The way Angela backs up in her first scene instinctively because she is afraid James will touch her. The way pain and peace can emanate from Maria's voice simultaneously. The way James is so monotonous, whilst other characters are often brimming with emotion. All intentional, all incredible. This may be the single most thematically sound piece of media in existence.
this game was a trainwreck story-wise and development wise. they could never remake this game and do it justice. James' and Mary/Maria's voice actors suffered great losses prior to the game's development which in turn give their voices true emotions. Mary's letter is done in one take, they did not have to splice in her crying separately because her voice actress started crying as she was reading the letter. James was depressed with his recent divorce and so on. thematically, the voice actors WERE the characters
If you go by the definition of tragic ( regrettably deplorable + unpleasant - extreme distress + sorrow ) The Most tragic characters in the entire series in order is obviously Alessa, Walter Sullivan, James, Claudia, Lisa, Angela, and lastly - Heather (who is mainly innocent). You can argue Alessa "was"/is innocent... Until she created hell - which was completely Justified and done for noble reasons to halt the ritual forced upon her... Keep in mind this is my opinion LOL. I may have missed one also.
My sympathy is for eddie being Judge by you're looks...is pretty common in our days...I feel sad for his ending when in fact it's the people around him that makes him turn into a monster😭😭😭I wish I had his courage to turn into a monster..
@@Masokitsu we base the characters after what we know, history of a place, person, thing, or noun. That said, we ignore that in Silent Hill 2 the place was deemed sacred by "natives". Taking that into account we can really start to understand why "Silent Hill" is what it is. Great game games, even the bad ones. The entire series is ment to make a person think, and ALL of the games do that. Edit: Guy Chi has the best voice for James. Never should've changed it for the updated version.
there's just something about this game's cutscenes/characters that totally draw you in. whenever a character speaks, they immediately have my full attention
What I love best about Silent Hill 2 is that it doesn't focus too much on cult mumbo-jumbo compared to the previous and following games. It focuses more on human emotions and coming in terms with them; confronting personal fears and guilt. The characters felt real. The (original) voice acting was awkward, but that's the best part. How else would you feel having murdered your wife out of grief, falling victim to rape by your own father, or killing animals out of pent-up rage from constant bullying?
I think the cult stuff had plenty of real emotion, Alessas story hurts my heart just as good as Angela’s. Claudia was also on the same level as Angela imo, you just never saw her in a vulnerable position
3:53 Enter: James 6:55 James Meets Angela 9:50 "This town, there's something wrong with it" 12:24 Pyramid Head 13:54 James Meets Eddie 16:45 Angela's Knife 20:32 Pyramid Head, 2nd Encounter 20:50 James Officially Meets Laura 21:39 James Meets Maria 24:33 Pizza Is Life 28:47 Maria Stays Behind 30:01 Pyramid Head, 3rd Encounter 30:54 James Finds Laura 35:19 Maria Finds James 36:43/40:22 Unlucky Winner 42:39 Eddie's Grip On Morality 45:09 Mary's Persona, Maria's Skin? 47:27 Angela's Trauma 50:27 "That Damn Disease" 51:35 Eddie Embraces His Demons 58:52 James Catches Up To Laura 1:01:59 James Remembers The Truth 1:07:40 A Flashback of Grievance 1:08:41 Angela: A Personal Hell To Call "Home" 1:12:00 Confession - 1:13:26 "Leaving" 1:17:46 "Maria" 1:22:23 "In Water" 1:32:00 "Rebirth" 1:35:10 "Bork Bork, Heckinest Of Doggoes" 1:38:36 "UFO!" - 1:43:54 Maria: Born From A Wish 1:45:16 Maria Meets Earnest 1:48:20 An Impossible Cause 1:52:48 A Room As Empty As An Aching Heart 1:57:27 A Soul For A Wish
My favorites 1. In Water 2. A Flashback of Grievance (along with running around the hotel to Black Fairy) 3. James and Mary's Hallway Conversation 4. Angela on the staircase 5. James on Mary's deathbed How about you?
This game is a work of genius. A story about grief, guilt and atonement in a horror genre. No game I've ever played has had such an emotional affect on me. It is truly haunting. The first four SH games are all great in their way, Silent Hill 1 being the most frightening, but 2 stands out as a masterpiece. What I love about it is that it never spells out the motivations of James, Angela and Eddie. Particularly with James it leaves it up to you, the player, to decide what drove him to do what he did. My personal take is that when James murdered his wife he convinced himself that he did it to end her suffering whereas his actual motivation was more selfish - to relieve himself of the burden of looking after her as he too suffered while he helplessly watched Mary deteriorate. Maria is a symbol of James's more carnal feelings towards his wife which, by the nature of her illness, had been suppressed. His 'calling' to Silent Hill was to make him realise why he had done what he did and so gives him the opportunity of atonement. How he handles that manifests itself in the various endings. In most of the endings Silent Hill 'claims' him and he never leaves, like Angela and Eddie, and is doomed because he can not come to terms with his actions. The only 'happy' ending is when he leaves with Laura. Mary forgives James, gives him a king of absolution. It's fitting that he leaves with Laura who, to my mind, represents innocence and true love, rather than the bitter, selfish love he had for Mary at the end of her life. I guess others will take the story in different ways but that's one of this things which makes it so great.
