I got a letter. My wife said she is waiting for me in silent hill. "BUT SHE IS DEAD" Anyway, so I go to silent hill. In my way I meet this lady called Angela. I thought that I was lost, so I tell her "I think I'm lost" Then she said " LOOOOSSSST " So I don't talk anymore . Then I go to the apartment and find pyramid head, do you know how is he. He is my best friend. But he almost killed me. That is not a problem. Then I went to the park and found my wife. Oh sorry not my wife. She looks like my wife. But "SHE IS NOT MY WIFE" "So what I should take her home instant"
I lost my dad to suicide when I was like 9 years old, I used to look for him around the streets thinking that maybe he would come back some day. Reminds me of James looking for his wife even though he knows she's dead.
i've made a similar experience, i lost my mom when i was 12 years old due to pulmonary embolism. later, when i was older, i've had dreams where she just returned home, but could'nt speak, like we're sitting on the table and eating, she sits there as well but dont speak a word. weird, never talked about this before :D
When you consider just how bad even Hollywood-grade CGI of human characters looked around the time the game was released, it's absolutely crazy just how realistic the initial shot of James looking in the mirror still looks more than 20 years later
@@TvsovieticaDoVampBelfordRoxo "you can LITERALLY see each individual beard hair on James, the HD remake is CLEARLY superior dumbass" like this was so unnecessary all so they can repackage an old game with some new filler content (and dont forget the funny costumes!!!) for 70 dollars. "but waahhh the graphics in the old one aren't so good I can see Marias sweat droplets" who the fuck cares? there are some real impactful atmospheric parts of the original that have been lost in translation for your soulless cashgrab HD slop
In case anyone like me wonder why does James run his hands over his face like that, apparently it’s a lucid dream technique people use to see if they are awake or not. So James is trying to see if he’s dreaming or not by looking in that mirror.
@@mauzki- NO!! Have you tried it yourself? It really pisses me off -- everyone is talking this crap but no one tried! James is NOT looking at the player -- even more, there's no eyes, because it's too dark plus compression artifacts.
@@Valet2 apparently theres been brightened up images of james apparently looking at the player but it wouldn't make sense if he actually was wouldnt it?
@@Valet2 I want to believe but it seems all the pixels are just plain black, there's no way you could brighten the image and since it's pre-rendered you can't even look at the 3D model in different lighting condition or angle :/
"A dead person can't write a letter." - An amazing line from this game. Another one is Eddie's rant near the end of the game about how it doesn't matter if you're smart, dumb, pretty, or ugly because it really is a dark truth.
@@NickyNicest Well, I'm not a fan of the current copyright laws. Part of the reason is because it lasts past death, which is why I consider it that way. "A dead person can't write a letter," is the best way to some up one issue with current copyright laws.
The line when she say " You promised you'd take me there some day again " has this very subtle and sad like the way the voice actor delivers it like she have gone thru this problem before it feels so real everytime i played it the voice is just soo genuine feeling we can feel it too
The voice actress reportedly was breaking down towards the end of the full letter, and you can even hear her voice breaking at the end. The letter is just so overwhelmingly lonely and sad, i get why she started crying.
@@rycrgarcia ahhhh no wonder, now that i know i am more depress for the voice actor😭😭😭 ohh god... silent hill 2 really is something else.. and I can't understand why some people hate the original voice actor
The English translation of this line, more specifically, the part of "But you never did" actually kind of removes some important subtext from the original language. It is implied that Mary doesn't blame James for not fulfilling their promise, more so her own sickness from derailing their lives and preventing them from doing so.
@@carbonatedsalad4677Ahhhh i seee but nevertheless the original voice actor in this game is definately a true 3rd world dimensional grade 👍🏼 eventho the last of us is the latest good story driven game but silent hill 2 still the 1st in my heart and anyone wanna debate with me bout that they better cash my money outside how bout dat ... just kidding thanks anyways
@@carbonatedsalad4677from what I know, the script was made in English since the original release of SH2 only had English voice work. So the English version is the most final version of the script.
One of the best scenes in video game history. The mood and atmosphere perfectly captured. It feels like a dream you had, or a place you've visited without remembering the details.
