New attacks in Hard Mode?

Post by **adamblue** » 12 Jul 2006

Hey guys,
I was just recently playing SH2 on hard action mode and I noticed that some enemies used attacks on me that I had never seen before or engaged in some new behaviour and I just wanted to see if they're exclusive to hard mode or ift's just something that for whatever reason never occured on my many other playthroughs.
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I'm also gonna try to keep this spoiler free.
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Examples-
Flesh Lips, the hanging creatures from Brookhaven- I had only ever seen them try to strangle James. This time they would rear back for a much faster swing kick attack that took me totally off guard.
Nurses- They didn't have new attacks, but they grouped up which I had never seen before and if one of them hit the other while trying to attack James, it would actually damage it and cause it to bend backwards in a different way than if James hit it.
Final Boss- It would extend a long black phallic body part and use it like a whip to strike James. Same body part that it uses to choke James, but different attack.
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Any one else seen these, an if so, do they only happen on Hard mode?

Post by **The Adversary** » 12 Jul 2006

>Flesh Lips
Exclusive to Hard mode.

>Nurses
In Hard mode, there are many more nurses, so they naturally group together. However, if you can manage them to hit one another, it will cause damage in any mode--it's just more likely in Hard mode.

>Final Boss
It'll always do that, it's just not very common.

James has a few special attacks of his own on Hard mode, too--notably with the steel pipe.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 12 Jul 2006

St. Thomas wrote:>Flesh Lips
Exclusive to Hard mode.

>Nurses
In Hard mode, there are many more nurses, so they naturally group together. However, if you can manage them to hit one another, it will cause damage in any mode--it's just more likely in Hard mode.

>Final Boss
It'll always do that, it's just not very common.

James has a few special attacks of his own on Hard mode, too--notably with the steel pipe.

Are in HARD MODE new attacks with chainsaw.

Post by **Beast in your Nightmares** » 13 Jul 2006

i would like to know what these are, the chainsaw and steel pipe attacks.

Post by **rusted** » 13 Jul 2006

uumm.. it's HARD mode.
i never noticed significant differences. The only ones are the damn bunch of nurses, are a pain in the ass.

Post by **Scottie_Neptune** » 13 Jul 2006

i never really noticed that, hm

Post by **Yana** » 13 Jul 2006

I noticed the flesh lips, they freaked me out . Creepy. I also noticed that whip attack the Mary/Maria demon had, I don't think ive seen her do it before in easy/normal modes, as she doesnt even get chance because shes so easy to kill.

Post by **adamblue** » 13 Jul 2006

St. Thomas wrote:>Flesh Lips
Exclusive to Hard mode.

>Nurses
In Hard mode, there are many more nurses, so they naturally group together. However, if you can manage them to hit one another, it will cause damage in any mode--it's just more likely in Hard mode.

>Final Boss
It'll always do that, it's just not very common.

James has a few special attacks of his own on Hard mode, too--notably with the steel pipe.

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Yeah I noticed the new steel pipe attack but I thought I had somehow missed it before. James swings the pipe side to side much like the wooden plank. This makes it very useful, especially since I was playing without the bullet multiplier and was trying to save ammo. It definitely makes the steel pipe more effective. I activated it while in readiness stance by holding square and x.
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Thanks for the replies guys!

Post by **swedish** » 13 Jul 2006

St. Thomas wrote:>Flesh Lips
Exclusive to Hard mode.

>Nurses
In Hard mode, there are many more nurses, so they naturally group together. However, if you can manage them to hit one another, it will cause damage in any mode--it's just more likely in Hard mode.

>Final Boss
It'll always do that, it's just not very common.

James has a few special attacks of his own on Hard mode, too--notably with the steel pipe.

That sucks that alot of the neat stuff is exclusive only to hard mode. That kinda works like Devil May Cry 3, like when Virgil can only summon those ring of blue swords around him only in Dante Must Die mode.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 16 Jul 2006

St. Thomas wrote:>Flesh Lips
Exclusive to Hard mode.

Nope, happens on NORMAL as well. Maybe it differs from version to version? It happened to me in Inner Fears for Xbox.

Post by **batmanhill6157** » 16 Jul 2006

>Nurses
In Hard mode, there are many more nurses, so they naturally group together. However, if you can manage them to hit one another, it will cause damage in any mode--it's just more likely in Hard mode.

damn those were a pain in the ass

Post by **The Adversary** » 16 Jul 2006

>Nope, happens on NORMAL as well.
Really? I guess it's been awhile so it's a possibility, and I've no way of verifying it here.

Post by **MeatyDistraction** » 16 Jul 2006

Black Vault wrote:
St. Thomas wrote:>Flesh Lips
Exclusive to Hard mode.
Nope, happens on NORMAL as well. Maybe it differs from version to version? It happened to me in Inner Fears for Xbox.

"Inner Fears", what?

Post by **The Adversary** » 16 Jul 2006

European Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.

Post by **Darkest Dream** » 17 Jul 2006

probably you people didn't notice that but nurse hardly opt a thrust attack. nurse often uses swinging attack than thrust. still, they do a thrust attack.

Post by **Fungo** » 18 Jul 2006

The only thing I notice different about hard mode is that James will run into walls.

All the other things you described are normal to all versions of the game (easy, normal, and hard).

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 19 Jul 2006

Yeah, I noticed the wall-slamming too. Instead of just attacking throught the wall, James' weapon knocks back just as if he hit a monster. I've also noticed that Lying Figures uses their acid like it was a wall.