[TheGamingBritShow] The Silent Hill 4 Analysis
Badlucktroll
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I bet bloober will remake 1-3 but not this 
NeverYouMind
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Damn... In the time it would take to watch that video I could beat the game.
Silent Hill 4 is the only other release in the franchise that is on par with the first installment in my book. Third installment is complete sequel schlock and the second is trying way too hard to channel Lynch with shocking visual metaphors but without making a lick of sense. The fourth has a unique story to tell and it nails the execution with the exception of the infamous water prison puzzle.
Silent Hill 4 is the only other release in the franchise that is on par with the first installment in my book. Third installment is complete sequel schlock and the second is trying way too hard to channel Lynch with shocking visual metaphors but without making a lick of sense. The fourth has a unique story to tell and it nails the execution with the exception of the infamous water prison puzzle.
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AeonGaidenRaiden
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Wtf is wrong with people being unhinged and making 4 hour analysis of a single game thats like 8 hours long. Some people really need an editor.
kunonabi
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Honestly, there is enough wrong with that piece of shit that 8 hours isn't too unreasonable.
Digital-Aftertaste
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Regarding numbered sequels, yes
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Highly recommend people look up the SH Wiki moderator circumcision controversy that came from this game.
More entertaining than the game itself.
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More entertaining than the game itself.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
It says a lot when the worst game in a series (well, you make it sound like it were a bad game
) is head and shoulders above so many others…
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IAmRei
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4th is my favorite beside 3rd.
I like most of SH, but the 4th have special place IMO
I think it's time I will need to replay the 4th : )
FF:Enhanced_Reality
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You played downpour, homecoming and book of memories?
Game is awful. Interesting idea but bad execution. Furthermore it's really too long. The second half of the game we are forced to revisit the all previouses areas; when I realized it, I have to give up and stopped my gameplay session.I bet bloober will remake 1-3 but not this
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consoul
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keefged4
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Nah. Book of memories is the worst. SH4 is 4th best
NeverYouMind
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The second part of the game is when shit really hits the fan and you are just trying to keep Eileen safe by minimizing travel. The first half of the game is like a stroll in the park compared to the second and the finale is the best climax in Silent Hill franchise.
Half of the game is to recomplete recycled areas, no thanks horrible cheap trick. The only idea to go through the same places again destroy my interest to go on. I want new places to explore not the same shit again.
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NeverYouMind
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The point is you see the reverberating effect Walter Sullivan has had on the areas you were previously in before facing him. Going through the areas is greatly expedited the second time around.
P.S. Most of the nightmare areas of every Silent Hill are recycled.
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The thing is not funny with all respect an useless repetitiveness.
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Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
It made me laugh a lot because of the absurd and crazy situations.
It's funny and the craziest Silent Hill.
It's funny and the craziest Silent Hill.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
I hope not. Silent Hill 4 should stay that way... Its charm lies in the details they couldn't fix, leaving it as a video game MEME.I bet bloober will remake 1-3 but not this
But the recycled areas in the previouses Silent Hill wasn't exactly recycled. In the nightmare dimension things are more scaring and the areas are quite changed. In Silent Hill 4 you can see it's just a cheap trick to save the development time.
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NeverYouMind
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By the second time around the protagonist is familiar with the areas and that plays into the narrative and his goal of not letting more people die due to Walter Sullivan.
P.S. The first Silent Hill had the protagonist return to the hospital to gain insights as well.
Silent Hill 1 is more "opened" and revisiting the same area find some logic plus the nightmare dimension adds tension and variety. In Silent Hill 4 everything is more linear and you perceive immediately they just recycled half of the game to put less work to end it. It's quite evident and not funny to experience from my gamer perspective.
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Dirk Benedict
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Fucking snorted at this.
Itchy Tickles
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For me, of the first 4 games, its probably 1,2,4,3. I think 4 had that disturbing dark story and some amazing music and atmosphere, held back by some game design and gameplay elements.
I do enjoy some lore videos on games I'm invested in, but I don't know if nearly 4 hours is doable. Has anyone watched it? Any reviews?
I do enjoy some lore videos on games I'm invested in, but I don't know if nearly 4 hours is doable. Has anyone watched it? Any reviews?
