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S I L E N T H I L L 4 : T H E R O O M
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Game: Silent Hill 4: The Room
Console Platform: PlayStation 2
FAQ Author: piecemealcranky
Date Created: Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
E-mail:
[email protected]
Version: 1.0
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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I. Introduction
II. Copyright Info
III. Endings
IV. Eileen & The Hauntings
V. Endings Script
VI. Credits
I. I N T R O D U C T I O N
Yet another guide for an entirely new FAQ writing experience for me, Silent
Hill has always been in my game collection. Back in the year (late 90's), I
was enjoying the first installment, and look how far Konami has traveled now.
This is the fourth in the series. Silent Hill 4: The Room, has all the new
features you would not want to miss. Reading reviews is another thing,
playing and enjoying (getting freaked out) the game is another story.
Now, this FAQ features a guide to obtain the possible endings for
Silent Hill 4: The Room. It does contain spoilers, but of course, a warning
will be available before the section is ready for your reading.
None of my friends ever play this game. Makes you wonder why. The only reason
is that they personally don't like horror games. Right now, I cannot find any
reason to resist a horror experience this good. Resident Evil is good, but
Silent Hill has always been the best one for me. Also, please don't confuse
Survival Horror and Horror. Well, they're basically the same, but for all we
know Silent Hill enemies aren't zombies. They're monsters, ghosts, etc.
This time around, you get control of a male character yet again (we've seen
Harry Mason, James Sunderland, Heather Mason, and now...), Henry Townshend.
He is quite a little shy guy I might add. His perspective of life and the
outside world is really interesting, but has the colors of its own. I don't
need to explain too much; by the time you start a new game for five minutes,
you'll get what I'll be saying later. I suggest you concentrate on the
storyline and enjoy the game. It is very much different from others in the
series.
This FAQ will include the script for each ending, and of course what you're
supposed to do to get them, so watch out if you haven't completed any of the
endings yet.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or anything related to it, you can
send them in to my e-mail address. Put a proper subject in the "subject"
column, and type down what you need neatly, without spelling errors if
possible, or else I would not bother reading it since I might not understand
what you're trying to say. So, please keep this in mind whenever you're
sending an e-mail. :)
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II. C O P Y R I G H T I N F O
All further questions NOT available within the FAQ/Guide can be emailed to
the following address:
[email protected]
Please include a proper title (with proper grammar) in the subject column
associated with the game Silent Hill 4: The Room. The author may discard
emails without a proper subject in the "subject" column.
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III. E N D I N G S
To start, there are a total of four endings you can obtain and enjoy, each
different in their way, but of course, comes down under a "Good Ending" or a
"Sad Ending". This will all be explained more in their own respective
sections.
Any questions, suggestions or ideas are most welcomed. Please scroll above to
see the e-mail address you can send them to. :)
Before I forget, to make things easier for you to understand, the only things
that affect the ending you'd get at the end of the game are:
* Eileen (safe or dies at the end)
* Room 302 haunting - cleaned or left as it is
These two affect the ending you obtain at the end of the game, but it is not
as simple as that. This guide will help you on those two, and how to make
your game-play easier. That's in the next section.
Note: Unlike the other Silent Hill games, Silent Hill 4: The Room, for now,
does not have a Joke Ending. We've seen some for the previous Silent Hill
games, even the third one, but I do not know the reason Konami stopped the
tradition. Also, another important thing to remember is that endings DO NOT
affect your ranking at the end of the game. It does affect some stuff, like
the Cynthis'a Special Costume (thanks to "Mickey Plunkitt"
<
[email protected]> for correcting the previous typo) .
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The Best Ending - E S C A P E
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Requirements for obtaining this ending are as follows:
1. Save Eileen Galvin before she reaches the spinning machine
This means that you have to save Eileen before her possessed soul and human
body reaches the center, which is the spinning machine at the final battle
arena. You have to kill Walter Sullivan before Eileen reaches the center.
This is affected by how well you guarded Eileen throughout the game, and how
bad is her injury. The bloodier her body, the faster she walks to the center,
making it impossible to save her in time. See the next section for how to
correct this, and a lot of further info. Remember if she dies, you will not
obtain this ending.
