Silent Hill: Townfall - All Endings Explained (Spoilers) — Transcript

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1. 0:01Let me know, Simon. We can make this
2. 0:04right.
3. 0:06>> [music]
4. 0:08>> There are five endings to see in Silent
5. 0:10Hill: Townfall. Two of these are running
6. 0:13gags that you'll find across the Silent
7. 0:15Hill series, which are the dog and UFO
8. 0:17endings. Both are locked behind New Game
9. 0:19Plus, but on your first playthrough,
10. 0:21there are three possible endings you can
11. 0:23see, called Abandoned, Forever, and
12. 0:26Justice. None of these endings are
13. 0:28canon, but each one is designed to
14. 0:31reflect your play style and
15. 0:32understanding of the events that have
16. 0:34taken place in 1996.
17. 0:36And while any one of the three is
18. 0:38possible in that first playthrough, from
19. 0:40what we've experienced, the likelihood
20. 0:42is you'll see the Abandoned or Forever
21. 0:45conclusions first. Here's everything
22. 0:47we've uncovered to give you a full
23. 0:48picture of St. Emilia's story and to
24. 0:51dissect what each ending means for
25. 0:53Simon, Zoe, and Richard.
26. 1:06Before we dive into the endings though,
27. 1:08it's important to understand what's
28. 1:09actually going on in St. Emilia. It's a
29. 1:12small, traditional coastal town that
30. 1:13you'll find across plenty of places in
31. 1:15the UK. There's a little community
32. 1:17garden that sits in the center of a
33. 1:19quaint high street and a brutalist
34. 1:21housing estate. It's clear that everyone
35. 1:23knows everyone, from handwritten notes
36. 1:25found in houses to messages left between
37. 1:27neighbors on answering machines, and the
38. 1:29tiny family clinic and single medical
39. 1:31center that serves everyone.
40. 1:34The Chapman Energy Group Tower looms
41. 1:37over the rest of the town, a sleek,
42. 1:38modern skyscraper looking down on
43. 1:41everything around it. We see repeating
44. 1:43surnames across Zoe's list of patients
45. 1:46and those mentioned in CEG records. CEG
46. 1:49clearly doesn't fit in with the rest of
47. 1:51the town's vibe, but with so few shops
48. 1:53and opportunities, it's It's a beacon of
49. 1:55hope and prosperity, offering jobs
50. 1:57across its expanding projects.
51. 2:00>> Come back to me, Simon.
52. 2:02Show me you understand.
53. 2:04Just give me a sign.
54. 2:06>> If you've been paying close attention
55. 2:07and tuning in to all of those CRTV
56. 2:10signals, picking up every document you
57. 2:12can find and accessing private emails,
58. 2:14you'll learn that our protagonist, Simon
59. 2:16Odell, was the person responsible for
60. 2:18conducting the site assessment for the
61. 2:20SWDP facility, which is a CEG run oil
62. 2:24rig that sits off the coast of Saint
63. 2:26Emilia. Simon is also due to speak on
64. 2:29behalf of Richard Shaw, the suspicious
65. 2:32CEO of CEG at a tribunal. Richard has
66. 2:35been suspended by the board of CEG for
67. 2:37being complicit in safety failures that
68. 2:40ended up killing 96 workers in an oil
69. 2:42rig explosion just off the coast of
70. 2:44Saint Emilia, of which Simon is the only
71. 2:47survivor. This is why we see the 96
72. 2:50marks etched on that door that begins
73. 2:52Simon's journey and again on the
74. 2:53whiteboard in the Shaw Front Family
75. 2:55Clinic. We're repeatedly shown the 96
76. 2:58marks to drive home how big the disaster
77. 3:01is that has rocked Saint Emilia. To be
78. 3:03clear, Simon was not responsible for the
79. 3:06explosion. From an email we find marked
80. 3:08Odell site visit, we know that
81. 3:10engineering told operations to keep
82. 3:13output low and that things weren't
83. 3:15reported because there was no faith in
84. 3:17Shaw's response. Shaw was already
85. 3:19furious that the usual guy wasn't
86. 3:21conducting the site assessment, implying
87. 3:23that he'd already been using some shady
88. 3:25tactics to keep production flowing. The
89. 3:27engineers thought they'd be able to deal
90. 3:28with the situation without having Shaw
91. 3:30breathing down their necks.
92. 3:32>> I know what you saw.
93. 3:35Carry the weight on your back.
94. 3:40Keep it all covered until it covers you,
95. 3:42too.
96. 3:44Can't even see yourself anymore.
97. 3:48I hope you feed on that way for me until
98. 3:50you burst.
99. 3:51Until you choke.
100. 3:53>> Unfortunately, disaster
101. 3:54>> strikes when the night shift officer
102. 3:56realizes that the day shift officer
103. 3:58hadn't noticed a problem with the
104. 3:59reciprocal compressor unit on valve B.
