He ponders over whether she means the lake or the hotel, before exasperatingly concluding that the whole of the town was their special place. He received a letter from his now dead wife, Mary, asking him to meet her in their “special place” in Silent Hill. He walks outside the pitiful, dilapidated rest stop and takes a moment to look out over the lake, but the reflection of the placid lake offers no more answers than the dirty bathroom mirror.Īs James looks out across the lake onto the resort town of Silent Hill, his inner monologue informs the player why he has driven into this sullen place. After a shot of James looking at his sullen reflection in the mirror, he takes a last look at his squalid surroundings and takes his first step on the journey that will comprise the rest of the game. We open on James splashing water on his face in a derelict roadside rest stop. It follows James Sunderland, a man drawn to the town after receiving a letter from his supposedly deceased wife, Mary. The story of Silent Hill 2 is one steeped in depression, loneliness, and most importantly, guilt. Read the series’ full mission statement here. The following is part of Now Loading, a series that renders verdicts on whether or not your favorite video games deserve a place in the canon of works that have contributed to video-game storytelling in landmark ways. A Comprehensive Theory of Majora’s Mask.
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