Silent Hill Timeline - The Complete Story (What You Need to Know!)
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Welcome to Silent Hill! In another MASSIVE undertaking of horror game lore, we look over the entire history of Silent Hill, covering nearly every piece of media related to the game series. Strap in, because this trip to the foggy town of Silent Hill may be a bumpy ride.
Video Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:08 Past Life (1867)
7:33 Silent Hill Origins (198X)
15:11 Silent Hill (198X)
24:49 Silent Hill 2 Born from a Wish (199X)
26:11 Silent Hill 2 (199X)
35:34 Silent Hill The Arcade (1993)
36:46 Silent Hill 3 (200X)
45:06 Silent Hill 4 The Room (200X)
55:06 Among the Damned (200X)
56:54 The Grinning Man (200X)
59:19 Paint it Black (200X)
1:01:29 Hunger (200X)
1:05:38 Dying Inside (200X)
1:14:57 Dead Alive (200X)
1:24:00 Sinner's Reward (200X)
1:30:00 Silent Hill Downpour (200X)
1:43:24 Anne's Story (200X)
1:43:40 Silent Hill Homecoming (200X)
1:57:07 Silent Hill Book of Memories (2010)
1:58:18 P.T. (201X)
2:01:22 Silent Hill Shattered Memories
2:13:30 Outro
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What series would you like to see covered next?
Dead Space
assassins creed
Love these video's, the Batman Arkham timeline is a video i've watched numerous times while at work so keep up the excellent work!
I'd love for you to do Assassins Creed as well, as someone who played most of them but can't be bothered to read all the in-game emails or buy all the DLC I only kind of understand WTF is happening in the game.
Metal Gear
Here's an unusual pick, more than likely... the Suikoden series!
Silent Hill 2 really was it’s own thing. No weird cults, just a story of grief.
Besides the ending where James try’s to revive Mary with the old gods
@@2diabolical but even that ending was creepy and unique
@@Kyoko_02 but it had the cult in it
@@2diabolical Do people find the "cult" thing to be a trope? I thought people liked that stuff.
@@davey_boy94 no, I’m have nothing against it I was just saying there was a reference to the order in it
Things to never do in Silent Hill
1. Never split up or leave someone to go do something
2. Never trust a child
3. Don’t even go to Silent Hill in the first place
Trivago can help you save a bundle of cash on your next vacation...
"so why wouldn't I go to silent hill if I'm going too save bundles?"
I mean if you need therapy just go to silent hill and you'll be just fine
But it's a really therapeutic shortcut 😢
@@redriddler1231 It's a bit of a tourist trap.
@@eliasrodriguez1419 the therapy only works if you survive lol
cheryl is the only person that would witness unspeakable horrors and kill a god and prank someone immediately after
I am glad people are talking about it down here, when I first saw it I was like, "So wait, she just killed A FUCKING GOD?!" It was quite hilarious.
I like Travis. He isn't there by force. He is there by choice. Out of concern for the child he fears he couldn't save while working through his trauma.
Watching this vid, I realize that Silent Hill isn't cursed, it just solves some mental issues by violent and unethical confrontation. Like a psychiatrist from Yelp.
Its only violent when you are broken inside everyone sees it differently even me and you XD
Meanwhile Harry: I'm just looking for my daughter.
Henry: I just want to go grab some milk, but a serial killer thinks my apartment is his mom.
@@arwinv9005 isn’t everyone broken in some way though?
@@yousaywhatnow2195 Not necessarily. Laura, in SiIent Hill 2 cannot see the monsters, since she's a child with no great lasting traumas or regrets, yet.
It's "natural state" seems to be a sort of karmic punishment, you make your own demons. However when people like the Order start messing around with it you get people who can unleash their demons onto others.
I kinda love how Cheryl just straight up kills a Lovecraftian god and then take the time afterward to kick the shit out of its corpse. No wonder she only made the one game appearance in canon, even the demons of Silent Hill knew to leave her the fuck alone after that! XD
Shattered Memories isn’t canon?
@@mattmolloy636 It's consider B-Canon or a retelling of the story in a different light. A lot of fans don't consider it to be part of the main canon though, but I can understand if someone does consider it part of the main line series. It's kinda like how a lot of people don't see Dead Alive and Dying Inside to be main canon due to it breaking a lot of the series staples and so on. But hey, there's people who don't like the reuse of Pyramid Head after Silent Hill 2. Canon is weird.
@@cheshirebryant2592 Pyramid Head did seem like it was intended to be unique to James Sunderland, and SH2 didn’t have anything to do with Cheryl/ Heather so I can understand the animosity towards that. I get what you’re saying though, makes sense. Shattered Memories was a game I never played since I didn’t grow up with it, I’m just learning about what happened after SH4 with this video now.
