Actually come to think of it it didn't explain anything. And I didn't like James, the main character, at all...although he had nice boots. (Magic boots. Fifty handgun bullets can't kill a monster but a kick to the head kills EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME! And then our insanely dumb hero thinks its a good idea to jump in holes that he can't see the bottom too. But don't worry he's wearing super boots! He'll land on them and NEVER be hurt or break a bone! Even mario's boots don't do that.) Then they added random characters for seemingly no reason whatsoever. They didn't add to the plot or really have anything useful to say other than hinting at the soon to be obvious "plot twist." 
Ugh I think I paid WAY too much for it. 
I'm so dissapointed. I loved Silent Hill 3 for the story and how stupid, a good innocent stupid, the main character was. She made me feel very intelligent. And she had to fight, get this, scary AND challenging monsters! Pyramid Head (yeah thats the scariest thing they could think up! Some guy with a weird redish triangle thingy on his head. OooOoo petrifing!) is a loser! Give some loon who doesn't wear shoes named Claudia any day of the week. Oh did I mention that the last boss of SH2 greatest attack that was used on me was...a flock of butterflies... This was suppose to be the scariest game ever made?! Butterflies?! Pyramids?! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!!!!! Why do people like this piece of crap?!!!!!! The controls are horrid like all horror games. The graphics...were definatly great for its time but only okay nowadays. The story was just plain shameful!!! Oh and theres like six enemy types and thats inculding bosses. And most of the game is wandering around looking for a open door outside in fog so thick you can only see five steps in front of you or looking for a key to open a door so you can get a key to open the door which'll let you get an item that lets you open something to get a key so you can see a cutscene that'll let you know where your heading next. But wait. The door to the next area is LOCKED! 
So its back to finding a key. Then latter in the game I was givin the most stupid task given to me in a video game. Rowing a boat to the other side of the lake. Why? There was nothing to fight along the way, there was no cutscene, nothing important happened whatsoever. Just rowing...for like seven minutes. Very slowly...for awhile I thought I wasn't even moving. You can't see anything because of the fog. And the repeat animation of the water made it look like I wasn't going anywhere. You can only go forward. Turning seemed impossible. I was about to turn of the system thinking it froze but luckly I noticed a light up ahead which wasn't there before. So I was moving. AMAZING! 
Why couldn't they just show James get in the boat and row then have him appear on the other side like MOST video games?!!!!! Was that what they thought was variety of gameplay or something? 
Oh wait I know. The fanboys/girls will tell me all about the symbolism of the butterflies. And how the unneeded retarded/crazy characters were somehow needed in the plot to symbolize the characters growth? Oh and rowing th boat was very much needed to show that James is thinking about the events that occured or something. Or how random stuff like how every dead body looks like your character is meaningful not that the animators were lazy. Yeah right! this was the worse game i've played in years. Theres no excuse for this. Amazingly I heard that not only is this supposedly the scariest game of all time but also this is suppose to be the best game in the franchise. I've heard this from various game mags, sites, and other gamers. Man I can't believe I wasted my time on this stinking load of crap! 7 hours of my life i'll never get back...I thought like most horror type games that they're would be a huge plot twist and the story would get better. Horror games never have good controlls but the storys are usually fantastic and scary. This was just plain bad all around I kinda feel ashamed I played that...
And thats my rant.
Thanks for reading. 
I suppose if your a fan of the series and didn't play it already just beware. Everyone else STAY AWAY BAD GAME! BAD BAD GAME! 
And if you do love the game please explain why because I just don't get it. 
Sorry.
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Although thanks for the suggestion. But I'd rather play competent games than flops.
