Silent Hill 2 for PS2

By Justin Payne

Copyright January 2007

======================

How to beat Pyramid Head in the long hallway (Hard Mode)

===========================================================================

Equip the lead pipe. Walk just past the first corner and turn around, get-

ting yourself in between Maria and PH, and start whacking PH. He will cont-

inue to march in place, but after several hits he will walk more slowly.

At this point, you can hit him a few more, or just turn and run to the

next corner. Again, get yourself between Maria and PH, and start hitting

him again. When you see the tell-tale slow down of his walking in place,

itís time to move again. This way you can get past the U-turn at the red

fence, and after that, you should be able to run the rest of the way to

the elevator in time. The only problem is sometimes Maria gets herself

in the way, blocking you from running down the hallway after youíve

slowed PH down. One time I ran into her so hard she grunted, which I

think would count as one the five or so hits she can take before dying.

But if that happens, just keep hitting PH while he pushes you and think

about how you can move to get into better position. As long as heís slow

walking, he doesnít stab right away when you stop hitting him, so you can

move real quick, and start hitting again. Youíre repositioned, Mariaís

clear, you slow him down again, and then run to the next corner. After

trying the ìjust runî method (Alex FAQ/Walkthrough) and the ìuse the chain-

saw and let him push you down the hallway backwards methodî (JackSpade FAQ)

dozens of times, this one took just two attempts to get right (I only blew

it the first time because I started the final run a little to early and

Maria bought it).