@@QnzColdest People think using the term “female” means you’re an incel, now. Incels did use the term “female” pejoratively; regardless, that should have no effect on the term’s use. How exactly can we continue to discuss biological sex or sex-specific issues-such as misogyny-if the term “female” is handed over to a bunch of sick, narcissistic men? We can’t. Female is nothing but a scientific term to categorize the sex that produces ovum; male, a term to categorize the sex that produces sperm. I could give less of a fuck if incels use it as a pejorative. It’s a term that will never outrun its relevance nor be co-opted by delusional men. It’s fact.
Also, for anyone who needs clarification: gender is about stereotypes placed on men & women-masculinity & femininity. Gender is not an indication of sex classification; it’s a term that distinguishes biological sex (male & female) from societal expectations placed upon males & females (masculinity & femininity). When most people say gender, they’re referring to sex. I try to inform people where I can that there’s nothing wrong with using “female” & “male” to denote the two sexes. It is not accurate to refer to female health issues as “gender health issues,” for example. Gender is immaterial; sex is our material reality. Therefore, “female” & “male” will always be significant & relevant.
Gender stereotypes are why people believe women aren’t beholden to various titles like COD, Halo, WOW, etc. There is no video game suitable only “for” women nor “for” men. Video games designed with women in mind can & have been enjoyed by men, & vice versa. It’s a failure of the industry to underestimate women’s enjoyment of current titles-companies continue to believe the same stereotypes that you yourself exhibit in your comment.
What would women be interested in with video games? Anything.
Women aren’t born with a natural affection for pink, romcoms, or RPGs. Women are raised to meet feminine stereotypes & are pressured to maintain femininity their entire lives-the consequences for women who do not conform to femininity are pervasive & constant. In America alone, it ranges from women being rejected in the workplace to being abused. Girls who grow up wanting love & acceptance like anyone else will find it difficult to earn if they shirk femininity. It’s usually claimed that most girls “grow out” of their “tomboy phase,” when really, girls are given a choice between social acceptance & femininity, or social ostracism & authenticity. Femininity is never really a choice, then, when it’s one made out of social survival.
There are a lot of female “gamers” who enjoy only tactical shooters; there are a lot of women who prefer competitive online play; there are even more who enjoy RPGs & MMOs, & participate in the adjacent communities. Female participation seems to have dwindled slightly due to harassment, at least from what I’ve seen. A very small percentage of women see video games as part of their identity; still, according to a few sources from a quick google, over 40% of women in the United States report having played a video game.
Brenna Hillier at VG247 reported on EEDAR surveys that confirm women primarily play mobile multiplayer games. Much of the quotes she features in that article belie the gap between industry awareness & reality. These men who publish mobile card games, like Texas Hold ‘Em, were expecting a male audience would be invested. They likely marketed only to men. Instead, they found after the fact that female mobile users were their main audience. You’d think this was some revelation akin to XY’s sermon on the mount. It’s not, though. It’s so simple.
Women are not born feminine. Femininity is not our default state. It’s ingrained in us from our parents, our family members, our friends at school, & the media we imbibe. It’s an expectation put on us. Therefore-our image of being a niche group that’s only interested in a few “feminine” genres is incorrect. We are not a homogenous community of fakes. Women have diverse interests & any game concept out there could be viable for female audiences. The industry, however, is not likely to connect these dots anytime soon & include women in their target audiences. Despite the fact that more young women are playing video games today than ever before-on mobile, console, & PC-the industry still regards female participation in video gaming as purely recreational or casual.
Personally I don’t really care. Male violence against women is my priority. I’d rather men stop abusing, raping, & killing us than have the video game industry include women in their marketing campaigns. Still, these choices on the part of the industry, as well as the community’s attitude towards women, reflect misogyny. That’s all I came to say & I said it. Take care.
@@CodeguruX Are you THAT clueless?
Man, I'd kill for a well-made Silent Hill game for this generation.
How're you gonna play if u're in jail
@@henrytownshend8862 How will he be in jail if he never gets caught?
@@ak-jxrdy-7 good point 👍
@@ak-jxrdy-7 how would he avoid getting caught if he's playing the game constantly?
If you kill then Silent Hill may find you.
Putting all of this in chronological order. I can’t even imagine how long this took. Kudos.
If you go to Silent Hill and you don’t lose consciousness, are you really experiencing Silent Hill?
I want a t-shirt that says “I lost consciousness at Silent Hill and all I got was this t-shirt”
The real question is how much trauma do you need to have fun in Silent Hill?
