FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Silent Hill Shattered Memories P3

[playfulpaul1985]

you love the sound of your own voice, queer!!!

[canUbelievethisrain]

i think all the games were good in a way that if you never played a SH game and picked up any one of the games and played it no matter the order your gonna like it. by themselves each game is amazing people cling to the SH look and main story/plot too much with no room for something unique. in this game i dont think they should have made it harry mason (i hate the iphone thing) it should be someone new, instead of trying to get back some of the fans for the original 3 games.

[TheAnimeZombie]

they should do a fire theme in the next game then make it looked like your really in hell. The number one Bad Thing about HOmcoming is that even though you went to Silent hill in the end, most of the came took place in a near by town and the cult was the antagonist. The main antagonist in any silent hill Game shoulde be the town itself

[Acrowatz]

I just Finished the game and i got to say, i was a bit disappointed. It is a great game, but it just wasn't scary enough. By the way, the ending is really amusing.

[Talvrae]

Just want to say i have the game... and about the monsters, yeah they do heard you, they swarm you from every where and try to corner you they are kinda of really tricky...

[Deshwitat202]

Good video man very interesting i like ur ideas keep it up

[trumpeteer23]

Make some more videos dude! I really enjoyed listening to what you had to say! Good stuff and can't wait for this game. I agree, Silent Hill 4 the Room was a great game. It really gave you that feeling of being alone and helpless... except towards the end, but yeah, it was great. Shattered Memories is going to be a great game, I just hope they don't rush it, making sure it's exactly what they want to put out, sort of like Blizzard does with all their games. Looking forward to hearing more :)

[BlueDragonOfUNA]

will you do a video on your impressions on the video previews being uploaded all over youtube?

[Poeden]

@BlueDragonOfUNA

You know, now that you mention it this is a good idea. I have been looking for something that i feel adamant about to actually put the time into making a video for, and this might make a decent follow-up on my current series.

I actually stopped a Let's Play after the first installment because my microphone broke shortly after, which is part of why I have no newer videos. I think I might take you up on this idea, thank you for encouraging it.

It may take a while, though.

[snowywhitewolf7]

Good points i agree!

[fuckinfak]

I like the idea of sh-sm , because sutvival games are about survival not the killing... and i love sh1,2n3 ..... i hope its going 2 b great.

[comicheroin]

I listened to all three of these, and you have some really good points. You seem to think just like me on this subject. :)

Very interesting to listen to, thankyou for sharing it. :)

[fudayk]

Silent Hill 4: The Room is the best SH game. (:

People never shut up about how "it wasn't suppose to be a SH game". Well you know what?? It -IS- a SH game so shut up and live with it.

[Poeden]

I wouldn't personally consider The Room to be the best in the series, but I'm not really someone who can accurately place any one of the first four over any other. The only ones I can accurately consider 'below' them are 0rigins and Homecoming, but... those are different development teams so it's expected.

The original four, in my eyes, are all on pretty equal footing for radically different reasons.

[fudayk]

It kills me of funny how I got rated down -3 because people hate it that much. It just proves people are immature and can't like appreciate that people have their own likes and dislikes and that's pretty funny, you know.

It's even funnier if they try to deny the fact that it has Silent Hill printed on the cover of it, which it does. So yuh, it's pretty sad but yuh.

Everyone has their favorite games and least favorites.

Maybe SH4 is my favorite because it was my first? Probably. Everyones diff.

[xXWILLTHEGAMERXx]

silent hill has been missed up since the movie but actually the fifth game made since to me because pyramid head only appears to murderers for punishment origins kinda made since but mad a lot of questions as well and i think silent hill 4 was the sequel to number 2 and three is a sequel to 1 origins is prequel and silent hill 5 is a new story for the game.

[primeEmu16]

While we're all on the matter of how the in game tracker affects the monsters appearence, listen to this. As you know, the early questionaire contains some provacative questions.(have you ever enjoyed roleplay?) Well, if you answer yes to the more outrageous ones and do glance at a girly calender, then the creatures will take on a more grotesque malnorished feminine form. This just goes to show what theyre pulling to create a almost ironic atmosphere.

[333335339]

Dude I dont know what you have aginst origins but you convinced me to buy this game. So I subscribed. Also I am geting it for psp or ps2.

[Poeden]

Any real Silent Hill fan can tell you what's wrong with 0rigins.

It isn't a terrible game 'on its own', but that's the problem. Having name like "Silent Hill" tries to compare it, automatically, to the main series, and that's, if anything, not fair to 0rigins. 0rigins wasn't original, it wasn't unique, and it was only moderately enjoyable. It was also somewhat buggy.