I often like to think that Eddie and Angela reflect some aspects of Jame's psyche. Eddie is a murderer, yet he insist in lying and denying his involvement just like James keeps forgetting what he did and creates an illusion in order to escape from what he did. Angela, on the other hand, reflects James's depressive state of mind and constant self inflicted punishment. Besides, if the water ending is cannon, My theory fits even more.
Whoa. I never thought about it that way but it fits so well. For a long time I didn't want to believe that James was a murderer and killed his wife, ect. But if the disturbing pyramid head is a reflection / aspect of himself or his desires and parts of himself he doesn't wish to acknowledge then why not other characters as well...
Then Laura could be his reflection of naive childish hope that he really can find Mary alive and Maria was his three year thirst for love and probably sex considering why she has Mary's face and dressed up like a hooker
@@soulbrother5435 Maria was what James Wanted and fantasized Mary to be while she was sick, causing his sexual frustration. Maria is his perfect version of Mary. An object of his sexual desire.
One of the best theories I’ve heard for the other characters not seeing the monsters is that silent hill is a personal hell that caters to those it makes suffer, James’ hell is one with fog and pyramid head while Angela’s might be based more in her own suffering. Not only that but the constant denial of anything being wrong could show how far gone each of them truly might be. And to make the player themselves question what their really seeing.
Is it just me, or does it seem like in the cutscenes that the characters talk little, if at all, about the demons in the town? I mean, Silent Hill has been considered a "survival horror" game, but it's never really about the scares or the monsters. I meant, they're there, but apart from Pyramid Head, now an eternal symbol of the series(which is badass in all honesty), no one really cares about them. People care about James, Mary, Maria, Laura, Eddie, Angela...this isn't a survival horror game. It's a psychological unraveling, more than anything.
I always found it creepier that they almost didn't acknowledge the monsters at all. I feel that that attitude reflects their psyches. While their environment is a nightmares one, it is also probably, in some weird sense, "homely", because it essentially IS them, their psyche made manifest. It also reflects how SH2 was more about internal horrors of the human condition, whereas in other games the protagonists do draw more attention to the monsters. Also agree with you that SH2 isn't very conventional survival horror. Often in many survival horror stories the characters are trying to get out of some bad place, whereas here they are going deeper.
well you mostly live with your nightmares when it changes a part of your life. Angela had to live with it probably without help from others, Eddie is probably new to this and thus finds comfort in a place like the bowling alley, and James is just fed up because he never had any closure with his wife. Laura seems to be the weird one in this group though, but she may be the one who lives in SH. Laura is at home here and she cant see the monsters and doesn't seem to be hurt by any of them.
@Lena Aalt James mainly doesn't care much about the monsters, he just sees them as minor obstacles to get to Mary. The only ones he acknowledges were the first monster he encounters and "Red Pyramid Thing".
Since most of Silent hill’s story and setting is metaphorical, I think the reason why the characters don’t discuss the monsters is because strangers seldom discuss their personal demons with each other in real life, and many people aren’t even fully aware that they exist in the first place. On that level, it makes sense why they don’t openly refer to them. And of course it adds to the loneliness that the player feels. Not outright addressing the monsters is a part of the game’s genius. Although, in Heather’s story, Vincent does hint that the demons may be human. Which I always saw as a subtle nod to the way Heather views other people, as opposed to the more literal interpretation
DAMN! These graphics still look SOOO good, after 18 YEARS! How did you get it all to look so clear?! It can't be from using the HD collection footage, right? That looked like crap, from when I saw it. There was practically no fog, and texture glitches every where. And I'm SO confused. I've seen several comments saying, "This is way better than the original voices." ...What are they TALKING about? These _ARE_ the original voices from the game in 2001. I'm positive, because I've played this game at least 15 times. I know in that crummy HD Collection they had replaced the voices with new ones, (but in SH2 it was at least OPTIONAL to keep the original ones) But why is everyone saying, "These are better voices that the original ones?" ??? Are they confused, or am I misconstruing what they're talking about? Can someone please explain it to me? Maybe they meant 'new ones sound better'? Some of them do, I can agree, but despite how the original voices were often corny as fuck many times like this: 26:18 --I've grown attached to them for nostalgia. Any input appreciated. Thanks.
I always admire when a game is capable of making a movie out of it's cutscenes. I wish you had left in bits of relevant gameplay to fill in some of the gaps because certain parts were hard to follow. Otherwise, thank you for making this, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Silent hill 2's genius was not about tying it on to the original as a story. But holding on to the concept of silent hill, as an idea and as a setting.
I always express my deep appreciation for the love Team Silent put into their character’s expressions in cinematics. “My name is Maria. I don’t look like a ghost, do I?” at Rosewater Park and “Aren’t you Maria?” in the Labyrinth always stick out to me.
