Silent Hill 2

- Patients are better avoided when you can.

- Your escort mission can be quick if you run to the building and she will spawn there in a cutscene.

- There was a hole here, but you won't use it.

- Monsters live under the floor so you better run.

- Don't keep shooting Pyramid Head when he retreats into the floor.

- At one point you cross the lake. Look at the letter after you do this.

- Play on normal gameplay and normal puzzle difficulty first playthrough. (extreme mode is seriously EXTREME!! There is literally a calculus puzzle on extreme)

- Avoid using bullets as much as possible.

- Learn to dodge enemies when running through the streets of Silent Hill.

- Save as much as possible via safepoints.

- Always check backalleys, benches, and nooks for health items and ammo.

- Recommend replaying the game because each ending is interesting and meaningful and you can miss a whole lot the first playthrough. There is a lot of depth in the silent hill 2 if you care about that kind of stuff.

- Also keep an eye on James' head. He always looks at items that he passes. If he's not looking straight ahead, then there's something to collect in the general direction that he's looking.