Silent Hill: Homecoming | A Complete History and Retrospective
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Hey Dad, Today we're going to Silent Hill again, but first we have to stop in Shepard's Glen. Will Silent Hill: Homecoming's attempts to change the series work in its favor? Let's find out, as we journey into the depths of Silent Hill: Homecoming.
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CHAPTERS
Intro 0:00
Development 1:14
Silent Hill: Homecoming 3:35
Endings 53:00
The Real Story 54:51
Final Thoughts 56:48 - Hry
What's your opinion on Silent Hill: Homecoming Dad?👻
👀👀 Looking extremely dilfy 🥵🥵
i simply agree with anything you say & very proud of you
In all honesty I like it.
*3.5 ☆'s out of 5* from me.
It's definitely not a Team Silent entry, but the new developers sort of spiced up the formula in some aspects I would say.
I really like the other world / transitions with some of the new monsters introduced in this entry. Combat was interesting.
I feel like if they took tweaked the inventory they had from 4 to hold more items and stack the ammo a bit more generously becaue we all know carrying 10 rounds that took up 1 spot in a 10 inventory was ridiculous... Also with combat take mechanics from 4 / Homecoming and the horror / psychological horror aspects from SH 2 / 4 then remove the HUD like they put in 4 and Homecoming, because I feel like the HUDs just take away from the scare factor in the Silent Hill series. Maybe use colors on the screen like in COD when you take more and more damage make the screen turn more red and gets more grainy like a old VHS tape and for low stamina make stars kinda pop here and there with the VHS grain or maybe a different color then the red I mentioned ealier like blue and have them blink together in a way that shows your low on health / stamina for heavy attacks / sprinting speed or! Have him get more winded and record 4 different reactions to losing stamina 1st at 75% 2nd at %50 3rd at %25 4th at 0% and he just does everything slower like in RE6s low stamina effect. One last thing implement the defensive mechanics from RE1 and the item viewing for clues for puzzles in levels.
I really love your Silent Hill videos they help me sleep with my scary video game Playlist.
Idk why I typed so much. I'm such a huge fan of the Silent Hill series and just feel like I could've wrote a more survival horror oriented story. Really love the work that's posted on this channel. Keep up the awesomeness Son and family.
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The worst Silent Hill by far and an embarrassment for everyone involved.
I would stomach it, but that horrific, awful, ass-pull twist with the protagonist's identity... Ohhh, that stings, to this day that stings. The game has a *few* decent ideas, even if it plays pretty bad, and misses more often than it hits, but that twist. That's worse than the good ending of Downpour. Legit the worst SH story move I've seen in my life.
On the other hand, it's a game that does expose a lot of the critics. They spew bile over Pyramidhead being in it (which, I admit, is idiotic) and rant about how every game past 2 has been a 2 rip-off. And yet Homecoming deals extensively with the Cult and has way more ties to SH1 (if really shitty ones...) than 2. Yeah you might see why they stuck with the formula from 2: cause their only other option is more cult shenanigans.
The worst part about the ending decisions, is that unlike the previous games, there is nothing that prevents you from getting a "joke ending". I got the UFO ending on my first playthrough, and it soured the game even more for me.
lmfao yeah i can see how that can be an easy to get ending that isn't as specific as what you need to do in silent hill 1 it's odd that they didn't think about that .
So that's where they've been taking everybody! I knew it!
Lmao yeah, I've seen so many people who were like "Yeah, this could have been a really cool game, but the ending was such a cop-out, all of a sudden these aliens come from out of nowhere??" The other SH games were smart about it and made it so you can only get a joke ending by picking up specific items that only spawn during a New Game+ playthrough.
The fact that they never touch on Alex not really being a part of the military was such a miss. It would of been such a great hint and foreshadowing if when you face your first enemy, he realizes he doesn't have combat skill.
Or you see his dad trained him and that's how he knows, not actual military training.
I would have just kept him a soldier. He joined the military trying to prove to his old man that he's not useless. You could have learned into the war tropes with the monster designs.
@@themeangene I prefer that too. The twist about him not really being a soldier just doesn't seem to make any sense given the fighting skill he has. Also it somehow feels less compelling.
