10 Unanswered Video Game Mysteries (That Have Totally Been Answered)
2. Did Cybil Survive? - Silent Hill
Silent Hill is built on mystery, so it’s no surprise many of them go unsolved. We never learn if James Sutherland escaped the eponymous town, for instance, and it's better that way. What we do learn is the fate of Harry and Heather Mason following the events of the original; the cult still want Heather to birth a god, and Harry is killed halfway through.
One person absent from this reunion is Cybil Bennett, the cop who helps Harry find his daughter. There are five endings for the original, and depending on how events play out Harry can either save or kill Cybil. Despite many assuming the ending where he escapes with her is canon, evidence in later games suggests not. In Homecoming, for example, it’s mentioned a cop disappeared from Silent Hill years before.
It was basically left to fans to decide for themselves, but Silent Hill creature designer Mashiro Ito confirmed on Twitter the ending where Cybil died was meant to be the true ending. The writer of Silent Hill 3 developed the story based on that ending too, meaning poor Cybil didn’t make it out of town.