It felt like am amateur experiment developed by fans of the series. So it was... enjoyable, but to a lesser extent. Still good.

[clowneone]

Everyone hates 4, 0, and HC.... I liked them, and I've played all the games. I know 1-4 were like pieces in a puzzle and 0 and HC were sort of like glued on parts but still..... and I know it's already far too late, but they shouldn't have reimagined Silent Hill, just do what they did in HC. Have like neighbor towns that are affected by it and have their own stories. Like you said all under the Silent Hill genre but not just a single story or series. Different stories all connected. But whatever

[dmajorhiphopproducer]

I love SH4. Also I have Origins and I like it so far. Actually I was surprised that if you look at some youtube scariest games of all time, some people put SH4 at the top of the list. Oh and you have the same idea I had, have new people go to Silent Hill and you get to play as them and see Silent Hill as it changes for them. That would be awesome if they do it that way.

[nunobelo]

NOTHING! ,,, about action.

well said! nice impressions!

the new ice underworld is kinda refreshing, even though I cannot find it scary...

[lildread1]

have you ever been in the forest alone at night in the winter?

i believe the ice world can be just as scary, its how they portray it in the game, ice and winter and snow is brutal and silent and lonely everything a good SH title needs

[Keroshino]

I hate Spiders too...uhg O_o

[makairu]

I wholly agree with you through every single one of your impressions. I think that if this game is what it's promising to be, it's going to be another piece of art coming from the series. What I really am curious about, though, is the fact that there hasn't been much showing off the game, especially if it's releasing in fall or winter. I think they are really trying to build suspense for the release, which could definitely be a good thing...

[egdeltur666]

More like third impressions.

I got into SH for the monsters in the first place, since I'm no good at pretending to care about fictional humans. So when a series where the monsters are tied to human psychology is able to hold my interest, you know they're doing something right. A by product of this is making the humans seem more interesting. The concept of customizing those monsters to mess with me personally is about the coolest thing I can think of other than King Ghidorah vs. PH on the Moon.

[1000words217]

silent hill 4 the room was not supposed to be a silent hill game it was supposed to be a new game the room but because of walter sulivan is the only reason it was turnd to a silent hill i hated it silent hill should of ended with 3 but i want of this game

[earthguardian2]

origins and Shattered Memories are the start of the new series

[gnomemanlight]

I agree with you that SH can become it's own genre by taking this different approach. Besides it's the horror that makes the game what it is (for me at least), not the action. That's what got me into the series. It's what I love about the series. The horror in it that can still make me wet my pants (figuratively speaking).

[cpatrick824]

For Those of you who liked Clocktower 3, Haunting Grounds by Capcom is a basically mastered version of that game

[WaveMasterVen]

no,its gonan be a HUGE PSYCHO'D Trip!!

[wolfgang8181]

Secondly the otherworld change may be a good thing but like i said not for the origanal the blood and rust and grating always scared me becuase the music fits so well with the theme, changing this to frost will kill some of that fear, though they could use this as a transition between the now darkworld(no fog anymore) to the bloody otherworld, where at certain points the frost starts filling with blood and dirt and melting into the grating then changing to rust. i wish this would be silent hill6

[wolfgang8181]

But shattered memories is worry me because it might possibly ruin the original game that started silent hill series name. i know it isnt a remake but reimaging, but this shouldnt be done to the seed game. Now the fog has been removed and replaced with darkness, this isnt a good thing really because fog added the sense of lost and helpless. also the storyline will be greatly changed, still keeping the core of harry looking for chyrel(cant spell) but that will be it

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[wolfgang8181]

Ok i am really intrigued by what you have said, now i do agree that homecoming was playable but im afraid that the action in it ruined the gameplay, as to the reapearence of comman ememys and nothing new. Just a note, i actually enjoyed origins very much as it tried somthing new(The mirrors acting as a continues puzzle thoughout the game)Now silent hill shattered memories is worring me, not because of climax developing it (they done great on origins)

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[ares5566]

homecoming was completely different game wat do you mean you didnt like it cause it over played an idea

[Poeden]

It tried to be Silent Hill but ended up being more based on action than storyline or fear. Silent Hill is nothing to do with action at all, never has been.

Homecoming didn't feel or behave like Silent Hill in any way, it wasn't scary at all and most of the monsters were just copies of old ones such as the Lying Creature. It also didn't really have that GOOD of action. As its own game it wasn't terrible or anything but as a Silent Hill title it was really pretty lousy.

