Since this doesn't have a help section. Or if I did then I'm sorry I didn't see it but I think I know why I have not be able to get the Rebirth ending. I remember someone told me that in order to get the Rebirth Ending I need to start an Extra New game, well for me Extra New Game isn't selected nor does it even appear. BTW, I have it for Xbox.

Also if I can add, ON Silent Hill 3 for PC I cannot get the extra scenes like with the toilet in the women's restroom. Do i need to have Silent Hill 2 for pc too?

Any help will be appreciated.

I was just wondering this, in SH2 there is a part while your walking through Toluca Prison when you can hear a strange growling in a cell. Now I know what your already thinking- its a Patient demon right? Well when you shoot at it, it makes noises that sound almost human- kind of disturbing. I believe this occurs in the southern cell block (not the first cell block you go through at the start, the second). Now what I want to know is who exactly you guys think that man was? It may not have any significance, I mean it could have just been put in there to scare the player a bit more but its just interesting to me. Thoughts?

An on-line friend of mine got this from another friend who got it from... you get the idea... Well, whoever it was, they somehow managed to contact Guy Cihi (James Sunderland's action/voice) and shared the two e-mails he/she got from him. He sounds really nice.


First e-mail

Hi Scott,
Yes, I am the same Guy Cihi. I played James Sunderland in Silent Hill II. Those are my body movements, that's my voice, and the character looks like me, too. So you liked my performance? Thank you! I gave it my best! Are you familiar with how motion capture games like SH2 are made? The most difficult parts were the falls and wipe outs - it hurt for weeks after I taping those. I've received email, over the years, from people on five continents. (My wife always laughs when I tell her, but it makes me feel good to know you liked my performance.) Where are you writing from?

I suppose there are some stories to tell. Remember Eddie? Of course you do, you're a fan, right? A guy named Dave Schaufele played Eddie. We met on the set. I've lost touch with everyone except for Dave. Both of us live in Tokyo. We see each other a couple of times each month. Remember Maria/Mary? Whoa, what a piece of work she is. I hear she moved to Hawaii. Good riddance.

Let me know if you have specific questions and tell me a little more about yourself so I'll know better how to respond.

All the Best, Guy

PS: How did you get my Harvard Alum email address?


Second e-mail

Hi Scott,

The SH2 story and characters were created entirely by a Japanese writer. In other words the writer’s cultural reality demanded that the result be something alien – something non-native. If you saw Final Fantasy, the movie, you’ll know what I mean. A native-born Japanese can’t think like an American. They sure as hell can’t write like one. No disrespect to my friends, wife and kids. That’s just the way it is.

You said that, “most game actors are voice actors.”

My understanding is that early motion-capture games used Japanese body talent with US voice-overs, but that the body language was bizarre. Next came motion-capture studios in Hawaii and LA using US body talent, but the writers and directors in Tokyo felt too far from the action.

For SH2, Konami pulled out the stops and put up the budget for a Tokyo-based motion-capture using foreign talent under Japanese direction. The directors were very precise about the motion-capture sessions they supervised. The character James is a Japanese writer’s concept of an American, being performed by a US action/voice talent (me), working under the direction of a non-English speaking Japanese director.

They chose me over 50 others because, they said, “you best fit our concept of James.” I acted the part the way they wanted it. I enjoyed the experience. It was 1999. I had just sold an educational software company I co-founded in 1985. I was about to leave Tokyo to cool my jets on our farm outside Florence. My 12 year-old asked me to take her to the audition for the child’s part (I’ve forgotten that character’s name). I was waiting for her when a Japanese director-type-guy walked by. Dressed all in black with a cigarette dangling and bags under his eyes - the whole nine yards. I asked him if I could read for the part. I don’t know why - the urge just hit me. There were three guys on the panel - all in various shades of black - none spoke English. They asked about my experience. I told them I took acting at college. I read. I thought it went well.