@@runningcommentary2125 mental hospitals and psych wards have been so overdone in horror that the soldier/war angle would have been slightly more imaginative
He's skilled because that's his fantasy, he then realizes that's not enough to protect Sheperd's Glenn, Josh, or to atone for his sins
Honestly I want to elaborate on the introductory scene to Scarlet's boss fight, because it's pretty great. The doll you picked up is an old doll belonging to Fitch's daughter, possessed by her spirit after she was sacrificed. As she turns into this hideous creature, she picks him up in her arms, and he looks at her and asks for forgiveness. She cradles him for a second like... well, like a doll, presumably much as she did with her own dolls in life. And there is this one tiny moment where the whole scene looks almost loving, and then she quite literally bites his head off. It's metal as shit and I've loved that scene ever since I first saw it.
That whole sequence is the perfect example of why these later silent hill games drive me nuts, because you find these little pockets of _fantastic_ material scattered around, but when put together into a whole game that plays like shit and is subjected to intense executive meddling, it all just goes bloop.
I like that you don’t fight Pyramid Head. James could see other character’s demons like Angela’s father etc and they weren’t that hostile to James so it stands to reason Alex could see Pyramid Head (more accurately because of his lack of mental association with PH) but since it’s not apart of Alex’s manifestations, it’s not interested in punishing him. It’s busy.
Son, I am absolutely flabbergasted at how much content you’re putting out. I hope you won’t get burnt out doing so much. Always proud of your work and it’s worth waiting for. I enjoy seeing the games from back in my day getting such loving attention from you.
Don’t forget to make your bed.
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I'll try Dad but I can't promise anything.
I'm so glad you mentioned the fact that this game suffers from the dev's lack of general understanding of the Silent Hill lore. As you mentioned, you can tell there was love pumped into this, but unfortunately the game seems to be more focused on being faithful to the 2006 movie than the actual previous game's lore. That on top of the cliche American horror, with all these action bits, jumpscares and worst of all, the torture p*rn. The whole hostel/saw aspect of it to me is the most egregious mistake this game made. The story of Alex and his amnesia also feels very cheap and forced, like its trying too hard to be silent hill 2. Last of all, this game does look good overall, but when you compare the character models/animations/facial expressions to those of silent hill 3, you can really see how this game is a downgrade even though it came out years later and for newer consoles.
I agree 100% with your post. I do think the enemy design in this game is interesting and I like many of the environments.
I think Alex and his brother are modeled fine but everyone else is terrible. You're right that Silent Hill 3 character models are superior.
The basic premise of the game pertaining to the founding families is something I actually love. It's the third act that kills the plot for me. The mayor turning into a cartoon villain was so dumb.
You could have played around with the idea that because the townsfolk lost their faith as a consequence of Josh being killed on accident, they "willed" these monstrosities into existence. The mystical powers surrounding Toluca Lake were dormant until the townsfolk turned against eachother.
Definitely if team silent would have made homecoming i would say it would have been much much better but still its a fun game but not silent hill in my opinion
I allways found funny how his mother and the judge look YOUNGER than Alex
I'm agree with everything you said except for the tortune p*rn part, I thought it was cool seeing the most savage and cruel side of The Order, Which althought most of SH 2 fanboys hate, is part of the central canon in the towns history.
@@rodrigoogaz3860 You are entitled to like that, many people do. The reason I think that is one of the worst aspects of the game is because Silent Hill was never in your face about violence. It was always suggestive and underlying. Many times we found horrible things but it was up to our imagination to put what happened together. That is what the original silent hills did great. Psychological horror at its best. Torture p*rn is lazy in your face gore for the sake of gore and shock value. And to be clear, I love the aspects of silent hill's cult, I equally love sh 1,2 and 3 as they all did different things and all were masterpieces in their own styles so I'm not one of those people that just gushes over sh2 and ignores the Alessa/Cult aspect of it; to put things into perspective.
Fun fact, the people getting tortured in the intro are actually the kids that were sacrificed by the other parents.
The idea of a SH protagonist being a war veteran or just a soldier in general could work so well as a story about the guilt and psychological trauma of war and the town manifesting horrors for the player based on that. It makes this game more disappointing because that could have been so much better than what we got. I didn't like the twist about the protagonist not being an actual soldier but I guess they didn't do anything with the soldier idea in the first place for that to matter. I do hope if the series ever returns at some point the concept of a soldier in Silent Hill gets revisited.
Regardless, it did get a couple of things right like the atmosphere of the town. Yamaoka's music in the game is as great and memorable as always. Anyway, good work on the grind, son. Keep up the great work.
