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  • Beautiful, Genuis....the best

  • so whats the disease that ends her life? cancer?

  • This ending is good, and I do think it works well, but I liked the Leave ending better. Not because I'm a softy, but because it shows that no matter what you can overcome your sins. In that ending, James was the one man who was able to finally forgive himself and head back to a normal life, unlike Angela or Eddie, who were driven insane. This ending makes me feel like he was doomed from the start.

  • This was the first ending I got. I was so shocked and so moved by it that I was bawling during the first few lines of the letter. I still play this at least once a month, and I'll always try for this ending, since I've gotten the others already.

  • in my restless dreams, i see that town. silent hill.....

  • Osea que esto es un final malo???? hace poco lo saque y me pareció algo triste >_>

  • I find it ironic. See, on the flaming staircase he tells Angela he would never kill himself, but now he's swimming with the fish.

  • i love the voice of mary really its so beautiful

  • it is said that the voice of mary, Monica Horgan, cried after narrating this letter...

  • @danoodledooddle Who didn't?

  • Gah. Silent HIll 2 has such a beautifully rendered storyline. -sighs-

  • Dam!!!! She UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • "James......... You made me happy".

    And then I cried.

  • There's no splash. He went on an imaginary drive.

  • This ending litteraly made me cry... Utter masterpeice, Silent Hill 2 will remain forever, one of my favorite video games.

  • arrperntly this is the way silent hill 2 accualy has to end to connect with the other games cause jame is referenced alot in the other games as gone missing in silent hill. yes it is A BRAIN FUCK :/

  • @MrJkid2010 Actually, in the dog ending, it is possible that the dog ate James and that is why he is missing.

  • @macewindu210 hmmm your story intigues me 0.O

  • @MrJkid2010 I've thought about it a lot, and I believe that the UFO endings are all possible. I doubt that they're intended to be canon, but I like to believe that they are in my heart, because I don't want Harry Mason to die.

  • the dog ending is better

  • does anyone know how to get this ending

  • @XLeonX33

    You have to be careless about your health and keep an eye on details

  • @XLeonX33 Look at the knife angela gave you often, ignore maira, read mary's diary on rooftop in hospital level.

  • @XLeonX33 pick one of the alternate endings

  • jesus christ...............ive played through this game 7 times to get every ending,and gotten this twice,and it still almost makes me cry.say that silent hill2 is a horror game,but its story is so incredible masterful,and tragic,that no story in any form could ever match it.

  • Silent Hill 2 is the most beautiful and tragic game ever created.

  • "You made me happy."

    Holy shit, just the WAY she delivers that line is enough to make me cry.

  • The whole last part of the letter was overwhelming. When she said she was sorry is when I teared up.

  • @JohnBaxterly yeah, she's the best voice actor in this SH. i love that letter, i've seen LPs of that ending dozens of times and just the way she reads it is still enough to make someone teary eyed :(

  • very sad.... T^T

  • It's kind of interesting...in both the "In Water" ending and the "Leave" ending, Mary forgives James and tells him that he has suffered enough. The only difference is whether or not he accepts her forgiveness. If he accepts it, you get the "Leave" ending, and if he doesn't, you get the "In Water" ending.

  • This is the ending I always used to get, quite fitting James commits the ultimate act of pennance by taking his own life...

  • John's suicide was more of a cop out than an act of penance. James learned nothing in this ending. He stayed the murderous coward that stopped outside of Silent Hill. In Leave, he did the hardest thing one in his shoes could do: he sucked it up and moved on. To live with such guilt; to learn from such guilt. Now that's penance.

  • so sad.... :{

    i only get the "maria ending" in silent hill 2 cause i'm too lazy to re-play it...

    ahehee

  • sad.

  • great game but. hmm well it werent that scary, and it did feel to easy the enemys,

    i hade over 300shotgun ammo,200 pistol and 150 rifle once i were done with the game,and quite much life stuff.

    and it were on medium

  • OMG! I'm crying like a little girl! :'((((

  • If I was James, I probably would've killed myself while holding her in the car too..

