when did you realize... *possible spoilers*

James got a letter. From a dead person. Oh dear.

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When did you realize (or at least guess) that James killed Mary?

Near or at the very beginning
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4%
After meeting Maria
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3%
in the Hospital
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10%
only after the video tape
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63%
other
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20%
 
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I stupidly read about the whole story before I played. But if I didn't read it I wouldv'e guessed after the video tape.
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I spoiled myself. I always to that on purpose, then wonder what I was thinking ruining the surprise for me. I usually do it before I get the game, too. I guess it makes me want the game more.

Still, the games are enjoyable. I just miss out on the shock from learning what happened.
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lol im not even that smart so of course i had to figure it out way after the video and after my friend told me everything....but im now more silent hill knowledge material cmon ask me anything! lol jk

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My friends and I started to speculate after the Angela boss. We began catching on that everyone had killed someone, and the graveyard room with everyone's names sort of confirmed our suspicions. Yet I still had my doubts. James seemed kind of meek, definitely not the murderer type. The video tape was still a big shock.
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James not seeming like a murderer makes the whole thing more disturbing.
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Mephisto wrote:I didn't knew that he was the killer, I only realized after the Video Tape :wink:

This. And :o you have plate of cat! :evil:
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yea...and at the end when he said he did it because he hated her and couldnt stand her in his life or watever , that was pretty shocking to hear from a dude like that 0.0

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I knew he killed his wife after he met Maria. She did mention he might hate his wife and I thought she looked like his wife, so there had to be a reason for that. Some form of Mary was created to remind James what he did.
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I always had a feeling because James was acting weird. He also always talked about looking for his dead wife and I thought "He must be insane, or he must've killed her." Imagine my 'surprise' when I found out I was right.
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I didn't know until the video tape. When I play a game or read a book, I try not to predict what happens next... It takes the fun out of it for me lol.
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Wait, i thought Mary died of a disease?
I can't believe i earned 10 Silent Hill cash for this.
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^ You should really play the game again then.
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Squarehead wrote:Wait, i thought Mary died of a disease?
(coughs)......Have you played the game? Not trying to be rude, but
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it's kind of the main plot point of the game and it's why you're in Silent Hill. The letter James "got" is just a manifestation of his psyche.
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Honestly, the only reason I didn't figure it out was because I had never experienced a narrative like this in a game before. At least, nothing this powerful in a horror title. The only other game I had played with such an unexpectedly terrific story was killer7. Well, and MGS3, but I digress. Most all games I had played had been very straight forward with their stories, like a disney movie or something.

I just wasn't expecting any foul play, and I'm really glad. I had zero knowledge about the game before I had ever played it aside from "that pyramid head guy is in it." Otherwise, it would be just like all the Shyamalan movies after the sixth sense came out; everyone's trying to figure out "what's gonna happen at the end" instead of just watching the movie.
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I played the game by myself, without walkthroughs, and I had not yet discovered my first Silent Hill community.

So, I had a few suspicions, but I did not predict that particular twist.
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After closing the PS2 and re-playing the videotape part, to understand what it actually depicted.
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When I killed Eddie, it dawned on me that it could be possible that James was responsible.
I played the game a while ago, so I can't be too specific as to why I thought this was the case at the time. Generally, I know I thought that Silent Hill can bring about physical manifestations of someone's mental phenomena. And there were many times in the game where you can see that what a person sees in the town is directly related to why they are there (take the boss for Angela, for instance).
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I knew something was up... but, honestly, I didn't figure it was James until the videotape. Then I started thinking... "oh dear, what if she was fresh in the trunk at the beginning of the game?" I doubt he was still in such a fragile mental state if she actually died so long ago, I always figured it was pretty much right before the game started or a day or two perhaps.
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Only after the videotape...it was really unexpected to me...
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A year before it came out. I'm sure that decreased what could have been the emotional intensity tenfold for me.
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