Remember that silent hill projects the inner demons of its visitors in the real world. Eddie is fat. One of his demons is pizza. So in his view of silent hill he could well have ordered pizza and got it. He also projects his tormentors (a.k.a the dead bodys found shot in the Fort) Angela was abused by her father. So her projections are strange monsters with heads like vulvas. And stuff with the theme "in-out - in-out" if you catch my drift. James projects the nurses (sexual frustration, lack of help Mary got), Maria (proof SH doesn't project only offensive monsters, but really what is on the person's mind - legitimizing the pizza delivery boy in Eddie's case), Pyramid Heads (hate and guilt), among other things. The only thing I am missing is the regular zombies. I don't know who they "belong" to. My theory is that they are remnants of Harry Mason's passage in town - projecting his fear of loss of Cheryl. That would be somewhat logical, cause the towns seems to remember other people's passage. Like Heather in SH3. She fights the big golems with arms that end with vulvas. That's James' souvenir, not her projection.
I had to cleanse my ears after sitting through a cutscene of that poor attempt of a dub, yuck. Thanks to Fungo for uploading the cutscenes with the fantastic original voices and in true HD.
@@icarovdl yeah man, like I felt some of the emotions James was going through, When he Pryamid head kills Maria those few times I just felt loss. It was really powerful
@@icarovdl I just experienced a lot of the emotions James was going through ( in my perception at least) and got to explore those emotions through him. Especially the deaths of Maria from the Pyramid Head
I just noticed now that when James sees Maria at the park for the first time he’s smiling cause he thinks is Mary and then when he says “no you are not” his expression falls and seems disappointed. I didn’t notice when playing the game but now that I’m seeing it and can rewind the video it’s noticeable even if it’s just a few seconds of the scene showing his face. The facial capturing of this game is so good.
Thanks for doing this Fungo. It's a really nice service for those that care. I'm assuming you're going to do the same for Silent Hill 3 as well so again, much obliged.
This is really cool, thanks, Fungo! I have a dream that I know never will come true: all the Silent Hill 1 FMV in real HD... :/ Videogame companies should sell the FMVs in great quality, I say! But they mostly aren't capable of rendering again the FMV to make HD versions (like in Silent Hill HD Collection, all FMV were cheapily upscaled...).
I love when Maria begs James to stay with her and love her, unlike Mary. I'd imagine he was thinking "Hell no, you keep dying from some fucked up shit everytime I see you bitch!"
Always loved the idea that silent hill lstched itself onto james mind, manifesting EVERYTHING he comes across from his guilt, self loathing, frustration and suicidal death wish. Pyramid head is his punisher, acting like his repressed base desires and tormenting him endlessly, maria being his mary as he remembered before her illness but that is why james rejects her, that memory of mary being tainted for him forever, hence the sexy nurse monsters. The whole town becomes his pain and personal hell, only ending on James own terms, hence why i feel the water ending fits the story best, no redemption or forgivness, just freedom from suffering.
I don't think Maria is supposed to be Mary before her illness. I think it's what he wishes she was based on his darkest desires, hence her being more sexual than the actual Mary due to his repressed lust, as well as her dying repeatedly due to his hidden desire for Mary to die so he can get on with his life.
@@EldritchChaplin that's a good take. I always saw it as such as well. Representing his anima. I think part of why he rejects her is because he knows its wrong for him to view her that way, it's like mystique using Jean's likeness because she wants wolverine to tap that. Naw'mean?
I love each ending, and how the final boss conversation and ending change depending. I wouldn't even say James is free from suffering in the in water ending. He, like Eddie, will probably repeat it over, or haunt the town as a ghost himself.
@@troywright359 Yeah, a few years later, that probably wasn't the best use of words. That should never be described as 'free' from anything tbh. I just think narrative wise, it fits best with Jame's judgement from the town. He has to face responsibility for what he did after accepting his guilt ect
I just noticed something. Not once did James ever introduced himself to Maria neither did he ever mentioned his name to her at the park cutscene, but she already knows his name at 27:11. Thats quite a clever detail.
@@koshishko28 the final boss is Mary or Maria depending on the choices u make like if u show more interest in mary over maria when u play, then maria will get jealous and transform into the final boss monster as for how maria knew james' name i dont really know, but i think her and mary are somewhat connected. which is why she knew his name and the videotape thing and why she had to protect angela, these are all memories of mary
What is Laura up to when she's playing in the hospital? is she stabbing the teddy bear? it's such a weird laugh she has here as well. and there's no music there, unlike in the original. I'm surprised by how Angela hints that she knows there are monsters in the town despite having not been in there yet.
as a videogame in general is 9.5/10. It excels in ambience, graphics, playability, replayability, game design. It excels as one of the best examples of the survival horrror genre and the horror genre in general. But even tough it's extremely great in all of those areas, it's unparaleled in terms of depth of plot and message in a videogame, no other one even comes close in my opinion, tough id love to be proven wrong and anyone who think he has a likely candidate don't hesitate to mention it.
Anyone else notice that the patch on James' right shoulder is pretty much the Late Night with Conan O'Brien logo? Compare 13:41 with a google image search.
