Recently, I've been challenging myself on the first 3 Silent Hill games and doing a fairly difficult challenge. Using only basic weapons. I've basically goteen the challenge tackled on the first and third games, but I really haven't gotten into 2 yet. Now I ask you, are you up to the challenge?
Just follow these basic guidelines for each game and see how well you do:
Silent Hill 1
Difficulty: Normal-Hard (I actually tested this challenge on Easy, but I found it's workable on Normal)
Weapons allowed: Kitchen Knife, Handgun, Steel Pipe (there are some times where ammo is short, and you'll need about half of it for one boss, and the knife can't hit everyone easily so the Steel Pipe is acceptable)
Silent Hill 2
Difficulty: Normal-Hard
Weapons Allowed: Wooden Plank, Handgun (you get the Steel Pipe way too late for it to be remotely acceptable, and it's also a little too strong compared to the regular pipes)
Silent Hill 3
Difficulty: Normal-Extreme
Weapons Allowed: Knife, Handgun, Steel Pipe
Go ahead and challenge yourself and see how quickly you get yourself stuck in a situation. There are a few rules to follow when doing this challenge that I decided to take note on...and this applies to all 3 games:
1 ~ You must follow the guidelines exactly, no exceptions (Difficulty is an exception if you want to "test the waters" first)
2 ~ If you cannot complete the challenge for whatever reason, then the challenge is declared impossible to accomplish, etc.
3 ~ Screw the Star Ranking system, it's not going to matter anyway.
4 ~ Have fun scaring yourself half to death when one of your plans go wrong and a boss almost kills you.
And an update - I finally found videos for Silent Hill 5, so take a look at the SH5 thread for the vids.