Silent Hill 4 - The Room - Platform: Playstation 2

Submitted by Andri Agassi [vyszard@gmail.com]


Brand New Fear mode
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Successfully complete the game on any difficulty setting. Save the game  
after the credits complete to unlock the "Brand New Fear" option.

One Weapon mode
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Successfully complete the game with a rank of 10 big stars to unlock One  
Weapon mode.

Full Weapons/Apartment Replenish mode
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Achive a 10 star ranking in One Weapon mode to unlock Full  
Weapons/Apartment Replenish mode. This mode has the following features: At  
the start of the game, upon entering the subway system you will see that  
each and every weapon is laid out in front of you. You can grab every one  
of them. Also, whenever you return to your apartment, you will find six  
boxes of bullets in the laundry room as well as ten Health Drinks in your  
refrigerator.

Chainsaw
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Start a game in "Brand New Fear" mode. After entering the Forest World for  
the first time go to Jasper's car. Search near by for a cut tree trunk.  
Look next to it to find the chainsaw.

Submachine gun
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Successfully complete the game with a rank of at least 9 big stars. Start  
a game in "Brand New Fear" mode and look in Room 202 in the Apartment  
World to find a submachine gun for Eileen.

Alternate Eileen costume
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Start a game in "Brand New Fear" mode. Continue until the "Outside of Room  
302" part of the game. Enter Room 303 and search it for Eileen's nurse  
costume. Collect it and complete the game. When you start a new game, you  
can now have Eileen dressed as a nurse.

Alternate Cynthia costume
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Unlock all four endings and Eileen's alternate costume on a single game  
save. Start a new game and select Eileen's nurse costume. Cynthia will  
wear her alternate costume.

Control loading screen
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Sometimes when the scene changes or you go through a door, a black screen  
will appear with a ghost or a red/gray circle. Use the Right Analog-stick  
to move the ghost, and circle around or zoom in on them.

Knock on window
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When looking outside, press X and you may knock on the window. This trick  
has no use.

Call restaurant
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When you look out your window, you can see the phone number of a  
restaurant. You can use the phone to call that number for fun.

Radio clues
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Notice the suspicious radio in Henry's living room. At certain parts  
throughout the game, you will be able to listen to certain broadcasts.  
Listen to them carefully as they will be part of the story and clue you  
into what is going on. After you finish the subway, take out the chocolate  
milk and keep it in your inventory; then save and restart. When you  
reload, look through the front door peephole then go to the radio for a  
broadcast from Washington. They will talk about a 3 year old boy. Also,  
when you first use the radio in your living room, a report will come on  
about a man who was arrested for being naked and urinating in public. The  
name of the person is Suguru Murakoshi. He is the director and scenario  
writer of the game.

Guns
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The use of guns is not necessary. It is quite easy to use melee weapons  
throughout the game. Also, using guns on ghosts prove ineffective unless  
the bullets are silver.

Batting practice
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When remaining idle with the aluminum bat is equipped, Henry will begin to  
practice his swing.

Saint Necklace
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Wearing the Saint Necklace, it has two uses: to keep your "ghost sense"  
 from causing actual damage, and to actually exorcise spirits from your  
apartment. When wearing it in any other world besides the apartment, the  
screen will do its usual haziness when ghosts appear, but nothing more  
until the necklace breaks. Keep in mind that the necklace will break if  
you are confronted by ghosts for too long. Wearing the necklace and  
running to a possessed area of your apartment will cause the spirit to  
fight back, but if the necklace is not already broken, the spirit will  
lose and disappear. Keep in mind that you must have your apartment  
completely exorcised for the good endings.

Sword Of Obedience
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There is no need to waste a sword if you are just entering areas for  
items. Instead, knock the ghost down and stab it with the sword, get what  
you need, and take the sword back. After taking the blade out, you have  
five to seven seconds to leave without your "ghost sense" ringing out.

The Man's Doll
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When a strange man places the doll on the stairway, do not take it. It  
actually makes things worse for you afterwards. If you place it in your  
storage box, babies will appear above the box, making it difficult to  
check your items. Your only choice would be to hold it in your inventory,  
but it requires a slot that you may need.

Mannequin body parts
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When you enter the forest for the second time, go to the corner with the  
torch. Take the torch and take it to your laundry room in your apartment.  
Use the oil found on the workbench inside there on the torch. When you  
return, you may light it when you approach the other torches pressing X.  
This is used to see down each well that happens to be in each corner of  
the map. Be cautious however -- if you use the torch to attack or unequip  
it, it will go out. This causes you to turn back to light it. Killing all  
of the enemies first and running from the man chasing you is recommended.

Midwhich Elementary school bus
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When looking out of your window during the day, you will notice a school  
bus. If you look close enough, you will notice it is A Midwhich Elementary  
school bus. This is a reference to the original Silent Hill, where it is  
the school in which you visit within the first thirty minutes of the game.

Ghost Cynthia and the candle
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Unlike most ghosts, if a candle is placed in front of the ghost Cynthia,  
she will stand in place and scream as her hair begins to float in every  
other direction. Other ghosts simply fall.

Eileen's behavior
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When you are about in the building world for the second time, sometimes  
Eileen will act like the little kid and at other times act as if being  
attacked by a demon or act like a demon. Note: If you are near Eileen when  
she acts like a demon, it will affect you health.

Eileen's damage
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If you allow Eileen to take enough damage, her appearance will change for  
the worst, and she will walk faster towards the pool in the final battle.

Eileen's Special Gift
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Once you get to the wish house, after it has burnt down the mysterious  
writing in blood can be read aloud by Eileen. After some adjusting she  
will say "Okay...here goes..." and read the words.

Endings
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To get different types of endings, you must do one of four things. Either  
clear your apartment of ghosts before the final battle, or do not; and let  
Eileen die or not. These two course of actions create four different  
endings.