The fact that this game even 2 decades later can still leave an impact on people on the symbolism and theories of everything. The absolutely amazing voice cast and soundtrack!!!! Can’t said it a enough!!! I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!
I'm not looking forward to the remake. All it's going to do is keep people away from the original, which cannot be beaten no matter how hard you try. Just release it on PS5, Konami!
I always thought it was the monster-- "The Laying Figure" that was moaning. (aka Patient Demon) Pyramid Head's 'voice' always sounded more guttural, deeper and slithery. But yeah, it's no secret or mystery anymore about the symbolism about Pyramid Head's presence and his abuse towards other monsters-- that it resembled sexual assault. I just thought I had a dirty mind. lol That is, until I saw, *"The Art of Silent Hill: Fukuro"* No, it's quite _clear_ that the Pyramid Head's 'attacks' and other acts were psycho-sexual on purpose. Damn this game is a mind-fuck. (no pun)
A total masterpiece in every possible way... When you understand how much artistic it is, all the fear you felt goes away and sorrow remains.
yeah,it,s a melancholic game as much as horror,and that,s what makes it beautiful.
@J. T. Lacey 🤣🤣💀
"Emotionally drained and satisfied-- Like fucking a burning dolphin." 🔥 🐬
- The Escapist, SH2 Review
The way Angela backs up in her first scene instinctively because she is afraid James will touch her. The way pain and peace can emanate from Maria's voice simultaneously. The way James is so monotonous, whilst other characters are often brimming with emotion. All intentional, all incredible. This may be the single most thematically sound piece of media in existence.
this game was a trainwreck story-wise and development wise. they could never remake this game and do it justice. James' and Mary/Maria's voice actors suffered great losses prior to the game's development which in turn give their voices true emotions. Mary's letter is done in one take, they did not have to splice in her crying separately because her voice actress started crying as she was reading the letter. James was depressed with his recent divorce and so on. thematically, the voice actors WERE the characters
@@lukabrasi001 the team making the remake is awful too so I don't expect much
“For me, it’s always like this.” Angela is the most tragic character.
If you go by the definition of tragic ( regrettably deplorable + unpleasant - extreme distress + sorrow ) The Most tragic characters in the entire series in order is obviously Alessa, Walter Sullivan, James, Claudia, Lisa, Angela, and lastly - Heather (who is mainly innocent). You can argue Alessa "was"/is innocent... Until she created hell - which was completely Justified and done for noble reasons to halt the ritual forced upon her... Keep in mind this is my opinion LOL. I may have missed one also.
@@Masokitsu Can't imagine living on an endless nightmare for 7 years. jesus fucking christ that's terrifying.
My sympathy is for eddie being Judge by you're looks...is pretty common in our days...I feel sad for his ending when in fact it's the people around him that makes him turn into a monster😭😭😭I wish I had his courage to turn into a monster..
@@Masokitsu we base the characters after what we know, history of a place, person, thing, or noun. That said, we ignore that in Silent Hill 2 the place was deemed sacred by "natives". Taking that into account we can really start to understand why "Silent Hill" is what it is.
Great game games, even the bad ones. The entire series is ment to make a person think, and ALL of the games do that.
Edit: Guy Chi has the best voice for James. Never should've changed it for the updated version.
Nah braaaw, it's James
there's just something about this game's cutscenes/characters that totally draw you in. whenever a character speaks, they immediately have my full attention
What I love best about Silent Hill 2 is that it doesn't focus too much on cult mumbo-jumbo compared to the previous and following games.
It focuses more on human emotions and coming in terms with them; confronting personal fears and guilt.
The characters felt real. The (original) voice acting was awkward, but that's the best part. How else would you feel having murdered your wife out of grief, falling victim to rape by your own father, or killing animals out of pent-up rage from constant bullying?
I think the cult stuff had plenty of real emotion, Alessas story hurts my heart just as good as Angela’s. Claudia was also on the same level as Angela imo, you just never saw her in a vulnerable position
Who's father raped who?
Mr. Rape Angela’s father raped her and sexually abused her. It’s also implied in the game that her brother did it too.
Kumie I agree with you
yes I do realize that
3:53 Enter: James
6:55 James Meets Angela
9:50 "This town, there's something wrong with it"
12:24 Pyramid Head
13:54 James Meets Eddie
16:45 Angela's Knife
20:32 Pyramid Head, 2nd Encounter
20:50 James Officially Meets Laura
21:39 James Meets Maria
24:33 Pizza Is Life
28:47 Maria Stays Behind
30:01 Pyramid Head, 3rd Encounter
30:54 James Finds Laura
35:19 Maria Finds James
36:43/40:22 Unlucky Winner
42:39 Eddie's Grip On Morality
45:09 Mary's Persona, Maria's Skin?
