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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2021
- It's the spookiest month of the year! And what's scarier than uncovering the secret history of Silent Hill? Join Adam Sessler as he explores the haunting history of this horror classic.
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I feel so bless that Xplay is back and Adam is still doing his thing, i just wish Morgan would make an appearance
After the upskirt photo of her I don't think she wants anything to do in the public's eye.
@@pimpstick2 She's also busy as her own boss at her videogame company, last I heard.
Blessed*
@@davidpeterson5647 That's awesome! Have they made anything of note?
@@pimpstick2 when did that happen
This is why I love historical deep-dives from Adam or Jirard. I've never played any of these games, haven't had a Playstation more than a few years for Spider-Man, and am not even a big fan of the horror genre but the sheer amount of time and effort put into a labor of love made this into a really compelling story.
Same here! I grew up with friends playing it and loving it so I put this on and ended up really interested in the story
I’d love to see more deep dives into games like this. The G4 Icons series was one of my favorite things that was put out by G4
I second this
Thats where I learned how much Microsoft made Bungie charge their original Idea for Halo
Icon’s shaped my interest in the industry itself and grew it from a simple interest in games alone.
I love that Adam had a shout out to Legacy of Kain there at the end. That franchise and the Silent Hill 1-3 story are probably the best narratives in gaming history and it's such a shame that Legacy of Kain in particular has sort of been lost to time with Square owning it now and being content to pump out unoriginal Tits Raider titles over finishing the Kain story or even remaking them with modern tech.
I have been begging for a legacy of kain remake and continuation
There are dozens of us! DOZENS!
Mourning one series was one thing but yeah... then Adam had to bring up Legacy of Kain. Would really love to see that one again.
It's funny that LoK got name-dropped in this video - both the Silent Hill and Legacy of Kain IPs were influential for me in my childhood, and I credit them specifically for pushing me to work in game dev for a while.
I never played the original Silent Hill until a few years ago, when I did I decided to do a blind playthrough: no guides, no videos just a pen and paper and my wits. Best decision ever as I worked my way through the puzzles and eventually finished the game. One part that sticks out to me is the piano puzzle in the school: the one where you had to press the keys in the right order to progress. That was a fun headscratcher for me to figure out.
I cannot believe it's been over a decade since the last Silent Hill! I can't get enough of Adam and these throwback episodes, you guys are awesome!
Under a decade*
I heard Downpour was very underrated. Sadly, Downpour, along with ALL the Silent Hill games, are victims of scalpers and those games are now "rare."
@@Noname15514 wait for real?? Damn luckily i still have downpour then.
I remember those demo discs and magazines. I have a specific memory of a friend's house and playing a couple demo discs there, it was a good time.
Demo disc I miss them
The music they had for their menu slapped hard too
If I had a time machine and went back and told my high school self that loved watching Xplay that one day Adam Sessler would cite my videos in a G4TV project, I would be absolutely blown away. Thanks so much! Great vid! :D
Adam is killing it with the content.
I can’t tell you how amazing it is to see Xplay making a return. Before we had infinite video game channels, before Angry Video Game Nerd, before we had CZcams in general… we had Xplay. I don’t think people realize what a pioneer this show was and considering CZcams is now the dominant media platform, how influential it ultimately was.
There was a time when I watched Xplay every night, 7 days a week. It probably shaped my sense of humor more than any other film or show I watched as a kid. Adam is a truly unique and understated comedic personality and Morgan was one of my first crushes.
Thanks for coming back.
My best Silent Hill experience would have to be walking into that room in Silent Hill 4 The Room with a giant Eileen head convulsing and twitching everywhere. There's never been a more horrifying video game room I'd refuse to return to.
I know there's always a "more than one situation" for any game developer, but Yamaoka's sound design MADE Silent Hill what it is for me personally. From the opening track in the first game's CGI intro, to the literal barrage of grinding rusty-metal noises in the the third game...sound is KEY in horror. If you over do it, and you get jump-scare schlock like IT. Done well, and you get literal unforgettable tension like in Hereditary. I'm glad Resident Evil not only went "back to basics," but also took cues from their friendly rivals.
The 1st time I played this stood out to me. I remember roaming the streets after the diner and being freaked out. All the homes, empty. The convenience store, abandoned. Roads out of town just broken off into the void of mists.
Then there's Midwich elementary which was creepy at first--then come the clocktower shift and, goddamn. I can't remember another time playing a horror game that I was legitimately afraid to move around. There was nothing I had played before this that prepared me for Silent Hill, even Resident Evil 1 or 2!
