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  • you know mary was only dead for about a week i found that interesting when i looked silent hill 2 up

  • plz do the silent hill 1 retrospective!!!

  • I am so glad I found your channel. Thanks for making such great and detailed videos. :D

  • you have the coolest channel, girl

  • @teleshaka Thankies ^.^

  • i agree about pirimid head its kinda like nemisis in re3 its ok to use him for a remake but thats it

  • Years after first watching this video, I finally got around to playing and beating this game. Amazing.

  • I might buy this since konami is releasing This and Silent Hill 3 on the Xbox 360 as part of their HD collections. I just wish it had Silent Hill 1 and 4 included but beggers can't be choosers. At least its coming to the 360.

  • @0LycanFX I'd recommend buying it only if they include the original voices, but it's up to you.

  • @Cyborcat I looked it up a bit more and they completely updated in-game voice-overs but the good news is that you can switch between the original and new dub as a option. So I might pick it up since it come out in December.

  • @0LycanFX It's not a done deal yet, but Konami is working toward having both sets of voices in the game. I do hope they follow through. Silent Hill 2 with updated graphics sounds awesome, but only if I get the original voices with it ^.^

  • @0LycanFX Is it comin to the ps3, but either way i have a 360 too.

  • @FreeSirPeter it's for both the PS3 and 360

  • Just want to say thank you Dena for being such a voice of reason. :D As a person who also think James is good-looking (and constantly mocked for it) and a lover of PH, it's nice to see that there's someone who "gets it". I hope that doesn't sound too conceited. XD But yea, PH is way overused and I'm really sick of people hating on James just because of going to SH with a letter from his wife. >:/ If someone I loved enough died, I'd go anywhere with a chance to see them again....

  • @GoddessOfAnubis It's alright, I know what you mean--the fandom is very split on different ideas, and it's very easy to come across people who are as big a fan as you are, yet their opinions are completely at odds with yours and it can get a bit frustrating, which I think is part of what lead me to make these videos in the first place--to hopefully find (or create =P) like-minded Silent Hill fans.

  • @GoddessOfAnubis And yah, some people don't quite get that a lot of stuff in the games isn't meant to be taken at face value--it's supposed to make you think.

  • @Cyborcat Exactly. Especially since I'm the only person I know that thought the ideas behind SH4 were interesting! XD I love symbolism, and that's probably the only reason I would pick SH over RE, though it's a really hard decision and depends on which games exactly. :3 Also, thanks for replying so fast, it always makes me smile when someone I really admire responds to these little comments I leave. :D Thanks Dena! And I can't wait for your videos on Origins and Homecoming. >:D

  • @GoddessOfAnubis No prob. I needed a break from editing anyway =P

  • @Cyborcat Ah, definitely know that feeling. XP Whatever it is, I can't wait to see it! :D

  • Trust me when I say you are a good reviewer tell me when the next silent hill review!

  • Please! Tell me if your doing homecoming!!!! I want your rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @1Iamnotserious You'll find out in a week or two what I'm gonna be talking about.

  • I kinda wanted to ask, what's your thought on the whole "There was a HOLE here, it's gone now" thingy at Neely's Bar? From what I've heard, the hole was suppose to be like the psychological mind holes you have to jump into to get through Toluca Prison.

  • @TheDorikin86 I hate to give a half-assed-sounding response, but I'm honestly not sure--there's just so many different things it could mean.

  • @Cyborcat Grr Dx the true meaning of the HOLE shall forever be a mystery...of DOOM!!!

  • Hmm.... I detected the problem. I can't link the video's url because Youtube tells me to shove it every time I try. That's why my reply wouldn't post no matter what I did.

  • I don't know why, but I can't reply to your comment, Dena :(

    Anyway, I'm looking forward to this year's special :)

    Aaaaand, look for "Book of Memories" and weep, for SH is officially dead.

  • @RosieSquall Oh, that. It's just a silly side game like the arcade game and all those little phone games that came out in Japan. I see no reason to worry about it.

  • Dena, you did a wonderful job with this videos. Too bad you stopped in number 4. You should really do SH Origins, Homecoming and Shattered Memories. BTW, what do you think about the upcoming multiplayer SH?

  • @RosieSquall Thanks, but I really didn't stop. I do these yearly and Silent Hill 4 was last year's episode. Currently working on this year's.