Such a sad game, I go though a whole gamut of emotions whenever I hear the music, hear the voice actors, just think of the general tone and story. Thank you for such a high quality upload, very clear and the description is nice to read to.
this is one of the best video games intros of all time, the way Mary reads his letter with the eerie ost then James start speaking and that guitar starts is just wow, i has hooked into the game the moment the ost started playing. hope the remake will be good because this is the best survival horror game of all time
One day. My father killed my mother in front of me and i couldn't do anything. Just watch while hugging a pillow and crying. My mother was so kind and nice. She was also pretty hearted woman. She was caring about people around her. I wanted to be like my mother. I didnt want to be like my father. My father is still staying at jail for almost 3 years. It happened when i was 12 year old. Now im 15 year old. Trying to act kind and nice to people around me like how my mother did to everyone. I always go to her grave. And talk to her. I wish she was alive. Sometimes i go to his grave and sleep next to his grave. Feeling safe. This video reminds me of my mother. Thank you.
Hey buddy, when you get the chance, see about getting some therapy. There's a lot to digest in your comment that a professional can help you work through and find some peace in the world. I'm glad visiting your mother helps, but it's no way to live, especially as a 15 year old. Still, it's good that you're acting with compassion as she did, that's a good practice that will help you in later life. Sending love.
not really, you can try to get different endings. and personally, every time I play through it (like 20+ times now) I notice something different. obviously since it's a story driven game the 2nd playthrough isn't going to be as impactful as the first, but saying that it "spoils" the experience simply isn't true, otherwise I would have stopped after my first or second playthrough.
@@hypnos9336 For me, the game was so f*cked up and psychologically disturbing that I couldn't even manage to play it on around my 4th playthrough. I don't know, I just couldn't take it anymore. I had a good time the first few times around, but the concepts that were explored in the game hit a little too close to home. I still thoroughly enjoy the music from the game though. I'm glad other people found a lot more in subsequent playthroughs.
A lot of the ambiences that were used by Akira were from sound sample cds, or musical libraries. I imagine most, if not, all of the ambient music will be kept as is.
Play it. It’s incredibly easy to find the PC version and the enhanced edition. It’s one of the greatest games ever made. Please don’t play the remake as a substitute; no matter how solid that ends up being, it will never be a replacement for this amazing game.
The reason why Silent Hill 2 it became a classic is because eventually people began to see how unique, eerie, melancholic and authentic the game's atmosphere it really is, and took the time to enjoy its deeply thoughtful narrative and symbolism. To this day it’s by far one of, if not the most mature examination of grief, sexual trauma, suicide, and morality all combined. It’s an intelligent game that does not hold anyone’s hand and comes at the player with utmost confidence in itself. It’s fantastic stuff. The rest of the original 4 are great in their own right and have their own well written stories, but they don’t hold the same emotional weight to them. I think SH2’s maturity by comparison is something that a lot of people are drawn to. ☯️
I was born in 2007. A time when this game was 6 years old already. And even tho i don't experience it myself, i can imagine the nostaliga millenials experience watching this intro of one the best games of all time once again. The music, the dialog, the eerie atmosphere, It really is amazing
I first played this in 2006 when I was only 11. I was a horror junkie back in the days and no other game gave me the same experience it feels as if the game was truly alive, like a portal to another realm. I’m glad young people are recognizing this masterpiece!
It sounds weird, but I don't think people knew what they had at the time. Read the Gamespot review for the PC version, where they called the story Nonsensical and Implausible and gave it a 6.2
Ive played when the game is release... i remember a restaurant with the sh2 theme, konami's marketing thing... sh2 in the launch have a tepid reception, in time became a cult. For me is the most sad, bleak game a ever played
The OG blowing the remake out of the water with the very first sequence will never not be funny. All of that purposeful framing and shot composition, the deliberate choice to have James be small and off to the side to convey that not only is he facing a great challenge, but also the importance of Toluca Lake, narratively as James' and Mary's special place, conceptually as foreshadowing for a later setpiece. It's just great and Bloober's Hollywoodesque scene direction, where they're afraid to linger on shots or have the camera be still for more than 10 seconds, can't hold a candle to it.
Also just the feeling of otherworldlyness and detached sadness to the whole thing is much stronger in the original. The other benefit of the still landscape shot next to emotional dialogue is that it makes the character feel in place of the world, if that makes sense. Like that feeling of stillness the real world generally has. If you want to convey depression, that kind of framing really sets the tone, so the game makes sure to do it in the intro. The remake just confuses this for just an emotional intro, so as you said, goes full Hollywood-esque with framing. Still, I'd rather the remake try and do its own thing than attempt to recapture what must have taken as much luck as vision the first time. Its easier to put your own spin on something than to repeat.