Absolutely. I was so. stoked. when they promoted this game. A soldier protagonist would've been amazing. The twist with his identity was genuinely the worst shit I've experienced in a silent hill game. Not even Book of Memories or the pachinko game hurt as much as that did. Just the fact that such an easy win was thrown the hell aside for a bad copy of the SH2 twist, in a game that isn't even similar to SH2! That one really smarts.
silent hill isn't about guilt and punishment so no it wouldn't have been a good idea
@@ExValeFor It's like they took a quick look at the SH movie and made a game based on that with zero idea about what it means for the town to reflect one's psyche. It'd be one thing if the movies alone diluted the idea of Pyramid Head, but this game existing and doing just that is just a travesty. Downpour, while not a very good game, got the idea right at least for the otherworld and monsters to look unique to the story of that game. It's a great concept on paper, a soldier in Silent Hill and there's a lot of cool things that could have been done about it, like war sounds and imagery while transitioning into the other world. The twist was just trash, simply put.
@@elvangulley3210 Nobody here said it was but seeing your other replies in this video I'm gonna need you to punctuate your comments before I talk with you chief.
A little excerpt from SH wiki for you though.
"Monsters are created when a psyche's conscious, subconscious, or repressed thoughts are manifested by the mysterious power of the town of Silent Hill. Sometimes, someone only needs to have a psyche powered by strong enough emotions or memories (such as trauma, sadness, fear, etc.) to manifest these monsters.
Monsters are often very symbolic, due to the fact that they are manifested from the minds of a major character in the plot, whether it be the protagonist, antagonist, or other characters. The nature and appearance of the monsters are linked to whoever is experiencing the powers of the town."
The town isn't necessarily about guilt and punishment or to find redemption from these things, but if a character is going through this in their lives the town will reflect it back to them. Silent Hill 2, which you called overrated in your other replies, did just that with its plot.
@@elvangulley3210 Homeboy, I just saw that other comment you made in this video. You said SH2 doean't have the real lore of the series? Lmao
Actually you know what, I'm not gonna do this. Sorry chief, no arguments from me to you. You right SH2 ams not realz silent hill. fuck hiroyuki owaku and everyone else who worked on sh2 fake silent hill devs they ruined the series goddamn
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I happen to invest in a company working on a new Lupus drug. Yes that's coincidental, no I'm not pushing it. I just hope things work out and one day you can get it and it will provide relief.
@@mattblom3990 that's exciting! Thanks for sharing ❤️
Retrospectives of shitty Silent Hill games have long been the only remedies for lupus flare ups.
Having an ulcerative colitis flare and watching this series too so I was surprised to see a comment like this. Good luck getting out of your flare.
@@mattblom3990 is it going to be affordable?
See, I feel like the whole "he was a soldier but not actually tho" would have worked better if they did like, anything at all with it.
Imagine if like, 3 hours into the game you come across one of Alex's "squad members" in town, and they said they came to check on him after he got out of the hospital. Have scenes where you're talking with him and they only show up when you're alone, or something.
Then have the twist happen and you find out that person is just a hollow shell, a figment of Alex's delusions come to life, and you have to overcome that to find some semblance of normalcy.
Idk, it could definitely be workshopped, but god I just wish it was like, anything interesting at all.
Sorry for responding seven months later lol
I had a thought similar to yours, but instead of Alex knowing the squad buddy or the buddy just being a figment of Alex's amnesia or something, that maybe Alex could just meet a soldier that he has to work with through the game. There could be moments where they reference things only military personell would know, but Alex just doesn't know it, or something that could subtly show Alex wasn't a real soldier without being so "he's a soldier jk we lied"
@@leighsartworks Nah it's cool. This would be good too lmao. Just, god, anything other than "lol. it was just a lie"
The plot twist of be not to be is because the plot wil be too similar to Jacob's ladder, that will be risky.
My favorite quote ever came from this game. "They laughed at me for being different, I laughed at them for being the same".
kurt cobain
Feels like they originally planned for him to kill his brother it seems way to coincidental that he accidentally killed his brother by drowning when one of them had to be drowned anyways as if they last minute changed it into an accident because I feel like him drowning his brother as a desperate attempt to save his own life from being sacrificed would probably make alot more sense and hit harder then his brother slipping on a boat just seems like they originally wrote around him killing his brother at first
I feel like the mysterious woman in the hotel was Mary considering the memories all being places you visit as james, the mention of her Illness, and even pyramid head showing up
Interesting theory, i second this
Also, the Shepherd family is featured in Homecoming, and Mary's maiden name was Shepherd. Could just be a coincidence, could be implying a connection. YMMV.