    Don't really know anything about the multiplayer game, but it's a terrible concept for Silent Hill, IMO.

  • Dena what's your opinion about the new voices in SH HD collection? 'cause I'm so frustrated about them.

  • @MoshAdam I actually talked about it at length in my podcast over at TGWTG. Just go there and look under "Podcasts", "HorrorCast". It's the one at the top.

    In short, I'm not happy.

  • @MoshAdam Also, just posted the link on my channel.

  • Okay, with my previous comment, I'd like to address something. I meant the PC version of SH2, not the PS2 version. Still, the PS2 version of SH2 only got a 7,7?

  • Have you seen Gamespot's review on SH2? It makes me f*cking sick.

  • One thing I love about the Silent Hill series is that it's combat always feels like self defense. In most other games, you eventually get enough firepower that you can just plow through the enemies. In Silent Hill, the monsters never stop being a threat and you have to make every shot count.

  • &SuperStriker404 Yeah, they could be one and the same... O.o

  • if u havent noticed james weilds the great knife exactly like pyramid head coincidence? i think nott

  • i wish u still did ur videos like this but still did full motion segments to

  • Silent Hill (Otherside) at the start, there is something about that piece of music that I absolutely love...

  • I remember the first thing I thought when I watched the silent hill 2 opening "a dead person cant write a letter" NAH!

  • @Chubzdoomer thank you. At least someone sees my point (i think)

  • why haven't you done a game den of silent hill 1?

  • @ishouldplayzelda

    She's technically already did a review but it was for Still Gaming on SashaNein's (Lee's) Channel. It's a pretty decent review but she dosen't go into great detail such as the Game Den episodes but she covers enough in it to strike interest. Type in "Still Gaming - Silent Hill" and you should find it.

  • i remember my dad playing the 1 silent game and the ash there looked like snow

  • @SONICfan28100 That's because it is snow. The only ash was in the movie.

  • @Cyborcat then my mom was thinking of the movei cus my mom thought it was ash

  • aaaa soul reaver will we ever see the ending of your amazing story..... I fucking hope so !!! such a cliff hanger on the last game

  • What's the track at 5:33 called?

  • the thing about a few of the silent hill games, such as 2 and 3, was that sometimes the characters mouths would just grow huge when talking, which was weird, usually only happens with the female characters as well. And i know that this is a japanese game, i've played other japanese games as well, but the lip movements were not as big.

  • Was that Lee as box head? lol

  • @ScotlandChick Yep.

  • @Cyborcat while i hate the repeated use of PH (like in homecoming) i thought it was at least nice to make a different char in origins (the bucher is like PH in what he does and how he does it but is also different) oh and box head too of course XD

  • ah ha, nice "of course" joke.

    i see what thou didest thar.

  • Whats the song that starts at 08:35 to the end of the video? Does anyone know?

  • @PhoenixResolve Angel's Thanatos. No idea where in the game it's from, but it's on the official soundtrack.

  • @Cyborcat thanks! I didn't think it was form the game. Seems a little out of place for a horror game.... or maybe that's just me?

  • @Cyborcat do you know what to do if the game wont save

  • @Cyborcat It's on the ending credits, depending on which ending you get. 

  • @Cyborcat I'll explain/elaborate a bit more, 'cos that seemed a bit vague perhaps. When I got the "In Water" ending (my first playthrough), "Angel's Thanatos" played over the credits. Same w/ the next playthrough, which had the ending where James and Maria leave Silent Hill together. However, when I got the "Leave" ending where James leaves Silent Hill with Laura, "Overdose Delusion" was played over the credits.

  • @WinterSoilder Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I have gotten the In Water Ending, but it was a long time ago.

    Kinda wondered where that song was from--it's cool, but very un-Silent Hill like.

  • hey cyborcat, have you ever seen the noisy hill videos? fan made re-dubs done with a good understanding of the plot, very funny, clever and made by a true silent hill fan, check em out on youtube everyone

  • lol hey cyborcat why is the game in related videos?

  • @gamerboy218 you know the rapper?

  • Of course! X3

  • where is the silent hill 1 review i cant seem to find it anywhere

  • I was watching g4 tvs coverage of E3 2010 and they said something about a silent hill 2 remake in the works and that its not for the wii its for the ps3 and 360 i wounder if its true.

  • i would do you

  • how come you dont like silent hill shattered memories.in shattered memories it is just a personal story about a father trying to find his daughter.no cults.