47:27 Angela's Trauma
50:27 "That Damn Disease"
51:35 Eddie Embraces His Demons
58:52 James Catches Up To Laura
1:01:59 James Remembers The Truth
1:07:40 A Flashback of Grievance
1:08:41 Angela: A Personal Hell To Call "Home"
1:12:00 Confession
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1:13:26 "Leaving"
1:17:46 "Maria"
1:22:23 "In Water"
1:32:00 "Rebirth"
1:35:10 "Bork Bork, Heckinest Of Doggoes"
1:38:36 "UFO!"
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1:43:54 Maria: Born From A Wish
1:45:16 Maria Meets Earnest
1:48:20 An Impossible Cause
1:52:48 A Room As Empty As An Aching Heart
1:57:27 A Soul For A Wish
My favorites
1. In Water
2. A Flashback of Grievance (along with running around the hotel to Black Fairy)
3. James and Mary's Hallway Conversation
4. Angela on the staircase
5. James on Mary's deathbed
How about you?
5:45 name song? i didnt find in OST
@@ka4mar Wishful thinking ost
U a god
@@nbhage2178
A god, yes. One of many.
i remember being in high school and playing this. good times. now it's lonely and depressing
47:06
Maria: Don't you wanna touch me? I can't do anything through these bars.
14-year-old-me: [Nervous sweating intensifies]
Don't tempt me lady!
That soundtrack tho...
Jorge Luis Tox Martin agree with u home
It is absolutely glorious.
Absolutely.
Fr
the dog ending is clearly canon
Yes
It does make the most sense
Why did owaku go with that Root
I'd rather listen to that dog than whatever mumble-rap 69 shit these kids listen to these days. That dog is the true VIP of this entire series.
This game is a work of genius. A story about grief, guilt and atonement in a horror genre. No game I've ever played has had such an emotional affect on me. It is truly haunting. The first four SH games are all great in their way, Silent Hill 1 being the most frightening, but 2 stands out as a masterpiece.
What I love about it is that it never spells out the motivations of James, Angela and Eddie. Particularly with James it leaves it up to you, the player, to decide what drove him to do what he did. My personal take is that when James murdered his wife he convinced himself that he did it to end her suffering whereas his actual motivation was more selfish - to relieve himself of the burden of looking after her as he too suffered while he helplessly watched Mary deteriorate. Maria is a symbol of James's more carnal feelings towards his wife which, by the nature of her illness, had been suppressed. His 'calling' to Silent Hill was to make him realise why he had done what he did and so gives him the opportunity of atonement. How he handles that manifests itself in the various endings. In most of the endings Silent Hill 'claims' him and he never leaves, like Angela and Eddie, and is doomed because he can not come to terms with his actions. The only 'happy' ending is when he leaves with Laura. Mary forgives James, gives him a king of absolution. It's fitting that he leaves with Laura who, to my mind, represents innocence and true love, rather than the bitter, selfish love he had for Mary at the end of her life.
I guess others will take the story in different ways but that's one of this things which makes it so great.
You can play fatal frame crimson butterfly if you want a good game of horror like this
What's disturbing about James is that he's so human.
I often like to think that Eddie and Angela reflect some aspects of Jame's psyche.
Eddie is a murderer, yet he insist in lying and denying his involvement just like James keeps forgetting what he did and creates an illusion in order to escape from what he did.
Angela, on the other hand, reflects James's depressive state of mind and constant self inflicted punishment. Besides, if the water ending is cannon, My theory fits even more.
Whoa. I never thought about it that way but it fits so well. For a long time I didn't want to believe that James was a murderer and killed his wife, ect. But if the disturbing pyramid head is a reflection / aspect of himself or his desires and parts of himself he doesn't wish to acknowledge then why not other characters as well...
Then Laura could be his reflection of naive childish hope that he really can find Mary alive and Maria was his three year thirst for love and probably sex considering why she has Mary's face and dressed up like a hooker
It also makes sense as to why those two were the only ones there, as though they were chosen. Aside from Laura.
@@soulbrother5435 Maria was what James Wanted and fantasized Mary to be while she was sick, causing his sexual frustration. Maria is his perfect version of Mary. An object of his sexual desire.
Na man. The dog just pushed some buttons.
the game was a little easy, but the story was so powerful and filled with emotion i didn't really mind. the masterpiece of the PS2.
...and xbox
Lol
Define "easy"
Play on hard
@@AB0VETHALAW xbox can go to hell lol
"Mary!?"
"No... Your not..."
"Do I look like your girlfriend?"
I don't know why but these lines are just so emotional to me.
you're*
"Anyway?! What do you mean anyway?!"
It's always beautiful to revisit this gem. My favorite game of all time.
Lucas Mateus me too. I can't even begin to say how much I miss SH
This game is a timeless piece of art. A once in a lifetime, emotionally melancholic masterpiece that will never be forgotten!
One of the best theories I’ve heard for the other characters not seeing the monsters is that silent hill is a personal hell that caters to those it makes suffer, James’ hell is one with fog and pyramid head while Angela’s might be based more in her own suffering. Not only that but the constant denial of anything being wrong could show how far gone each of them truly might be. And to make the player themselves question what their really seeing.