YourFavoriteSon, you should look up the original plot idea for this game before Tom stepped in. It was going to be a DBZ fight between Alessa and Josh. The final product isn't great but it could have been worse
Honestly I would have loved to see that happen.
At least then the game could have been bad enough to be the fun type of bad.
Memories from Super Best Friends:
"I noticed that 90% of Shepherd's Glen is just a cemetary"
"And also My House"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Super Ex Friends*
"What's my objective"
"YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIVES"
Forever established my favorite name for this era of Silent Hill; Downcoming.
Your dad couldn't be more proud of the video you've blessed him with today. Great job Son!
In regards to Pyramid Head, I did at first think that he didn't belong in this game and was unnecessary since he was a monster tied in with James and his inner demons to punish James for what he did. But when you think about it, he doesn't attack Alex. Almost as if he's observing him. And depending your actions and the ending, Pyramid Head could see potential within Alex to be another punisher like him and will be observing his actions to determine if he should turn him into another Boogie Man.
The lore of the game, families sacrificing their children to keep the town safe, which results in their children becoming monsters is absolutely amazing and very on brand.
The soundtrack is also great (especially Scarlet's theme: Dear God, what is that masterpiece?! and One More Soul To The Call -another masterpiece- which is like a tribute song to the children that were sacrificed)
Most bosses like Scarlet, Amnion and Asphyxia have a brilliant design
The shift to the Otherworld -even though it's copied from the movie- looks fantastic (and so do the nurses) and these 2 could make sense because Alex is a "soldier"
However what ruins the game for me is: the gameplay (which is very important obviously). This is not an action game, the fighting system makes no sense and on top of that is clunky and buggy af. Did the people who made the game even play it?
The stupid dialogue options.
The way Alex opens doors (by throwing himself at them) wtf?
The game is also filled with unlikeable and ANNOYING characters. Everyone is zoned out, hostile or completely avoiding to answer questions. It's really frustrating! And then you have your stupid brother Josh, who you have to chase around like a fly as if you give a tiny rat's ass about him. Literally couldn't care less about him at any point of the story.
Also Alex's parents were major cunts. It was impossible to sympathize with them, even after understanding what had happened. No emotional investment there. Whether they died or not it didn't feel like a loss.
The endings make 0 sense
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Hey, any chance you can link that playlist? I’ve been craving more good video essay channels recently
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I am interested as well. Who is the other one you subscribe to?
I love video game essays. Mind sharing who else you subscribe to?
@@StoneColdMan2294 I'm not sure if youtube allows links in the comments but search "long-form Analysis" and you'll find a playlist created by Listonosh. They update it ever couple days so there are almost always new videos to watch.
Side note for the hotel boss: You do not attack the tail you attack his arms as they slam to the ground then hit the head when it's stunned. Love the video retrospective! Keep up the great work homie :)
This COULD have been a cool game, since it touches on some very serious and disturbing, stuff but it is as subtle as a slap to the face, technically inept and a lackluster experience. The OG Trilogy is and will always be lightning in a bottle I guess.
Ah, I know your channel - you made a cool video about the "almost" Silent Hill movie!
To be fair, I watched a video by an Englishman where he played the entirety of Vatra Games’ contribution to the Silent Hill franchise, Downpour, and while it no doubt was a bit rough around the edges, I’m pretty sure that if they had been given another crack at developing a Silent Hill title, they could’ve had something truly memorable to offer the community. Unfortunately, Konami being themselves as usual, Vatra got binned once their post launch support on Downpour was completed and the studio fell apart soon after. 😑
I totally agree with you!!
I miss the days of getting a silent hill game at launch..
I always liked this one.
Of course, the SH trilogy will forever be the greatest trilogy out there. But Homecoming isn't bad. Just can't compare to those masterpieces
There was a quote from a developer on this game that went something like, "everyone came in screaming silent hill 5 mother fuckers! Then we stopped, took a look around and walked away, tail between our legs, whispering Homecoming" which I think really encapsulates the issues this game has. At its best its an over eager, derivative attempt at a love letter to silent hill. And at its worst, it's so comically bad it stains the name and the legacy of Silent Hill.
