@seriesoftubes i understand this. it's like playing a character in d&d for a campaign that lasts years. they become a part of you.

for me, a lot of characters in the game i'm making, and to some extent even the game itself, are like this. i've spent so long with them, and it'll be really strange when i finally complete the game and i'm not working on them anymore.

i think two other voice actors this probably resonates with are:
1) david hayter: voice of snake
2) guy cihi: voice of james sunderland

guy actually has done stuff like this on his youtube channel. he owns a replica of james' jacket and the role seems to have impacted him a lot. i can imagine, silent hill 2 seemed to impact everyone who was involved. mary's letter at the end has the voice actress crying actual tears.