Silent Hill 2 Remake - New Secret Ending | Bless Ending (Mary Lives)

[@KingdomHeartsKeeper]

The fact James's voice sounds clearer compared to Mary's--to show that he somehow got into the recording itself--is such a neat detail.

[@ph-fi7qo]

Look at the clothes too, are the same he used in the game. Even the flashlight on the jacket's pocket.

[@icanaja8192]

So wutt? Wutts the guarantee fate wont just repeat it self to james? She will end up sick anyway, and gettin worse, and doctor will say her time is near, the only difference james could make is this time he'll be stronger and make sure he wont snap again and kill her again but let the desease finishes her off. Or probably this time she wont get sick and stay heathy maybe? Or at least gets sick but not too bad and gets better?

[@theoutrageparticle6469]

I like to think the blank stare at 1:52 is him “saving the game” one last time, to make sure he can always come back. “Everything’s fine,” meaning he finally got there.

[@barflynotbarfly2]

Agreed, I also think it goes back to the idea of a camera capturing the subject’s soul. In this case, it’s the video camera taking one last capture of James. It also fits with the loop theory given that the red squares are continuously capturing this moment throughout the game every time you save

[@pinkraven4402]

dude

[@Kiddo_williams]

He’s basically transferring himself into the vhs so he can live with Mary forever it’s his own hell.

[@leddarklight7566]

It's hell from our pov. For James,this is Heaven. He knows he's trapped forever as he remains silence for a moment but he at least is with Mary. In all other endings sans Leave and Dog,James's ass ends in Hell. Either because he ends his life and his soul goes to hell as he's a Sinner by having taking Mary's live and his own,Been forced once again to Silent Hill when Maria dies from the sickness,Getting kidnapped by Harry Mason in the original and replaced by Guy Cihi's James in remake,Realize that he's trapped forever in Fog World like the Da Silvas in the Movie continuity or the worst of all,He trying to Revive Mary but instead bring the God of the Cult back,rendering in the process Alessa's effort and Harry's victory pointless.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

If he is happy, then it won't be hell for him.

[@watchmehope6560]

Um .. how is this his own hell? This is literally him being with Mary. Maybe that's hell to you ..

[@danielpeckham5520]

Kinda a reverse Ringu

[@icanaja8192]

Do u think he and mary would have better life together if it was 4K 60Fps blue ray💿 instead?

[@NomadMonkey396]

Depending how you look at it, it could be a good ending or a bad one. Either way James is just happy to be with Mary again.

[@Lunaria.Praesentia]

This is exactly why Bloober did a phenomenal job with this remake, they understood that what makes SH2 so special (besides other things) is the ambiguity, and that bittersweet taste in the interpretations or revelations

[@broknight9718]

This ending is even more depressing that it's implied that he transferred his consciousness to the vhs so he could relive the event before Mary died. Almost like his own personal hell trapped in a neverending loop.

[@javiervasquez625]

It's basically Maria Ending+ ala Silent Hill 1 with the regular Bad Ending and the Bad Ending+. Rather than moving on with his life as Mary wished, James becomes so obsessed of reliving his past life with Mary that he's willing to trap himself inside a loop for eternity.

[@leddarklight7566]

More that a personal hell,is the closest thing to the Heaven James can be as outside of Leave Ending,James's journey ends badly. Either by he commiting Suicide,Going into another Neverending loop with Maria or Trying to revive Mary but instead possibly bring the Evil God back,rendering all the effort Alessa did to prevent his birth and Harry's victory pointless. Outside of this and Leave Ending,James's ass ends in Hell.

[@javiervasquez625]

​@@leddarklight7566 The Rebirth Ending isn't directly connected to the god worshipped by Dahlia's Cult, but rather the abstract supernatural powers permeating the town (regardless of any deities). The Rebirth Ending is ultimately ambiguous as to its outcome, with the only meaning behind it being James's obsession to be with Mary leading him to conduct dark rituals in a desperate attempt to bring his wife back from the dead.