2. Clear out the hauntings in Room 302
This is another requirement, an easy one actually, if you've gone through the
game at least once. You have to keep Henry's apartment, Room 302 clean, from
all (or most) of the hauntings that appear on the second half of the game.
This means that right after you complete the Hospital World, where you save
Eileen, your room will constantly be under an attack by a haunting, a spirit
that comes into your room. You will have to exorcise these using either a
Holy Candle, or a Saint Medallion. You must at least exorcise 80% of the
hauntings before you can obtain this ending.
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The Good Ending - M O T H E R
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Requirements for obtaining this ending are as follows:
1. Save Eileen Galvin before she reaches the spinning machine
This means that you have to save Eileen before her possessed soul and human
body reaches the center, which is the spinning machine at the final battle
arena. You have to kill Walter Sullivan before Eileen reaches the center.
This is affected by how well you guarded Eileen throughout the game, and how
bad is her injury. The bloodier her body, the faster she walks to the center,
making it impossible to save her in time. See the next section for how to
correct this, and a lot of further info. Remember if she dies, you will not
obtain this ending.
2. Leave the hauntings in Room 302
A complete opposite of the above ending's requirement, this time your job is
easier. You just have to let the hauntings in Room 302 stay there, without
touching or exorcising them. This is simple, so no worries here.
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The Bad Ending - E I L E E N' S D E A T H
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Requirements for obtaining this ending are as follows:
1. Let Eileen Galvin die before killing Walter Sullivan
A complete opposite from the good endings. You need to wait for Eileen to
kill herself by moving into the spinning machine in the center BEFORE you
kill Walter Sullivan. This should not worry you much, especially if you
haven't protected her too well in your saved game file. Just let her walk to
the center, and then proceed through the game.
2. Clear out the hauntings in Room 302
This is another requirement, an easy one actually, if you've gone through the
game at least once. You have to keep Henry's apartment, Room 302 clean, from
all (or most) of the hauntings that appear on the second half of the game.
This means that right after you complete the Hospital World, where you save
Eileen, your room will constantly be under an attack by a haunting, a spirit
that comes into your room. You will have to exorcise these using either a
Holy Candle, or a Saint Medallion. You must at least exorcise 80% of the
hauntings before you can obtain this ending.
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The Worst Ending - 2 1 S A C R A M E N T S
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Requirements for obtaining this ending are as follows:
1. Let Eileen Galvin die before killing Walter Sullivan
A complete opposite from the good endings. You need to wait for Eileen to
kill herself by moving into the spinning machine in the center BEFORE you
kill Walter Sullivan. This should not worry you much, especially if you
haven't protected her too well in your saved game file. Just let her walk to
the center, and then proceed through the game.
2. Leave the hauntings in Room 302
A complete opposite of the above ending's requirement, this time your job is
easier. You just have to let the hauntings in Room 302 stay there, without
touching or exorcising them. This is simple, so no worries here.
Those are the endings available. See other sections for further info.
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IV. E I L E E N & T H E H A U N T I N G S
You might question why I create this section for. You'll see why later.
This section guides you through the factors that affect the endings you will
get at the very end of the game, which are, Eileen Galvin, and of course, the
hauntings in Room 302.
{[ E I L E E N ]}
Alright, as you know by now, Eileen follows you throughout the second half of
the game. Protecting her is your main priority to obtain the good, or the
best ending. So, why protect her? Here's a reason why.
First of all, you should know that Eileen takes damage just like Henry, but
she will not die (nor she has a life bar in the game). The best way to see
how her state is, is by looking at how bloody her body is. If the colors of
the skin still appears around her, than this shows that she's still in a good
condition. If you spot some red bloody areas, making a pattern around her,
than this shows that she has taken some damage. This will not kill her, but
will make her walk very fast at the end of the game, where you'll be facing
Walter Sullivan, and where she'd be possessed and will be walking to her
death.
There are other signs, like the way she speaks, how she can read the writings
in the Forest World, and so on. This is also shown at the cut-scene with the
Umbilical Cord, Outside Room 302 level.