105. 4:10We can assume that this is the same
106. 4:12faulty RCU unit that Shaw refuses to
107. 4:15replace. This led to the CEG's union
108. 4:17requesting that Odell be flown in from
109. 4:19the US. Thanks to a whistleblower
110. 4:21raising concerns about Shaw's disregard
111. 4:24for safety protocols.
112. 4:33The reason that Shaw wouldn't replace
113. 4:35the RCU, it would cost CEG millions to
114. 4:37take the facility offline. And they had
115. 4:39already begun aesthetic renovations to
116. 4:42their big fancy tower. From the minutes
117. 4:44documented on January 11th, 1996, just a
118. 4:48week before the disaster, the
119. 4:49renovations were already having problems
120. 4:51with electrics, plumbing, and power was
121. 4:55failing, which collectively were
122. 4:57delaying the renovation and costing CEG
123. 4:59more money than anticipated. Richard's
124. 5:02plans to cleanse his hands of the
125. 5:03expensive and explosive consequences of
126. 5:05his actions is to blame an engineer who
127. 5:08lost his life in the tragedy. We learn
128. 5:10through a file on Odell that Richard
129. 5:12attempts to keep as many people from
130. 5:14Saint Emilia in his pocket as he can and
131. 5:16believes he knows what's best for the
132. 5:18town. But Odell poses a risk to Richard.
133. 5:21Firstly, he has no direct connection to
134. 5:23Richard and was specifically chosen
135. 5:25because of this fact. He's respected,
136. 5:28has clout, and Shaw won't know what
137. 5:30Simon saw until he speaks to the
138. 5:32tribunal.
139. 5:33>> In your professional opinion, do you
140. 5:35believe that there was anything CEG or
141. 5:38indeed Mr. Richard Shaw could have done
142. 5:41[clears throat] to prevent the disaster
143. 5:43at SWDP?
144. 5:44>> To close the gap in their connection and
145. 5:46have more control over the outcome.
146. 5:48Richard helps Simon with a heart
147. 5:50transplant. Simon was the only survivor
148. 5:52of the SWDP disaster and was taken to
149. 5:55hospital suffering from a pulmonary
150. 5:56edema and a chest wound with a foreign
151. 5:59object embedded. The box we see in Zoe's
152. 6:02house when Simon is searching for her
153. 6:04has the same post-it note stuck to it as
154. 6:06Richard's gift to later on, which is the
155. 6:08pistol. It is later confirmed that
156. 6:10Richard provides the heart for Simon so
157. 6:12he feels like he owns it and therefore
158. 6:15owns Simon. This is the bargaining chip
159. 6:17that he uses to get Simon to stick to
160. 6:19the script to clear Shaw's name.
161. 6:22>> Zoe? Zoe Yellis?
162. 6:24It's Simon.
163. 6:25>> As for Zoe, she is the one who takes
164. 6:27care of Simon. In fact, she's the
165. 6:29inexperienced nurse who is roped into
166. 6:31taking care of patients during the
167. 6:32crisis. At least, that's the narrative
168. 6:34that Dr. Glenn feeds throughout the
169. 6:36entire ordeal of her trying to keep
170. 6:38Simon alive. All health care
171. 6:40professionals are transferred to the
172. 6:41medical center in February to help with
173. 6:43the relief efforts after the Southwell
174. 6:45disaster.
175. 6:46>> Dr. Glenn.
176. 6:47>> Nurse, I was hoping for someone more
177. 6:50qualified, but
178. 6:51I suppose you'll have to do.
179. 6:53>> We learn from the hand-delivered letter
180. 6:55in Zoe's house that she's blamed for not
181. 6:57being able to help enough, especially
182. 6:59with Joe. As a result, Zoe attempts to
183. 7:01resign, but she's stuck in St. Amelia
184. 7:03behind the door in room 204 waiting for
185. 7:06a chance to leave. Zoe believes that she
186. 7:08can only give the town and Simon what
187. 7:10they need by leaving. Meanwhile, GHB
188. 7:13Legal is attempting to get hold of her
189. 7:15because her testimony is vital in the
190. 7:17case due to her connection to Simon.
191. 7:19It's clear that she's also a problem for
192. 7:21Richard as well, which explains why he
193. 7:23needs Simon to open the door so he can
194. 7:26get to her.
195. 7:26>> No matter how many different ways I try,
196. 7:28I can't open
197. 7:30that
198. 7:32door.
199. 7:33But you can.
200. 7:35And I need you to do that now.
201. 7:39To Zoe?