[@brendancurran895]

Or maybe it's him still living in denial?

[@sigfriedgenco3392]

I think this is just a What If?.

[@AliEemanSamy-lf9gl]

So James travels to an alternate dimension through the town? That’s sick

[@rz5260]

With the UFO ending i think it's possible even if the purpose of that ending is actually a joke but... who knows.

[@kacperzimowski4626]

So it's basically like that horror movie Ring. Except James is a reversed Samara here.

[@Eo9070]

This ending was incredible. There's a reoccurring theme in the SH series that people get trapped in their own personal hell via Silent Hill by watching a static TV, at first I believed James had somehow found a way to relive his happy moments on loop forever, but it may be even darker. it might be that he's stuck in groundhog day, traveling back in time to the VHS moment and then coming back to SH again and reliving all the events of the game on loop forever. Always ending up on that seat watching the TV, which might be just playing static. This is way darker than I initially thought. Actually disturbing.

[@umaruchan8828]

Damn that's the worst ending

[@jhonsonkonja6013]

It isn't a eternal loop, since Mary doesn't cough in this version of the video. This implies James is on a "bliss" world where Mary won't be sick. It's still a dark ending, because James continue to be trapped on his denial and delusion.

[@theoutrageparticle6469]

If you had to continually go through the grief and horror to return to the joy, even in a loop, at least it’s balanced. The pain of losing someone, only to end up reuniting with them every time, could be worth it. But you could be right that it’s a dark ending, because the healthiest path is to be able to let go and move past the pain instead of experiencing it over and over again. But I know some people would understandably do that if it meant seeing someone again. That’s the best part of this new ending: some people would prefer this fate, and some really wouldn’t.

[@TheChatterbox1991]

Given that Silent Hill is essentially in another dimension with tons of time warping stuff going on, I like to think that James going into the video is actually him leaving Silent Hill and returning to a past point in the real world, allowing him redemption and a second chance to live out Mary's life one last time.

[@moonlightrobbery]

That's the most hopeful interpretation I've seen so far. I'm going to watch it again with this view in mind.

[@wilku8888]

Yep, another chance, not a bad ending at all.

[@barflynotbarfly2]

The song that plays during the ending is called Nocturnal Mirage. It’s definitely not real, but for James his happiness can be

[@hectorrafael1684]

Something that is important to notice: in the video tape Mary does not cough like the original video tape

[@R9SNick]

Oh sweet lord, this ending is even more depressing than "In Wate", and it's brilliant

[@bubba418]

In wate

[@frank.medgyesi]

​In wate

[@snakesolid6823]

In wata

[@Lunaria.Praesentia]

@@R9SNick Ada Wate!!!!

[@silverwookie4643]

its wate...

[@MariusBoss11458]

Now that this ending shows the original camera angle for the TV, people have the potential to greenscreen in James throwing it back.

[@fara.r.8181]

This is like a "dream" ending, in conjunction with Maria's "Born from a Wish"

[@komerihimura]

It feels like it’s more so in essence that James refuses to acknowledge or combat the fact that he killed his wife. And so he submits to this idealized world where nothing went wrong and Mary and James left without Mary having the disease.

[@fara.r.8181]

@@komerihimura Yes, I think the same way

[@TheZoobZoobs]

It seems like the power of Silent Hill and James came to an agreement; he got his happiness, in return, the town ate his soul.

[@hopeestheim7285]

Laura: Where's James?

[@danielpeckham5520]

He pulled a Butterfly Effect, entered the video tape

[@segafan1316]

Love Psalm hits like a truck in this ending

[@Freshlydeliveredegg]

So now we know that James is a dimension hopper, that’s pretty rad

[@dukeofdawn4348]

James vs Goku soon

[@frostbytetm7452]

​@@dukeofdawn4348"Hey it's me Goku! I heard Mary's illness is pretty strong, I wanna fight it!" -Goku probably

[@MusicLover97ization]

Since there are ppl asking in the comments. to get this ending, its only achievable on NG+, once you get to the hospital and you have to find a bottle of medicine called White Claudia and hold onto it for the rest of the game. Once at the hotel room where you play the tape, walk into the room, drink the WC, then play the tape and the ending automatically triggers.