Hawk The Slayer
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Just remake Silent Hill 1 and 3 a.k.a the two best SH games and wrap it up. Or make a new SH that continues the story of SH 3 if they must make another SH game.
Killer8
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Not when Downpour exists.
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Nocty
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The game had some good parts but it was ultimately a poor Silent Hill game...
As a horror game, it is quite creepy and atmospheric. I particularly liked the sound design and the sections of the game where the safe room becomes 'unsafe'. That was a nice idea and executed well. The actual saving grace is that it is genuinely quite a creepy experience with a very dark plot. I particularly enjoyed the floating ghosts and focus on isolation.
The game unfortunately falls apart in just about every other aspect though. Puzzles and gameplay were pretty trash, story sucked, graphics were quite poor even for the time.
As a horror game, it is quite creepy and atmospheric. I particularly liked the sound design and the sections of the game where the safe room becomes 'unsafe'. That was a nice idea and executed well. The actual saving grace is that it is genuinely quite a creepy experience with a very dark plot. I particularly enjoyed the floating ghosts and focus on isolation.
The game unfortunately falls apart in just about every other aspect though. Puzzles and gameplay were pretty trash, story sucked, graphics were quite poor even for the time.
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Badlucktroll
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Silent Hill F could be the new Silent Hill 4
Lionel Richie
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I'm a huge fan of TGBS, but come on Charlie 4 hours? That's tough, especially when the game is good but not all that interesting.
ChorizoPicozo
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The initial concept/setup was very interesting, and I think it's still very relevant. It could even be revisited in the future, set in modern Japan too.
PlayStaytion
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One of the best menus I've ever seen if not the best in my life.
PlayStaytion
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The team who're working on this game sounds closer to Project Zero team than SH team but still looks fine in my opinion. It sounds like Konami wants to localize the franchise to their home country.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
. It's like comparing the movie Alien 1, which is an original film, with suspense and terror, with the movie Alien Resurrection, which is more of an unintentional comedy film.
kunonabi
Member
Yes, the wheelchairs doing cute little spin moves, burping nurses, and Sullivan's shitty fan fiction ass were so frightening.
AeonGaidenRaiden
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It felt scary in the first 3 levels, then the levels got progressively more boring and the backtracking through each level just destroyed any buildup the game made. In the end they made the game "scary" by adding unkillable or not enough items to kill every enemy types.
Danjin44
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You mean those ghost enemies that you need special sword to bind them…..yeah they were pretty annoying.
For me scary parts was when your apartment start to change.
freemandos
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The last canon entry to me. The funny thing is I hated at its time, but I apreciate it far more nowadays. Partially because some things being clearly lost in western entries (including the remake), but also because I enjoyed it in my second playthrough two years ago. I was more into its atmosphere and its ideas...and well...I was enough cautious to keep my companion unarmed (faaar less frustrating). I won't deny it's a very flawed game, it's still my least favourite japanese Silent Hill game. And it's understandable not liking it. I could consider it like a rough diamond. But sometimes a rough diamond is far more interesting than a polished rock.
Cradel of Forest FTW.
Cradel of Forest FTW.
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I wanted to laugh at the rooms with the giant head of that one character.
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kunonabi
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I actually thought that was the one good scare in the whole thing do the randomized nature of it. I mean it's a simple jump scare but considering how dire the rest of the game was it basically high art in comparison.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
If you take into account that in the forest scene Walter Sullivan's is chasing you with a saw and hitting Bumblebees while Eileen shoots them with an Uzi... The scene is just as delirious or more so.
Gonzito
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NeverYouMind
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No. Having just rewatched Alien (which was mid like SH2) I would find Silent Hill 4 more comparable to Covenant (dark but satisfying) while the original is closer to Prometheus (even better). Downpour would be comparable to Resurrection, Homecoming would be comparable to Romulus, and the threes of each franchise would line up. None of them are on the level of Aliens.
It's like comparing the movie Alien 1, which is an original film, with suspense and terror, with the movie Alien Resurrection, which is more of an unintentional comedy film.
That is how I view every invincible enemy in horror games with the sole exception of the Hunter from Dead Space. That bastard gets all his limbs and head blown off only to get back up intact and attempt to berserker barrage my ass.
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