Monster

[Eggchin]

Is it wrong that I still like James? Does it make me a monster?

[Doom of Judgment]

People like Homelander, People like Negan, People like Shane. Nothing wrong with liking a character, Not exactly great to follow in the footsteps of em, but nothing wrong with when someone plays a character well.

[Moogal™]

To say that James is a bad character is just plain wrong in my opinion, and i finished all endings of OG (and Born from a Wish too).

[Moogal™]

Originally posted by Doom of Judgment:

People like Homelander, People like Negan, People like Shane. Nothing wrong with liking a character, Not exactly great to follow in the footsteps of em, but nothing wrong with when someone plays a character well.

Nothing like those characters at all. Given i do not know the first of them.

[Doom of Judgment]

Originally posted by Moogal™:

Originally posted by Doom of Judgment:

People like Homelander, People like Negan, People like Shane. Nothing wrong with liking a character, Not exactly great to follow in the footsteps of em, but nothing wrong with when someone plays a character well.

Nothing like those characters at all. Given i do not know the first of them.

XD i'm giving examples dog, not everything needs to be compared, they are all villains in their own way, dude killed his wife, not exactly your most friendly neighborhood James. For real, who the hell was comparing, I'm saying they are all well voice acted, and interesting enough to actually be appreciated as character, I know James can't fly and execute thousands of people with eye lasers you dolt XD.

[Eggchin]

Originally posted by Moogal™:

To say that James is a bad character is just plain wrong in my opinion, and i finished all endings of OG (and Born from a Wish too).

Didn't he murder his wife? And other naughty things

[John Showdown]

James absolutely *is* a "bad" character (in a karma kind of way). The reason a lot of us will still like James, is because he's simply relatable. Which is likely what you're experiencing here. Even if you didn't do what he did, or experience what he did, or don't even agree with everything he did, you might still have empathy for James and that makes you like him as a character even more.

So no, you are not a monster, I like James too, even if he's a terrible, perverse, delusional loser.

[Eggchin]

Originally posted by John Showdown:

James absolutely *is* a "bad" character (in a karma kind of way). The reason a lot of us will still like James, is because he's simply relatable. Which is likely what you're experiencing here. Even if you didn't do what he did, or experience what he did, or don't even agree with everything he did, you might still have empathy for James and that makes you like him as a character even more.

So no, you are not a monster, I like James too, even if he's a terrible, perverse, delusional loser.

His sick wife wanted to die though and he just assisted her with it.

[Black Hole]

He deserved his punishment punishment in the end though.

I always get the leave ending but I feel the water ending makes the most sense for a true ending if there ever was one, but I feel the most emotional ending and my preferred is the leave ending hearing the mary va actual start to cry because of how powerful the letter was towards her husband has had everyone with a heart in tears listening too that for the first few times playing when this was released and to this day gets me deep.

Not a lot of games have this kind of endings this one has, and this team even added 2 more.

[Eggchin]

Oh

[Peek-A-Boo!]

You can either condemn him or sympathize with him — it all depends on your perspective. James isn't pure evil for me; he's a deeply troubled character who had his own inner demons and reasons for doing what he did. That doesn't excuse his actions, of course, but it shouldn't stop us from trying to understand him.
Personally, I believe he paid the price for what he did — and then some — by ending up in Silent Hill. On top of that, he genuinely loved his wife, no matter how much hatred clouded his vision at times. In the end, he was searching for closure with her. He came to Silent Hill FOR HER, to either reunite with her or to ask her genuine forgiveness (Depends on ending you choose). So, as a player, I'm willing to forgive him.

[Eggchin]

His wife wanted to die though all he did was help.

[Black Hole]

Not true, she didn't truly want to die, she tells you this so unless you haven't beaten the game you would be wrong.

He still killed his own wife even if she was gonna die for sure soon, but it wasn't soon enough for him he wanted to move on and heal, but she kept hanging on when it was pointless at least too him he rather she have died quickly than his life be miserable even if it wasn't his fault....

yeah it's deep it's still wrong what he did and his reasons were not really noble at all, but at the same time you can see it from his point in some ways at least.

It's what makes this game so cool after all these...decades.