Game Basics

Weapons

Knife

Location: Initially in your inventory
Range: Melee
Damage: Low
Speed: High
Description: The knife is only useful until you get the steel pipe. It's not very accurate, and does little damage. Use it only if you're almost out of ammo.

Handgun

Location: Normal mall, after fighting your first closer
Range: Medium to high
Damage: Medium
Speed: High
Description: A trustworthy friend. Very useful for fighting lone monsters, especially those damn double-heads.

Steel Pipe

Location: Dark mall, in the bar south of the bookstore.
Range: Melee
Damage: Medium
Speed: Medium
Description: The pipe is not a bad weapon at all. It can be very useful against numb bodies and closers. Not a good idea to use it against a group.

Shotgun

Location: Train on platform 2 in the subway station.
Range: Short to medium
Damage: Medium to high
Speed: Medium
Description: The shotgun should mainly be used against groups of smaller enemies or one big enemy. Its main downside is its low accuracy.

Maul

Location: Underground passage, in the room where you got the map.
Range: Melee
Damage: High
Speed: Low
Description: The maul is just too slow to be useful. It's a lot like the big knife in Silent Hill 2--nice damage, but almost impossible to use.

Katana

Location: 5th floor of the office building, in the art gallery.
Range: Melee
Damage: Medium to high
Speed: High
Description: The best melee weapon by far. It has the speed and accuracy of the knife, the power of the maul and a fairly good range.

Stun Gun

Location: Heather's bedroom.
Range: Very short
Damage: Medium to high
Speed: Low
Description: A pretty girl like Heather needs some self-defense, even in normal life. This weapon might be powerful, but it's a real pain to use. Unless you can master it, you'll hardly ever use it.

Submachine Gun

Location: Basement of the hospital.
Range: Good
Damage: High
Speed: Very high
Description: Now THIS is what I'm talking about! This baby is sure to chop any foe to tiny pieces in seconds. While firing, you can press up and down to aim up and down, a must for killing double-heads and pendulums. The only downside is the lack of ammo.

Secret weapons are listed in the Secrets section of this Game Guide.