maria ending is so bad

[Comae®]

seriously
"take care about that cough"
the end
seriously guys ?
how can you make a game WITHOUT GIVING TO THE PLAYER A REAL ENDING ?
10 seconds, one line, the end, wtf ?!?
Its like a "fck u we had no ideas" ending xD

[Settings]

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

[Harry]

Originally posted by Settings:

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

Time loop theory has been disproven time and time again

[Smeagoleyes]

Originally posted by Settings:

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

Nice, a disproven theory to argue for a lazy ending.

[Settings]

Originally posted by Harry:

Originally posted by Settings:

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

Time loop theory has been disproven time and time again

Aight, where? I'd love to hear about that if you have some good links for me dude.

[Smeagoleyes]

Originally posted by Settings:

Originally posted by Harry:

Time loop theory has been disproven time and time again

Aight, where? I'd love to hear about that if you have some good links for me dude.

Ahh right, the true silent hill fans now need proof of something they already would have known if they were true silent hill fans.

[DohItAgain]

Originally posted by Harry:

Originally posted by Settings:

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

Time loop theory has been disproven time and time again

That's not a time loop. That is literally the intended read of the ending, same as it was on the OG PS2 version. He takes Maria home, didn't move on, and Maria gets the same sickness Mary had. Time isn't looping here.

[Rastrelly]

Ah, they are dunking on the original now. Adorable.

[Settings]

Originally posted by DohItAgain:

Originally posted by Harry:

Time loop theory has been disproven time and time again

That's not a time loop. That is literally the intended read of the ending, same as it was on the OG PS2 version. He takes Maria home, didn't move on, and Maria gets the same sickness Mary had. Time isn't looping here.

There we gooo~

Someone who knows the difference between the words "Cycle" and "Loop." James repeating the cycle doesn't mean he's traveling back in time and starting over. He's committing the same sin a second time with no remorse, he'll suffer for it a second time too.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by Settings:

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

It's not Lung Cancer. It may be some form of Cancer but not Lung, as it causes intense scabbing on the skin and hair loss. It's most likely some form of Leprosy or Autoimmune disease.

Guy Cihi says he asked one of the developers about it and they told him it's some rare terminal form of Eczema or Melanoma.

[Nani!?!?]

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

Originally posted by Settings:

Sooo... didn't pay much attention to the game's plot then? Quick summary in spoilers to make it make sense.

James murdered his wife because she was suffering from lung cancer and he was tired of caring for her, dealing with her ♥♥♥♥, and watching her suffer. He carries a mix of guilt and anger about the situation because while he is aware that what he did was wrong a part of him feels justified.

Maria is a manifestation of his ideal version of his late wife created to test his dedication to her. By leaving with Maria he has failed this test and succumbed to his own selfishness and personal desires rather than redeeming himself by finally staying true to his late wife.

Maria coughs to imply that she is also sick and that the cycle will soon repeat itself until James learns his lesson. The line, "Take care about that cough" is meant to indicate that James has not changed, has let go of his guilt and regret, and is now actively threatening to kill Maria too if she finds herself in the same position as his late wife did.

It's not Lung Cancer. It may be some form of Cancer but not Lung, as it causes intense scabbing on the skin and hair loss. It's most likely some form of Leprosy or Autoimmune disease.

Guy Cihi says he asked one of the developers about it and they told him it's some rare terminal form of Eczema or Melanoma.

Way I remember it he never says what the disease is, just calls it "The sickness" or somethin. I know his wife has a really bad cough before she dies though so the reading of the Maria ending stands.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by Nani!?!?:

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

It's not Lung Cancer. It may be some form of Cancer but not Lung, as it causes intense scabbing on the skin and hair loss. It's most likely some form of Leprosy or Autoimmune disease.

Guy Cihi says he asked one of the developers about it and they told him it's some rare terminal form of Eczema or Melanoma.

Way I remember it he never says what the disease is, just calls it "The sickness" or somethin. I know his wife has a really bad cough before she dies though so the reading of the Maria ending stands.

She has really bad skin scarring in the Leave ending (and also the In Water ending in the OG), and also thinning hair and she's emaciated.

[Nani!?!?]

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

Originally posted by Nani!?!?:

Way I remember it he never says what the disease is, just calls it "The sickness" or somethin. I know his wife has a really bad cough before she dies though so the reading of the Maria ending stands.

She has really bad skin scarring in the Leave ending (and also the In Water ending in the OG), and also thinning hair and she's emaciated.

Tracks with cancer then. You said one of the devs may have called it a really bad form of melanoma right? I wonder than if Maria coughing is a symptom of the same disease or just to imply that she is also sick since coughing is the most obvious outward symptom of early onset illness.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by Nani!?!?:

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

She has really bad skin scarring in the Leave ending (and also the In Water ending in the OG), and also thinning hair and she's emaciated.

Tracks with cancer then. You said one of the devs may have called it a really bad form of melanoma right? I wonder than if Maria coughing is a symptom of the same disease or just to imply that she is also sick since coughing is the most obvious outward symptom of early onset illness.

It tracks with cancer if she's being given cancer treatment, I.E chemo and radiation. We don't know what the extent of her treatment is. It's possible she was given none other than prescriptions because her doctor clearly states in the OG recording that "There is still no effective treatment for her condition."

[Comae®]

I dont care if there is a loop or not, I just say the ending is an insult to players who did the game.

[River Victor]

Originally posted by Harry:

Time loop theory has been disproven time and time again

It's not a time loop. The events in Silent Hill does not repeat itself over and over, except Maria's repeated deaths, as she IS the punishment. Maria is going to get sick again for sure, as the achievement for getting this ending is called "Vicious Circle." James knew subconsciously that she's a manifestation of his punishment but choose her anyway in hope that it changes, but it won't. Hence the name.