  • i have the beginning track, but it`s short.

  • Hey but I thought he suicides? Why didn't it show?

  • Unfortunately, a lot of things in this game had to be "hinted" for ratings reasons. His suicide was one of them. If they actually showed him committing suicide, it would have given the game an NC-17 rating. That would have been bad because an NC-17 rating is a death sentence for business...there are almost no stores that would sell an NC-17 game. So they had to just "hint" that he committed suicide to keep an M rating.

  • Aww poo

  • actually they do have a verson i think its the directors cut you like have to cheat in order to get it and i ver saw NC-17 ive seen AO aldults only but not NC-17 they should have done that like who cares on its rating alot of games and movies show suicide like saw and other games but they are only rated m SO KONAMI SHOW THE SUICIDE

  • @TheShockMaster No such rating for video games. NC-17 is ONLY films.

    There is however an Adult rating. which very few known games have

  • You're right. I meant the videogame equivalent of an NC-17 rating, which would be "AO" (adults only).

  • @TheShockMaster

    LOL... What about Pyramid Head's rapes ? They were not hinted at all (my eyes still burn...eww).

    Maybe they didn't show the suicide because it was an artistic choice.

  • It's funny how the story mutates from

    "Huh ho, I'm walking arount in this funny town full of blood, corpses monsters.... to find my wife!"

    to.... this

  • damn this is morbid, yet romantic and sweet at the same time. i really like this kinda stuff. why dont they have more stuff like this in the world? everything i see now adays are pot hungry stoners who cant think or scene kids that are too arogant and self centered to actually create something as beautiful as this :( makes me wonder what the world is coming to..

  • This is more of a poetic ending.

  • idk, suicide for any reason has no romantic value to it.

  • Some of the greatest artists in history, Shakespeare, Van Gogh, were drug riddled lunatics.

    This isn't "beautiful". It's dark and terrible. James murdered his wife because he could no longer stand to support her -- and it's hard to blame him. It's chilling and it shows how cruel the world really is.

    Like the rest of the game, this ending is designed to be a terrifying play on the psyche.

    It's amazing, memorable, powerful, brilliantly crafted and inspired. But it is horrifying and sad.

  • Well said.

  • @AshenGarden That's exactly what makes it beautiful, in my opinion. There's no rule that states the terrifying and sad can't be beautiful. It's just beautiful in a different way. In a bittersweet way. Because you can sympathize with James' actions. You can see his good intentions. And you can see exactly why he feels so guilty with himself too.

  • It's morbidly romantic in a way, what he did, but I'm still kinda pissed that after going through the whole game trying to stay alive, he goes and offs himself.

  • wow, now im depressed

  • god , most of the people commenting are idiots......

  • so he killed mary three years ago right? and every mary in this game (except for the ones on videotape) are just illusions right? so the one he talks on bed ..maybe just mary's 3 years old dead corpse, gross

  • how do u get this endin??

  • oh it's quite easy but how to get is retarded at the same time through most of the game you have to have your health gone down to red a lot oh and let yourself get hit by many enemies on purpose I'm not jokeing either it's how you I got it heck I didn't even need to examine angela's knife at all to get it

  • lol they shouldnt call it the water ending they should call it the sucide ending

  • This or Shadow of the Colossus one... I don't know wich one is, but that two have to be the saddest in history of gaming, and the best ones too.

  • did he drive himself into a river?i thought he would either with the car

    1)ram himself into a wall

    2)drive off a cliff

    but didnt expect river

  • actually james drives either his car or another car into the lake that he rows the boat over to get to the lakeview hotel

  • I haven't played the game yet but I've been watching these scenes and this one really hit me hard. I mean really.

  • your an idiot!

  • When james said "now we can be together", does that mean that He killed himself?

