Game:

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Category:

Guide

Duration: 1:14:40

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Having saved Angela from being murdered by a particularly-disgusting monster but getting as much gratitude for it as the town of Hamelin gave the Pied Piper for solving their terrible rat infestation (any of you ever read the old fairy tale, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin?"), Neosekken continues making his way through the corridors of the labyrinth, and soon comes across a puzzle that he messes up solving a couple times before eventually guessing the correct answer that allows him to get a key that unlocks a gate that allows him to continue moving forward. Going past the gate, Neo soon finds the room where he last saw Maria, only to find her dead again, much to James' grief.

With no other option than to continue on, Neo guides James along until he encounters Boulder (Eddie), who's clearly suffering from a case of mission control inside his brain going off it's meds, ranting and raving how he'll kill anyone who makes fun of him. James then decides to respond to the obviously crazy gun-wielding maniac in the most appropriate and non-suicidal way possible: he asks Boulder if he's "gone nuts". It is at this point to where Silent Hill briefly changes it's name to "Down Hill", because that's exactly what ends up happening as soon as James decides to ask this absolutely brilliant line of inquiry to Boulder, and before James knows it he finds himself having to fight for his life.

Why is Ed Boy here being referred to as "Boulder", you ask? Because Ed Boy is tough. VERY tough. Watch the fight between Neo and Boulder if you want to find out HOW tough, because it is Neo's humble opinion that Boulder's resilience must be seen to be believed.

After barely managing to make it out of this encounter with Boulder alive, Neo finds himself mysteriously back on the surface, right at the docks located behind the Silent Hill Historical Society. Moving forward, Neo fiinds a boat which he can use to move across the lake and to the hotel on the other side. However, it takes Neo A LOT longer to get across the lake than it reasonably should've. Why is this?

*MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT*

Apparently, Neo can't cox a rowboat to save his life.

*END OF MASSIVE SPOILERS*

After much time has passed, Neo eventually, finally, makes it to the hotel. He goes inside and begins to explore the apparently well kept building, looking for any signs of Wife-Fu (Mary) he can find. He soon runs into Pipsqueak (Laura), and it is during this encounter where James learns from her, via a letter Wife-Fu wrote to Pipsqueak, that Wife-Fu was apparently alive and well and wrote Pipsqueak the letter around the time of her birthday, which, according to Pipsqueak, occurred just a week ago. This seems to confirm to James that Wife-Fu couldn't have died three years ago.

Pipsqueak tells James that she has an additional letter aside from the one she just showed James that she could show him, but having apparently misplaced it she leaves in a panic, stating she has to find it, thus leaving James all alone. With this newest bit of information to go on, it seems like James' and Neo's quest through Silent Hill may yet bear some fruit for them, and thus they continue their exploration of the hotel. Although with the limited supplies he has available to him after his encounter with Boulder, keeping James alive and well will undoubtedly not be easy for Neo...

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