[ares5566]

lying bodies were copied in origins too due to they were fan favorites but you cant say silent hill was never about action wat about silent hill 4 had no puzzles no fear just action so honestly look at silent hill 4 and silent hill origins and ask yourself do you hate it cause its different or cause its made by americans and i kno youve said several times you believe in this team but it doesnt look like you do on top of thatyour expectations are too high for this game but ill wait it out anyway

[Poeden]

I made an entire video series talking about how much I look forward to their upcoming work... how can I not have faith in this team but have too high of expectations for their creation?

And Silent Hill 4 was based on action and didn't have... fear? Are you forgetting all the completely horrific moments like the Wall Monsters, the Victims, the bathroom mannequin, the hole in the wall, the enemies who'd only move when you didn't look, and the incredibly creepy storyline?

[Poeden]

And for that matter, are you forgetting the extremely restrictive and closed off gameplay that was extremely similar to the other three games before it? I'm not entirely sure I have any idea what you're talking about, Ares... and I don't think you do, either. I never even said I hate these games, I simply said 0 and HC are not as good as the original four. You do know it's an audio-blog right? That requires listening, like you should do next time. I'm not trying to be rude but come on!

[Poeden]

Oh, and the puppet in the wheel chair!

Silent Hill 4: The Room had no fear... but... was based on action... Are you sure we played the same Silent Hill 4?

Again, I mean no offense, but I'm tired of people not listening to my AUDIO blog and responding to it anyway. Sounds to me like you heard a vague negative word about 0rigins from me and stopped and said "Wait, wait, this guy's high as a kite."

Seriously, when did I once say 0rigins or Homecoming were terrible? They just don't live up to SH.

[ares5566]

wat puppet in a wheel chair?

[Poeden]

...You DID play 4.. right?

There's a whole scene in the park with an extremely creepy puppet sitting in a wheelchair. It's one of the freakiest scenes.

The thing about SH4 is that it's a bit more subtle than the other games.

[ares5566]

origins was better than 4!!! hell even 3 on top of that 1 and 2 the best in the series were not restrictive there was tons of exploration

[ares5566]

wats scary bout a wall monster and a mannequin also no enemy moved when you didnt look story wasnt nearly as creapy as sh 1-3 i played through it like an action rpg with the storage capacity and keeping my room safe

[Poeden]

Are you completely forgetting the victim monsters? I think it was victims 17+18. They appear as a two-headed monster standing on its long arms. They only move when you're not looking at the screen, otherwise they just stand still until they get really close to you.

There's an entire room where it's a sort of ring shape in the prison, I think there's quite a few of them, and they're just standing off in the corner and you don't see it coming at all. They're just standing in the shadows waiting.

[ares5566]

7+8* not saying anything against you there its understandable but they did move when you were looking in fact until they saw you they didnt move i mean they were a pain to kill in groups but really they were just annoying

[a1ez11]

i thought when i heard of this game that the game would be finding clues and using the phone thing and you would incounter monsters here and there but more on mystery sloving with the plot of the first game, thats what i thought

[WaveMasterVen]

yeah.,...I support climix, they Have a good idea,and acording to Nintendo Power,It's there word....My cusian's seth's best friend, James's older brother works there, so they got me, a demo. Dude.....all i'm gonna say is....this is New....(it still have a little bugs, but this was a year ago, they fixed it, and dude,....I shit my pants.) Its a gonna be a real head trip for you...nuff said....

[Draken4426]

Homecoming was a very good title. Silent hill has ALWAYS had enemies in them. you say SH was never about action, true, but you still had weapons to defend yourself.

Same with Homecoming, the battle system was better than the akward system of the previous titles. If you dont want to battle them, then RUN. SH2 pissed me off becos you wud get hit in an akward position and three, sometimes in 4 and 1.

[TrueAdam]

too bad all the blood, rust, shit and moist moss, and all the heaviness and dark caracter it had will be replaced with ice. Yes it may look good because th ewii can create nice surface effects, but still...

[Poeden]

Ice and winter themed things can be very disturbing. Ever see 30 Days of Night? The movie was mediocre but the idea of blood on snow is very disturbing, and it's a very dreary and isolated setting that will make you feel closed off and abandoned by the world. Trust me, it sounds risky but... it'll deliver very well. ^_^

[mormanwarrior]

man youre onto it

[torktheghost]

Quite good overall. I really agree with you on this one, the choice system has extreme potential. If done right, it would make it so that no two people would have the same experience.

[lor108avi]

dude. this sounds like the best game in the series (i hope it wont disapoint) and tht the ps2 versions will be good to.