Something interesting...

[Oddish]

If you've gotten the "Surprise" ending, or know about it, check out this link. You might see something familiar about halfway down the page.

http://silenthillforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... 8&start=20

Yes, the post date is accurate. And no, I do not work for Vatra or Konami or Team Silent. But maybe, just maybe, great minds think alike...

[Falconv1.0]

Great minds could get a game that looks so muddy to run a bit better. Also great minds wouldn't allow those prison monsters to exist.

._.

[KiramidHead]

^

[Falconv1.0]

Yes, the fact that his model used to look less like something made out of plastic is what's wrong.

[Oddish]

I'm not saying the game was perfect (it wasn't), I'm just saying that a "joke" ending that I came up with, years before "Downpour" was released, was oddly similar to the "joke" ending in "Downpour". Probably just coincidence, but interesting to speculate on.

[Falconv1.0]

I'm just saying you said "maybe" great minds think alike, I'm simply debunking the idea anyone on Vatra comes close to that of a "great mind". Maybe a decent one? Eh?

Eh.

[Oddish]

Well, maybe they had ONE great mind.

[The Adversary]

We get it, Falconv1.0. You didn't like it. Moving on.

I've been saying for years that all good endings copy the ending to Labyrinth (1986): it ends in a giant party at which all the good people are at, and the antagonist has to watch from the window. I would've liked the Surprise! ending more if Walter Sullivan were outside the window, staring in, in the cold rain.

[Oddish]

That does sound like a good ending, though I never saw that particular movie. Saw some other movies with similar types of visual FX (Dark Crystal, NeverEnding Story), but missed that one.

I think that well-done endings come in all shapes and sizes. Even dark ones can be OK, as long as they make sense. A good example, at least for me, is the end of Stephen King's "The Running Man". It's far from happy, but it's grimly satisfying. In a game like SH, sometimes happy endings are out of reach.