Couple with the fact Harry is just a normal person made it even more terrifying. I remember the Prima guide I had/still have devoting time to hammer that home, on how he's just a writer and doesn't know how to use guns so he's bound to miss shots, thus don't fight enemies if you can.
I would love a return to Silent Hill, if it follows the playstyle and aesthetic of the originals. No need for complicated combat buttons or cinematic damage. Nothing dramatic with gameplay, let the story and the its elements dictate the content and leave it to drum up emoitons in the player, rather than holding their hands with programmed jump scares or controlled moments where the devs are laying in to the player to be scared here.
Man, I loved those Pizza Hut Demo Discs.
been loving these extra long episodes lately! Happy Autumn y’all!
Glad that you clarified the common misconception of how the town of Silent Hill was inspired by Centralia, Pennsylvania when that's only true for the movies, not the games that predate said films.
I really do love that you went into detail about the formation and hard work of Team Silent as well.
as a fan since the first one's release, and someone who's watched almost every youtube documentary on Silent Hill, this still brought a new perspective and made me feel like I understood the people behind it more than any other documentary on the best horror series ever made
Thank you so much for this video.. It brings me back to 1999, alone in my bedroom, playing Silent Hill at night and not being able to sleep afterwards. This was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. ❤
The first 3 are genuinely great games.
I loved the freaking hell out of this video!!! I almost teared up hearing about how much work they put into the game. You’ll never look at those cutscenes the same way again after hearing this.
I would luv to see them start remaking silent hills like they are the resident evil 2 and 3.
Yes and no. I want it, but will it be good?
@@mrbransformer4184 If it's a 1-1 remake with just bug fixes and better animations, sure. But no more than that.
Konami would only do it if they see the money potential. They make billions off pachinko machines so they probably never will.
PLEASE GOD NO!
G4 knows how to start off October! Looking forward to everyone's content this month!
I've only played SH2. We rented the game when it came out, my dad found a strategy guide online and we played in one sitting, non stop.
Sounds like a good memory
@@rayjordan8513 We had a great time with it. We only had the first Resident Evil game in regards to horror (which is laughable now), and SH2 was a vastly different experience.
I’m not playing this game, I just enjoy Adam’s writing and narration. Thanks Adam.
HEAPS OF LOVE SESSLER MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE AND HEAR YOUR VOICE AGAIN! You were a huge part of my childhood with xplay! Thankyou for making a return!!!
I'm just so glad that Sessler is back. This man single handedly began my love of video games. Morgan helped too
I love silent hill. I live for silent hill. I just wish that another studio can take over and make games for this franchise again. I am happy you and the team is back making great content. No BS or BIAS articles or reviews. Just straight good old games journalism
Great video! I didn't know most of this about the individual team members, and learning that Team Silent was just a ragtag group of talented people who were underappreciated in the industry makes me love the game more. Love the pace, editing, and all the tidbits here.
"A parade of burn victims"
It's fine. I didn't need to keep my coffee in my mouth.
You did SH justice, I did not know these facts about my favorite series. Thank you for schooling us in such a entertaining fashion
Silent Hill 4 is such an underrated game. My favorite of the series after the original.
P.S. I also lived through it, Adam. PC Gamer had the best demo discs...I still remember the one with Half-Life: Uplink on it.
first one I played actually! the 1st person apartment sequences are SO scary
Adam Sessler you are awesome. Great video. I was instantly transported to the year 1999 when I first encountered this historical gem of a game. Even though Silent Hill 2 had much darker themes, I think the original game was scary in a more traditional way and I don't think any of the franchise history would have happened without all the pivotal moments in this video.
The best part of Silent Hill is looking out into a foggy morning and dreading the sirens going off, if only for a fleeting moment
I absolutely love these secret history vids, more please. Might I suggest a secret history of G4 for the relaunch.
I want a new Silent Hill so bad! I still have p.t. saved on my ps4
It's not SH 1-3, but Visage really scratched the PT itch for me. just tryna help out!
@@thegaspatthegateway thanks for the recommendation. I actually hadn't even heard of this. Definitely gonna check it out.
@@johnk9924 bring an extra pair of pants
Bro you've been missed. Xplay was what EVERYONE watched about videogames. You're a legend. G4 would have been nothing without you.
I remember spending Spring Break playing silent hill when it first came out. I printed out a full walkthrough off the internet at the time. It was great. The one part that sticks out is the shinning of the medallion at certain points in the game that was contacting Aliens.
(15:15) Bought an Official Xbox Magazine for that demo disc back in the day. It had the first level of Chaos Theory :*chef's kiss*:
Playing through the first Silent Hill was one of my favorite video game experiences.