  • yes

  • This is still so painfully sad. One of the best endings to one of the best games I've ever played.

  • wat's the song (when she's dying) called

  • whatever what the true metaphor it is..i think james really love his wife...but he luv her in a very wrong way...i just think that's very ironic....

    a lot of couple love each other but at the same time they torture each with different method..really sad.

  • Another thing about this ending... I guess we can see a bit of it in the opening... when James is carrying Mary's body. So I guess it's another hint.

  • I think this is the true ending but any one of the four endings could be the right one.

  • .......SO sad. ;-;

  • Hands down my favourite ending. It's so sad but beautiful in a way..

  • I love how organic the choices are in this game, loads of games like GTA IV or Fallout have moral choices, but Silent Hill 2 integrates them beautifully... For example, examine the knife Angela left for you, that opens James' mind to suicide, or if you look at the picture Laura left, this makes him release what he has done and how he can atone for it. Or, you could ignore both these and attach yourself to Maria just to have the cycle start over again at the end of the game. A masterpiece.

  • nice observation dude! :)

  • yeah wonderfully put

  • this is so sad ...

  • OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh Da ist so ein trauriges ende !!!!!!!!!!!

    ;-(

  • whats the song in the beginning?? I BEG OF YOU PLEASE TELL ME

  • This is the ending I got. :> It made me cry. but I'm glad I got this one because from what I've heard it's hard to get.

  • You heartless git.

  • How so? it's the most true to the story, though now I've replayed it and got the "Leave" ending.

  • you sent james to his DEATH

  • ;^;

  • does anybody know the name of the song that is played during mary's death in this ending? where hes at her bedside and she says "u killed me and ur suffering for it"? i have all the soundtracks for silent hill and i cant fuckin find it lol i love this song and i need to know what song it is and where in the silent hill soundtracks it is. plz help me lol

  • This was my ending for the first time I played the game. Silent Hill 2 really is a masterpiece, I just beat the game and got the rebirth ending :)

  • Well, alot of comments says "in SH4 it says: Frank Sunderland's son and daughter in law was missed in silent Hill. So, ending 'in water' is true". But did anybody think about James is happy to stay together with Maria in HIS world, out of other people's eyes?

    By the way, Maria is Jame's imaginatoin.

  • Sorry for bad english, I tried)

  • James CAN kill himself. I know he said he wouldn't do it, but he said that Mary died from illness too and we know that's not true... IMO, he's in denial of a lot of things. I can't see him doing the all "rebirth" thing or taking Maria with him (because she's not real and from the hint we get in Maria ending, she would have died from the same illness as Mary). Either the Laura ending or this one is believable IMO... but James is said to be missing (SH4) so I go for the In Water ending.

  • Wow. Just wow. I mean, most other games have a shallow plot and awesome gameplay... I love to see the opposite, personally.

  • i remember the first time he said "now i understand the real reason i came to this town" and the car revved up i was like aaaaw shit :[

  • So what? Look at all those prophets and saints in the Bible who made a name for themselves. Many of them stained the streets red with blood, and if they didn't experience severe psychological trauma because of it, I'd say hell is preferable to heaven because that must be where the humane people go.

  • First of all, I wasn't arguing against Christianity (for once), but actually in favor of humanity, and what a genuinely favorable, rational, humane reaction to an act of such despicable, immoral standards such as homicide would be... Second, you're so good at puting up arguments in my favor, I see no need to argue against you. Carry on, chap.