@@justhubby almost like a remake is supposed to change some aspects from the original. Even then it still respects the original in many ways. 😭 Silent Hill fans always pessimistic
Out of anything this to me is the best story in any game made.. im not going to speak for anyone else but to me the voice acting, the crazy shit James goes through... man.. this is one of the best stories ever told! To me its real! R.I.P Mary
This intro set the tone so well I got instantly immersed after James left the bathroom. It captures the somberness of Jacob's Ladder faster than the actual film did. For the 3 people who don't know, that film was a heavy inspiration for Silent Hill 2. I bring it up because its amazing how an inspiration so quickly understands it's roots while being compelling and not feeling derivative in less than 5 minutes. Goddamn.
Such an iconic opening cutscene. I just got through the remake and i gotta say, it's absolutely brilliant. But it just didn't capture the bleakness and melancholy that the original had. The shot of him in the bathroom is almost like a Renaissance painting.
@@amadeocuervoadami1311 bro just enjoy that we are getting a remake. It by far not as good looking as the original, and to me the original is way to perfect to even have a remake, but at least we are getting one lol
@@DragonOfYokohama That's not a good argument, I'm not just eating any trash that coopts the name "Silent Hill 2" when it doesn't even understand the point of anything from it, I really hope that cutscene is just a trailer thing and we get something more subtle and subdued when the final product arrives but this is not a good first impression for the most part.
@@TheFaqvideos no one said its gonna be trash, and I'm not saying it's gonna be better than the original, I don't want to just consume anything bad either, just have a little hope man, we are getting so much silent hill stuff, something is bound to be bad, but just have hope that they won't fuck this up lmao
2:00 I have JUST now noticed a strange audio cue at the line “My wife’s name.” It’s harder to hear but if you listen closely, you can hear 2 voices, one of them sounding like a low pitched, almost demonic version of what James is saying. Reminds me a lot of the voice of the rabbit from Donnie Darko, I wonder if that unsettling voice is an attempt to reference what type of person James is.
Actually it's some of the best voice acting when you think of it. Everyone sounds so "off", from their tone and even how they respond to each other. Except Laura arguably. This is to create a dreamlike sense of discomfort. And then right at the end when we actually hear Mary, this time, it's delivered genuinely, and emotionally.
This James look more broken compared to new one, i dunno new one is too Leon Kennedy xd i wouldn't say this isn't but that one even more, at least they left his long nose as its important to how he looks actually
@@JJLarge "mysterious " is not the word that you are lookin for man , you can´t tell how he feels cuz is bad acting lmao is not about being mysterious is about acting
He cries all the time now, he just looks like a man baby, instead of a lost soul wandering across purgatory while slowly remembering the truth about his past. One of the coolest things about the silent hill games is how dreamy they seem, with the characters having very small reactions to terrifying things, and it made the experience way scarier overall. They really ruined that in the remake by making James overreact a lot, making it seem way less dreamy and more like a generic western horror game.
I have... concerns. I am happy to finally get new content (that was no doubt brought on by Konomi's utter shock form the DBD crossover that people still care about this title), but I can't help but feel it will sort of be like it's own thing, similar to the RE3 remake, but maybe slightly less obvious. It will never replace the original. I already saw various conflicting themes in the trailer alone that wouldn't quite make sense in the original, but I still have high hopes and believe it will be decent, maybe even good, in its own right.
In order: Begin Nightmare Mirrored Guilt (White Noiz) Mary's Invitation You can find these tracks on the Silent Hill 2 Complete Soundtrack Ultimate Edition.
Ммм какая музыка , атмосфера и голоса актеров , к сожалению в новом ремейке этого нет ( Не знаю почему но начало игры очень сильно понравилось еще когда играл на playstation 2 , а этот момент с зеркалом для 2001 года это просто нереально качественный момент был
Silent hill 2.. is heavy and sad. How could love do all of that to a person? Guess, love is really that something. Even too powerful to cursed a city, create a city and create monsters.
@@merces47letifer4 one of the devs confirmed this, also one of the endings confirms he had her body the whole time in the car and the novelization confirmed Mary's body is in the backseat of the car the whole time.
I want a parody where it starts off with a slow pan across the bathroom looking at the stalls. You hear a guy grunting and farting and hear James Ahhh now I feel better. Then he looks down at the toilet and says. I don't think I'm going to flush that. Its going to clog. Then he comes out and goes to wash his hands and looks in the mirror. OR Camera pans across bathroom looking toward the exit. But instead of a sink. James is in front of a urinal with his head arched back and saying. Damn I didn't think I was going to make it. I nearly peed myself on that long drive. Then he heads to the sink and does his thing.