In SH3, the part where Stanely stalks and leaves diary entries for Heather is one of my favorite moments of the series. So creepy
Still have a few PS2 and OG Xbox demo discs. Glad to have my soul reaver strategy guide still and maybe an a few old psm and xbox magazines.
Adam is boss and that guy making the cut scenes by himself is legend. Also the days of videogame mags and demo disc were the best. A lot was lost when we lost that. Also most memorable moment from Silent Hill? The paino puzzle. If you know you know.
SH3 is criminally underrated tho! Just played it for the first time and Heather / Cherryl's story is real interesting and well written
Best SH video I’ve ever seen , great knowledge on the game and surprisingly Centrailia (Live an hour away and still have never visited ) Cheers Adam Xplay will never die !
Hearing you talk about games is so nostalgic. It brings me back to when I was young watching Extended Play and Arena. Adam is a legend
I miss the game magazines and the demo disc that came with them. Yes Adam, I grew up with them just like you. Thank you!
Watching Adam is like seeing that one uncle u haven’t seen since you where little
Man I used to watch X-Play years ago . Cool to see Adam still given her , it's also strange to see how time has passed . I was there I loved free or dirt cheap demo disks .
I knew exactly why Konami created Silent Hill (as a scary game to rival Capcom’s Resident Evil series) and played the game in high school when it came out. What I didn’t know, was everything else in the video. Thanks Adam for this history lesson. Also, that young team who developed the game were badass! And some of the frustrations between them and the company… well it’s so universal. Glad the game got made and they have been celebrated rightfully so.
Please never leave us again, Adam. Been a fan since the 90s on Tech TV.
WHEN I WA A KID I PLAYED THISSILENT HILLAND I COULD NOT PLAY AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT REALLY SCARED ME. I MUST SAY I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN X PLAY WAS A SHOW I COULD NEVER MISS I WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAN AND I KEEP HOPING YOU GUYS WILL COME BACK YOU ADDEM AND MORGAM WERE SO SO GOD I NEVER MISSED A SHOW HAVE MANY VHS TAPES OF YOUR SHOWS AS A KIDE I WAS HOOKED AND NOW I AM 70 YEARS OLD STILL WAITING FOR G4 TO RETURN. BOBBY X PLAY AND G4 FOREVER.
God, Adam's voice is just music to my ears. Soooo glad that G4 is back.
My favorite moment in the franchise is in the first move. Theres a quick camer change to a dutch angle into an alleyway, and the main character runs into the trash cans. Thats how you know a director enjoyed the games even if they missed the mark a little. inside jokes about the players experience not just some nich factoid.
Man, that original first game was such an original piece of art. I still think about it when I think of scary games
Silent Hill 1 is my favorite one, but Silent Hill 4 is the scariest game i've ever played.
Sato is the hero of this story, I had no idea the cutscenes were all done by a single guy. Thats devotion that not many people can achieve.
Yeah I thought his story was amazing! Great video of one of the greatest game franchises.
I remember in 1999 when my brother rented the game from a non-chain store (not blockbuster, a mom and pop rental). I played it until you died in the first bit, before you wake up in the diner. I was so scared I shut it off and had nightmares. That game was such a big part of my childhood. Same with Silent Hill 2 and 3.
Welcome home Adam...we missed you. Thanks for giving me background on the best horror franchise ever
Pepperidge Farms remembers gaming magazines with demo discs. Pepperidge Farms remembers getting instructional booklets in games to read on the ride home from the mall.
I didn't know you were a Legac Of Kain fan Adam. That series is my number one pipe dream every year for games I want to see remastered. I would also accept a remake if that's all I could get.
I just cried when you mentioned Legacy of Kain.
"Guys were alive for this, right?? "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love you Adam. Bring me back to my G4 days and watching with my dad.
Man, I could watch Sessler videos like this all day
I loved Silent Hill! I remember at the time, my roommate refused to play the game in the dark cause it freaked him out so much LMAO!
i remember cereal box demo discs, i also remember the early x play days and im so happy to see it have a online revival. you go sessler, you go.
Whenever theres a foggy weather outside i think about Silent Hill and that opening eerie ukalele music plays in my head. Damn this game is so good.
Looking forward to more horror content this month!! 😁 great job as always Sessler!!
The "What's this?" bit cracked me up lol
I don't think it's stressed enough, just who team silent was and how they were formed. How it took an entire team of potential bench warmers to make the scariest game series in the world at the time.
It really brings in a type of depression to know they got so heavily run down and torn apart with expectations and the general nature of how successful games are destroyed by the companies who make them.
Thank you for this historic look into a series that truly made me feel less alone as a kid.
