Silent Hill 2 cheats and cheat codes for PC

Cheat mode:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file
before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "options.ini" file in the game
folder. Add the following line to the file if it does not exist, or edit the existing line
to match:

SET DX_CONFIG_BULLET 100

This sets the amount of ammunition you get when you pick it up. Usually, the
game can set it to a maximum of x3.

Completion bonuses:
Successfully complete the game. Start another game and enter the extra options
menu to access new features.

A "Bullet Adjust" option can be set, allowing the normal amount of ammunition
found at a location to be doubled or tripled.

A "Noise Effect" option can be toggled.
Another new option can be toggled, allowing scenes to be viewed without
distortion.

Additional riddle difficulty:
Successfully complete the game under the easy, normal, and hard riddle difficulty
settings. Select the hard riddle difficulty again and begin a new game with a new
combination of riddles.

UFO ending:
Successfully complete the game once with the Leave ending (where James and
Laura leave the town), then complete it again with the Rebirth ending (where
James is going to revive Mary). Start the game again and a Blue Gem should
appear in the bathroom where you start. Use the Blue Gem at the evil hospital
garden, the dock (before you get on the boat), and room 312 before the
intermission sequence. After using it in room 312, the UFO ending will begin.

Reveal signs:
Unlock all five endings, then start a new game. All signs will now be revealed.

Book Of Lost Memories:
Successfully complete the game. Start a new game and look for the newspaper
stand near the Texxon Gas Station. The Book Of Lost Memories can be found
inside.

Book Of The Crimson Ceremony:
This book can be found in the reading room on the second floor of the "Nightmare"
hotel.

Chain Saw:
Successfully complete the game under the normal difficulty and normal riddle
difficulty settings. Start a new game to find the Chain Saw among logs before the
cemetery.

To get the Chain Saw easier, complete the game under the easy difficulty and
easy riddle difficulty settings. Get the "leaving" ending (where he leaves the town
with the girl). The Chain Saw will be located in the section just after the first
graveyard. You will hear it, and it will be sawing away on some logs.

Dog Key:
Successfully complete the game with the "Rebirth" ending. Start a new game and
a dog house will now appear near Jack's Inn and the gas station. Look inside the
dog house to find the Dog Key. It is used to open the observation room in
the ''nightmare'' hotel.

Hyper Spray:
Successfully complete the game two times. Start a new game to find the Hyper
Spray on the south side of the motor home.

Obsidian Goblet:
Successfully complete the game. Start a new game and enter the Historical
Society building. The Obsidian Goblet can be found on a shelf.

White Chrism:
Successfully complete the game. Start a new game to find White Chrism vial in
the kitchen of apartment 105 in Blue Creek Apartments.

Introduction FMV sequence audio:
If you wait at the title screen for awhile, the introduction FMV sequence will begin.
In some scenes, there will be no audio. Successfully complete the game one time
and the audio will be restored to those scenes.

Joke ending:
To view the sixth secret joke ending, use the Blue Gem at Alternate Brook Haven
Hospital's garden, the dock before getting on the boat), and room 312 in the
Lakeview Hotel. Once you use it in room 312, the game will end and the joke
ending will appear.

Innocent Man riddle:
One of the rooms you will enter in the Labyrinth will include six men that have
been hung by the ceiling. Your job is to free the innocent man in the group. In
easy riddle mode, the innocent man will always be, "The Kidnapper". In normal
riddle mode, the innocent man will always be, "The Arsonist". In hard riddle mode,
the innocent man will always be ,"The Counterfeiter". Once you find out who the
innocent man is, pull the indicated empty noose in the second room to
release the body. In his place, the Key Of The Persecuted will be on the floor
below.

Box combination:
When you get almost to the end of the hospital area and go down in the elevator,
you will get a call on the radio. It is game show which will ask three questions. You
must go to the third floor storeroom to get your prize. The combination to the box
is 3 1 3. Note: This is for the easy and normal difficulty setting.

Chain saw:
Start a new game and when asked which puzzle and difficulty level to be played,
chose the easiest difficulty and hardest puzzle settings. When you start the game
on those settings, you will find the chain saw stuck in some logs along the side of
your path into the town of Silent Hill. You can find it by looking or listening for a
loud annoying sound in front of you.

Hidden skulls in picture:
Go to room 307 in "Wood Side Apartments". On the third floor is a picture on the
wall. Press Action and the message "There's a painting hanging on the wall. It
looks like a landscape of this area." will appear. Look at the picture to see two
skulls on the side of the mountains.