  • lol so calling the prophets and priests in the Bible psychologically disturbed serial killers isn't "arguing against Christianity"? what argument did i put up in your favor? i called victor intellectless, that much is obvious. all i said was save your anti-christian metaphors for a richard dawkins video (you've subscribed to a few of those im sure), not a silent hill video. now i'd be much readier to ignore your openly anti-Christian attitudes and beliefs if you knew the name of the song lol

  • You're interpreting my comment incorrectly. What I'm saying is that if a person doesn't suffer psychological trauma after commiting homicide, which there were a shitload of in the bible, which victor brought into the discussion by condemning James to hell, then the homicidal saints and et.c. of the bible, all in heaven by now according to the scriptures, MUST've suffered psychological distress, else heaven would be occupied with psychos while hell would be overflowing with humanitarians. (tbc)

  • Your arguments work against you in that you're assuming things. (Don't assume, it's making an ass out of u and me.) Assuming the purpose of my comment was to thrash Christianity just because I brought up an unpleasant fact about it's history to highlight the point of my argument. Assuming I'm a Darwinist just because I'm not arguing in moral favor of Christian history. (Hello, logic!? Logic, where are you!?) Assuming you're smarter than "intellectless" victor, yet making assumptions about me.

  • Very powerful game. Something that you should let take over your life for a few days. Silent Hill 2 is an absolute masterpiece. And this is not only the saddest, most meaningful ending ever, but its also the best.

  • Its so sad...

  • James can't kill himself. He said he would never do that. XD

  • In Silent Hill 3, Douglas said that he went to Silent Hill on a missing person's case and that he never found "him". And Silent Hill 4 revealed that James and Mary disappeared when they went to Silent Hill.

    A lot of people think In Water is the canon ending. I believe the Leave Ending is the canon ending.

  • I bawled my freaking eyes out when I first saw this ending. And I thought the videotape scene made me cry...

  • ahhh i wish i could write things this incredible!! the whole storyline of silent hill 2 was amazing...

    i cried the first time i saw this ending, unbelievable!

  • ppl .. this game is just an illusion! in sh2 james killed mary and silent hill is something like path to hell.. NIGHTMARES and UNREAL THINGS

  • if u dont feel sad after u see this u have no soul. its just so god damn depressing.

  • I love the last line, how her voice is cracking like she's about to cry. So beautiful :)

  • I'll always love you...

  • One of the main problems with the follow-ups to this game is that the endings were too clear cut for me i loved trying to figure out the truth behind this never succeded though

  • Agreed:) This was the ending I got ;D

  • this is a pretty bad ending when u think about it closely

  • This is the most tragic ending, yet it's also the most satisfying because of the concrete conclusion. The original writers of this series are ingenious. Everything after SH3 was sub-par compared to this brilliance.

  • Come to think of it, the four endings could be considerd good, good, and bad, bad. Ironically I'd still say that In Waters is one of the good endings. He finally gets to confess to Mary and ease the pain in his heart, get the load off his shoulders. On top of that, he finally gets what he wanted, he gets to be together with her, forever.

  • .......so your saying suicide is a good thing?

  • No, I'm saying James is happy with that ending, happier than any of the otehr ones. Me, I don't particularly care for suicide.

  • I think there were some hints in the other Silent Hill games that indicate the Water Ending to be the true ending.

  • Yeah, in Silent hill 4 it says that Franks son and Daughter in law went missing there... so it sort of hints like you said.

  • I don't recall him saying that...but there are alot of little things from the game I don't remember. *shrugs*

    There was also something Douglas said on the drive to Silent Hill about two people who went missing. Don't remember the exact quote but....

  • Well, there's a painting in Henry's apartment and when you go up to it sometimes he'll mention it... its near the beginning of the game after you see Frank for the first time I think.

  • Douglass said he went to silent hill on a missing persons case and said they never found him and in the fouth game it says that jame's father sent a cop to find him, hope i helped =)

  • Well there you go...would a "detective" be the same as a "cop"?

  • yeah i meant detective XD i dunno why i said cop

  • Okay then. Well as I said, there you go.

  • I'm sorta surprised you guys could remember these plots... I mean, I'd only remember being scared shitless for every second I play that game :P

  • silent hill 2 is unforgettable

  • And unforgivable.

  • I think I need to have an emotional outburst now. . . . .

    BLARGHHHH!

    okay i feel better xD

  • I LOVE every detail of this game to care but does anyone ever wonder what Mary was actually sick with? After playing it all over again it just bugs the shit out of me!