Adam Sessler is the best. X-Play was my favorite show growing up
The man himself is back, the second coming of X-Play. Awesome!
I loved PT and grew obsessed with silent hill, Last year I got silent hill 2 restless dreams for my xbox 360 and loved it. Some of the puzzles are ridiculous but the gameplay and atmosphere and story was awesome.
Love these videos! I got emotional remembering Silent Hill's release and playing that demo disk so many years ago. Great Job G4tv, Sessler ftw.
Thanks for this Adam! This is what we need from G4 and xplay. Not live beach party blast that take place in parking lots. Even though I knew this story, this was amazing and love watching a well polished version of this back story!
Gosh, strategy guides bring back memories. I still have a Prima games guide to that Area 51 game laying around in storage somewhere.
One of my favorite moments is the strange mirror from Silent Hill 3 and the giant Eileen head in SH4.
Glad someone is giving some respect to the OG silent hill. Love silent hill 2 but the first has a special place in my heart and it's still my personal fav silent hill game.
I'm so glad Adam is still doing games it him and X play let know what games up my alley even tho alot got low scores. I dont regret anything... Adam's energy can't be match. I hope to get more of these from him..
This was really awesome to see. Adam, someone I watched in my childhood and teenage years, covering Silent Hill, one of my favorite horror games from my childhood and teenage years (and still one of the best to this day).
I would love to see more in depth videos like this about classics like this, games pre-PS3 era and all the way back. This was awesome.
My first experience with silent Hill was a demo disk that had it. I think I was 8 at the time and I didn't get very far into it. In my later years, I picked up a copy at EB games and got all the way through it. I loved every bit of it.
Oh wow yes I remember the demos that used to come with ordering pizza. The 90s really were a magical time.
This is such an incredible video! Thank you! Although you can't stop me from visiting Centralia. It's only 3 hours away from me and I will be hiking there asap
Man I'm such a huge fan, and I have been for many years. Adam, never stop being awesome, dude!
Yes Adam we did those things like read magazines and played demos of games and rented video games from movie stores.... Your not crazy 😂. I will admit it's nice to hearing you talk enthusiastically about games again.
Awesome that G4TV is back! Really missed the channel. Keep on keepin', Adam. 👍
Yes Adam, I DID live through that era. In fact my friend in the Navy bought me a copy of that Playstation magazine because I owned Gex at the time.
12:04 HERO… but “WHAT IF” that senior person was HIDEO KOJIMA???
I love these types of videos. So glad Xplay is back
I've been to Centralia. Not a huge deal but certainly worth the visit if you are in the area.
Along side Silent Hill 3, this is My favorite of the whole franchise. SO Many memories of playing this with a buddy of mine until 3am, then have to walk all the way back Home in a Town that is known for having a Lot of morning fog... Yay!
The first Silent Hill was seminal in my ability to see games as a form of art and not just a fun pastime. It was so engrossing and unlike anything out at the time, even Resident Evil, which was always a little more shlocky B-movie horror to Silent Hill's atmosphere of dread. The thing that sticks out in my memory as the best scare in the game was when you enter the bathroom in the hospital, and you hear a baby crying in one of the stalls. You know something terrible is going to happen, but you open the stall door anyway.......aaaand nothing happens. There is nothing there, but the cries stop as well. And it isn't followed up on, or resolved. It's just....horror. God I love this game.
Silent hill was part of my childhood and its one of my favorite franchise of all time.
They need to drop a true HD Remaster Collection 1-4
1-3. 4 is terrible.
And gold as usual... Thank you Adam you are absolutely vital to the gaming industry.
Yes Adam. I can easily trace my first introduction to MGS back to a pizza hut demo disc.
I did not realize how much I missed Adam Sessler's sardonic dulcet tones until G4 popped back up.
I'm a 5 min drive from "actual town that is still on fire" and yes, I have been there!
Awesome job on all of this, and great work describing the case of Centralia and it inspiring the movie's story! I went to school less than half an hour from Centralia, got to check out graffiti road before it was completely blocked off. Creepy stuff!
YES PLEASE, Legacy Kain
Adam please do a video on them. We need more. Blood Omen, BO2, Soul Reaver, SR2, Defiance. The story isn't over yet.
Also please do a video on the Legend Of Dragoon
I was there for the demo disks in magazines. I even remember them putting the magazines in bags cuz people would just take the discs out
I played Silent Hill 1 but not any of its sequels. I know, I missed out on SH 2... :P
One thing that SH 1 did so masterfully was in creating a constant sense of tension and dread. The ever-present fog, the threat of the unknown, the sound design and music, and, of course, the radio. That damn radio. XD