I actually like the game 😭
It's actually the best Silent Hill
Are you winning, son?
Gonna hang this one on the fridge, son.
Whatever you think about this game,The soundtrack is definitely a Silent Hill soundtrack and a banger.
I liked the idea that shepherd's glen was a branch off of the main town that turned out to be as equally fanatical but they should given him a personal connection to alessa to make the otherworld transformation fit in
How could the timing be so perfect I binged all silent hill retrospectives and now that
You’ve been releasing these videos right as I finish each game, simply because I wanted to replay this series recently and your videos were recommended to me. This has been an uncanny journey
I just finished origins a week ago, and the numbered entries in the weeks before that
Between the otherworld transition effects, Pyramid Head, the plot twist at the end, the confessional, and many of the puzzles, there's only one way I can describe this game: Derivative. Homecoming is just a long list of things other Silent Hill titles have already done. And in most cases, they did them better.
Loved the video, thanks so much for your hard work!
The monster design in this game is the best of every silent hill. I will give them that.
I think the most disappointing thing for me about homecoming was that I never felt like it could commit. I think it would have been much better off either full committing to an action shift like resident evil, or committing fully to being silent hill. Instead they tried to mix and match and it fell flat on both ends.
Yet again you've knocked it out of the park Son! I love this series and I'm so happy that you've continued it!
Played through this entire game back in the day, only to get the UFO ending on my first playthrough.
That was a gripe I had,too.
The UFO endings are gag endings you get on subsequent playthroughs.
Lol how?
SAME! Joke ending like that should never be able to be achieved on a first playthrough.
@@Walamonga1313 If you don't kill your dad and mother but save wheeler. Literally no reason why it should be a UFO ending. No idea wtf they were thinking.
Binged your series of Silent Hill analysis and I have to say, I loved it. I felt the love and care you put into every single video essay, and made it feel like I actually played the games. Great stuff, keep it up son
really love your content, i´ve been binging it all over the last few weeks. love the amount of videos you can dish out with that level of quality and your voice fits perfectly for lore videos
Hey son. So fortunate, i can listen to this while doing college stuff. I'm proud of you.
Thanks for making these! Easily the most accessible way to understand these Silent Hill games individually! I never played these and felt overwhelming to start the series. I enjoy this and may revisit and actually play down the road!
You're really burning out the content man! I love it, keep up the amazing work!
Hey Son, been binging your Silent Hill series. Just want to say I've been really enjoying it.
Super excited for your downpour retrospective. It's my favorite of the non teamsilent games. I also gotta give you props because you're always dropping videos with high quality. Keep up the good work bro.
Just binged the entirety of your Silent Hill content, can't wait for more! 100% subbing, your style and structure are really good to listen to. Gonna go take a look at your other videos now~!
Keep up the awesome work *SON*
Making us all *proud* to be in your early days, before you get super famous.
🙏🦄💜
This is such fantastic content. Great work. Maybe the Fatal Frame series next? I would love to see you get your hands on that!
Wow dude, you are really good. So glad i found your channel. Keep up the same level of work you have been putting into your videos and you will be big. Can’t wait for the rest of SH videos.
Love these weekly videos! Really looking forward to each one!
Grey rainy day and then this, bliss.
Thank you son. I always appreciate the videos, they help me get to sleep when it's been a bad day.
mannn we need moree videosss i love them your voice be so relaxing just listening while doing something even helps me fall asleep
Thank you, Son. I am thoroughly enjoying this trek through the silent hill series. Keep being yourself my man ❤️
I watched all your silent hill videos, your content is amazing. Subscribed. Please don't burn out, take care and keep making amazing videos at a good pace.
Yo , I look forward to all these “Silent hill” breakdowns. You do a good job of dissecting the games ! Keep it up
Ah yes, "Silent Evil Resident Hill", my favorite entry in the franchise... /s
I remember when this title first launched I was stoked for another SH entry only to immediately wonder if I had purchased the wrong game. Homecoming is to Silent Hill like the later Hellraiser sequels were to the original: a script that had nothing to do with the original but then the studio demanded rewrites that shoved in lore haphazardly and then slapped the recognized branding on top of the resulting mess.