Picture on floor:
After the Angela scene in the Blue Creek Apartment Building, and after you get
the knife, there is a picture on the floor in the middle of the room.

Defeating Eddie:
In the first battle, equip your rifle and as soon as you get the chance, shoot him
four times. He will run away. Follow him into the next room. Get far away from
him and just keep shooting until he dies. If he gets in close, run away and shoot
him. If done correctly, he should be locked in between shots and you will not get

Use the following trick to kill Eddie with one or two hits. This works for both rounds
with Eddie. Get next to him, take out the Great Knife and slice away. If you hit
him, he should die in one hit. If not, attack him again. After he gets hit, blood flies
everywhere.

Defeating the Doorman/Angela's Papa Boss:
Obtain the Great Knife (very big sword), in the labyrinth (from the room protected
by the pyramid head enemy). Start the Boss battle by immediately pausing game
play. Go to the menu and equip the Great Knife. Hold down Ready Attack before
the menu screen disappears, and press Attack as hard as possible. If done
correctly, you will do your fierce sword attack, and since it requires about two and
a half seconds to complete by the time you swing you will have hit the Doorman.
Now that it is stunned, just tap Attack to do the lesser swing and kill the Boss. If it
does not, just swing the necessary amount of times, and it will die quite easily.

Defeating Pyramid Heads:
Use the following trick to avoid using any ammo or health while you face the
Pyramid Head in the apartment. When you go into the staircase on the second
floor, immediately go to the right (or left if the camera is facing on James). Dodge
around the Pyramid Head until you get to the wall. Wait until he jumps down the
staircase filled with water, then he is gone until the hospital.

First, get the apartment stairway key in the Blue Creek apartments. Then, go to
the locked door at the end of the hall on the second floor. Once you are inside,
you will find the Pyramid Head doing something to a monster. He will then throw
the monster down and go for you. Take out your gun and start firing. Your action
level determines on how many bullets you have to shoot. Note: If he gets close,
run. His attack is very powerful because he has the Great Knife. You will get the
Great Knife later. If he hits you, and you do not die, quickly get a med-kit. Keep
running back and forth, shooting until he swims down the stairs and the siren goes
off. Then, run down the stairs. You will not encounter him again until the hospital.
Go out the door to get outside.

Use the following trick for a quick and easy way to defeat the two Pyramid Head
enemies at the end of the hotel. This will allow you to defeat them without using
any health or ammunition. First, enter the room and start running around it
counterclockwise. Let them get fairly close to you and then quick spin around
backwards and equip the Great Knife. However, you have to make sure that
James is directly next to the wall (with the wall on his left and the Pyramid Heads
attacking from the right). Use the low swinging attack. Since James swings the
knife from right to left, the knife will hit them a second time as it bounces off the
wall. Keep swinging and they should not even be able to hit you.

Although there are many ways do defeat the Pyramid Head(s) with different
weapons, it is also possible to just run. In the apartment complex, he is holding
the Great Knife. The room is small, but it is fairly easy to dodge him even in hard
mode. The fight may last more than five minutes with just running, but you will not
have to use any bullets. It is possible that shooting him will make him leave
earlier, but under the hard difficulty setting with very limited ammunition, it is
better just to avoid him. When he is shot, it sounds like James just hit metal and it
looks like Pyramid Head takes no damage. In the labyrinth, he can be avoided
easily. In the last fight with two Pyramid Heads with spears, the same tactic is
usable. They may be a lot faster, but the room is also much larger. After a long
time, the siren will start and they will impale themselves. The Hyper Spray (with a
10 star ranking) can make Pyramid Head flee immediately.

Killing enemies:
When you encounter an enemy, try and get fairly close to it. When it attacks,
quickly side step out of the way. Then, face the enemy and attack it with the
board with a nail in it. Most of the early enemies you encounter have a slow
reaction time after they attack and can easily be taken down with the board and
nail. :Note: This is only recommended for use with those types of enemies and
should not be used when facing later enemies.

To easily kill a normal monster, shoot it until it falls down, then run up and press
Action. James will kick or step on the monster and it will die.

The "Maria" ending:
In this ending, James walks to Rosewater Park, and finds Maria staring out into the
water. They greet each other, and James tells Maria that he likes her, and wants
to be with her.

The "Leave" ending:
In this ending, James is kneeling down beside Mary's deathbed, and is explaining
why he killed her. Then, the ending shows James and Laura leaving Silent Hill
through the cemetery while Mary's voice is heard, reading her letter to James.


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