Silent Hill (PlayStation)

Good Ending - Complete Kaufmann side quest and kill Cybil.

Good+ Ending - Complete Kaufmann side quest and save Cybil. Saving Cybil requires doing the following when first entering the hospital. Get the Plastic Bottle (Hospital kitchen) and using it to get Red Liquid (Hospital director's office).

Zodiac Puzzle - This puzzle doesn't have anything to do with astrology, it's a big red herring. Actually, the puzzle is about counting the limbs of each sign. Apparently, a scale has two limbs ... Hmm...

Sign        Object  Limbs
Pisces      fish     0
Libra       scales   2
Aries       ram      4
Cancer      crab    10

Solution:

Sign        Object  Limbs
Sagittarius centaur  6
Taurus      bull     4
Gemini      twins    8

The Grim Reaper's list - sorted numerically:

18 Albert Lords
35 Lydia Findly
38 Edward C Briggs
45 Roberta T Morgan
60 Trevor F White

The first letters spell out 'ALERT'.

Reset to main menu - R1+R2+L1+L2+Select+Start.

Nowhere condensed walkthrough -

[ ] Starting area, basement stairs, class room, tool room:
      Screwdriver, Pliers
[ ] Starting area, faucet room:
      pliers -> Key of "Ophiel"
[ ] Starting area, "Ophiel" door, Grim Reaper area
    Grim Reaper area, Zodiac puzzle:
      Stone of Time
[ ] Grim Reaper area, Grim Reaper door:
      Amulet of Solomon
[ ] Antique shop:
      Stone of Time -> Key of "Hagith"

[ ] Starting area, double door, elevator to 2nd floor:
    2nd floor, jewelry room:
      Crest of Mercury, Ring of Contract
[ ] 2nd floor, door
      Unlock double door to starting area
[ ] 2nd floor, office room:
      camera
[ ] 3rd floor, connect the dots puzzle room:
      camera -> bird cage key
[ ] Starting area, bird room:
      bird cage key -> Key of "Phaleg"

[ ] Starting area, Phaleg door, BASEMENT
    BASEMENT, kitchen:
      Ring of Contract -> Dagger of Melchior
[ ] BASEMENT, storage:
      Key of "Bethor"
[ ] BASEMENT, SOME ROOM:
      Ankh
[ ] BASEMENT, generator room:
      Disable generator
[ ] 2nd floor, room with beds at end of hallway:
      Key of "Aratron" (required disabled generator)
[ ] BASEMENT, operating room:
      Disk of Ouroboros

Extra options - In the options menu, press R1. First person camera is 'View Mode: Self View'.

Realism - The city of Silent Hill and the interiors of the buildings you can enter have a sense of drab realism to them that felt novel at the time. Usually, video games are more amazing that real places, colors are more vivid, everything has a purpose, represents a bit of lore, or provides some humour, but Silent Hill's environments just - exist. They seem to be created to be realistic and even a bit depressing.

Snow Effect - this game has snowflakes that fall down, move in the wind, and stop and disappear when they hit the ground. Very neat.

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