Ernest speaks in a strange monotone, and asks her to find him the "white liquid" in the Blue Creek Apartments to help him bring back his dead daughter Amy. Maria assists him with this, even though she acknowledges it may not work, stating, "I don't mind fighting for an impossible cause".
This could be a reference to her persistence in trying to win James over. After Maria retrieves the "white liquid" for Ernest, he reveals slightly more about Maria to her and tells her about a man named James Sunderland. He warns Maria that James is a bad man, and that he's looking for "the you that isn't you". This seems to stir something in Maria, who begins to remember things about James. Among these memories is the knowledge that underneath, James is a kind person.
Maria then opens the door, but the room where Ernest is in is empty, implying he was a ghost. This could be seen as being somewhat ironic as Ernest may be just as real to Maria as Maria is to James. Disappointed, Maria leaves the Baldwin Mansion and considers suicide, holding her revolver against her head, but refrains and tosses it over a wall.
It is unknown why Maria does this as she is in a monster-filled town; Maria may not trust herself with a weapon, or may want to be dependent on James. Regardless, she decides to follow her fate and walks to Rosewater Park, hoping that James will accept her while whispering his name.
James first meets Maria in Rosewater Park; seeing her silhouette in the fog , he mistakes her for Mary. He is taken aback by how much she physically resembles Mary, and her response to this is sultry and somewhat mocking. As James is about to leave, she then turns clingy, pointing out that there are monsters everywhere and asking if she can stay with him, to which he reluctantly agrees. Maria also knows James's name and says it many times throughout the rest of the game, even though he never told her his name before.
James does not seem to notice this. As seen in Born from a Wish , Maria was told James's name by Ernest; however, she also said she knows James is a "bad man", implying she has at least some of Mary's memories. James enters but Maria stays behind, her excuse being that she "hates bowling". When James returns minutes later, Maria says that she saw Laura run out of the building and insists that James help look for her.
Eventually they follow Laura to Brookhaven Hospital. They explore the hospital together until Maria suddenly becomes sick.
James tells her to rest and leaves her in room S3. If the player checks on her, she will still be there, alive, albeit looking very unwell. Later on, when James traverses into the Otherworld version of the hospital, Maria is nowhere to be found, but several empty medicine bottles are nearby.
Fortunately, Maria bumps into James in the hospital's basement, but she grows angry at James's lack of concern towards her well-being and his devotion to Mary. Maria helps James lift open a heavy fridge door to obtain the lead ring to open the door to the basement. While being chased through the hospital's basement, James outpaces Maria and makes it to a malfunctioning elevator.
As he turns around, he can only look on in horror as Maria is suddenly skewered by Pyramid Head and his spear , killing her almost instantly. While exploring the labyrinth, James finds Maria alive and perfectly well, although she is locked in a cell. She confuses James by talking to him in a very peculiar manner and behaving in a way similar to Mary, especially when she mentions a videotape in the Lakeview Hotel.
She then reverts back to her old self and tries to seduce James, hinting sexual favors if he gets her out of the cell. Desperate and confused, James promises to return once he's found a way to rescue her from the cell, but when he does finally return, Maria is dead again; she appears to have been beaten to death. James takes a moment to mourn before leaving.
Maria calls out for James to help, but again he can only watch as one of the humanoid creatures impales Maria in front of him with its spear. He realizes that Pyramid Head keeps killing Maria in order to remind him of his crime and to punish him for murdering Mary. James fights the two Pyramid Heads, and they realize that they cannot defeat him; they kill themselves as they are no longer needed because James finally understands his sin. There are two different outcomes for Maria, depending on what ending the player receives.
The ending is based on subtle aspects of how Maria is treated during the game. If the player keeps Maria nearby, protects her well from monsters, follows her orders and visits her frequently while she is feeling sick at the hospital, they are more likely to get the "Maria" ending. Skipping Mary's conversation with James in the hotel hallway will also help. In the "Leave", "In Water", and "Rebirth" endings, James ascends to the roof and Maria is there, although she disguises herself as Mary in a final, desperate attempt to make him stay with her.
However, James tells her he no longer needs her, as she could never substitute the love he shared with Mary. Angered by this, she transforms into the final boss and tries to kill James, but ends up being defeated. Maria crashes to the floor and whispers his name, until James finally kills her for good.
In the "Maria" ending, when James ascends to the roof, Mary appears instead of Maria. She tells him that James killed her because she was a burden to him, and he admits that it's the truth. Mary tells James she will never forgive him for what he did and transforms into the final boss. Here, he reunites with Maria, who is once again alive and she gives him Mary's letter. In a way, this is more realistic, because his visions of the town of Silent Hill were so distressing and corrupted that he will never see life the same way again.
The progression from an amnesiac state of trying to find his wife, to learning that he is responsible for her disappearance and ultimate death, is a dark but natural development by the plot. It is so obvious to the player that going off with Maria, a manifestation of Mary who is more seductive, is not a good idea that it seems like a traditional dead end, rather than a true finale to the game. On the surface, he has what he sought to get by visiting Silent Hill — he found at least some version of his lost wife.
I love the idea of James being stuck in a cycle: perhaps he ends up coming back to Silent Hill every couple of years, once Maria turns back into Mary and is killed by his hands once again. This is a departure from the other PS Silent Hill games, which treat their main character as good or largely neutral, though interestingly enough, both Homecoming and Downpour toy with this idea. Eddie reacted poorly to bullying incidents and turned violent, and is clearly manifesting his own self-hate and guilt in the town.
It's been a while since I played. Return to her jail cell after she dies. Validated User. I'll just add that you should heal yourself frequently and never look at the knife you get from Angela. Zemi Now You See Me I've played through this one five times now, and gotten each ending, and I can tell you, the Maria one's the toughest to get well, except for the Dog ending, har-har.
The advice above is almost everything you need, but, I'll add that it dramatically improves your chances if you do your damndest not to hit her by accident.
You CAN haul off and kill her, even accidentally, and while she does stay to your hind, it's easy to get lost in a fight and swing your trust board-with-a-nail-in-it right into her unsuspecting face. If you find yourself being overwhelmed in a fight, and things are getting hectic, cut and run. Think of it like a real-life bodyguard situation; James is more concerned in this ending with keeping Maria alive than anything else, and your play-style should reflect as such. Keep her safe as if she was made of porcelain, and it goes a long way to getting what you're after.
For the record, I thought this was the most ironically depressing ending, including the 'In Water' one, considering what you hear from Maria just as the credits begin to roll. Poor James.
Axiomatic said:. Simon Atavax said:. I've already looked at the knife Angela gave me. Hope that won't torpedo my Maria ending! Oriong Registered User. It's not possible to save Maria from Pyramid Head, her death s are all inevitable except at the very end of course. James did kill Mary, although euthenization is probably a bit too generous, depending on what light you see his actions in.
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