damage just from being around them. There are
many different victims, and you can't really kill any of them. Running is the
best solution to dealing with them.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line (East) (B3):
* Victims here: Victim-oldtype, Victim-14.
Head down the stairs here. The first thing you should notice is that Cynthia is
yelling for help and she's stuck in a subway car. Head south along this
platform here, past the ghost-victims and look for a door on the subway car
when you get as far south as you can get. It should have some red lighting near
it, and the camera should change when you get near it. Enter it.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line, Car Operator's Room (B3):
Check the red light on a panel in here. It's a button. Select Yes to press it.
This opens the car doors. Exit this room via the door you entered, which is to
the east.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line (East) (B3):
* Victims here: Victim-oldtype, Victim-13, Victim-14.
Head north, and Cynthia should be running towards you to rejoin and follow you.
Ignore the first open Subway car while heading north, and head into the one you
saw Cynthia trapped in near the stairs, which is on the northern side of this
platform. Enter that open car.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line, NE/NW Subway Cars (B3):
* Victims here: Victim-13.
This next area going through Subway cars is kind of maze-like. Anyway, I'll
describe it best I can. Head west through the open door on this car to be on an
area between cars, and then head south and through the open car door to the
east. You'll see a box when you re-enter the subway car, the "toy box with
1000Ø written on it". Pass it and enter the door beyond it to the south to the
car south of here.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line, E Subway Car (B3):
In this subway car, just head straight south and through the door at the end,
which will lead to a car south of here.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line, SE/SW Subway Cars (B3):
* Victims here: Victim-13.
In this car, head south until you can go south no more, and then head west
through the open car door to between cars and through the next west door right
after that to be in the SW Car on the west side of Lynch Street Line. When in
this car, head north and go through the door at the end of thiscar which leads
to a car north of here.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line, W Subway Car (B3):
Head north, then east through the open car doors to between the tracks. Here,
go north and then west back into the car. Continue north to the end of the car
and enter the door to the next car here.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line, NW/NE Subway Cars (B3):
* Victims here: Victim-13.
Head north until you see an open door to your west which leads off of this
subway car. Go through it.
- Subway World, Lynch Street Line (West) (B3):
* Victims here: Victim-oldtype, Victim-14.
Head south here until you see some stairs to your west. Go up those stairs.
- Subway World, Blocked Stairway (B2):
* Victims here: Victim-oldtype, Victim-14.
It's a blocked stairway that should lead to the streets... The real reason I