Needler
Description:
It appears humanoid, but its arms and legs are replaced with very sharp blades which it uses to walk around, as well as to attack. These blades are grafted onto the severed wrists and ankles of the creature. However, its legs are double-jointed. It seems as though its head had been removed, especially evident as it approaches the character. However, its sharp-mawed mouth is located between its legs.
Method of Attack:
It is wise to try to eliminate them with a firearm rather than melee combat when in groups. Two to four head shots will be enough to defeat them. Facing a lone Needler is a rather easy process.
If the player chooses to use melee weapons to fight a Needler, they should wait for the enemy to attack and quickly evade to one of its sides and proceed to attack with the players choice of an Axe, Crowbar or knife. It is possible to defeat the Needler with a single axe hit. This can be achieved by walking straight into him, dodging and immediately unleashing a single heavy attack.
The Axe gives out greater damage at a slower pace, but the Crowbar still deals a good bit of damage at an alarming rate. A suggestion would be to use the Crowbar and a set of Heavy attacks, along with timed dodging.
Attacking Needlers that are hanging from the ceiling is exceedingly more difficult, and it's best to wait for them to return to the ground. They can block attacks and gunshots using their blades if attacked from the front. They can also grab characters if they are close and attempt a high damage attack.
Symbolism:
Its head is located between its legs, a design choice that, when combined with its reclining posture and stirrup-like leg blades, may be intended to viscerally symbolize childbirth--a constant theme in the Silent Hill series, and a particularly emergent theme in Silent Hill: Homecoming. The "needles" themselves may be expressions of the surgical orbitoclasts used in a frontal lobotomy, or simply represent hypodermic needles used to inject pyschotropic medications. The severed head might also foreshadow the manner of Joshua Shepherd's death: a broken neck.
Reasons for Manifestation:
• Any of the reasons similar to the plight illustrated above.
Area:
• Grand Hotel
• Sewers of Shepherd's Glen
• Overlook Penitenciary
~Taken originally from the Silent Hill Wiki
Description:
It appears humanoid, but its arms and legs are replaced with very sharp blades which it uses to walk around, as well as to attack. These blades are grafted onto the severed wrists and ankles of the creature. However, its legs are double-jointed. It seems as though its head had been removed, especially evident as it approaches the character. However, its sharp-mawed mouth is located between its legs.
Method of Attack:
It is wise to try to eliminate them with a firearm rather than melee combat when in groups. Two to four head shots will be enough to defeat them. Facing a lone Needler is a rather easy process.
If the player chooses to use melee weapons to fight a Needler, they should wait for the enemy to attack and quickly evade to one of its sides and proceed to attack with the players choice of an Axe, Crowbar or knife. It is possible to defeat the Needler with a single axe hit. This can be achieved by walking straight into him, dodging and immediately unleashing a single heavy attack.
The Axe gives out greater damage at a slower pace, but the Crowbar still deals a good bit of damage at an alarming rate. A suggestion would be to use the Crowbar and a set of Heavy attacks, along with timed dodging.
Attacking Needlers that are hanging from the ceiling is exceedingly more difficult, and it's best to wait for them to return to the ground. They can block attacks and gunshots using their blades if attacked from the front. They can also grab characters if they are close and attempt a high damage attack.
Symbolism:
Its head is located between its legs, a design choice that, when combined with its reclining posture and stirrup-like leg blades, may be intended to viscerally symbolize childbirth--a constant theme in the Silent Hill series, and a particularly emergent theme in Silent Hill: Homecoming. The "needles" themselves may be expressions of the surgical orbitoclasts used in a frontal lobotomy, or simply represent hypodermic needles used to inject pyschotropic medications. The severed head might also foreshadow the manner of Joshua Shepherd's death: a broken neck.
Reasons for Manifestation:
• Any of the reasons similar to the plight illustrated above.
Area:
• Grand Hotel
• Sewers of Shepherd's Glen
• Overlook Penitenciary
~Taken originally from the Silent Hill Wiki