I can’t stand how James cries more often like he lost Mary recently. I like his lack of emotion and sense of absence from his reality since she passed. It’s a more suited detail of his dilemma.
@@gr-8166 y’all are judging too much from the trailer. We have seen such a minute amount of the game. It’s being headed by Ito and Yamaoka, I’m sure we are in safe hands
After the Silent Hill 2 Remake reveal. I’m freaking excited to see all of these scenes again to its fullest potential, though Guy Cihi not reprising his role as James, but I faith in whoever the person is voicing James in the remake.
@@mcgrihimgraham1725 it’s not Troy Baker, which…no offense to Troy..but thank God it’s not him. Maybe this new guy voicing him can be good, it does match Remake James a bit as he looks like he’s in his 30s
No one is going to match the original voice of Mary/Maria though, Monica Taylor did a fenomenal job, if I could pick one of the og VAs to reprise their role here it would be her.
Love the game but it really is protected from any criticism from the fandom, truthfully "but a dead person cant write a letter" is just as bad as "Master of unlocking" or "Jill sandwich"
That was actually the deep end thoughts for remind him that mary was dead And remind him to stay sane Because he knows he look stupid and insane for searching her wife because of that letter That not bad at all That was only reality human behavior And idk why they removed that words on the remake
I actually think they nailed the delivery better in the remake. 😅🤭 However every other delivery (talking about the voice acting here) from Mary or Maria in the game was better in the original.
I just started the remake the other night. I know it cannot replace the original, but, damn, they really did the intro justice. It starts off like a movie.
@TheTylerGeissler Yeah. That's sadly the peak of her voice acting right there, if you ask me. I know all about the original in and out and backwards. I've seen the making of even like a thousand times. It still is some of the best voice acting I have ever heard. And voice acting is kind of like my passion. We have a big industry for that in Germany. My favorite voice actor is "Martin Kessler". But I know a lot of them by their real name. If you find any more moments from the remake that seem more special to you, feel free to share that, of course! 😊👍
@@TheTylerGeissler my final verdict for the new voice actress was that she just overuses her voice cracking. But she lacks the real PASSION and loudness, the original had in spades. That "one trick pony" cracking voice works PERFECTLY in the intro, where she's reading the letter but that may also be because they play the better song during it in the remake. But again, that's just my own personal opinion.... Please share yours as well. If you agree or disagree.
I got a letter. My wife said she is waiting for me in silent hill.
"BUT SHE IS DEAD"
Anyway, so I go to silent hill.
In my way I meet this lady called Angela. I thought that I was lost, so I tell her "I think I'm lost" Then she said
" LOOOOSSSST "
So I don't talk anymore .
Then I go to the apartment and find pyramid head, do you know how is he. He is my best friend. But he almost killed me.
That is not a problem.
Then I went to the park and found my wife. Oh sorry not my wife. She looks like my wife. But
"SHE IS NOT MY WIFE"
"So what I should take her home instant"
I lost my dad to suicide when I was like 9 years old, I used to look for him around the streets thinking that maybe he would come back some day. Reminds me of James looking for his wife even though he knows she's dead.
This comment has haunted me since you posted it, thanks for sharing. Sending love.
this comment is making me sob, sending love friend
Jeesus dude😢
I hope he's in somewhere better. 🕊🤍
i've made a similar experience, i lost my mom when i was 12 years old due to pulmonary embolism. later, when i was older, i've had dreams where she just returned home, but could'nt speak, like we're sitting on the table and eating, she sits there as well but dont speak a word. weird, never talked about this before :D
When you consider just how bad even Hollywood-grade CGI of human characters looked around the time the game was released, it's absolutely crazy just how realistic the initial shot of James looking in the mirror still looks more than 20 years later
Even more impressive when you consider that it was made by one guy.
And then we have this dogshit by Bloomber team
@@TvsovieticaDoVampBelfordRoxoLowkey this is aging like milk honestly really excited with the new stuff they’re showing us
@@TvsovieticaDoVampBelfordRoxo cry about it, it looks really good now
@@TvsovieticaDoVampBelfordRoxo "you can LITERALLY see each individual beard hair on James, the HD remake is CLEARLY superior dumbass" like this was so unnecessary all so they can repackage an old game with some new filler content (and dont forget the funny costumes!!!) for 70 dollars. "but waahhh the graphics in the old one aren't so good I can see Marias sweat droplets" who the fuck cares? there are some real impactful atmospheric parts of the original that have been lost in translation for your soulless cashgrab HD slop
this is easily the best introduction to any video game ever made
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In case anyone like me wonder why does James run his hands over his face like that, apparently it’s a lucid dream technique people use to see if they are awake or not. So James is trying to see if he’s dreaming or not by looking in that mirror.
also a spooky facy james is looking at the player if you brighten the image
@@mauzki- NO!! Have you tried it yourself? It really pisses me off -- everyone is talking this crap but no one tried! James is NOT looking at the player -- even more, there's no eyes, because it's too dark plus compression artifacts.
