Psych Profile
Personality InventoryThroughout this document, you'll notice several references to PI. PI, an acronym for Personality Inventory, is what controls various aspects of the game. Conversations, attitudes, outfits, and the ending are all impacted by your PI. There are five main types of PI throughout the game, they are:
Each of these are fairly obvious, except for the fake PI. The fake PI only impacts the ending cutscenes and suggests that you aren't interested in the doctor's therapy. Basically, to build this PI, take every opportunity to appear as though you aren't answering the questions truthfully. (See the endings for more info). Each type of PI is evaluated when you come to a part of the game that includes something that changes according to your current PI. Whichever PI you have been building the most of will take precedence. However, it is rare that a single object with PI will change anything. What I mean is: you can't expect something to change based on a single event. The whole idea is to evaluate your trends and create a psychological profile. This is collected by a multitude of actions/responses. That said, there are some events that are much more influential than others. |
Therapy Sessions
These therapy sessions have a large impact on events throughout the game. Some only affect minor details, while others affect the ending cutscenes. |
The Test |
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This form is the initial psycho-profiling that happens in this game. The profiling influences various aspects of the game. Some affect the ending, while others only influence a scene or two. Even if you're hunting for a specific ending, they all take influences from multiple events; don't worry about getting everything that contributes to a specific ending. Particularly for first-time players, don't worry about repercussions of your choices, they're all minor. Just choose whatever you like.
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Happy Family |
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Coloring Time! The colors you use will be reflected on the house you see in the following cutscene. This has no bearing on anything else. Coloring the trees does nothing. The doctor doesn't change his comment no matter what you do. Leaving the page blank results in the same as coloring everything in solid black. |
Halcyon Days of High School |
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The doctor will say a list of titles. Your answer, combined with your class choices afterwards will primarily influence your clothes later on.
Basically, if you want the jock outfit, say "yes" to jock and make sure to include both sports in your classes. For the greaser outfit (leather jacket) be sure to say "yes" to bully. |
How You Want To Die |
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You'll be in therapy again. The doctor will comment about how he figures you'd like to die. This is an obvious indicator of your PI.
For the task of dividing the pictures, I have yet to notice any significant influence from any of the different distributions. If you put all the pictures on one side, he'll comment that he figured you'd catch it as a trick question. If you divide the photos, whichever side you put fewer on, he'll say they all are (If you put mostly dead, he'll say they're all sleeping and vice versa). |
Guilty Conscience |
The doctor will talk about guilt and how it stresses people out. He'll then tell you a short story about four characters and ask you to align the characters according to how guilty they are. Basically the story goes like this:
Typically, I just leave the characters where they are. I have yet to determine a specific link this has with future events. Here is what the doctor will comment according to who you declare as the most culpable.
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Marriage |
THIS SECTION CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS The good doctor will ask you a few questions about marriage. These are the questions he asks:
Your answers here will affect the following cutscene with Michelle and John. Basically, If you approve of marriage, John will leave Michelle. If you come off as disapproving of marriage, Michelle will make John stop the car and run off. This is also where you can gain some Fake PI. The best way to do this is simply answer "no" to each question. The doctor will then ask you to arrange 6 photos into married couples. You can pair them as follows:
Or you can just scramble them. I've never noticed any changes that I could specifically link to these photos. For Fake PI, I usually make two of the couples gay, even though I don't really think it matters. |
Sex Evaluation |
The good doctor will task you to classify a group of abstract images as sexual or non-sexual. All of the images are abstract paintings of something that represents death. Going from top to bottom here's what the images are intended to represent:
If you put them all on the non-sexual side, you'll get Fake PI. All of them on the sexual side gets you sexual PI. Otherwise, nothing really changes. |
| by Kellexx (Silent Hill: Shattered Memories FAQ/Walkthrough) |