202. 7:40>> At the top of the CEG tower, everything
203. 7:43comes together. Simon understands that
204. 7:45the town will listen to him and Richard
205. 7:47tells Simon he's the only one who can
206. 7:49open the door. Richard explains that he
207. 7:51and Simon had an agreement and it only
208. 7:53works if Simon needs Richard. Simon
209. 7:55opens the door for Richard and Richard
210. 7:57blasts a shotgun, seemingly taking out
211. 8:00Zoe.
212. 8:05Richard explains that Simon isn't just
213. 8:07there for the agreement, but also for
214. 8:09another reason. And realistically, it
215. 8:11would have been easier for him if Simon
216. 8:13had died.
217. 8:14>> Oh, this would have been a lot easier if
218. 8:16she had just let you die.
219. 8:18>> As Simon makes his final descent into
220. 8:20the other world, he gets a chance to
221. 8:21witness the events that occurred on
222. 8:23January 18th, 1996.
223. 8:26The SWDP goes up in flames and people
224. 8:29begin to jump off from the top deck, but
225. 8:31rescue efforts aren't able to get close
226. 8:32enough due to the explosion. As Odell
227. 8:35understands what exactly happened that
228. 8:36night, he rips the cannula from his hand
229. 8:39and exits the other world.
230. 8:45Back in the hospital, Shore reminds him
231. 8:47of their agreement and that it's a done
232. 8:49deal thanks to the heart he's given
233. 8:51Simon. Simon is about to be Shore's star
234. 8:53witness in the tribunal, but Simon is
235. 8:55now having doubts and feels compelled to
236. 8:57reveal the truth. And this is where your
237. 9:00endings will diverge.
238. 9:05In the abandoned ending, after Simon
239. 9:07raises the flare gun, he shoots Richard
240. 9:09with it straight into the heart. This
241. 9:11response is, well, understandable. Simon
242. 9:14keeps talking about returning to be
243. 9:15punished, so killing Richard punishes
244. 9:18the person who caused all of this. But
245. 9:20it's also driven by anger and revenge
246. 9:23and what is, unfortunately, a misguided
247. 9:25attempt to give the heart back to Saint
248. 9:27Amelia. By hoping to disconnect from
249. 9:29Richard and break their agreement, Simon
250. 9:31believes he'll be removing Saint
251. 9:33Amelia's problem, but it only considers
252. 9:35the heart that Richard gives to St.
253. 9:37Amelia, which is not the metaphorical
254. 9:39heart that beats in St. Amelia.
255. 9:41Suddenly, multiple corpses of Richard
256. 9:44appear around the dock, the skies turn
257. 9:46red, and Simon clutches his head in
258. 9:48pain. He drops the CRTV and a signal
259. 9:51from Richard plays on it saying,
260. 9:53>> It wasn't you, Simon.
261. 9:57Simon.
262. 9:59>> [music]
263. 10:05>> We're then shown the vigil with
264. 10:06close-ups of the victims of the disaster
265. 10:09as voiceover from Zoe states, "You can't
266. 10:11fix it." We then see Simon back in the
267. 10:13hospital holding the scalpel and the
268. 10:15camera slowly pans over to Richard, who
269. 10:17is bleeding out on the floor. [music]
270. 10:19The implication is that Simon's choices
271. 10:21have left the people of St. Amelia
272. 10:23abandoned. Richard is right when he
273. 10:25provides the islands with jobs and
274. 10:27stability, and with him gone, CEG will
275. 10:29likely leave St. Amelia behind. But more
276. 10:32importantly, they're not able to get the
277. 10:33justice from the tribunal for what
278. 10:35happened. And Richard doesn't just have
279. 10:37to face what he's done. Instead, it just
280. 10:39seems to make things worse. Simon takes
281. 10:42away St. Amelia's chance for closure and
282. 10:44it keeps everyone trapped in the cycle.
283. 10:47>> I'm here, Simon.
284. 10:50I'm not going anywhere.
285. 10:52>> The forever ending starts with the same
286. 10:54conversation, but when Simon raises the
287. 10:56flare gun, he doesn't shoot Richard.
288. 10:58Instead, he aims it into the air and
289. 11:00fires it skyward. This lights up the sky
290. 11:02in red and the enormous creature known
291. 11:04as the collapse, which has been dropping
292. 11:07the fallen from the skies, shows itself.
293. 11:09That creature, which represents the
294. 11:11town, comes down to Richard and we see
295. 11:13Simon collapse holding his chest. Simon
296. 11:16is then shown on a hospital bed being
297. 11:18whisked into surgery. This is the same
298. 11:20scene from the mission we completed as
299. 11:22Zoe earlier. Zoe says she's not going
300. 11:24anywhere, which implies that they're
301. 11:26still stuck in the loop and it's
302. 11:27beginning with Zoe again. And as Richard
303. 11:30mentions in the CEG tower, it always
304. 11:32begins with her. While Richard is still
305. 11:34alive, it's unclear what happens when
306. 11:36the creature comes down. And it seems
307. 11:39that Simon still needs to do something
308. 11:41differently to help Saint Emilia out.