@@Valet2 apparently theres been brightened up images of james apparently looking at the player but it wouldn't make sense if he actually was wouldnt it?
@@Valet2 I want to believe but it seems all the pixels are just plain black, there's no way you could brighten the image and since it's pre-rendered you can't even look at the 3D model in different lighting condition or angle :/
The shot is fuckin brilliant and it makes his reflection look hollow and lifeless. I interpret it as him putting on his mask to the player.
"A dead person can't write a letter." - An amazing line from this game.
Another one is Eddie's rant near the end of the game about how it doesn't matter if you're smart, dumb, pretty, or ugly because it really is a dark truth.
Out of all the lines you pick that one as amazing wtf lol
@@NickyNicest Well, I'm not a fan of the current copyright laws. Part of the reason is because it lasts past death, which is why I consider it that way. "A dead person can't write a letter," is the best way to some up one issue with current copyright laws.
Sometimes all you gotta do is search you car trunk first.
Sometimes afterwards you just got to take a long drive off a short pier
My first playthrough: hmm let's check the trunk for some loot. Conclusion sometimes you need to tame your gamer instinct
She's not even in the trunk she's in the backseat.
In the remake it’s the backseat 😬
The line when she say " You promised you'd take me there some day again " has this very subtle and sad like the way the voice actor delivers it like she have gone thru this problem before it feels so real everytime i played it the voice is just soo genuine feeling we can feel it too
The voice actress reportedly was breaking down towards the end of the full letter, and you can even hear her voice breaking at the end. The letter is just so overwhelmingly lonely and sad, i get why she started crying.
@@rycrgarcia ahhhh no wonder, now that i know i am more depress for the voice actor😭😭😭 ohh god... silent hill 2 really is something else.. and I can't understand why some people hate the original voice actor
The English translation of this line, more specifically, the part of "But you never did" actually kind of removes some important subtext from the original language. It is implied that Mary doesn't blame James for not fulfilling their promise, more so her own sickness from derailing their lives and preventing them from doing so.
@@carbonatedsalad4677Ahhhh i seee but nevertheless the original voice actor in this game is definately a true 3rd world dimensional grade 👍🏼 eventho the last of us is the latest good story driven game but silent hill 2 still the 1st in my heart and anyone wanna debate with me bout that they better cash my money outside how bout dat ... just kidding thanks anyways
@@carbonatedsalad4677from what I know, the script was made in English since the original release of SH2 only had English voice work. So the English version is the most final version of the script.
0:03 me looking at myself in the mirror before clocking into my shift at my lousy job
hi wayne
Get a better job?
Dude I just noticed Maria's face on the Heaven's Night poster at the exit of the bathroom! Just goes to show how detailed of a game this was.
wow, I never noticed that until your comment.
Holy shit
I be damned.
0:43 Youre right
You have to zoom in but thats really impressive
Or disturbing depending on the context
One of the best scenes in video game history. The mood and atmosphere perfectly captured. It feels like a dream you had, or a place you've visited without remembering the details.
1:45 never fails to make me cry everytime. Idk why it just gets me.
Such a sad game, I go though a whole gamut of emotions whenever I hear the music, hear the voice actors, just think of the general tone and story. Thank you for such a high quality upload, very clear and the description is nice to read to.
I'm crying just thinking about it
Thats my morning routine for that initial, 50, 60 seconds. Every. single. day.
every. single. day.
Every...single day?
@@davidsanchezmiguez645 well, not today. I have a cleaner bathroom.
@@jasonmalice 4:39 AM and listening… powerful…
YUR EDGY!!!11
1:49 Best character dialogue, his voice is literally perfect, part of the reason why i love Silent Hill 2, the best game ever made.
The best game ever made 🙏
The HD version was so garbage. Terrible replacement
not perfect
more than perfect
It's so sad that I can't make myself play it 😢
The game is so personal, it's beautiful.