  • @gamerboy218 When did I say I didn't like it? The game hadn't even come out yet at the time, and I still haven't played it--after then, I'll decide whether or not I like it.

  • @Cyborcat isn't shattered memories a remake?

  • @blackholeindustries Sort of. Apparently they take the characters from the first game, completely change them, and take out the backstory about the cult.

  • @Cyborcat so yeah its a remake, by the way when's nightmare on elm street 2 review out.

  • @blackholeindustries I won't be doing Part 2, since I don't like it enough, but I'll probably cover it quickly at the beginning when I do Part 3 (and no, I don't know when that'll be =P)

  • @Cyborcat oh well i still can't wait, thanks for replying, luv your vids

  • @blackholeindustries It's worth checking out. Not as scary as the others in the series, but intense, and definately different.

  • @gamerboy218 Actually, I don't think Shattered Memories was even in development at the time I recorded this one.

  • I wish they'd get rid of the western developers, bring team silent back. Team silent is the japanese developers right.

  • Hey Dena, iwanted to ask you a few questions:

    1. I have a ps2 and if i can hook it back up to my television i am going to get Silent Hill 1 - 4, i noticed on your SH videos you noted that SH2 has basically nothing to do with SH except for the setting, So which silent hill do you recommend i play/get first, SH or SH2, or even SH4? I want to play SH3 after SH and/or SH2.

    2. Will you be doing SH4 for this years halloween?

    That's all, thanks Dena!

  • Silent Hill forever and ever!! <33

  • e of the best reviews ever, seriously. This game is incredible. The story is great, the musik even greater and I love how the "levels" are all somehow related to the protagonist. They are not just your every day survival horror environments. From all Silent Hill games this will always be my favorite. I would love to see more SH reviews like this one (and your SH3 review). Are you planing on doing more of them? :3

  • After watching this, I finally got off my ass and started playing this again.

    This game is a blast once you give it a chance, it really picks up after you meet maria.

  • The way she talked reminds me of Tom Goes to the Mayor.

  • anybody else here loves the silent hill theme?

  • A great intro to one of the finest retrospectives/analysis on the entire freaking web.

    I never get tired of watching this, Dena.

    I'll see the whole thing tonight.

  • SH2 was my favorite SH of all time... I found the series after SH3 kinda... well, uninteresting. Like you mentioned, the use of PH in later SH like the shitty Homecoming, the movie etc made me rage HARDCORE. Since I had to write a SH essay of about 40k words, I looked up the meaning of PH and the use of him in later SH just seems unreasonable, to say the least. The symbolism in this game, the places, the monsters, the characters, it's so unique, no wonder it's my favorite. Oh and SL2 FTW~! =P

  • where can I find you covering silent hill 1?

  • Look in my play lists--there's one called "Dena on Still Gaming" or something like that. it's in there.

  • kk ^_^ thanks!

  • @Cyborcat Hey this tdoesn't hav eanything to do with silent hill but I recomend you Laura Bow the colonel's bequest since you like old pixeld games. :)

  • @Cyborcat i cant find it

  • james' confusion about a letter from his dead wife is stemmed from his guilt from causing her death

  • i agree pyramid head is way overused

  • @aaron75fy

    Yeah, I think he should of only been in SH2 since that is where he was meant and needed :/

  • @itsnotozzyitsozzy indeed, he was very confused with the movie, homecoming, the arcade game. he had that look that said "who am i suposed to punish? i'm going on a murderous rampage untill someone tells me"

  • @aaron75fy

    -SH2

    -Homecoming

    -Movie

    And Homecoming has a reason for having him there.

  • @KingOfHalla And The Arcade

  • @KingOfHalla he was james' personal tormenter, a physical manifestation of a picture he saw. or are you going to say he saw a picture in silent hill's historical society years before going? 'sides you forgot the arcade game

  • @KingOfHalla yeah, fan service.

  • lol i love it when box head said rape time XD

  • great work dena!

  • Great game.

  • WOAH where did you get the henry townshend poster? also are there anymore SH posters??

  • I printed it myself. I have a printer that'll print on 11x17 inch paper.

  • Awesome review, Dena!!!

  • To noider175!

  • @goja95 Thanks man!!

  • Haha, you're kidding right? I can understand if you don't like the voice acting/dialogue, but Mary's ending monologue is probably the best voice acting I've ever heard in a video game, and the most emotional on top of that. I know it's subjective, but seriously.