  • After he said "now we can be together" there should've been the sound of when a car hits water.

  • That`s the point we don`t know if he did it it mearly hints to it.

  • I disagree. I think it was more powerful knowing in silence that James committed suicide. Yes, it's strange that I think that put this game is an emotional roller coaster to me. This ending was the final, yet perfect loop.

  • this is the sadest ending EVER!!! *sobs*

  • id say the "in water" ending was the saddest, but thats only imo

  • So far, i think this is canon ending of after playing Silent Hill 4.

  • So Maria was dying. James killed her?... He ended up in Silent Hill or something. Pyramid Head was punishment for killing her...

    :/ I think that's right.

  • can someone tell me how to get the endings?

  • To get this ending, examine Mary's picture a lot, examine Angela's knife, and don't visit Maria when she's in the hospital.

  • and the irony is that hes most likely not going to the same place as her

  • Lol sleepilyawake, and the memo on the wall in (I think Neely's Bar) said that too, didnt it? lol, poor James, he cant win.

    This was my very first ending ^^

  • how do u get this ending

  • this is pretty mcuh the easiest ending to get. Investigate the journal ontop of the hospital roof, examine Angela's knife... try to run away back to Nathan Avenue when Maria wants to go after Laura...

  • this is the first ending i got.

  • Me too

  • I always cry on this ending

    It's so sad

  • i watched cloud's run of this game and didn't james tell angela he'd never kill himself. never is a lot shorter in james world

  • theres no 'real' ending just choose what ending you like

  • The most beautiful game ever made.

  • he doesnt shoot himself. after he loads her body in the car he drives it into the lake to kill himself.

  • i wouldv said fuck u bitch im still alive haha XD naa im joking i feel bad now

  • That's exactly how James felt when Mary was sick. But in a more depressing and gloomier way.

  • according to Silent Hill 4 this bad ending is the true ending for Silent Hill 2. When he brings her body to the car he shoots himself because he couldn't live without her

  • Well if you think about it all the endings will end up the same way. With the Maria ending she has a cough which dooms them to repeat everything all over. With the rebirth... well what is he going to do? Keep a zombie? He'll probably kill himself in that.. and so on

  • Silent Hill is the most deepest game that is made. There is a good history in every one of them.

  • wheres the Leave ending?

  • i think that this is the real ending (havent played the game) but if u watch cloud8745s walkthrough he does the leave ending

  • silent hill 2 is truly amazing

  • The water ending is the true ending, right?

  • that is VERY depressing...

  • why james? i would've loved you! NOES!!!! DX

  • SH2 is the best of the series

  • Very very sad ending. Silent Hill is really a tragic serie. It is based first on human's pain and torments. That's why this serie is special compared to others survival/horror games...

    I think i begin to understand now all the powerful meaning of Silent Hill.

  • yeah, this shit is much deeper than resident evil, like your protagonist is fighting for a purpose and you want to help him....thats how i look at it

  • this is the best and most tragic ending of the game, I love it, I was so close to crying when I got this ending...

    great memories

  • One of the best endings in video game history. For how much crap James goes through, I see this as the true ending for SH2

  • I think this ending along with the Maria ending are equal in terms of being "bad" endings. In the Maria ending, though James gets the girl, the town screws him over by forcing him to live through the ordeal of his wife's death all over again.

    In this ending, James has never accepted Mary's death and thus doesn't move on, opting to commit suicide rather then live through the sorrow in his heart...

    Two sides, same coin. James still suffers either way.

  • T_T this ending makes me want to cry, but at least there in heaven right now, in silent hill, before it became evil, enjoying themselves like they did so many years ago.

  • abbymarie813 if u can even play alone in the dark for 20 mins and make some positive move ... i will accept ur replic. and i didnt say silent hill or r.evil sux- they are best games after aitd 4 the new nightmare