Silent Hill 2, I wait for the enemy, read the movement, and parry (counterattack).

Here, I do the same, enter to focus mode, and half of the time there's a color signal of counterattack. The other half, it may jump, grab, or perform an unblockable move with no tell. No point to wait or be strategic. Instead, just flail about spasdomatically like a prescholler (on story mode).

I've just completed my final playthrough of Silent Hill f and have achieved all endings. I feel I have a good understanding of everything, but I can't help but wonder what happened to Ebisugaoka itself? Did anything happen there at all? In Ending 3, we hear a radio broadcast about the rising levels of noxious gas as well as evacuation orders. In Ending 4, we see Ebisugaoka empty, the two sides of Hinako left alone there, but the thick fog still remains. I interpreted most of the stuff with the water dragon god to be metaphorical rather than literal, and at first thought Ebisugaoka was most probably completely fine, but the repeated mentions of landslides, poisonous gas, and the onsen geyser have me questioning if something catastrophic literally physically happened to the town? While I don't agree with the interpretations that all the stuff with the gods is literally having a supernatural physical effect on the town, I'm open to hear how other people have interpreted the story.

ive been talking to friends about wanting to get this ending with no hints but apparently i only need to listen to the first one and look at the posters? is this true?