[@MusicLover97ization]

Essentially whats happening is James is watching the tape as he is overdosing, so he slips into a dream where he is with Mary 1 last time as he dies. Heartbreaking

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

He went back into the past in this ending. If he play his cards right the present will be changed. If not everything will still happen all over again.

[@mild_r3d]

Actually no, he's trapped in a memory. A dimension that only recreates that exactly moment on the tape. He'll be stuck there until he dies, I guess. But that's the less important thing he would care now he's with Mary, which was the only thing that matter for James.

[@ligondesenuts769]

Its more like trapping himself in a world where he gets to relieve that moment with Mary

[@ayan.rodrigo]

Nothing is confirmed. I'm just choosing to believe he went to the past

[@muslimayupov]

​@@mild_r3dconsidering that mary asks him "is everything okay" on her own he went to some parallel universr

[@Silentguy_78]

Mary didn't cough so no it's not the past

[@veen4638]

To me, this is not a happy ending. James was so close to know the truth, but deep inside he was so scared of relieving the memories, and in so much pain from losing Mary, that he inserted himself into the tape right before her cough. James chose the comfort of an ilusion instead of the harsh reality he needed to face. Like being too scared of pulling off the bandages of his wound, letting it be and not moving on whatsoever.

[@Pinku_Pawlette_UwU]

He did not go inside VHS. White Claudia gives heavy hallucinations. He imagined all of this. When he was watching the tape he was high as f.

[@Khaeltt]

This is my new favorite ending, definitely fits the theme of Silent Hill 2. It's not a happy ending nor a sad ending. Reminds me of the ending from the movie called Upgrade.

[@madonnalice]

I wish he wasn't a monster and James and Mary were happy.

[@watchmehope6560]

Who is a monster? I'm sure it isn't James. He tried to help Eddie and Angela. If anything James is an idiot more than he is a monster lol.

[@greamripper9946]

He is not. In the remake, the lore is expanded. It is assumed that he did not kill his wife and that she died in the hospital. James said she died 3 years ago because it was during this time that she fell ill and silent hill amplify this memory and further makes James delusional. It was actually 1 year ago that she died and Laura states this. Even if you say James kill his wife in the vhs tape, that not what happened actually. James just left his wife to die and stopped meeting her during her last days at the hospital. The only crime James comitted was actually being selfish enough to only care about himself and wanting to re live the happy moments with his wife instead of trying to live with her until the end. Hence, why James said he was selfish in the Leave ending, when he talks with Mary.

[@madonnalice]

@@greamripper9946 He killed her, Mary says so herself. If you're going to defend him, keep talking to yourself.

[@komerihimura]

@@madonnalice I wouldn't say that I would defend his actions, but from my understanding, James is an incredibly flawed human being who struggled a lot between being faithful to wife, trying to be there during her time of need, and enduring the hardships it takes to see someone you love deteriorate into an unrecognizable state. Even in the leave ending, as James told Mary he didn't want her around anymore because of how miserable she made him, Mary says "If that's true, why do you look so sad?" James and Mary both hated themselves for how they treated each other during her final days. Mary lashing out on James because she has no one else to turn to, and James for feeling like a complete failure of a partner for not taking care and loving his wife like he should. His choice to kill her was a choice of conflicting motivation and I personally love that.