Is it just me, or does it seem like in the cutscenes that the characters talk little, if at all, about the demons in the town? I mean, Silent Hill has been considered a "survival horror" game, but it's never really about the scares or the monsters. I meant, they're there, but apart from Pyramid Head, now an eternal symbol of the series(which is badass in all honesty), no one really cares about them. People care about James, Mary, Maria, Laura, Eddie, Angela...this isn't a survival horror game. It's a psychological unraveling, more than anything.
I always found it creepier that they almost didn't acknowledge the monsters at all. I feel that that attitude reflects their psyches. While their environment is a nightmares one, it is also probably, in some weird sense, "homely", because it essentially IS them, their psyche made manifest. It also reflects how SH2 was more about internal horrors of the human condition, whereas in other games the protagonists do draw more attention to the monsters.
Also agree with you that SH2 isn't very conventional survival horror. Often in many survival horror stories the characters are trying to get out of some bad place, whereas here they are going deeper.
well you mostly live with your nightmares when it changes a part of your
life. Angela had to live with it probably without help from others,
Eddie is probably new to this and thus finds comfort in a place like the
bowling alley, and James is just fed up because he never had any
closure with his wife. Laura seems to be the weird one in this group
though, but she may be the one who lives in SH. Laura is at home here
and she cant see the monsters and doesn't seem to be hurt by any of them.
@Lena Aalt James mainly doesn't care much about the monsters, he just sees them as minor obstacles to get to Mary. The only ones he acknowledges were the first monster he encounters and "Red Pyramid Thing".
It’s only survival in it’s gameplay tbh.
Since most of Silent hill’s story and setting is metaphorical, I think the reason why the characters don’t discuss the monsters is because strangers seldom discuss their personal demons with each other in real life, and many people aren’t even fully aware that they exist in the first place. On that level, it makes sense why they don’t openly refer to them. And of course it adds to the loneliness that the player feels. Not outright addressing the monsters is a part of the game’s genius.
Although, in Heather’s story, Vincent does hint that the demons may be human. Which I always saw as a subtle nod to the way Heather views other people, as opposed to the more literal interpretation
In water ending always gives me the feels.
Much better voice acting then in the original
I really appreciate this Fungo!!
DAMN! These graphics still look SOOO good, after 18 YEARS! How did you get it all to look so clear?! It can't be from using the HD collection footage, right? That looked like crap, from when I saw it. There was practically no fog, and texture glitches every where. And I'm SO confused. I've seen several comments saying, "This is way better than the original voices."
...What are they TALKING about? These _ARE_ the original voices from the game in 2001. I'm positive, because I've played this game at least 15 times.
I know in that crummy HD Collection they had replaced the voices with new ones, (but in SH2 it was at least OPTIONAL to keep the original ones)
But why is everyone saying, "These are better voices that the original ones?" ??? Are they confused, or am I misconstruing what they're talking about? Can someone please explain it to me? Maybe they meant 'new ones sound better'? Some of them do, I can agree, but despite how the original voices were often corny as fuck many times like this: 26:18 --I've grown attached to them for nostalgia. Any input appreciated. Thanks.
Ight
I always admire when a game is capable of making a movie out of it's cutscenes. I wish you had left in bits of relevant gameplay to fill in some of the gaps because certain parts were hard to follow. Otherwise, thank you for making this, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Take a shot every time they say James. are you still alive?
I dead
12:25 Ever walked in on a 3-way before?
That's a pretty intense Threesome
they all surrendered to Pyramid Head before.
Can we just appreciate all the attention to details you've put in your videos? Thank you so much!! 🥰 Amazing, with all the timestamps ;)
Silent hill 2's genius was not about tying it on to the original as a story. But holding on to the concept of silent hill, as an idea and as a setting.
I never get tired of watching this fungo! thanks man!
I always express my deep appreciation for the love Team Silent put into their character’s expressions in cinematics.
“My name is Maria. I don’t look like a ghost, do I?” at Rosewater Park and “Aren’t you Maria?” in the Labyrinth always stick out to me.
where the heck did Eddie get pizza?
and pizza in good shape..in an abandoned town...sounds legit.
Remember that silent hill projects the inner demons of its visitors in the real world.
Eddie is fat. One of his demons is pizza. So in his view of silent hill he could well have ordered pizza and got it. He also projects his tormentors (a.k.a the dead bodys found shot in the Fort)
Angela was abused by her father. So her projections are strange monsters with heads like vulvas. And stuff with the theme "in-out - in-out" if you catch my drift.
James projects the nurses (sexual frustration, lack of help Mary got), Maria (proof SH doesn't project only offensive monsters, but really what is on the person's mind - legitimizing the pizza delivery boy in Eddie's case), Pyramid Heads (hate and guilt), among other things.
The only thing I am missing is the regular zombies. I don't know who they "belong" to. My theory is that they are remnants of Harry Mason's passage in town - projecting his fear of loss of Cheryl.