  • Pyramid head is awesome BUT he is NOT the main reason why Silent hill 2 is awesome!!!! (So don't kill me!)

  • Sorry man! i was suppose click on thumbs up but i clicked on thumbs down! NOT MY FAULT!!!

  • i rember soulreaper i bought a dream cast and a ps1 i got shenmue and soul reaper

  • in my opinion, homecoming is a silent hill game in name only. If you don't think of it as a silent hill game it's okay but ultimately turns into hostel towards the end of the game. The game seemed to just be a 'oh see what we did there!' game and just reference the other games and instead of working towards the plot it just felt gimmicky

  • It hasn't come out yet.

  • @Cyborcat i have  Shattered Memories

  • It wasn't as bad as 0rigins, from what I played, but I didn't much care for it.

  • I love tis game but something really embarassing happened to me and It was related to the game.):

    I was doing a music legends presentation It was all great until the end where I decided to have a little tribute to Akira Yamaoka I thought It was gonna be great but when I did that part everyone lost their attention and ended making and embarrasment of myself :/ in top of that I putted the silent hill 2 intro but no one took It serious and the theacher ended up cutting the presentation D:.

  • continued:

    and in top of that the theacher thought there was a sexual content in the intro and almost punished me,then the rest of the day I felt really angry,man I should had used some of those washed up artist they have now.

  • i really love how silent hill feels very relatable like you said like in part 1 i mean i think any parent would go threw all that for their child.

  • i love it when people analyse this game

    Its like a kubrick film but not as suttle

  • the first game is definitely scarier, but the story itself in Silent Hill 2 is miles and miles ahead of the first. it's a better game overall

  • I'm probably going to start playing this game today. Good review.

  • what do you think is the least scary silent hill game? I'm new to survival horror and i dont think i'm ready for the really scary ones. P.s. Box head is hilarious!

  • Out of the ones I like, Silent Hill 2 is the least scary, IMO.

  • so im guessing you dont like origins much lol

  • Good guess =P

  • I really agree with the P-Head situation.

  • I'm pleasantly surprised at how many people agree with me about PH. Maybe someday it'll make it to Konami's ears =P

  • what is your least fav SH game?

  • I'm gonna say 0rigins. I'm not crazy about Homecoming either, but I appreciate the story a lot more than I did with 0rigins.

  • lol i have to say i'm with you 100% on thats one XD

  • XD box head!

  • Psh. I always thought that SH1 was orders of magnitude above SH2.

  • SR2 yeah:)

  • I liked how the story was going, but I had to quit halfway through because the game was just too damn combat-oriented and I kept dying.

  • Have you played all silent hill games?

  • All the ones that have come out in the U.S., yah.

  • The story was a big let down towards the end of silent hill homecoming.....i would like to see what you thought of the story in a review or just a quick comment because you really understand the series as a whole.

  • I just might do that--I've given up on playing the game, but I'm still curious how the story plays out, so as soon as I'm done with the current Game Den I'm working on, I'll go and look up all the cutscenes for Homecoming and just see how the story turned out.

  • Just watch Jacob's Ladder. Its basically a much crappier version of that.

    Also, thanks for the review convinced me to go out and buy Silent Hill 2 and I gotta reeeeally loved it.

  • this game is so sad, near the end when mary is speaking to james when he's walking down the long corridor. im litrally sobbing, u can almost feel for the character, its definantly one of the few best games iv'e ever played. i almost hope that they do a film of this but its going to have to be done by an AMAZING DIRECTOR. but the 1st silent hill movie was pretty much BOLLOCKS. they done a good job SLIGHTLY in terms of story, but they changed WAY too much, it should of been HARRY, NOT ROSE.

  • Thank you!

    Tho, I don't mind the idea of changing things--I'm mainly annoyed that the changes made it cliche' and convoluted (and yah, giving Harry the shaft was not cool).

  • OMG i cnt believe that u responded :) sorry....

    yeah of course, i understand that they had to change a few things in the movie, but for the other games like ' origins ' where u stated that they are almost depending on Pyramids character to create ugly fuckers like ' The Butcher ' and again they have repeated the same thing in origins and homecoming with the Lying figure/Smog monster... they just look the same.

    thanks for the response :)

  • ahhh u said u did a game den on silent hill 1 i missed that one i wish i could have seen it

  • No, I said I did a STILL GAMING episode on the first Silent Hill. It's on Lee's "SashaNein" account.