[@greamripper9946]

@@madonnalice yes, Mary said he killed her by leaving her to her fate. In the OG during the final part of the game, you can hear a dialogue when James is walking. In this dialog, Mary shout at James for visiting her at the hospital. She pushes James, saying why he keeps visiting her, she feels disgusting and does not want James to see her like this. And when James presumely leaves, she cries and says do not leave me alone. According to you what does this scenes means? I most likely think James left her to be. He loved her but also hated her for how she was during her final days. James was angry at the though of not being able to leave a happy life with her. You know the feeling when you are losing someone you cannot save slowly, it os as if you are angry at the whole world. If James killed her, how does Laura meet her one year ago before James arrive at Silent Hill? I think Mary say he forgives her for his guilt. Silent hill is known to manipulate with memories of the people who visit it. This is why at the start of the game, when James looks at the mirror, it is as if he loses his memories and assumes Mary wrote the letter to tell him to come to silent hill. He completely forgets about his past deeds. The letter he gets from Laura is much more different.

[@starkillermarex]

Yeah...she's not alive. James just forever hallucinates that he is living with Mary again. The potion he drinks to get this ending is a hallucinogen the cult uses to control people

[@muslimayupov]

but he is no longer in the room

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

@@muslimayupov white claudia plays a role in silent hill 1 and 3. its a hallucinogenic drug used in the cult's rituals, and its implied theres some supernatural element to it too. i've read that the power of james delusion and grief, which already is amplified by silent hill's power, is even more potent after taking the drug. he manifests his own fake reality, trapped in a hell of false happiness, inside another hell, forever

[@Calgiey]

I feel like James finally broke free of the ♾️ guilt that bides his fate, with that of Silent Hill. He didn't transfer his consciousness into the tape 📼. The whole game is about memories, the save states are access to James memory. Thats why he stares into space, Maria comments on it. So does Mary when he does the same pause looking at the camera. He was able to find his way back to the moment inside himself & become present with Mary. Also the fact that he now carries the flashlight 🔦 is an indication that he went throuh everything that happened. Mary also doesnt cough 😷 in this ending. Basically he escapes, because Mary never dies. That's my take anyway. Anything to numb the pain 😭

[@TVthePunisher]

This reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode I watched recently. For those who want to see it it’s episode 4 of season 1 “The 16MM-Shrine” - I’ll summarize it below but I’ll spoiler in case you want to see it fresh. SPOILERS - - - An aging starlet spends day watching her old movies obsessing over her time in the spotlight. She’s reclusive though…held up in that room. Scares the maid, especially when she starts seeing the CURRENT starlet appearing on the screen. Her agent friend comes by and says she’s got an offer - she’s extremely excited about the prospect of being in the spotlight again but it’s for the secondary role of a mother character. It offends her, she storms off…locks herself away with her movies where she was the leading gal. As a last ditch effort the agent friend brings one of her old co-stars to see her and this excites her again - until she sees how he’s become. He’s now quite old and runs shopping centers…she snaps inside…starts to disassociate with life to such an immense degree. She refuses to believe that old man she saw was the hunky co-star she used to know. She locks herself away again…and the next time she watches her movies she’s losing it…talking to the actors on screen (I believe she was before too)…she she wishes so badly to be there with the man she knew and everyone else. It happens…she wishes it and she actually becomes part of the film. Agent and the maid come in and now The film shows her house now. Except it’s full of actors in their prime and her as she is with them…she has somehow crossed into a VHS world.

[@rafaat6392]

Finally one of the new endings! What are the credits tracks here called?

[@luckydulla]

Love Psalm of Eternal Devotion

[@rafaat6392]

@@luckydulla thanks! Do you know what the other one is called? There are two

[@jonathanjuarez7282]

​@@rafaat6392I think is the alternate versión of Betrayal but I don't know the new name 😅

[@luckydulla]

@@rafaat6392 hey dude not sure if you're still looking but it's called The Monolithic Doors Start to Awaken :)

[@WARMAUL]

I've been searching since release for Love Psalm remake, no one has uploaded it yet, only the small portion. But here it is, the FULL SONG in the credits. Thanks for uploading

[@arvinjay336]

Soundtrack releases tomorrow Nov 20!