@@rod7861 it depends on how high you are.
How about "I lost consciousness in Silent Hill and woke up in this lousy t-shirt" 😂
@@nottrustworthy6361 I love it
I would like to buy that shirt. please and thank you :)
They seriously need to do a remaster to this series like what resident evil is getting.
That's what I been saying 😂
Considering konami still owns the rights, well probably never get a proper remake or remaster. Theyre more concerned on milking all their titles via pachinko
Resident evil remake their games they don't remaster them
They already tried remastering the first three games, but it didn’t go too well.
So they can fuck it up?
I'll never forget looking at Mary's letter near the end of Silent Hill 2 only to find it blank. The shivers. I had never been so richly trolled by a video game before. Magical.
Fun fact bout the letter, in the hotel when you have to put all your items on the shelf, you can keep the letter and picture on you and still use the elevator. Another way to find out that the letter and picture aren't real
I wonder if the car actually has the model of Mary's corpse in it inside the actual game
@@rusi6219 It doesn’t unfortunately. People have used hacks to clip through the car’s model to check.
I’m fascinated with what Silent Hill is despite having played zero of their games because I’m a little piss baby, so this explanation satisfies my curiosity. I love the concept of a ghostly town that tries to help people with their troubles (or punish their misdeeds) in it’s own strange, violent, probably more harmful than good, eldritch-abomination way.
I prefer to think that Silent Hill doesn't have agendas in mind in regards to its visitors. It merely acts as a mirror reflecting their hidden side. All their traumas, their secrets, hopes and dreams
But, I suppose it has a somewhat malevolent attitude as the spiritual power of the area was twisted due to the execution of the original inhabitants of the area by eauropean settlers
Hearing that there's a dog named Bear in the Silent Hill Dead/Alive comic who is not only a good boy but also doesn't end up dying made me happy considering I also have a dog named Bear
I have a bear named Dog.
*snaps fingers and slaps knee*
Thought it was named Mira 🤔🧐
Bear down for midterms. (Or just fat dog it)
The dog engineered the whole thing lol it’s a secret ending 😂
Bear, from The Last of Us 2
Poor Travis. All he wanted to do was make his delivery, and stay conscious.
Lol
@@ceIIardoor do you want gravy on that "cellar door?"
"Causing Travis to AGAIN lose consciousness"
I want a shirt that says "my dad went to silent hill and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
If there's ever a reboot, I hope they keep the original Alessa storyline.
No Milk. No Cigarettes. No Eggs.
Just a filthy T-shirt... that's cool, dad kinda sucked at being a father anyways.
My favorite theory on Pyramid Head is that while he serves as a judge to James, he is also his protector. He wants James to forgive himself for his pain, or at least not run away from it.
He's not just a judge to James he is the judge in silent hill
Never played any Silent Hill game but I'm immensely fascinated by the franchise. Thank you so much for this video.
Same here, silent Hill have a huge impact on my life even though I never played it but I feel so deeply connected with the town!!
Just remember some silent hill fans are a bit touchy only considering the first four games canon
Do you have any other videos about it to recommend?
Me too! I'm too scared to play this game (woman in her 30's lol), yet there is something so fascinating about the lore. It's not like other horror franchises that rely on jump scares and cheap tricks. Not sure what it is, but it keeps my add brain interested.
The only one you need to play is 4
Forcing him to run through a HORRIBLE GAME MECHANIC lmao, love that line
I will NEVER forget playing the first Silent hill. I was 13/14 ish... it didnt matter if it was day or night, it was still equally terrifying. What an absolute masterpiece and masterclass in horror. As a side note: there is a moment when you are down in the sewers and it turns "otherworld" ... there was a combination of the music and the nature of the monsters popping in to chase you from the darkness that for the only time in all my life, and still to this day, made me legitimately let out an audible scream of terror.
No matter how helpless, or brave you feel in that moment, they always overpower you
This is kinda long, I apologize! It seems like you may be just slightly older than me. SH wasn’t the first horror game series I got the joy of playing, as I was introduced to survival horror at 10 years old in ‘97 with the original RE2 - the dual disc one, too. I couldn’t play that in he daytime either, I’d make my Mom play it because I was so scared. When I finally got wind of SH, I was like 12? And while I could play RE by then only a little into the night, I couldn’t even _touch_ SH 😭. What SH does so well that RE doesn’t do is that it gets into the player’s psyche. The level of psychological stress that SH gives the player is something that RE just fails at imo. I don’t want people to think that I’m shitting on RE, because I’m not, it’s one of my most nostalgic gaming series close to my heart given all the playing my Mom and I have done (across various types of games as well). I’m just noting the difference between SH and RE. RE is very… I don’t believe I have the right words for it, but a very different kind of horror that doesn’t mess with your mind the way SH does. And other people are right, SH deserves a resurgence with remakes the way RE’s getting. Ugh, the memories I’d love to revisit!! While I still have the old SH games, I don’t have those systems anymore so I’d love to play them again redone with the beautiful things game design can achieve today.