309. 11:44>> You don't get it.
310. 11:45This place
311. 11:47I see through it. I know how it works. I
312. 11:49know what it wants.
313. 11:51>> While there's no ending that should be
314. 11:52considered canon, there's clearly one
315. 11:55that breaks the cycle and feels like the
316. 11:57good ending. If you want to achieve the
317. 11:59ending, you need to take cues from the
318. 12:01story and really think about the people
319. 12:03of Saint Emilia. That means Simon cannot
320. 12:05protect Richard, and Richard needs to be
321. 12:07held accountable for his actions. Once
322. 12:09again, Simon raises the flare gun, and
323. 12:11just like the forever ending, he shoots
324. 12:14it into the sky rather than at Richard.
325. 12:16This time, when Simon says, "I'm giving
326. 12:18it to them," he means it.
327. 12:20>> You're not taking this from me.
328. 12:22>> [snorts]
329. 12:23>> You're right.
330. 12:24I'm not.
331. 12:26I'm giving it to them.
332. 12:27>> As Richard falls to the floor, the
333. 12:29creatures come down to him again. But
334. 12:31this time, we see Simon stumble down the
335. 12:33steps of the storefront. Again, he
336. 12:35clutches his chest and collapses.
337. 12:38Meanwhile, we see Zoe in room 204, which
338. 12:41has an empty bed. She appears to leave
339. 12:43her lanyard as she departs. Zoe can
340. 12:45finally leave. She doesn't need to be
341. 12:47there for Simon, and she can do what she
342. 12:49promised the people of Saint Emilia
343. 12:51she'll do, and leave town. If the cycle
344. 12:53always begins with Zoe, her leaving
345. 12:56means it can't [music] begin again. Then
346. 12:58we see Richard and Simon. This time,
347. 13:00Richard is holding the scalpel, and
348. 13:02Simon is the one bleeding out. By losing
349. 13:04Ordell, Richard has to face the music.
350. 13:07He loses his scapegoat and can't clear
351. 13:09his name. Everyone's story ending this
352. 13:11way means justice for Saint Emilia,
353. 13:13closure for the town people, and maybe
354. 13:15even security and stability with CEG.
355. 13:18And as we mentioned, there are, of
356. 13:20course, the running joke endings in New
357. 13:22Game Plus. If you manage to find all the
358. 13:24important coins and strange books,
359. 13:27you'll be able to unlock them both in a
360. 13:29single run, too, with a well-constructed
361. 13:31safe. It's much more fun to show you
362. 13:33what these look like than try and
363. 13:34explain them, but I will say I think the
364. 13:37dog has a point. Let's check it out.
365. 13:52>> [music]
366. 14:07>> Warning,
367. 14:08evacuation cryosleep process
368. 14:11interrupted.
369. 14:14Cryosleep chamber one for crew member
370. 14:18Ordell interrupted.
371. 14:21Cryosleep chamber two
372. 14:24for crew member
373. 14:26active.
374. 14:27>> What the hell?
375. 14:29>> Cryosleep chambers three through 20
376. 14:33uninhabited.
377. 14:35>> Hello?
378. 14:36>> [panting]
379. 14:37>> Someone there?
380. 14:39>> Come back to me, Simon.
381. 14:43Don't leave me here, Simon, please.
382. 14:47Turn it around.
383. 14:50>> What the hell?
384. 14:51>> I know he would have talked you into
385. 14:53leaving.
386. 14:56I know he [clears throat] would have
387. 14:57told you we were already gone.
388. 15:01But we're not.
389. 15:04We're still here.
390. 15:17Simon, come back for us.
391. 15:26>> I'm sorry, Simon.
392. 15:56>> Really? [music]
393. 15:57That's your answer?
394. 16:08>> What the hell?
395. 16:16>> [music]
396. 16:27>> Listen,
397. 16:28this has gone on far too long.
398. 16:31Do you not think it's time this being
399. 16:32turned off?
400. 16:33Do you not think that maybe you could
401. 16:35stop me and have a bit yourselves?
402. 16:37Honestly, God, I've been sat waiting for
403. 16:40one of you to place a coin in my head
404. 16:42for what feels like an eternity.
405. 16:46I've been freezing my ass off in here.
406. 16:48Who let the dogs out?
407. 16:50Think of the dogs.
408. 16:53Come on.
409. 16:54I'm putting an end to this.
410. 16:59Oh, [ __ ] Come on.
411. 17:35>> Yeah.
412. 17:36No talking,
413. 17:37and then shut up.
414. 17:49>> [music]
415. 17:52>> Put your
416. 17:53hands away from me.
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424. 18:24>> [music]