In the opening at the start, you can see james shaking and holding his hand. He does the same after killing eddie, which shows that he just freshly killed mary.
If you haven't gathered, there isn't really indicator that James was unfaithful to Mary. We know that he lasted three years going through emotional torment watching his wife die slowly. Maria was a construct created by Silent Hill. She is an ideal version of Mary who isn't sick and is healthy.
Yeah people told me that! But I loved the story I was building in my head of his guilt, I reckon it could've been an amazing twist... not that it wasn't already an amazing journey as it was.
Fun fact: if you use free cam and no clip to the back of the car, you can see mary's body on the back of the car since the start of the game. That also confirms that its not been three years, just barely three days, James came to just unalive himself but started to dissociative (that in fact, you can see the recent ring's mark on James finger) and thats how the game starts
The personal interpretation after reading a lot of psychoanalysis about Silent Hill 2 and also "Crime and Punishment" i've come to the following conclusion: BEWARE: SPOILERS!!! - Silent Hill is a place that calls deeply troubled ppl and manifests their own personal Hell and makes you face them - It is widely accepted that James learned about the History of Silent Hill (especially about Pyramid Head) while on Vacation with Mary. - Because of his guilt and grief he needs someone to punish him for his crimes - So his personal hell, ie Silent Hill, makes him watch how the Punisher (Pyramid Head) kills the idealised Version of his late wife, over and over again to punish him and accept what he did - Which is also why after the fight with the two Pyramid Heads they kill themself's, because they are no longer needed - James is a bad narrator. He says its been 3 Years but its only been 3 days since he killed her - Mary is in the back seat of the car - After killing her he was in a frantic state and something in his mind broke because of the grief and guilt from killing her. Because of the mental break he gives into his dellusions. - If you check in from time to time and try to read the letter you will see that the letter is gone at some point, which explains the dellusion part (getting a letter from his wife) - If you get called to Silent Hill, you will experience your own personal hell and no one else can see that. HOWEVER - In special cases you can pass over to other peoples Version (think the Eddy boss fight or the flaming/burning World of Angela) - Laura doesnt see the monsters or the horror, because she is innocent - Only James can see Maria, Maria is a figment of his imagination combined with his mental state and the fact that silent hill manifests different aspects of his psyche, driven by his guilt & wish for punishment - James was never to be seen as a Hero, he is a deeply flawed person with a lot of heavy sins and problems. And if such a person can be fogiven is up the player All in all Silent Hill 2 is one of my favorite stories. It mixes one of the greatest premises ever told (Crime and Punishment) with the question: - What would happen if a place can manifest your own demons and can you attain enlightenment and forgivness for it or not? Thats my 2 cents :).
That actually works rather than *SPOILERS FOR SH1*: - Alessa Gillespie created Silent Hill because of her own emotions cursing the whole town together with her mother’s cultish ramblings. Though it’s the same as SH2, SH1 only focuses on cult cursing the town by sacrificing an innocent girl. Though i like SH1 more than 2, 2 is a masterpiece of storytelling because it hits close to home.
@@carltasticdrew9633 True, you could make it work if you argue that Alessa has a God inside of her. So her influence is different and more powerful. But yeah it’s a bit of a leap.
In the opening at the start, you can see james shaking and holding his hand.
He does the same after killing eddie, which shows that he just freshly killed mary.
Omg that’s such a cool little detail!
If you haven't gathered, there isn't really indicator that James was unfaithful to Mary. We know that he lasted three years going through emotional torment watching his wife die slowly.
Maria was a construct created by Silent Hill. She is an ideal version of Mary who isn't sick and is healthy.
Yeah people told me that! But I loved the story I was building in my head of his guilt, I reckon it could've been an amazing twist... not that it wasn't already an amazing journey as it was.
Fun fact: if you use free cam and no clip to the back of the car, you can see mary's body on the back of the car since the start of the game.
That also confirms that its not been three years, just barely three days, James came to just unalive himself but started to dissociative (that in fact, you can see the recent ring's mark on James finger) and thats how the game starts
Yea! We used one of the NG+ filters go see the backseat more clearly. This game is so deep it’s amazing.
Angela is here because Silent Hill isn't done to you, it's what you do to yourself.
It took me almost 25 hours to complete the game for the first time.
Love it!
Wheres other endings, i came for some reaction(
The personal interpretation after reading a lot of psychoanalysis about Silent Hill 2 and also "Crime and Punishment" i've come to the following conclusion:
BEWARE: SPOILERS!!!
- Silent Hill is a place that calls deeply troubled ppl and manifests their own personal Hell and makes you face them
- It is widely accepted that James learned about the History of Silent Hill (especially about Pyramid Head) while on Vacation with Mary.
- Because of his guilt and grief he needs someone to punish him for his crimes
- So his personal hell, ie Silent Hill, makes him watch how the Punisher (Pyramid Head) kills the idealised Version of his late wife, over and over again to punish him and accept what he did
- Which is also why after the fight with the two Pyramid Heads they kill themself's, because they are no longer needed
- James is a bad narrator. He says its been 3 Years but its only been 3 days since he killed her
- Mary is in the back seat of the car
- After killing her he was in a frantic state and something in his mind broke because of the grief and guilt from killing her. Because of the mental break he gives into his dellusions.
- If you check in from time to time and try to read the letter you will see that the letter is gone at some point, which explains the dellusion part (getting a letter from his wife)
- If you get called to Silent Hill, you will experience your own personal hell and no one else can see that. HOWEVER
- In special cases you can pass over to other peoples Version (think the Eddy boss fight or the flaming/burning World of Angela)
- Laura doesnt see the monsters or the horror, because she is innocent
- Only James can see Maria, Maria is a figment of his imagination combined with his mental state and the fact that silent hill manifests different aspects of his psyche, driven by his guilt & wish for punishment
- James was never to be seen as a Hero, he is a deeply flawed person with a lot of heavy sins and problems. And if such a person can be fogiven is up the player
All in all Silent Hill 2 is one of my favorite stories. It mixes one of the greatest premises ever told (Crime and Punishment) with the question:
- What would happen if a place can manifest your own demons and can you attain enlightenment and forgivness for it or not?
Thats my 2 cents :).
That actually works rather than *SPOILERS FOR SH1*:
- Alessa Gillespie created Silent Hill because of her own emotions cursing the whole town together with her mother’s cultish ramblings. Though it’s the same as SH2, SH1 only focuses on cult cursing the town by sacrificing an innocent girl.
Though i like SH1 more than 2, 2 is a masterpiece of storytelling because it hits close to home.
@@carltasticdrew9633 True, you could make it work if you argue that Alessa has a God inside of her. So her influence is different and more powerful. But yeah it’s a bit of a leap.
I really dont understand how you can put all these hours into the game. And then would rather watch chat than the actual ending of the game.
You don't understeand nothing the story to silent hill 2?
REACT OTHER ENDING!
Or play to get them 👀
@@shivjamVODs YESSS
@@shivjamVODs ALREADY SUBS!
i had the leave ending with Laura 🥲 TOP GAME!! 👌
I’ve seen that one 😭 much better than mine…