  • ok awsome

  • Geez can't stop watching this in the wait for shattered memories, I really hope that it will be great and it's looking good so far :O. It's Bullsh't that we have to wait even longer to get it in Europe though :( Great work! *again*

  • Haven't made up my mind about Shattered Memories--it COULD be good, but ... eh, I'll give it a fair chance.

    And thankies ^.^

  • silent hill 2 is the bestist game ever made, it plays with u'r emotions and it's also just fun to play, or even watch someone else play :)

  • Silent Hill 2 is one of the effing best games ever made. Haven't played it in a while though, should do it again instead of bringing things from the game into the real world haha.

    Ah, that reminds me that I have to finish making the first aid kits, Happy Burger ad and poc water cans...

    I really like how you are telling about this game, great job!

  • this vid has inspired me to go back through it for the 1006th time lol its AMAZING!

  • Playing through this game. it's amazing

  • i also agree with you that pyramid head shoulda been on this game only cause pyramid head was made for james sin to punish him and thats it...

  • true it doesnt really match but since the movie came out and u look at it the husband of rose could be james going to silent hill to look for her lol

  • if i lost my kid in silent hill i would have been screw u bitch iam out of here lawl

  • I think they should stop using pyramid head that much and create more original monsters.

  • I love Silent Hill 2.....

  • i think box head should be in the next silent hill lol, who's with me XD

  • Box Head is serious business.

  • i think any rape victim would agree

  • Oh please. The "rape" thing was a parody of Pyramid Head and what he does in the game. Take it up with Team Silent.

  • Let me guess, Box Head was Lee?

  • LOL cute trigun cat

  • I bought this game after I watched this episode...

    Probably shouldn't have watched through all 4 parts, but I still really want to play it ^.^

  • Dena you're awesome, thanks toy you i got motivated to play SH2, i'm about to finish it, the thing is i first got this game for xbox but it didn´t work properly, one year later y bought it for pc, i got to the first save and never played again, until now, i played yasterday for 7 hours and y loved, Thanks again Dena, grat review

  • That's great, glad to hear that you played and loved it.

    I had kind of a similar experience with SH3--started playing it, couldn't get into it for whatever reason, then put it down and all but forgot about it until several months later. Then I started over, and found that it was awesome. You just never know, sometimes.

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  • so sad I started playing this game and could never finish it because, well... it wasn't mine... it was my cousin's and we didn't do anything that wasn't fighting so I couldn't really play his PS2 much but I played untill the end of the hotel and it was awsome, I liked it more than RE but we got a gamecube because my brother loved RE and he wanted the ReMake....

  • Man...I definately have to try this game out. I've watched the movie before, and I got to say, if they based the movie on the game( I think I read somewhere that they tried to make it as close to the game as possible)....I gotta ask...did they actually PLAY this game before making the movie?

    Well, now I'm off to ebay!

  • soul reaver was one of the best games ever for the ps1!!! and is that a teddy of the cat from trigun on the desk? damn I would love that!!!

    anyway i'm to much of a pussy to play the silent hill games,i don't mind resident evil and the like but silent hill is just to damn freaky, shame too because they have such good storylines:(

  • Yep, that's the kitty from Trigun. I actually didn't know what it was from when I bought it--just saw a crazy-looking adorable little plush kitty and had to have it. I've since seen Trigun since, tho.

  • I have NEVER played a Silent Hill game ever. But if I wanted to play the games, would you say that this is the best one to start on ?(considering this ones a bit easier to find than the first one)

  • Totally. Like I said in the video, it has very little to do with the first game aside from the location, so you won't get lost, storywise. Go for it!

  • i really hated the one hit attck it gets me alot at the end;'(

  • I've figured out that Silent Hill 2 is like it's own thing. It's the first one I played and it's amazing.

  • I just realized that Lee was boxhead, mainly because saying "RAPE TIME!" is something I'd expect from one of Lee's reviews. Nice video anyway.

  • huh, this is the first time I heard anyone mention Soul Reaver (one of my favoite games) neat^^. anyways, I've started playing silent hill and I find it pretty cool, though my obsenely overactive imaganation sorta forces me to play in short bursts ~^^~. oh and great review

  • i got the "leave" ending first time palying and i thought i got the bad ending, but its's was the best. yay