It's simple; the bloodier she is, the faster she walks to the center where
the spinning machine lies, which kills her, and putting out your hope of
obtaining a good ending.
The good way is to not let her get into too much fighting. You can avoid this
by not equipping her with a weapon. She will not fight this way, but she will
not assist you either. You're alone to protect her. You can let her help you
if you're really good at protecting her.
There's not much to explain, really. Eileen Galvin's state affects the ending
you get, that's confirmed. The problem is, most of us face, is to make her
walk real slow at the steps (at the final battle arena) so that you could
stop Walter in time. But, if you have completed half of the game with her in
a bad condition, then how would you save her? A miracle? Not really.
What can save her is a glitch. A glitch that can be prepared by anybody. It's
simple. What you need is a Holy Candle, and have reached 'Outside Room 302'
level. Now, once you gain access to the Superintendent's Room (Room 105)
after collecting the bodies, you will notice a box which stores Walter's
Umbilical Cord. This is required for the final battle, but once you pick it
up, a cut-scene will trigger and you will part from Eileen from there. This
will now depend on how well you protected Eileen from the Hospital World up
till here.
So, if you need serious help on getting the good endings, prepare yourself a
Holy Candle. Now, while in the Superintendent's Room, place a Holy Candle as
close as possible to Eileen, and position yourself as close as possible to
the box, which contains the Umbilical Cord. Now, what you need to do is wait
for the Holy Candle to wear off, and right before it is used up, make your
way to the box and trigger the cut-scene. This is to heal Eileen before she
go separate ways and soon get herself in trouble.
Make sure you don't go too early. The Holy Candle extinguishes slower than it
does in the Room 302 apartment. So, take your time, and with a little
practice perhaps, you'd finally get the trick. It helps change Eileen's state
to normal, and if done properly, she should walk a lot slower than she does
with her bloody state.
That should help you a little, in getting the good ending. For the bad
endings however, just let her walk to the machine, thus killing herself.
{[ T H E H A U N T I N G S ]}
What is a haunting actually? Well, in this game, a haunting appear as a
little threat, which is a bad spirit that shows up in Room 302. A noise will
appear, and the screen turns red whenever you get close to one of these. They
do cause a little damage if staying near them for too long; so get away from
them.
To obtain the "Escape", a clean Room 302 is required. This means that you
have to exorcise the hauntings which appear in the game. There are a lot of
them, and some appears in your bedroom, around the kitchen, and even in the
bathroom. The living room is the normal attacked area.
As described in one of the notes from Joseph Schreiber, the tenant who lived
in Room 302 before Henry, there're two not-so-different holy stuff you can
use to exorcise the hauntings in Room 302. These are the Holy Candles, and
the Saint Medallions.
The Holy Candle works for a short time, placed near a haunting, and the bad
feeling will go away, as well as the haunting. The Saint Medallion works as
an equip-able weapon. Its anti-spirit effects work as long as it is equipped,
and it makes a sound. You'll know when you use one. You can use this in the
levels as well, but to exorcise the hauntings, I prefer the Holy Candles.
To obtain the "Escape" ending, it's not necessary to exorcise ALL of the
hauntings. You can let one or two pass, it's not really important. What's
important is that you must make sure you exorcised at least 80% of the
hauntings which appeared since your last visit there. There's one bad ending
which requires the same; exorcise 80% of the hauntings.
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V. E N D I N G S S C R I P T
This section, contains a lot of [S P O I L E R S]! Please, it is not
recommended that you read any further if you have not completed any of the
endings here. Its best you not read it if you haven't completed any one of
the endings because it might confuse you as well. The script is taken from
the subtitle of the game.
The Scripts:
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The Best Ending - E S C A P E
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* The area shakes *
* Eileen drops down *
Henry: Eileen...
* Young Walter knocks on Room 302's door*
Young Walter: Mom! Mom!
Young Walter: Let me in!
Young Walter: Mom!
* Camera shows the outside of South Ashfield Heights Apartment *
* Henry is seen; walking slowly *
Henry: Eileen...
