kinda screwed (at merry go round boss)

Post by **efr100** » 21 Feb 2010

I am facing the boss and my problem is...I am out of ammo for machine gun, i have one shell for shotgun, and maybe 15-20 for handgun. What makes this situation much worse is that my health is in the orange and i have NOOO health products to help me out.

This happened to me for Silent Hill 1 when i faced the boss. Why must i get screwed each time I play these games?

Are there ANY possible ways to get around this? i refuse to start over just because i cant find health

Post by **SPRINGS02** » 21 Feb 2010

hmm well you still have your melee weapons right? so use em but your gonna also have to block and dodge almost everything, its gonna be a pain but its possible. Haven't played 3 in a while but how did you get to the merry go round with no health and hardly any ammo? you don't have to kill every monster ya know(well unless you're trying to get the possessed ending)

Post by **efr100** » 21 Feb 2010

i did a bad job trying to conserve health and ammo, i forgot which part it was but it took a lot of health away from me.

When i didnt have health i used all my ammo, when i didnt have ammo i used all my health

Post by **simeonalo** » 21 Feb 2010

Wrong Section.

Post by **sumcaker** » 21 Feb 2010

This really should be in the 'Daddy...Help me!' section.

What difficulty are you playing the game on?

Post by **efr100** » 21 Feb 2010

normal

and my apologies for posting this in the wrong section

Post by **alone in the town** » 21 Feb 2010

It's certainly possible to win this fight without ammo.

I practically never use firearms in this game, myself.

Post by **sumcaker** » 21 Feb 2010

I would just equip the Body armor, use the katana, have good dodging and blocking abilitys and when she equips the sub-machine gun, dont let her have any range or she will just drop you like a mo-fo. Thats all I can say im afraid as I havent played SH3 in quite a while.

Post by **Aldo** » 21 Feb 2010

It's been a whlie, but I remember messing up and wasting most of my health packs on the fight. Then when I was at the final part of the game I had nothing to heal myself with, so I went back and redid the fight, and here's what I did:

Before the fight started I was at full health, I used no firearms during the fight at all, since Alessa can just block them, I got in close and used melee weapons the whole fight...and no, I didnt use the Katana since it's too slow, I'm pretty sure I used the lead pipe. As long as you make good use of the block button and time your attacks just right you should make it through the fight. It does get a might tricky when she pulls out the fire arms, but then you just have to use the horses as protection when she's firing at you.

As for the problem of not having health...do you have a safe that's earlier in the carnival level with more health? Silent Hill 3 was the first SH I played where I avoided the majority of the non-boss monsters. If they werent directly in my path I just ran.

Post by **Mephisto** » 21 Feb 2010

Merry Go Round? I think you're fighting against the Memory of Alessa, eh? Well, just use the katana and everything will be fine, but since you don't have health drinks it can be a pain in the ass. Make sure to dodge and block all her attacks, and when she grabs one of the guns to use it on you just keep slicing her nonstop. Good luck man.

Post by **Aldo** » 22 Feb 2010

I had trouble with the katana, since it's so slow to use. I got her with the lead pipe.

Post by **ControlFreak** » 22 Feb 2010

Moving to the right section - hang on everyone.

Post by **sumcaker** » 22 Feb 2010

Thank God for that, I can finally sleep at night again. : )

I would say that the Katana may be slow but IMO it makes up for it in power.

Post by **Aldo** » 22 Feb 2010

That it may, but having extra power doesn't help if you're taking twice as much damage.

Post by **sumcaker** » 22 Feb 2010

it takes about half a second to hit someone and about a second to recover with the katana, I wouldn't exacly call that slow IMO, as I am pretty sure there are much slower weapons.

I would say average speed, not slow

Post by **Mephisto** » 23 Feb 2010

The katana is quick. You wanna use a slow weapon? Try to use the maul, it sucks.

Post by **SHF** » 23 Feb 2010

give us an exact list of your weapons, so we can better help you.

Post by **Aldo** » 23 Feb 2010

Still, it wasn't my weapon of choice.

Post by **efr100** » 23 Feb 2010

i got the maul, katana, lead pipe, knife, uhhh as from what i can remember on the top of my head thats all the melee i got, ill give it another go with the katana, but if keep throwing out suggestions and tips that may help me survive this

Post by **Aldo** » 24 Feb 2010

I'm sure with some more practice I could have mastered it. It just didn't work for my play style. I stuck with the lead pipe for most of the game.

In fact SH3 was the first game where I avoided most confrontations altogether.