That would be somewhat logical, cause the towns seems to remember other people's passage. Like Heather in SH3. She fights the big golems with arms that end with vulvas. That's James' souvenir, not her projection.
cat luva well he is pizza delivery guy 😆😆😆
That's what I was thinking. Plus all this pizza is making me hungry
Hahaha , never really thought much about it but people bring up some good points and have some interesting theories or amusing comments. ☺
I had to cleanse my ears after sitting through a cutscene of that poor attempt of a dub, yuck. Thanks to Fungo for uploading the cutscenes with the fantastic original voices and in true HD.
This game changed the way I feel/think about death. It is the most powerful piece of entertainment in my life.
what changed for u?
@@Sammsy1126 u experienced death through the game?
@@icarovdl yeah man, like I felt some of the emotions James was going through, When he Pryamid head kills Maria those few times I just felt loss. It was really powerful
@@icarovdl I just experienced a lot of the emotions James was going through ( in my perception at least) and got to explore those emotions through him. Especially the deaths of Maria from the Pyramid Head
@Rawr Cookie I cant wait til I'm standing over you as youre writing me a check
I just noticed now that when James sees Maria at the park for the first time he’s smiling cause he thinks is Mary and then when he says “no you are not” his expression falls and seems disappointed. I didn’t notice when playing the game but now that I’m seeing it and can rewind the video it’s noticeable even if it’s just a few seconds of the scene showing his face. The facial capturing of this game is so good.
This is without a doubt one of the greatest horror games ever! Ill never forget how i felt after finishing it, I was speechless
The strength of the game was in the dialogues, the story is beyond criticism
Thank you for the upload of this video. I appreciate it.
Best horror game ever. I wouldn't change a thing it's wonderfully written, the characters are real and raw and the psychological horror is real.
Thanks for doing this Fungo. It's a really nice service for those that care. I'm assuming you're going to do the same for Silent Hill 3 as well so again, much obliged.
My cutscenes don't play so i'm watching them here lol
Me too heh
I thought I was the only one!!
This is really cool, thanks, Fungo!
I have a dream that I know never will come true: all the Silent Hill 1 FMV in real HD... :/ Videogame companies should sell the FMVs in great quality, I say! But they mostly aren't capable of rendering again the FMV to make HD versions (like in Silent Hill HD Collection, all FMV were cheapily upscaled...).
I love when Maria begs James to stay with her and love her, unlike Mary. I'd imagine he was thinking "Hell no, you keep dying from some fucked up shit everytime I see you bitch!"
TheRibFeast that's messed up dude... it's his first wife and he wanted to be with her again.....
I don't like Maria's new voice on HD collection because she sounds like a man I little bit.
Silent hill 2 has a good anime intro
Ikr
thank you so much
Always loved the idea that silent hill lstched itself onto james mind, manifesting EVERYTHING he comes across from his guilt, self loathing, frustration and suicidal death wish. Pyramid head is his punisher, acting like his repressed base desires and tormenting him endlessly, maria being his mary as he remembered before her illness but that is why james rejects her, that memory of mary being tainted for him forever, hence the sexy nurse monsters. The whole town becomes his pain and personal hell, only ending on James own terms, hence why i feel the water ending fits the story best, no redemption or forgivness, just freedom from suffering.
I don't think Maria is supposed to be Mary before her illness. I think it's what he wishes she was based on his darkest desires, hence her being more sexual than the actual Mary due to his repressed lust, as well as her dying repeatedly due to his hidden desire for Mary to die so he can get on with his life.
@@EldritchChaplin that's a good take. I always saw it as such as well. Representing his anima. I think part of why he rejects her is because he knows its wrong for him to view her that way, it's like mystique using Jean's likeness because she wants wolverine to tap that. Naw'mean?
I love each ending, and how the final boss conversation and ending change depending. I wouldn't even say James is free from suffering in the in water ending. He, like Eddie, will probably repeat it over, or haunt the town as a ghost himself.
@@troywright359 Yeah, a few years later, that probably wasn't the best use of words. That should never be described as 'free' from anything tbh.
I just think narrative wise, it fits best with Jame's judgement from the town. He has to face responsibility for what he did after accepting his guilt ect
4 was good. 3 I don't remember much but I remember it's not bad and good music. 2 was the best and brings me way back.
Thank you for this.
this game is the definition of a
masterpiece
Dat peace sign tho 50:50
This game is more than a master piece is a little piece of history
"For me, it's always like this ."
thanks for making this video!
I love this so much! It's almost like the game has its very own movie.
why in the hell do you skip the letter so fast... i just want to understand...
God just 1 minute in to that opening prologue and you just know: this game is special.
Great job, Fungo! :D
You missed the dead guy on the couch who was screaming.
Never finished, let alone understood that game back when i was 15.....
20 years later.... heard so much good about this game....
Well here i go.
Bloody hell... that was something.
Who the fuck was Laura, Angela, Maria and Ernest! Oh well.... plot explenation here i go.
1:12:28
That scream is the one thing I'll only give Guy Cihi over Troy Baker.
26:20 hardest line in all of gaming
That soundtrack is just to epic akira yamaoka is just awesome
This game proves video games can be beautiful pieces of art.