* THE DAY AFTER *
* Henry hands over flowers to Eileen *
Eileen: Thanks (text not written)
Eileen: Guess I'll have to find a new place to live, huh?
* Henry nods his head, and the screen fades*
* Credits *
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The Good Ending - M O T H E R
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* The area shakes *
* Eileen drops down *
Henry: Eileen...
* Young Walter knocks on Room 302's door*
Young Walter: Mom! Mom!
Young Walter: Let me in!
Young Walter: Mom!
* Young Walter retreats... drops down... disappears *
* Camera shows the outside of South Ashfield Heights Apartment *
* Henry is seen; walking slowly *
Henry: Eileen...
* THE DAY AFTER *
* Henry hands over flowers to Eileen *
Eileen: Thanks (text not written)
Eileen: Well, I guess I can go back to South Ashfield Heights now...
* Camera shows Room 302; fully infested *
* Credits *
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The Bad Ending - E I L E E N' S D E A T H
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* The area shakes *
* Young Walter knocks on Room 302's door*
Young Walter: Mom! Mom!
Young Walter: Let me in!
Young Walter: Mom!
* Young Walter retreats... drops down... disappears *
* Henry (first person) in his bedroom *
Newscaster: And now, the news...
Newscaster: Yesterday, in Ashfield and the woods
Newscaster: near Silent Hill,
Newscaster: the bodies of five men and women were discovered.
Newscaster: The police reported that all the murders appeared to be the
work of the same perpetrator.
Newscaster: They are continuing their investigation.
Newscaster: Four of the victims were found dead at the scene, and the fifth
victim,
Newscaster: a Miss Eileen Galvin, was transported to St. Jerome's Hospital,
Newscaster: where she died a short time later.
* Henry, helpless, drops on his knees *
Newscaster: Police say that Miss Galvin's injuries matched exactly those
of the other victims...
Henry: Eileen......
* Credits *
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The Worst Ending - 2 1 S A C R A M E N T S
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* Henry drops down *
Henry: Ahh! My head (text not written)
* Henry stands up, with an odd look; possessed *
* Young Walter inside Room 302, on a couch *
Young Walter: Mom...
Young Walter: Mom......
Young Walter: I'm home...
Young Walter: I won't let anyone get in my way...
Young Walter: I'm gonna stay with you, forever......
* News on the radio plays *
Newscaster: And now, the news...
Newscaster: Yesterday, in Ashfield and the woods near Silent Hill, the bodies
of five apparent murder victims and a sixth severely wounded
female discovered.
* Walter Sullivan stands *
Newscaster: The woman was immediately rushed to St. Jerome's Hospital, but
died a short time later of her injuries. She has been identified as a Miss
Eileen Galvin of Ashfield.
Newscaster: The last body discovered was found in Room 302 of the
South Ashfield Heights Apartment.
Newscaster: It is believed to be that of its occupant, Henry Townshend...
Newscaster: The body was reportedly disfigured beyond recognition, making
identification impossible.
Newscaster: Once again, we've got late breaking news...
Newscaster: Five unnamed police officers have been found dead, for reasons
unknown, in the
Newscaster: South Ashfield Heights apartments, along with its superintendent,
Mr. Frank Sunderland.
Newscaster: All other residents of South Ashfield Heights have been rushed to
St. Jerome's Hospital, many complaining of severe chest pains.
Newscaster: These strange incidents are similar to the ones which
occurred in Silent Hill
Newscaster: Some years ago. More news to follow.
* Credits *
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VI. C R E D I T S
I have very few names to thank to for the moment, so I'll make it short and
simple.
I'd like to thank:
- Myself of course, there's no need to state here why. :P
- CJayc for running GameFAQs, and for hosting my FAQs for three years already
- Well, all of the people who helped me.
- Some of the FAQs here at GameFAQs, since I always refer there to confirm my
information.
That's all for now. If you have any questions, comments, ideas, corrections
to make, or info, you can send them to
[email protected].
That concludes the FAQ.
Copyright (c) 2005 by the author piecemealcranky. All rights reserved.