[@royal2852]

Well to say she lives is quite an exaggeration considering James is condemning himself to perhaps a few more years of happiness until her sickness takes hold again and history repeats... assuming the world inside the TV is a portal to the past instead of it's own cage of a VHS tape.

[@FingerFuryGaming69]

Oh look, another blabber

[@dukeofdawn4348]

Do we know James went inside the TV or he left and the town had mercy on him?

[@fara.r.8181]

​@@dukeofdawn4348Either that or he simply lives in his delusion

[@Swordyplayrebel]

He can choose not to kill her so it's a kinda better outcome but regardless, the fact that James just can't overcome his grief over Mary is just too depressing, yet soo tragically beautiful, but in the end the fact that mary's body is in the car's luggage nullifies any endings's attemps at being happier or better, it only gives a sense of false beauty because it is still dark and messed up. In water ending is just right and makes the game perfect but i guess is too painful if you relate or connect emotionally with the character and story but that's what makes it meaningful, because it is fiction yet you DO have the power to make the choice james can't by overcoming grief and move on, proving there is truly another way.

[@javiervasquez625]

It's practically a different kind of Maria Ending as James chooses to trap himself in an endless loop inside the VHS tape in order to forever be with Mary.

[@raybob8668]

It would be interesting to see an ending where James ends up dying, but after confronting all the dark regions of his psyche, he’s rewarded with entry into Heaven, the real heaven. With Mary waiting for him at the gates. Only sad thing is that Laura has nobody now, not even James despite her clear disdain for him, still was someone who she bonded with well enough through Mary.

[@AshParth560]

😢I'm not crying, yallre crying... 😭

[@Pinku_Pawlette_UwU]

To all ppl that belive that james got stuck in vhs: James is not. To get this ending you need to drink potion from white flowers( Dk what it is called) Before watching the tape. but this potion was used by some cult, and was even given to tourists, but most importantly this potion is HALLUCINOGENIC. What we see trough most of gameplay james's mind wanted him to repress his counciusness of killing mary. And when you add to this hallucinations. While watching the tape james got halucinations that mary wasnt sick and he didnt kill her. As he said on the tape "everything is fine". That made him completly repress killing mary. He was convinced by that. So he just left the room. Possibly even leaving silent hill. We see that the room havent changed like we see when james realizes that he killer mary.

[@jessica_schrecklich]

It's called White Claudia, and you are absolutely right. :) I just personally see James tumbling around in Silent Hill high as hell and succumbing to the hell world, having learned nothing from his mistakes. Which is pretty sad :')

[@barflynotbarfly2]

I don’t think he’s just wandering around SH. The town operates dimensions based on the psychology of the individuals in it, James taking a strong hallucinogenic could absolutely tap into that mechanism. It’s like taking acid and experiencing ego death

[@watchamigos1232]

This ending is really incredible, lot to take away from it, lot to theorize on. I see most people interpreting it as James getting inside the VHS, which is a pretty neat take since, Silent Hill does have powers of a curse practiced by a Cult (for people who know about SH1) so, as a curse that feeds over souls by tormenting them in SH, the town perhaps allowed James to be in the VHS in exchange for his soul completely since James doesn't care anymore since he's back with Mary, even if a VHS. "Everything is fine" he says. Then again, the ending being called "Bliss" could be a nod to "Ignorance is Bliss". Remember that in NG+, to trigger this ending, James has to consume the White Claudia, a hallucinogenic drug before watching the tape. Due to the effects of the drug, the truth is never revealed to him in the video tape; Mary doesn't cough now, potentially hinting that his denial may have gone so far as to completely forget that Mary even died. Thus, being content with ignorance, James leaves. Or perhaps due to the drug, James doesn't even remember what brough him here, hence there being no reason for him to be in Room 3F, which is why we see the empty sofa. Everything is just an opinion so do take it lightly

[@fisherj5087]

Probably the new best ending… they’re all so good though.

