Regarding Alex's Badassery (spoilaz):

Post by **Fredrick2003** » 06 Oct 2008

He definitely is "proficient in combat".

And thats quite a stretch linking that to the otherworld, but whatever, I will agree so that the game seems like less of a bad idea.

Post by **Caim** » 06 Oct 2008

If Alex could imagine himself in the Otherworld to be a badass soldier (in an Otherworld that's not even his delusion, at that), couldn't he just as easily imagine himself as other things?

TheRedOne · Post by **TheRedOne** » 06 Oct 2008

Good point Caim. Perhaps his skill was all just an illusion along with the countless enemies that Alex defeated...

Post by **AuraTwilight** » 06 Oct 2008

To be fair, the Otherworld was PARTLY his delusion. The main contributors were Alex, Joshua, Adam, Judge Holloway, Mayor Barkett, and Dr. Fitch.

YouTube · Post by **ur-vile** » 07 Oct 2008

Droo wrote:I don't knowabout you, but I can't handspring into a standing stance after being knocked down, or do rolling dodges on the fly. Neither can any of my average joe friends. Alex does display abilities that a normal guy would not possess.

Yeah, but I don't many people who can take multiple rifle shots, be mauled by a skinless dog, be hacked at by a monster with a guillotine head, and turn around and use a Health pack and be like "It's all good."

Post by **Hannah** » 07 Oct 2008

I would like to point out that nobody has been able to account for Alex's good health/musculature.

The Otherworld doesn't give you six pack abs. ....Or does it?!

Post by **The Hawk's Eye** » 07 Oct 2008

I think Silent Hill should start advertising The Otherworld during late night infomercials. I'd watch them.

Post by **Varg6** » 07 Oct 2008

Alex is definitely in shape, which leads me to believe in him having been trained in some way, shape or form.

And again, as others have said, the imagination makes a lot of sense.

I get what you are saying Drewfus but who knows.

Clearly, he wore his dad's dogtags because he either a) wanted to be a soldier and/or b) he wanted to please his father (obviously broken homes so to speak was a reocurring theme throughout...).

I think this is one of those things we can't really look at too closely because it'll drive us nuts and ultimately ruin the game's overall experience. I think we all would've been a little happier had the dodge button (when knocked down) made him roll to his left or right and get up in an athletic manner.

Post by **Morbid.Marionette** » 07 Oct 2008

When in the Hospital he could of been flexing a lot, you don't need to "Work out" to become fit.

Post by **Hannah** » 07 Oct 2008

This game was already ruined itself for me, so I'm going to dissect it all I want. I paid sixty bucks for it, dammit.

The game takes place after Alex has been in the mental hospital for a few years. You can come to this conclusion by the fact that Alex was a teenager when the accident happened. So, for at least two years (given 20 = teenager) he has been in a mental hospital. Ten by ten room, limited exercise (he was catatonic for a period of time as well), probably just the bare minimum nutrition required - this all leads to the conclusion that a) he was never actually in a hospital and Adam is feeding us false information for whatever reason, or b) he was somehow able to keep his figure despite all this.

I think I can just say that Alex was on the 'roids and be done with this.

ZOMG. He's Chris Redfield!

He looks like him too. >_> <_<

YouTube · Post by **ur-vile** » 07 Oct 2008

The game takes place after Alex has been in the mental hospital for a few years. You can come to this conclusion by the fact that Alex was a teenager when the accident happened. So, for at least two years (given 20 = teenager) he has been in a mental hospital. Ten by ten room, limited exercise (he was catatonic for a period of time as well), probably just the bare minimum nutrition required - this all leads to the conclusion that a) he was never actually in a hospital and Adam is feeding us false information for whatever reason, or b) he was somehow able to keep his figure despite all this.

Well I just looked at the hospital ending.....hmmmm.... he looks like older Alex, but he has the military outfit on so...hmmm... Perhaps the Alex we see in the game is the one he's "projecting" if that makes any sense.

Hmmmm..... this Homecoming plot is going to be a harder nut to crack then the reviewers led us to believe, methinks. Or it just wasn't written well. Here's hoping for the former.

Post by **The Adversary** » 07 Oct 2008

>he probably studied combat training or was even given lessons from his father Adam.
There are combat guides in Alex's basement and garage. There hasn't been much time since Alex's hospitalization and the time the game takes place, so I find it likely that Alex studied these recreationally.

Post by **Caim** » 07 Oct 2008

Hannah wrote:The Otherworld doesn't give you six pack abs. ....Or does it?!

Ever see the picture of James during the credits of the Dog Ending in SH2? Boy's jacked, man.

And Mockingbird, I would have thought those were tutorial-purpose only, being littered with "Hit X for heavy, A for light" controller type stuff.

Post by **The Adversary** » 07 Oct 2008

Clearly, but they're also there for Alex. We are seeing what he is.

Post by **Hannah** » 07 Oct 2008

ur-vile wrote:Well I just looked at the hospital ending.....hmmmm.... he looks like older Alex, but he has the military outfit on so...hmmm... Perhaps the Alex we see in the game is the one he's "projecting" if that makes any sense.

Hmmmm..... this Homecoming plot is going to be a harder nut to crack then the reviewers led us to believe, methinks. Or it just wasn't written well. Here's hoping for the former.

No, no. We have the plot down. It's just the official ending and semantics that are screwing us over.

TheRedOne · Post by **TheRedOne** » 07 Oct 2008

^
Or so we think...

Post by **StinkBomber** » 08 Oct 2008

Maybe it's sort of like the Matrix in that it's the ideal form of himself? That idea only really works with the Hospital ending, though.

[edit]

Dur, someone else suggested this already.

A more logical explanation is that he got some kind of physical rehabilitation in addition to whatever mental treatment was going on, to regain his strength. Aha! Doesn't Alex go on about this in his imaginary journal? His damaged mind must've believed all of that was for some wartime injury when in fact it was from being lost in darkness of his own mind.

Post by **KLGChaos** » 08 Oct 2008

Eh, I don't think the things Alex does are really that badass. The moves he does are something an average person can do, such as dodging, swinging an axe, etc. At least he doesn't do ninja flips and insane multi-hit combos.

Post by **emptimass** » 08 Oct 2008

>Alex does display abilities that a normal guy would not possess.

Well, Alex is not really a normal guy now is he?

Post by **l33tspaniard** » 08 Oct 2008

KLGChaos wrote:Eh, I don't think the things Alex does are really that badass. The moves he does are something an average person can do, such as dodging, swinging an axe, etc. At least he doesn't do ninja flips and insane multi-hit combos.

Do a rolling dodge, right now, film it and put it on youtube. :p