I am 32 years old and the opening scene in SH1 with the grey children still terrifies me.
@@azylum1979 Those little jerks with the knives that they dig into your legs? I _haaaaaate_ those little friggin’ gremlins, always wanted to punt those little barbecued freaks.
Remembered playing at roughly the same age. I borrowed the ps1 disc from a friend. Played it alone, at night, in the basement, with noone at home.
Yep. After that scene I was done.
Such an amazing game for its time.
I love how in one of the stories some random lady that Jason has never met just rips out her own heart, hands it to him, and he's just like "aight bet"
im soo happy that the silent hill community is still keeping this wonderfull franchise alive
just wish the devs did the same
@@irondennis1 yeah me too. Konami is mad greedy they'd rather put the silent hill logo on gambling machines than let Kojima take it. I mean it is his intellectual property in the sense he came up with it not in the sense that konami technically owns that and metal gear. Hopefully we see them both resurrected.
If we are keeping it alive then where's the new game at? Oh. That's right.... We are poking a dead body with a stick and hoping for life to fill it.
i wish for another one...but like the first 3
konami sucks big times
sorry for my engrish
"wonderful"
I know about the Konami lending their properties to other studios rumor and that whole Abandoned fiasco before but the immense lack of care Konami has for Silent Hill is just sad. Here we have Capcom pumping out RE stuff up and down and Silent Hill was left to rot when it deserves just as much attention and care as well.
Also a remake of Resident Evil 4
That game doesn’t deserve a remake, it is perfect as it is
And you know Konami is petty enough to leave it there, Silent Hill, Metal Gear 😩
The games really deserve remakes
Konami should sell it to Capcom
@@frank8917 take it back. TAKE IT BACK
Got goosebumps at "the fires burn for the spirits in the town, as they're done being 'silent'" Fitting stuff.
So what I've gathered is: Silent Hill is a genuinely cursed/possessed town, whose demons use the visitor's inner demons to attack them. Your ability to survive depends on how well you can resist, both physically and (preferably?) psychologically. You can actually thrive in Silent Hill, if you're able to own your demons.
No Silent Hill is a video game
It's more so about the subconscious becoming manifest than "facing your demons".
Yep silent hill is just like a hungry beast it not a therapist nor it's a monster.
@@SuggestiveGaming
no complaints here everything is good and Silent Hill games are my favorite to play on my console
Can we just get a compilation of the protagonists waking up on a random bench from passing out?
I feel like this has to exist already
What about a girl in school clothes walking in front of cars with horrible graphics
Fun fact: Howard Blackwood in Silent Hill Past Life is the very same Howard Blackwood in Silent Hill Downpour, which means people can be trapped in the hellish phenomena of Silent Hill for decades, even centuries while aging very slowly until the town deems it necessary to release them, which explains why Angela Orosco in Silent Hill 2 and J.P. and Bobby Ricks in Downpour are completely aware that the town is not normal. Also, Past Life was released months before Silent Hill Downpour, the comic's writers and illustrators back in 2011 said that Past Life has a few connections to Downpour despite being less than 200 years apart.
The mailman?
Yep. In the part of the Past Life comic book where he and Jeb Foster talk about the murders they've committed in the past, Howard tells Jeb that he has been in Silent Hill for a "long time", hinting he has been there decades before the American Civil War began, and in the comic there is a picture of him cutting off a Caucasian man's head off, hinting that Howard used to be a slave tracker, a person that hunts and kills slave owners before he went to Silent Hill and became a mailman there, hinting that he didn't always kill in self-defense, some of it was for revenge, which is understandable considering what horrors my African ancestors went through during that time. I know this because Silent Hill Past Life is one of the few comic books I still physically have. A majority of the comic books I own (the Silent Hill Downpour comic about Anne Cunningham included) are all digital.
@@LightStreak567 those 2 and Sinners Reward are the only ones I own physical copies of, they are the only SH comics that were any good
@@gRinchY-op5vr I didn't think Sinner's Reward had a place in Silent Hill's timeline
From reading your comment, it looks like the writers completely misunderstood Silent Hill.
My fave part of silent hill 2 is when he says “these hills sure are silent”
Silent Hill has such an enriched storyline as well, and i really would love to see the illustrated short comics turned into a tv series or another properly redone movie series reboot. This franchise just had so much going for it and it sucks to see it just sitting in limbo again.
kanomi is to blame for that! shitting on the people that make them the money..