[@hdragon2712]

This proves that james is a clone this whole time and space james is the real james 😂

[@blueseeker93]

This is so depressing

[@olft1092]

*[in Silent Hill 1 Rank screen terms]* Good+ + Bad+ ending obtained

[@nedovolniy_gospodin]

very good ending, i was waiting for this!

[@phongha2591]

So James dies in his own delusions, pretty similar to To the moon ending.

[@juliomatos37]

Maria Ending² (more like mary ending)

[@WeirdPal766]

3:00 empieza Love Psalm

[@rtoriz21]

De puta madre bro… mejor rola no pudieron haber escogido para este final.

[@Theweirdoizhere]

Ohh it’s like The Twilight Zone 👌

[@sigfriedgenco3392]

This is just a What If?. Nothing about James being trapped in the VHS😂. That's very weird.

[@sonelmidel-d1x]

he drink the white claudia before watching the tape so that means all of this was just his imagination

[@bananarnold1831]

How do you obtain this ending.

[@MusicLover97ization]

only possible on NG+, you have to find a bottle labelled White Claudia at the hospital (wont spoil how), and then once you enter the room to play the tape, drink the White Claudia, then play the tape.

[@MusicLover97ization]

It actually makes Lore sense as to why this happens. in the original SH, you can find notes that tell you the town folks all went crazy and became addicted to a drug called PTV, and White Claudia was one of the main ingredients.

[@SeiferTan]

Nice！

[@mindblower76]

Love psalm sounds so good

[@danielpeckham5520]

Dude went all Samara Morgan and Sadako, or Butterfly Effect and Life is Strange

[@ianchisy]

This is just sad… now he’s stuck where mary is…

[@mrplayfulshade]

*Bliss

[@justin99752]

How did you get this ending? And are there any new unlocks out of these endings?

[@jowyschwarz313]

Mugen Tsukoyomi Vibes

[@RB-video]

Why would you write the title like this/use this thumbnail and spoil it for people?

[@gentalrobots3988]

Shame I got this spoiled but tbh I’d never find it myself

[@umaruchan8828]

Good ending 😊😊

[@yumyumcrackers9777]

So did he OD on the potion you drink and hallucinate this or did he actually transfer himself in the tape?

[@umaruchan8828]

There is no good ending in silent hill 2 . Even the leave ending what would happen if Laura see's Mary's body in the back.

[@bigbosssnakecorn8834]

Now imagine MGS 1 Remake having an Ending C prob with both Otacon and Meryl with Snake at the end or something else lol

[@BurnMyDread2009]

I think there is already one in the psp era back then. Metal gear digital graphic novel. But anyway, yeah i could agree

[@amsmart_9969]

James go to jumanji world?

[@NixtoreAbbsy1437]

How to make these walkthought? I wanna try it

[@ramonzeiro]

I didn't get it

[@makotoyukikinnie]

Basically, James implanted himself into the tape somehow which causes him to relive the tape/live in the tape world where mary is healthy

[@watchmehope6560]

He went into a pocket dimension where his wife is alive and well. Or He went into a pocket dimension where he will replay the best day of his life over and over again.

[@назарКныш-ы1к]

Fake.

[@MichaelM28]

Bloober trash ending

[@makotoyukikinnie]

Bro is getting up extra early to be a hater

[@NeonPsychosis]

​@@makotoyukikinnieyep, waking up extra early just to hate blindly. Careful though those creatures drool on their keyboards extra hard in retaliation. (Sarcasm)

[@makotoyukikinnie]

@@NeonPsychosis Oh no I know for a fact, just wanna play around someone's anger towards a game

[@awakentruth47]

We got a hater what you want a cookie now

[@moonwaning]

BOOOORIIIIIIIIIIING get a better insult.

[@ayciiig]

This shit is so Deep! 😢 for those who unterstand 🥲🥲🩷🩷