Awsome man!
i am pretty sure they can do a lot "through" those bars xD
I just noticed something. Not once did James ever introduced himself to Maria neither did he ever mentioned his name to her at the park cutscene, but she already knows his name at 27:11. Thats quite a clever detail.
I didn’t get how maria knows james name and the final boss who’s she ? Mary or maria or mary ghost ?
@@koshishko28 the final boss is Mary or Maria depending on the choices u make
like if u show more interest in mary over maria when u play, then maria will get jealous and transform into the final boss monster
as for how maria knew james' name i dont really know, but i think her and mary are somewhat connected. which is why she knew his name and the videotape thing and why she had to protect angela, these are all memories of mary
A master piece
I absolutely love having to pause after every frame to read the letters because they're illegible in game. 10/10 would watch again.
It's still hard to believe Joseph Anderson hates this game
Why is it hard to believe that an idiot is an idiot?
What is Laura up to when she's playing in the hospital? is she stabbing the teddy bear? it's such a weird laugh she has here as well.
and there's no music there, unlike in the original.
I'm surprised by how Angela hints that she knows there are monsters in the town despite having not been in there yet.
Well. Honestly. She may have wandered in there for a bit before going back to the cemetery..
kdreamland i mean for her its always like this
Poor Laura
36:30 lmao the radio comes on and he just stares unblinking at Maria
One of the greatest games ever made,a classic.
Tywin Lannisters comment below is a great explanation of the Silent Hill series. Great job !
Damn, its been a while since I've played this game. Completely forgot Jonah Hill was in this.
+MATACORPSE derp eddie
Even as a kid , I always wondered, how are you supposed to pee in those urinals at the beginning...
the hells the matter with you
ghastly cowboy 72 the mans gotta pee!!!!
LOL
Some people have this thing called a ‘penis’, you should Google it.
50:41 definitely inherited Harry's shadow
Nice catch! I honestly hadn’t noticed that before! It does look very much the same as Harry lol
THIS GAME DESERVES OSCAR!
the opening never gets old
i'm absolutely obsessed with the dog ending
I don't think the remake will do the original justice, too much of a masterpiece.
as a videogame in general is 9.5/10. It excels in ambience, graphics, playability, replayability, game design. It excels as one of the best examples of the survival horrror genre and the horror genre in general. But even tough it's extremely great in all of those areas, it's unparaleled in terms of depth of plot and message in a videogame, no other one even comes close in my opinion, tough id love to be proven wrong and anyone who think he has a likely candidate don't hesitate to mention it.
I'm curious why it's lacking 0.5 points, what do u think couldve been better for it to be a perfect 10/10?😊
a true work of art
sick intro!
I think this is my favourite intro for a game.
Anyone else notice that the patch on James' right shoulder is pretty much the Late Night with Conan O'Brien logo? Compare 13:41 with a google image search.
I still get flashbacks of the hospital hallway. You know the one.
Marys voice actress was amazing.
That Cinderella music box sounds hauntingly lovely
The scene with Eddie and his pizza gives me Hotline Miami vibes.
54:37 when it saturday
54:40 when it monday
46:35 love that face expression
This game terrified me as a child, as I grow older though, I see this game for the masterful art it is.
"You see it too? For me, its always like this.
I like the dog ending because it's the dog killed by Eddie tormenting him for having killed him.
This is how an HD remake should look like...
The fact that this game even 2 decades later can still leave an impact on people on the symbolism and theories of everything. The absolutely amazing voice cast and soundtrack!!!! Can’t said it a enough!!! I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!
I'm not looking forward to the remake. All it's going to do is keep people away from the original, which cannot be beaten no matter how hard you try. Just release it on PS5, Konami!
Beautiful
34:10 James's magic word " Snotty little brat " 😂😂😂
54:36 Let's party! Ughrrrrruuugh!!!!! XD
😂😂😭
I played the game and i don,t remember the cutscene at 2:51. Is it in some special edition or something?
No, it's the intro video, I think it's before the menu but it's kind of a reflex to skip it
I think he may mean solely the scene of Eddie being kicked by Laura while he sits by the truck. That was definitely not in the actual game.
Holy shit,this comment is 3 years old!!!
At 20:32 Is pyramid head moaning or the monster he just killed?
I always thought it was the monster-- "The Laying Figure" that was moaning. (aka Patient Demon) Pyramid Head's 'voice' always sounded more guttural, deeper and slithery. But yeah, it's no secret or mystery anymore about the symbolism about Pyramid Head's presence and his abuse towards other monsters-- that it resembled sexual assault. I just thought I had a dirty mind. lol That is, until I saw, *"The Art of Silent Hill: Fukuro"*
No, it's quite _clear_ that the Pyramid Head's 'attacks' and other acts were psycho-sexual on purpose.
Damn this game is a mind-fuck. (no pun)
angela is such an interesting character
How can I see that cutscene with Angela running in the house? I see the parts of it during intro of the game.
@@Rain-ec4jj it's not in the game. It was either cut or purposefully left out
@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 Thank you I was trying to find out for years! LOL
Angela was ruthless when she kicks abstact daddy and throwing the tv on him