So many missed opportunities with the characters - imagine a story where Alex's false Soldier memories actually had anything to do with how he interacts with the world or simply provided an actual twist of ANY kind in the game. Then there are the enemies that really have almost nothing to do with our protagonist or his mental/emotional/lore-based state in the story... just generic "evil-looking" things and then some fan service that was just pure cringe. And the combat. Dear lord the combat. Why? Again, if there was some sort of connection to our protagonist and his "training" - could have been cool that his imagination gave him some sort of ability that made us believe he "was" a soldier only to then have it ripped from him when reality crashed in... but instead it's just Resi-lite and skips right past "scary" into annoying and frustrating - but hey, at least the weapons didn't break /s
You were far kinder to this one than I could be Son, maybe I brought you up right after all, haha.
Wish you would have told me about your channel sooner, could have been enjoying the content and bragging about my son all this time. Your mom and I are proud of the work.🥸
silent evil resident hill, huh, sounds cool. could that work
I kinda see what the returning enemies from other games was meant to be. Since these people, like James, was in Silent Hill, and Pyramid Head is specifically tied to James, that monster was manifested by James's guilt and came to be apart of Silent Hill. So it doesn't only exist because of James can only see him, or because when James isn't in Silent Hill Pyramid Head ceases to exist, but that Pyramid Head, or the Boogeyman, was manifested into the reality of Silent Hill and is now its permanent resident and a harbinger of death.
Silent Hill Homecoming is a more than decent horror game in its own right. I've finished it several times and always had fun.
Binges this entire series today. My first experience with your channel, I'll be sticking around. Great content.
I just want to tell you I’m really enjoying your videos I love everything silent hill i’ve watched others but your content is by far the best very entertaining and informative thank you for doing this series it never gets old ♥️♥️
I love this Retrospectives of yours! Really wish they just gave us PROPER HD and Remasters of all the classic games.
Homecoming and Dowpour are playable on Xbox Series X.
It has been such a long time since I found a CZcams channel I love as much as yours. You are the best son I could ever ask for
I loved loved loved the scarcity of ammo. It made the game harder and scarier.
Agreed, it was a nice return to classic survival horror
More like the game didn't allow you to carry more ammo than you could. There were a fair number of ammo boxes scattered throughout the game, but you are only allowed 15 pistol bullets and 5 shotgun shells max at any time. That's just lame game design forcing you to use the messy melee combat. Seems to me Callisto Protocol used Homecoming as a template for it's own horrid setup.
i legit hope your channel blows up man! i rewatch your soul reaver/ legacy of kain video all the time! keep it up son!
I absolutely love this game, it was my first silent hill and I was hooked on getting the different endings/outfits :)
Those videos are the reason you are my favorite son. Soothing, gentle voice. Very informative and entertaining. I love your videos!
What a way to start a new day, thank you son.
Nice timing, i was about to replay this one.
BTW it's been a long time since I've been waiting for a video so much. I love you channel. More people need to discover it. Thanks a lot.
great video! honestly, i knew very little about this game in the series and always assumed it was awful, so i was surprised at how much it seemed like they were really trying to make a good horror game. some of the visuals are pretty creepy. i'm excited to see your take on shattered memories; i remember not finding that game very scary but liking it nonetheless.
I feel like the ideas in this game could have shown some real promise if in more skilled hands and with experienced devs. The town expanding to create another like it is an interesting idea, as is a war veteran facing his inner demons made flesh, and dealing with generational trauma. There is alot that could be done with these concepts.
Fantastic work as always!
Keep up this hard work your doing 👍👍
Videos are straight to the point and provides all the information we want
But
Could you provide more scary moments that scared you as a section of its own in the videos
YES! Coming in clutch with the timing again! Also, you convinced me to stream the 2nd silent hill game. it's gonna be the first SH game I play lol. I know every little detail about it but still, I want to play it! If nothing else, for historical gaming purposes!
Glad you're enjoying Silent Hill Dad!
Why start with 2
@@YourFavoriteSon1 DUDE, when you were like "it seems like Josh was the favorite SON",at 17:50 I lost it a bit :')
@@Walamonga1313 cause SH 1 is kind of impossible to find a way to play on PC and also, although I'm not a HQ graphics elitist, having both that outdated graphics AND tank controls while also knowing the full story, idk if it's gonna be that enjoyable for me
@@nikkigrimm9686 I wish Silent Hill had a mod scene. There's a thousand cool mods for the original Resident Evils. I realize the original SH is harder to mod for because of its obscure engine but I'd love to see people play around with the original concept
Good luck with your stream. I think Silent Hill 2 is always a treat
Thank you for this wonderful retrospective video essay on the very first game I raged at as a young teenager. You made me proud, son.
