I'm confused by the ending! Spoiler Alert!!!!!

[CptWesker07]

After I kill Maria or whatever the hell that thing is, James instantly teleports back into his car and then he looks in the backseat of his car then the way it sounds he drives off a cliff and dies in the ocean, am I right?

[Shaelent]

Yes, he dies in the In Water ending because he couldn't overcome his guilt for killing Mary.

[Vagrant]

Yes.

[Ricback2]

Why are you confused about it? I thought the scene could not be more clear. He even narrates everything.

Anyways, SH2 has roughly half a dozen of different endings. Keep playing it.

[CptWesker07]

Originally posted by Ricback2:

Why are you confused about it? I thought the scene could not be more clear. He even narrates everything.

Anyways, SH2 has roughly half a dozen of different endings. Keep playing it.

I'm confused by the fact that james spent pretty much all day in silent hill surviving and killing monsters just to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kill himself at the end. That's the dumbest ♥♥♥♥ ever!

[Prince-of-Nothing]

the ending that you got is "still" which is a alternate version of "in water" in which he never accepts that he is the reason mary is dead.

[Losername]

Originally posted by CptWesker07:

I'm confused by the fact that james spent pretty much all day in silent hill surviving and killing monsters just to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kill himself at the end. That's the dumbest ♥♥♥♥ ever!

He spent all day in Silent Hill because he was looking for his wife. He couldn't accept she was dead. Finally he accepted she was dead, and that he killed her. He was so sad he killed himself. That's the whole point.

There are many different endings depending on what actions you take through the game.

[Grubbs008]

Originally posted by Shaelent:

Yes, he dies in the In Water ending because he couldn't overcome his guilt for killing Mary.

Correction, he dies in every ending. Because he's more then likely dead before he even enters the town.

[Shaelent]

Originally posted by Grubbs008:

Originally posted by Shaelent:

Yes, he dies in the In Water ending because he couldn't overcome his guilt for killing Mary.

Correction, he dies in every ending. Because he's more then likely dead before he even enters the town.

That's a theory I see most often but I personally like to believe he drove to Silent Hill with Mary in the back of his car to kill himself hence the In Water ending. Ultimately his fate is up to the players choice for what ending they think makes the most sense to them.

[Sekhem]

Originally posted by Prince-of-Nothing:

the ending that you got is "still" which is a alternate version of "in water" in which he never accepts that he is the reason mary is dead.

No, in that ending Mary reaches out from the backseat and touches him. It's In Water because that's the ending where he looks back there. In any case, James really only accepts responsibility for his actions in the Leave ending. Mary never wanted James to drown himself (obviously) and James doesn't believe in suicide (hence him stopping Angela and his later comments on the subject). Laura represents what is left of Mary and taking care of her is James taking responsibility and not going back to his alcoholic drinking, suicidal ideation, or (in the NG+ endings like Rebirth) worship of the Old Gods.

[Shaelent]

Originally posted by CptWesker07:

Originally posted by Ricback2:

Why are you confused about it? I thought the scene could not be more clear. He even narrates everything.

Anyways, SH2 has roughly half a dozen of different endings. Keep playing it.

I'm confused by the fact that james spent pretty much all day in silent hill surviving and killing monsters just to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kill himself at the end. That's the dumbest ♥♥♥♥ ever!

The monsters play a part in that realisation as they each have a metaphorical meaning to them, so in hindsight it's not dumb.

[angstlicht]

Originally posted by Grubbs008:

Correction, he dies in every ending.

'go on with your life'

this isn't even kinda true for most of the endings. even if you accepted the entire game as the after life, that'd mean the game starts *after* he dies. the only endings where he's "shown" to die at the ending in specific are in water and maybe the new vhs tape one. and maybe the ufo raygun kills him instead of knocking him out, lmao.

[River Victor]

Yes. He died but not in the ocean. It’s the Toluca Lake. He parked the car at the observation point, a cliff just above it. It’s very easy to drive down there.