† Silent Hill 2 • Locations †
Warning: spoilers of the game.
Dimensions
In this chapter, dimensions are represented in a different way than in the first and third chapter. You know, the story's not linked to Alessa's life, this time. We have, in SH2, a strong psychological factor, but there are dimension's switches even in this chapter.
Well, they're different in many ways…anyway sometimes it is possible to hear the sound of a siren from far, far away (Noticeable in the BrookHaven Hospital and before entering the Prison).
Normal Dimension
The normal, REAL world, that truly does not exist in this game, excluding the flashbacks about Mary. James never walk, shoot or talk in the real world, in the real Silent Hill.
(just think about the fact that the Lakeview Hotel were completely destroyed by a fire and although this, James see it very clearly...)
Foggy Dimension
The "Silent Hill of memories". It's all covered by a constant fog, that make it hard to James to go on. The places are dark and crowded by deformed creatures. There are just a few human beings. James is remembering the Silent Hill he visited with his wife, especially the Lakeview Hotel, a key point in the whole story.
Otherworld
Today's Silent Hill?
Maybe, especially in a few points.
No Demons' manifestations (except for Bosses), but places destroyed by time, by water and fire, everything's a mess and the darkness is constant. In some particular moments, James match the pieces in his own puzzle, and reality appear in front of him, killing all delusions that made him blind.
Locations
Observation's deck.
The beginning of James Sunderland's story, in a public old toilet. Here we have to walk a long road before entering the city. We have also to pass a Graveyard were we meet Angela.
Then we finally come to the town and we'll be able to walk its streets: Nathan Avenue, Katz, Munson, Neely Street, Lindsey, Martin, Harris, Saul and Sanders Street.
• Weapons: Wooden Plank.
• Special Objects: Blue Stone.
• Creatures: Lying Figure, Cockroaches.
Neely's Bar
A very little abandoned bar in witch James will find some important news about the road he's going to walk through.
Wood Side and Blue Creek Apartments
The first places ruled by darkness. On three floors, these two Apartment Building communicate each other thanks to an Hallway (that we're not going to use) There is a garden with an empty pool.
Here we meet the little Laura, the weird Angela and the goofy Eddie.
• Weapons: Handgun.
• Creatures: Lying Figure, Cockroaches, Mannequin.
• Bosses: Pyramid Head.
South Silent Hill
Again on the streets, after we meet Laura again. We're going to walk on Nathan Avenue, Munson and Kantz, Rendell and Carroll Street. Don't miss the Doghouse.
• Weapons: Steel Pipe.
• Special Items: The Book Of Lost Memories, White Chrism, Dog Key.
• Creatures: Lying Figure, Cockroaches, Mannequin.
RoseWater Park
A really relaxing place…here we find stone statues dedicated to important persons of the town, related to the religious faith, or to the war. This surely is the most coloured place in the whole game. And here we find Maria, that will follow us.
• Creatures: Lying Figure, Cockroaches, Mannequin.
Pete's Bowl'o Rama
Just a common, traditional, bowling room. Here we just have to listen to the dialogue between Laura and Eddie and then talk to him.
Heaven's Night
Night-Strip Pub where Maria seems to work. We just pass in it when we're following Laura to the Hospital.
Brookhaven Hospital
A really big building with a large numbers of rooms in each of the three floors.
There's also the Roof and the Basements. Here we finally find again Laura, and also Maria will be here.
• Weapons: ShotGun.
• Creatures: Bubble Head Nurses, Cockroaches, Mannequin.
• Bosses: Pyramid Head (pursuit), Flesh Lips.
Silent Hill Historical Society
Just one floor for this building. Here there are a lot of paintings and pictures regarding Silent Hill History. Through the Society we can go to the Prison.
• Special Objects: Obsidian Goblet.
Toluca Prisons
Basement floor were the prisoners wait to be sentenced. In an Hallway, behind some bars, we can hear someone saying "Are You Sure?" but we can see nobody inside. We'll also meet Eddie again.
• Weapons: Haunting Rifle.
• Creature: Lying Figure, Cockroaches.
Labirinth
Here we find a lot of roads, stairs and roads again, a really hard passage 'cause we had no map for this. We had to do it to get down to the Sewers.
Here with us there is Pyramid Head trying to stop us. And we'll meet Maria, Angela and Eddie.
• Weapons: Great Knife.
• Creatures: Lying Figure, Mannequin.
• Bosses: Abstract Daddy, Eddie.
Toluca Lake
We have to pass right through the lake, on a little wooden boat to make our way to the LakeView. Here,with us, just silence, and a lot of fog.
LakeView Hotel
The last building we have to go through, also than the key building of the entire story.
There are three floors. We meet again Laura here, Angela and Maria. Truly, the Hotel was destroyed by fire time ago…but for a long part we're able to see it entirely.
• Creatures: Lying Figure, Mannequin, Abstract Daddy.
• Special Objects: The Book Of The Crimson Ceremony.
• Bosses: Mary\Maria.
Born from a Wish
(available for Xbox version and SH2 Restless Dream version for PS2)
Heaven's Night
Here begins Maria's adventure as our heroine. Just the Heaven's night we already saw with James in Letter From Silent Heaven, but there will be a save point and some other objects. Also, we can see Maria's room.
South Silent Hill
The only part of the town we can visit, will be walked by Maria in search of someone in the place,like her.
• Creatures: Lying Creature.
Baldwin' Mansion
Two floor building, the house were Ernest Baldwin, a man that we're not going to see ever, live. We only hear his voice, through a door, while he's talking with Maria, asking her to get a White Liquid for him, to complete a religious and obscure ritual.
• Weapons: Revolver.
Blue Creek Apartmens
The same Apartment Building visited by James, but there, we guide Maria in search of the White Liquid she had to get for Ernest.
• Objects: White Liquid.
• Creatures: Lying Creature, Mannequin.
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