A few months passed. Didn’t hear anything. My daughter and I forgot about it. Out of the blue, I got an email. It had all started with my daughter. Since she didn’t get a part, I told her if she wanted me to, I’d blow it off. She said, “Go for it!”

We timed our family trips between Florence and Tokyo to coincide with motion-capture sessions. The directors had no idea about my financial situation. They told me later they thought I was an out of work English teacher. Actually, the SH2 money was pretty good. Except for the stunt falls, it was easy enough. My wife said, “You’ve got something to fall back on if your venture capital business doesn’t work out....”

You wrote, “Most people at SH fan sites can't stand James and don't like your acting”

Ouch, I’m glad they don’t send me email. But it’s like you said, the director saw James as an ordinary guy - a very confused ordinary guy - and definitely not a hero. Snappy lines? The original script was like a tortured derivative of English. It was a real challenge for the actors to twist it into semi-natural dialog. Lot’s of back and forth with the directors. They were good guys. They listened to our suggestions. But in they end, they made the call and got what they wanted from us.

You wrote, “Most actors don't get to see the final game or learn anything about it...they go in the booth, record, go home, get check, the end.”

SH2 was much more than visits to a recording studio. Every scene was acted out live before video cameras and motion-capture gear that records wire-form figures upon which artists could later render graphic skins. Actors memorized their lines, rehearsed, and performed countless re-takes. We laughed, wept, argued, fell-down, whatever. It was like making a film except we didn’t need special costumes and the sets were cardboard boxes placed there to create proper spatial relationships. When a player moves James between strands of barbed wire or over an obstacle he is actually watching me climbing between stings or over cardboard boxes on the motion-capture set.

As much as I know about how SH2 was made, I’d be lying if I said I’d spent much time playing it. I don’t even have a PlayStation.

Rest assured, though, that’s my body and soul in that performance.

All the best,

Guy

Which do you like the best? I tend to like God of Thunder more than the others, although the superheroine one (name escapes me at the moment) is very fun to play with.

Okay... it has been a long time since i have played SH1,But i distinctly remember what looked like a black ghost baby that walked around and fell over and made a strange suaking noise.

does anyone know what or why this little guy was in the game?
what significance did it hold. was it part of the plot?

thanks

seeyalater

Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but can anyone tell me what importance he serves? Other than creeping me out that is...

When you're in the basement of the hospital, on the way to the room where Alessa was kept, there's this other strange room.

The whole floor is like a giant grill. There's nothing in there, no monsters, no items nothing at all.

But if you stay inside long enough, eventually there's a sound which would seem to come from under the floor.
It sounds like somebody taking a chain and smashing it on the grill from above. Or something made of metal, and heavy, falling.

Try as I might, it doesn't seem to be anything important. Although it made me jump like hell in my chair the first time..and several times afterwards.

I was just wondering what everyone thought about that weird room and its sound.

Is it it something important, or is it just meant to confuse and frighten the player, like so many other things in the game?

I'm almost to the subway. I just got my own copy of Silent Hill 3 last Saturday. I've read all these things about Heather being pushed on the track and I'm like " Oh crap!". What I don't get is if the guy comitted suicide, why push Heather onto the tracks? She's just a 17 year old girl who's the reincarnation of Alessa and Cheryl. How strange? All your thoughts on why the suicidal ghost pushes her? 

First of all, I want to say how cool theories are, as I'm starting to get into at the moment.

As for my question: it regards the Red God, Xuchilbara. Is there any way to get more information about him/her (?), say on Wikipedia or another source? I'd love to find out more information, since I hear most of you theorize on him/her (?).

Thanks!

Anyone else enjoy doing this?

I got so annoyed in having to escort her around. The way she always got in the way of objects, stood in front of monsters when you tried to kill them, and didn't run for crap making you walk everywhere.

I spent so much time just using different weapons to kill her. My favorite place is in the hospital nurse's lounge. Perfect spot to take out the chainsaw and chop her head off.