Ironic considering what its about
Well. Considering how all Resident Evil adaptations ended up… maybe it’s better to remember Silent Hill as it was, great videogames and ok movies
Movie*
I remember sitting through the ending of Silent Hill 2 when Mary narrates her letter to him and it left me emotionally drained. Was such a good game.
I guess the actress was emotional reading it, too, which hurts my heart. She was so soft spoken and sweet sounding. I remember feeling emotionally drained, too :(
I fell asleep watching a playthrough of Silent Hill 2, and when the ending came up I pretty much dreamt that I lived(well.... died I guess....) the ending of the game and my girlfriend was the one reading the exact same letter.
What a fucking bizarre and surreal experience. I'd argue the game isn't even meant to be played after that, rather you should roll the dice with it playing while you sleep and see if you end up just dreaming the game out.
Talk about fucking with your head lol
I have a tattoo on my arm that says "in my restless dreams i see that town." Because those words stuck in my head for weeks after i first heard it. So powerful.
My man Travis just napped through the whole game and still got out
My dad used to play all the games while I watched. As a small kid, I was of course scared by the monsters, but found the story completely fascinating. I specifically remember the room in the 4th game, watching my dad run from room to room in the apartment looking for a solution to a puzzle. These games are ones I've never personally had the pleasure to play but they are very meaningful to me. They always remind me of my dad. 💙💙
This series holds a place in my heart because yes it is horror, but it’s also a bout people addressing serious trauma and trying to overcome it.
The best kind of horror
2:07:46 Him rolling for his life in that wheelchair has to be one of the funniest things I've seen.
if you think thats funny, just know that the game was released on the wii, and the controls for that sequence was to hold the wii remote and nunchuck to the sides and scoot like youre actually in a wheelchair
@@geoffreygorgonzola248 I brought SH: SM to a gaming party at my old college and that part made people lose it. The game is such an unintentional comedy gem.
For me, the Shiba Inu ending is canon
i love that funny dog so much that i refuse to accept anything else
It's the best ending
@@manny5516 you mean best boi ending
true
There are other endings besides doge mastermind?
One thing I've never understood about the Jeb backstory...
Was Helene and the sheriff dead the whole time?? Was he just imagining them?
They go from alive to dead to alive and then dead again... are they just spirits?
In Silent Hill 4: The Room, if you look at the pictures he took in Silent Hill around his bedroom, the dialogue given about how he views Silent Hill answers a lot of questions about how others, like the people in Silent Hill 2, viewed the town as an idyllic vacation spot.
My theory... maybe right, maybe wrong... is that Silent Hill has a glamour over it, completely hiding it's dark side, and it lures people in like a pitcher plant, where it reads their souls and judges them to determine who just sees a quiet little picturesque town, and can just leave, and who is broken enough to require it's aid and punishment, both seem as one and the same by the town.
In silent hill 2 she really threw the gun away because she didn't want to kill herself. Also you guys make such good summary videos that are very enjoyable. It's criminal how some of your videos don't have alot of views
i just love how the SilentTeam trying really hard on making Silent hill lore base on Alessa and the Order but then Silent Hill 2 doesn't have anything to do with it and yet it's the best one out of them all
Silent Hill 4 is actually very good at having little references to 1/3 and 2 which ties the original 4 games together nicely
Yeah 2 is about james guilt over killing his wife and the monsters are created from his mind. In the rest of the games except downpour the monsters are from the mind of someone the cult wants to sacrifice. 1=Harry's daughter 3=Alyssa 4=Walter Sullivan
I actually think silent hill 3 is the best one. The part that made me think that is the church. You get a map of the church and then you expand on it but right after the original map ends the rest is the otherworld which means that that part of the church it’s non existent. You literally don’t get any info on that besides the map which it’s peak gameplay storytelling.
@@joeywalker2061 actually in SH 3 the monster are created from Heather. Most of them have pregnancy imagery. Vincent even explicitly tells Heather that she is the one creating the monsters also Claudia tells her that its not her that's distorting the world, that's why there are monsters outside of silent hill. Like the mall, train station, and office building.
@@vickytubbie997 didn't know that thanks!
I'm definitely not a gamer and have no desire to ever play this myself but I do appreciate when people like you make these deep-dives into the game and its lore because it's still interesting to learn about game with complicated storylines like this and Bioshock.
The first silent hill is just a typical week for any truck driver passing through Centralia, Pennsylvania
I like these types of videos, especially since I'm afraid of playing horror games, lol. But, I like to hear the lore of famous games. Keep up the good work!