You really do have the best SH retrospectives. No small feat. 👍
Hmmm Pyramid Head, Faceless Nurses, Lying figures, a plot twist about your protagonist murdering someone close to them, notes about a serial killer...almost like the devs for this one REALLY wanted to make another Silent Hill 2 or something
Man, how do you put these out so fast? I feel like I just watched your last silent hill video. Take care of yourself son, don't burn yourself out.
I was waiting for this one, thx Son !
Son, this is the best thing you could have gotten me. I love you.
Son, time after time you amaze me. I've thought you are almost five and don't know anything about games(or even English) and next thing I know you're all grown up and make totally awesome videos on lots of my favorite games. How did you do it? How comes you've grown so much since I've last seen you? It's been only two hours and you're supposed to sleep!
Anyways, I'm proud of you
It took me a while to get the joke.
Finally getting a chance to watch this before Sonday is over. Amazing stuff as always son.
Nice work again son, you're on a roll! I never played this one, and I'm kind of glad. I likely would have quit early.
Here we go. I can not wait for the next game because the secret ending of that one means so much more now more than ever.
care to explain?
@@GribbleGob sure. The secret ending of Downpour is all the chacters, well most of them, from all the past SH wishing the protagonist of Downpour a happy birthday. Reflecting back this was the last time we would see them all together in a game. The happy birthday seems more of like a good bye seeing what Konami did. That's just my opinion.
@@BiggusYuichi yea I see your point. it does seem like a goodbye these days. thank you for elaborating.
@@GribbleGob no problem. I love the SH series. I miss it so much. I recognize that 1 and 3 where really the two best based in the history of SH and the rest kind of used the name and characters to sell. But man SH2 by any other name is still the best game ever made.
Love the series man keep it up! After this series could you do both deadly premonitions?
How can you drop videos so consistently good and every week!? Kudos son!
You can never disappoint me Son, keep up the good work.
HOMECOMING is definitely the BEST of the subpar western developed "Silent Hill" entries, which isn't really saying much in terms of praise. The best part of this game is DEFINITELY the soundtrack. The game's story isn't awful, but it isn't good, and that's due to Tom Hulett's input. Years ago, I remember him saying that the development team had the story pretty much completed before he was put in charge of producing the game. He then said that the story of Homecoming made sense, which he felt wasn't how a Silent Hill game was supposed to feel. Tom Hulett said that he went in and made the story not make sense. Tom Hulett said that.
crazy, I just entered on your channel to see more videos and you release a new one
I'll have watch this one again to make sure I fully understand it all since I never played this one! Sounds like I got out at the right time since it got all weird with the mechanics though. Awesome video!
Funny how I’ve been binging these videos and suddenly this is in my recommended. Guess I have to sub.
Yo, how are you constantly doing these Videos about games i loved when i was younger?
Big up, my man.
I'm amazed at how your able to make consistently good videos that are over an hour long every single week. Keep up the good work son 👍
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You always make me proud, my boy. You're my FavoriteSon.
This the one I been waiting for
Damn fine work boy.
Loves you breakdown I remember playing this on Xbox 360 man how time flys seems like yesterday
exactly what i needed mane thank you
seriously, ya got no idea how much these videos help me distract my brain from anxiety and all that stuff. cant wait to see what else you got in store, kiddo
I'm not going to lie, I absolutely love the plot regarding the families offering sacrifices to ward off Silent Hill's influence (Or the deity's). The thought of being raised to be said sacrifice, accidentally flunking it, and seeing the result of it is pretty twisted. I think if the execution was better along with improvement in other narrative areas, this could've been something to rival Silent Hill 2's twist.
Yeah they should have just fleshed that concept out more. I think that part of the plot is actually a great idea
Great video *son* it's really helping motivate me to do my uni work
Awesome keep up the good work YourFavoriteSon your videos are great and very well edited well done i thought this game was ok. 😎👍❤️😎👍
For the Needlers you have to time your dodge right as they attack to parry them or do a large combat roll to then press the heavy attack and either do big damage to them, or stun them and finish them off with a heavy attack/finisher.
Also, I forgot to mention, you should be using the Fire axe to kill them.
You're videos are very well done Son. I'm gonna subscribe to you and keep on watching.