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-RESTLESS DREAMS-

SILENT HILL 2: RESTLESS DREAMS FAQ/WALKTHROUGH
MICROSOFT XBOX
WRITTEN BY: CVXFREAK AND ORCA782
COPYRIGHT 2001/2002 BY CVXFREAK AND ORCA782
VERSION 3.151

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is a game that throws people off,
especially the puzzles for some reason. But this guide is different from
the other ones. It is simple, yet specific and even helpful in other
areas of the game, like endings, complete item lists and etc.

Email: FireEmblemPride@hotmail.com
Orca782@hotmail.com

Please, e-mail _ORCA782_ with questions if needed! If you thank us for
writing the FAQ, you're very welcome!

Oh yeah, Minesweeper did the walkthrough (but he's got credit for the
original PlayStation 2 version)!

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CONTENTS
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1. UPDATES
2. CONTROLS AND IMPORTANT OPTIONS
3. STORYLINE
4. CHARACTERS
5. WALKTHROUGH
-BORN FROM A WISH WALKTHROUGH-
6. MODES
7. ITEM AND WEAPON LIST
8. MONSTER AND BOSS LIST
9. RANKINGS
10. MEMOS
11. ENDINGS
12. VERSIONS OF SILENT HILL 2
13. CVXFREAK'S PERSONAL REVIEW
14. SPOILER-FREE WALKTHROUGH
15. CONCLUSION

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1. UPDATES
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August 18, 2002
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UPDATE: Both Orca and CVXFREAK got e-mail changes. Klez sucks.

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July 4, 2002
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UPDATE: Well, I basically included the PS2 version elements of the FAQ
(controls) and merged some of the XBOX extras in. No big deal, since the
game is the exact same as the XBOX version. Plus, the game has Japanese
language options to turn them into English so understanding the game
wasn't hard at all.

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2. CONTROLS AND IMPORTANT OPTIONS
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CONTROLS
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PLAYSTATION 2 VERSIONS
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TRIANGE BUTTON: Map
X BUTTON: Attack/Confirm/Search
SQUARE: Press/Hold to run
O BUTTON: Flashlight Control
D PAD/L3 STICK: Move character
R1: Arm weapon
START BUTTON: Item Screen
SELECT BUTTON: Pause

XBOX VERSION
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Y BUTTON: Map
A BUTTON: Attack/Confirm/Search
WHITE BUTTON: Flashlight Control
BLACK BUTTON: Toggle running and walking/guard attacks
D PAD/LEFT STICK: Move character (Run for the stick)
R: Arm weapon
BACK BUTTON: Item Screen
START BUTTON: Pause

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IMPORTANT OPTIONS
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The Analog Noise Screen is the "grain filter" of the game, causing the
blurs of the game to be gone. To get this option, press L1 on the first
option screen.

The brightness level is for making the game dimmer or brighter,
depending on your personal preference.

The auto loading of guns is an option, though you might want it off for
the challenge.

The control type lets you choose whether or not you want to use the
standard controls or the controls where you move the direction you push
the D-Pad.

The language options in the game switch in between Japanese and English.
If you're fluent in Japanese (NOTE: Primarily uses Katakana and
Hiragana, but some Kanji is in there), use the Japanese mode and vice
versa.

The subtitles are useful, if you are playing at night and can't hear
what they're saying- you can now read what they say!

The stereo or mono sound is an option, too. Change your sound
preference.

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3. STORYLINE
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In the first Silent Hill, Harry Mason went to the northern area of
Silent Hill to go on vacation with his daughter, Cheryl Mason. With a
dead wife, Harry only had Cheryl. As he drives, he sees a cop pass by
him. Moments later, the cop's motor bike is off the road without her
there...

Upon arrival in SH, a girl in the road causes him to crash his jeep to
avoid hitting her.

He wakes and sees Cheryl gone, the right passenger seat empty. Searching
around, Harry sees Cheryl a little bit ahead. He gives chase, but Cheryl
runs away from Harry, into a dark and gloomy alleyway. Harry chases
Cheryl through the alleyway and then is "killed" by little zombie
children. Harry somehow awakes in a cafe with a cop named Cybil Bennett.
She gives Harry a weapon and tries to find a way out of town.

Harry searches separately, encountering the girl from the road many
times, vanishing before his eyes. It turns dark, light, bloody. The
school and hospital he explores experience that. Dahlia Gilespie, a
girl Harry meets, feeds him information for the town.

Lisa Garland, a nurse and Dr. Michael Kaufmann, a doctor, meet up with
Harry. Harry eventually confronts the REAL enemy, Dahlia and figures
out his daughter, Cheryl, and Alessa, Dahlia's daughter, share one
soul. Cheryl, Harry tells to Cybil after they reunite, that she is
adopted.

Harry is forced to kill his daughter, but Alessa forks over a new one.
Harry, Cybil and the new baby escape, while Lisa and the others aren't
so lucky... Harry and Cybil get out and look at the baby at a cemetery.
Thus their ordeal ends... But even with Samael's literal incarnation
dead, his spirit and control over Silent Hill continues...

Now...

James Sunderland receives a letter from his wife, dead for 3 years.
Mary. That's her name. James reads the letter... now he travels to
Silent Hill to find her, wishfully thinking she is alive. What are his
secrets? You'll find out during gameplay...

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4. CHARACTERS
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JAMES SUNDERLAND
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He is the guy you control. Looks A LOT like Ark Thompson from Resident
Evil: Gun Survivor... all the way down to the clothes. He runs slow, but
has a very mature ego. His wife died 3 years ago, like Harry's wife. He
goes to Silent Hill to find out the truth.

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ANGELA OROSCO
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She is looking for her family in SH. She is the first person James
meets. Is she really looking for her family? We'll find out.

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LAURA
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Jerky little girl! She kicks away an important key during the game,
making you do an extra task in the first "building" you explore. How
convenient... She's MUCH worse than Cheryl Mason.

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MARIA
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She looks and talks like James' wife, Mary. When you meet her, she
follows you. You can even shoot her, but the game will end. She has
different hair and clothing from Mary, but otherwise she is a carbon
copy. Her name is technically the same. Maria means Mary in Spanish.

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MARY SUNDERLAND
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This is James' dead wife... dead? She can't POSSIBLY write a letter,
unless she somehow obtained a virus from a guy named William Birkin,
which makes her have super powers AND revives her death. But I doubt
it. What is going on and what is her connection to the cult from Silent
Hill 1?

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EDDIE DONBROWSKI
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Whose side is this guy on? Well, when I first met him, he was vomiting
very badly. He says he never killed anyone, though there is a dead body
in his apartment room. Did he? You'll find out. What is he doing in SH?
We'll find out.

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5. WALKTHROUGH
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A man looks at himself in a dirty mirror. He asks himself the question:
"Mary, could you really be in this town?" His name is James Sunderland,
and he has come here to Silent Hill to look for his wife.

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ENTERING TOWN
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[NOTE: For the course of the game, maps will be VERY important. Use it
when navigating. When I say "head into Sanders Street", use the map to
get to it.]

REST STOP BATHROOM
After James asks himself the question above, leave the bathroom. You
won't find anything other than the filth that's usually in public
bathrooms, unless you're playing Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams (XBOX or
the Japanese PS2). If you're playing with a Restless Dreams game, look
around for a BLUE GEM. It will give Restless Dreams owners a chance to
achieve a newer ending.

REST STOP
James will walk over to the railing bordering the forest and lean on it.
He'll begin thinking lots of things to himself, like the words of his
wife's letter, who's supposed to be dead!

James thinks of her words "I'm alone there now, in our special place."