Lmbo i would rather watch these
I've played silent hill 3 and 4 and those experiences are my nightmare right now
I'm not afraid, I just don't have the time when I have other games to get to. Horror games seem to move at a crawl. With some exceptions, like the evil within. Not a fan of the first game, but loved the second.
Dead Space has good lore
Same!!!
"Causing Jack and Jill to fall on the floor"
Absolutely mad.
Been scrolling the comments under this amazing video but have seen NO LOVE for the amazing music by Akira Yamaoka. Incredible emotional pieces and the songs with lyrics (I forget the female singer, Elizabeth is her first name iirc) are incredible. They've been on my iPod since SH3.
GREAT video. The comics were totally new to me.
I appreciate the hard work.
this is so real the soundtrack (esp for the second game) is so good
Facts
Despite the fact most people I know disliked Downpour, I actually quite liked the alternative take on Silent Hill being more focused on rain than fog. I also thought the narrative twists were well done and the moment where you become the Bogeyman for the fight was one I still remember having an "Oh sh*t" reaction to.
It will never be 2 or even 3 but I feel like as a more modern take it really worked.
I'm with you
The rain fits very nicely into the Silent Hill franchise anyways as much of it is based around mental anguishes. It's often used as a literary device to denote things like sadness/despair, introspection, and a cleansing & renewal. Kinda washing away your sins and learning to forgive yourself. Fits Downpour like a glove, whereas the fog worlds likely represent feeling lost and unsure of your way in life. Loneliness and fear of what's beyond.
I also liked Downpour :(
The lore seriously goes off the rails with the IDW comics.
I like how homecoming basically answers the question about what happens in the town next door to the insane ghost town
As someone who really only knew about the games, I can really see the true purpose of Silent Hill; it's guilt and punishment, either from outside forces or from ourselves. Whether we think we deserve it or not. Gnarly stuff, gotta love it!
You've made me come up with a theory about what makes this game amazing. I have finished the first 3 games about 5 times. The last time I finished them I followed a guide to obtain absolutely everything in the game (files, extra cut scenes, etc) The I attempted to piece together the story by myself and I was completely unable to do so. After watching your video, I understand the story better but I realized that there is not a lot to it that "makes sense" and I now have a theory. What makes Silent Hill amazing is not the plot nor the story, not even the characters. It's the feel. The feel that you are trapped in some form of fever nightmare that you can't comprehend. You keep investigating and exploring and you learn new things, but the full understanding of what's happening will always evade you. What happened to the other people in the town? Who came up and how did they come up with all the rituals, talismans, and magic, etc? Heck, what on Earth is Silent Hill? I believe that Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3 focused more on the vibe rather than the story and the plot, and the other games (mainly the ones created in America) have focused on creating a plot that "makes sense", have attempted to answer the questions that the first 3 games left unanswered and have completely failed to recreate the magic of the first 3 games. Sadly, I don't think that this tendency will change. I hope I am wrong.
Ohhhhh silent hill nice I never played any silent hill games and I couldn't understand where the story started so thank you for putting this video
Wrong. Much of this video is non cannon info. The only cannon games is SH 1-4 and possibly PT. This is an issue the SH community constantly has. Wich is knowing what’s cannon and what’s not. Konami doesn’t help much either
@@kalebpinkston3495 actually Konami as far as I'm aware has never said none of the games or comics are cannon anymore so it's all cannon lore but much of silent hill lore is up for interpretation so you can take lore videos like this with a grain of salt and head cannon your own lore if you don't agree with how this video explains it
its been years but i simply cant get enough of silent hill analysis videos.... just love em. Thanks dude!
LOL , it is for me too! I am still playing SH series too.
For some fun watch Josh Strife Hayes' review of the 1st silent hill. He...definitely has a perspective on the game. You live your life thinking you have silent hill all figured out and that everyone's agreed on a plot then BAM "mostly drugs".
@@chukyuniqul ok I'm onto it! Thanks for the suggestion sounds good!!
@@chukyuniqul dude you're a legend this guy is GREAT! thanks heaps
@@JanaBuvari hehe you're welcome. That video got me watching him too.
The story of James Sutherland always chills me up.
1:02:14
"My Journal. I am Eight."
Ahh yes, that's the subtle, provocative writing Silent Hill is known for.
I honestly didn’t know there were silent hill comic books but not surprised that there are, I do love how the main thing in the silent hill franchise is that there’s a lot of different demonic monsters
They are certainly different. And they weren’t priced at normal comic book prices. I managed to get them all
And most shocking they aren't that bad, I was ready to cringe at the story lol
Please do a timeline for Fatal Frame.
Yes this! Because story line is very confusing with so much character popping in and out then disappears.
Lisa's death scene is one of the saddest moments in the franchise especially with "not tomorrow" playing over the top of the scene
and then you close the door and you can hear her banging on the door pleding for help and you stand there doing nothing
This video has made me realize how much of a power struggle is going on in silent hill. It's kinda cool and insane all at the same time. I had only played the games, as I lived in the middle of nowhere it was a 6hr drive both ways to even try to get the comics. The silent hill universe is very well written out. Thanks for this awesome (but long) video!
I love how they tried to make their voices sound more dramatic but it gives the opposite effect
I’m pretty sure they meant for it be to the opposite effect
@@PansexualDumbass9169 either way it sounds out of place
@@RealIciing that’s the point of silent hill lol, it’s supposed to sound weird
Its a particular style its supposed to sound the way it does on purpose. Its not open to interpretation.
holy COW THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS.
SPI CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE STORY, ITS BEEN SO MANY YEARS. THANK YOU KIND SIRS
I'm genuinely impressed that you decided to talk about the Silent Hill comics.
Very unpopular opinion, but I love Homecoming. It's a decent-ish game, pretty standard storyline, but it's Alex's story and revelations during the game. I guess I connect to it somehow, where since I have parents who love me but can't express it effectively, kind of similar-ish to Homecoming. Plus the familial generational sacrifice thing is kind of morbidly cool.
I remember playing one of these Silent Hill games and that was Silent Hill 4: The Room where Henry was trapped in his apartment. Just looking at all the other Silent Hill games they were all so scary I couldn’t even finish playing the one I had. Scary.
in the end i am just glad that alessa, the anti heroine, finally have her happy ending as heather even though she lost her father in the process. at least this time she can have a normal life without being chased by the order cult
This was awesome, thank you
I have never understood the series as much as I do now. Thank you so much. That Silent Hill 2 ending still makes me cry.
Out of all the comics/visual novels, Sinner's Reward actually felt like a silent hill story, both in the visual aesthetics, the narrative pacing which were clearly inspired by the first two SH games, and how it uses the secondary characters to toy with and torment the protagonist, and even though pyramid head doesn't belong anywhere outside of James' version of the town he makes an appearance that makes a bit more sense than anything else but the original SH2.
Okay, a Silent Hill set in the Wild West would be pretty cool
True. Though, it would be interesting if SH was in space with the aliens and how to escape back to SH for further mind devastation on your character since SH is equally as bad as alien's spaceship in space because you don't know what time period you had arrived back in SH. I had always been curious in exploring this part of SH.
A silent hill set in the Mist movie.... mindbending...
@@pamjarvis2318 dead space
I am so glad you made this video! I'm actually a wuss when it comes to horror games, but I want to know about the plot anyway because many of them have amazing lore and have a very gritty and edging story. And Silent Hill is something that I have had the urge to play, but too afraid to even think about playing. So thanks a lot for your effort!!!
Same!!!!
@@girlytomboyx it’s amazing that there are channels like this that cover stories of video games as well
I'd totally love a Silent Hill set in 1800's
Drink whenever a character is knocked uncosuious 🤣.
Awesome video! Very conscise and thourough! Thank you for doing all the hard work to tie all these stories together, fascinating video!
Easily the best summary setup for this series. Great work!!! Being a die hard fan it is incredibly difficult given how much detail is in each entry. Popcorn on standby for the vid!
Some of these comics are just horribly bad. Their stories feel like a zombie apocalypse filled with people armed to the teeth with weapons and almost army-like behavior. It ignores completely the sense of loneliness, abandonment, fear, and isolation that Silent Hill represents. Hell, even Pyramid Head shows up for no reason at the painter's one, it's absurd.
I like the idea of Silent Hill as a comic book but the execution has to be there. Most of the comics were bad,a few had decent art. Just never reached the potential.
I think Original Sin, Sinners Reward and Anne's Story are the only ones that are any good, not perfect but worth reading at least once. Everything by Scott Ciencin was bad, realllllly bad.
@@A_UA-cam_Commenter Having good art won't excuse bad plot and bad execution. Pyramid Head became too popular for its own good, and thanks to Homecoming, Silent Hill is now a wasteland of idiocy for bad stories.
Save for Downpour, that story was good, but the creatures... Meh
LOVE your long explained videos. Great narration and flow, very organized and clear, fantastic visual aids, 10/10. Keep up the amazing work!
i can’t explain how much i relate to silent hill 2 , its so beautiful
"Full of fog and monsters" the start of every good story
Watching this for the first time since it was first uploaded, and I really hope this gets as many views as the resident evil story summary you guys did. Extremely detailed and entertaining, great work
The inclusion of the comics in this timeline break down is amazing. I usually think of those as being off in their own world.
Massive fan of horror games; I completed a bunch of them, including RE4 when I was 6 (the best in the series by far). Got Silent Hill 2 when I was 6. Did not have the balls to complete it until I was 12. It was the creepiness that got me. I was used to jumpscares. This was just too creepy 😅
Travis must have some brain trauma from fainting to the floor so often.
Tbh I like the Style of Shattered Memories. Yeah, the story shouldn't have been changed so much but I like that you cant fight against the enemies. It makes it really terrifying to me
I honestly enjoyed that game because it let us just wander around and quietly explore Silent Hill. Also the first time my controller rang and I hesitantly raised it to my ear and said "hello" automatically was a fine, fine moment in my gaming life.
Honesty shattered memories is my favorite in the franchise for how it plays with your expectations. You think the plot is going one way with the way it starts like the original but more and more things don’t add up that can’t just be chalked up to tweaks until the first of the twists leaves you lost until the final twist drills a nail in, even more so depending on your choices.
I love this, it's amazing how some of them had a story to say on a deeper psychological level!
thats why the first 4 are known as psychological horror games
its so devastating to see what could've been with PT. The series is so fascinating but sadly it just feels so unfinished and almost like there's a disconnect in the finality of the series. Perhaps this is what makes the silent hill mystery so good but also it's such a bittersweet feeling to see Silent Hill end on such a flat note when Silent Hills could've very well been the best entry in the series had it ever released.
Thanks for letting us be apart of this video! Now we finally know why the hills are so silent...
This is one of the best, most needed videos put on UA-cam in years. I am so grateful.
This was so well done and informative. I think you nailed the key points perfectly! Straight to the point and I love it. You make me want to dive back into Silent Hill.
So Sinner's Reward is literally just "Jack and Jill went up the (Silent) hill."
It truly sucks that modern Konami won’t show this franchise love. Also, does anyone know where I could get the art for the “Dying inside” comic mentioned around the hour mark? Shot in the dark I’m sure but it reminds me alot of Ralph Steadman’s illustrations done for Hunter S. Thompson’s literature, and I love the way it looks.
I never knew there was so much to Silent Hill yet now I'm obsessed with the comics. I only played the games. I cannot wait to completely dig into everything.
Silent hills is one of my most favorite horror games to play and the amount of effort and detail in this video is just amazing
Such an underrated channel that rightfully deserves more subscribers and recognition
You got a new subscriber 🔥💯
Really enjoyed this video! The stories behind the graphic novels/comics were really interesting, and I enjoyed the art style. You’ll be able to update this video with new SH content after the new games release!
I always need a long video about games to fall asleep to. UA-cam recommended this to me at 10:00 so I guess it's time to hit the hay.
I didn't realize there was actually this much lore, awesome video.
New to the channel. This video must have taken a great deal of work! Thank you for making it, though! I suck at most video games, so I've never played any of the Silent Hill games, but I LOVE horror and always wanted to know what it was all about, which you cover here EXTENSIVELY! MUCH appreciated! Subscribing now!
I've never really played silent Hill but I've always liked the plot, I've seen channels that summarize the games like totallypointlesstv but this video that goes into the comics as well is awesome, thanks for your hard work!
As a rabid silent hill fan, this video is epic. Great job. Never seen the comics before though. They don't seem very good or capture the silent hill feel.
But it is silent hill
Ahh yes my child hood lol I was obsessed with these games little me in the 3rd grade playing silent hill 1 and it was down hill from there. It’s nice seein the time line all together. I really do wish they finished pt I was looking forward to it so much.
i live near silent hill. the smoke coming out of the ground is spooky at night, but other than that, it's just a normal town. Although, a lot of people moved away after the mining fires that are causing all of the smoke. It's a nice small town in pennsylvania.
Aside from this incredibly awesome video, the art style of past life is phenomenal
I absolutely love it
Y'all did a great job on going into detail on every aspect of this series, bravo!!!
Edit: I completely forgot to mention, p.t. was such a heartbreaking situation, development-wise... I literally CRIED MY EYES RED when they announced it wasn't going to be completed. I was so damn excited to have such a beautifully made silent hill game come to fruition. It would have been so amazing... It still makes me sad that they never made it...
This was excellent and so much work. Really enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My first was SH3, played it all the way to the end. Now I'm doing SH4, beaten 2 last month. I cannot fathom how there are people still making content about these games XD
As an avid Silent Hill fan, thank you for covering this with wonderful detail!