1:44 God this music is SO NOSTALGIC. The remake version sounds great but it will never beat this
this is one of the best video games intros of all time, the way Mary reads his letter with the eerie ost then James start speaking and that guitar starts is just wow, i has hooked into the game the moment the ost started playing. hope the remake will be good because this is the best survival horror game of all time
What’s the song called with the guitar
@@Dylable1 wishful thinking
one of the best intros of all time
One day. My father killed my mother in front of me and i couldn't do anything. Just watch while hugging a pillow and crying. My mother was so kind and nice. She was also pretty hearted woman. She was caring about people around her. I wanted to be like my mother. I didnt want to be like my father. My father is still staying at jail for almost 3 years. It happened when i was 12 year old. Now im 15 year old. Trying to act kind and nice to people around me like how my mother did to everyone. I always go to her grave. And talk to her. I wish she was alive. Sometimes i go to his grave and sleep next to his grave. Feeling safe. This video reminds me of my mother. Thank you.
Hey buddy, when you get the chance, see about getting some therapy. There's a lot to digest in your comment that a professional can help you work through and find some peace in the world. I'm glad visiting your mother helps, but it's no way to live, especially as a 15 year old. Still, it's good that you're acting with compassion as she did, that's a good practice that will help you in later life. Sending love.
My heart goes all out to you and ur struggling alone remember to talk with anyone just anyone and dont keep it to yourself okay 🥹
Keep on through the struggle.
Forgive your father
I hope you recover from the malice and pain you’ve endured in life.
I like the music in this version far more than the new one
Playing this game for the first time sadly spoils it for subsequent playthroughs. But you truly don't forget the first time you complete it.
not really, you can try to get different endings. and personally, every time I play through it (like 20+ times now) I notice something different. obviously since it's a story driven game the 2nd playthrough isn't going to be as impactful as the first, but saying that it "spoils" the experience simply isn't true, otherwise I would have stopped after my first or second playthrough.
@@hypnos9336 For me, the game was so f*cked up and psychologically disturbing that I couldn't even manage to play it on around my 4th playthrough. I don't know, I just couldn't take it anymore. I had a good time the first few times around, but the concepts that were explored in the game hit a little too close to home. I still thoroughly enjoy the music from the game though. I'm glad other people found a lot more in subsequent playthroughs.
I really, REALLY hope the "White Noize" OST is kept in the remake. It's one of the best pieces of music I've heard, so brief yet so chilling.
They need to keep the whole soundtrack bro
A lot of the ambiences that were used by Akira were from sound sample cds, or musical libraries. I imagine most, if not, all of the ambient music will be kept as is.
Your wish came true
Wishes do come true after all
Makes me cry every time
I haven't even played this game. Got to watching cutscenes of it etc. and I can say from here this is the best intro to a video game period
Play it
Play the OG , I know the remake is coming out but the OG Is worth playing even years later .
@@ez6147 100%
Same, along with Super Metroid
Play it. It’s incredibly easy to find the PC version and the enhanced edition. It’s one of the greatest games ever made. Please don’t play the remake as a substitute; no matter how solid that ends up being, it will never be a replacement for this amazing game.
This story is really better than any horror movies
The reason why Silent Hill 2 it became a classic is because eventually people began to see how unique, eerie, melancholic and authentic the game's atmosphere it really is, and took the time to enjoy its deeply thoughtful narrative and symbolism. To this day it’s by far one of, if not the most mature examination of grief, sexual trauma, suicide, and morality all combined. It’s an intelligent game that does not hold anyone’s hand and comes at the player with utmost confidence in itself. It’s fantastic stuff. The rest of the original 4 are great in their own right and have their own well written stories, but they don’t hold the same emotional weight to them. I think SH2’s maturity by comparison is something that a lot of people are drawn to. ☯️
It’s the only one that you deal with personal demons, the other 3 are just demon demons
I was born in 2007. A time when this game was 6 years old already. And even tho i don't experience it myself, i can imagine the nostaliga millenials experience watching this intro of one the best games of all time once again. The music, the dialog, the eerie atmosphere, It really is amazing
This is still the best horror game with a deep story. No horror game has come even close to this level
@@СерхиоБускетс-ф7я yeah, it does something different compared to other horror games
I first played this in 2006 when I was only 11. I was a horror junkie back in the days and no other game gave me the same experience it feels as if the game was truly alive, like a portal to another realm. I’m glad young people are recognizing this masterpiece!
It sounds weird, but I don't think people knew what they had at the time. Read the Gamespot review for the PC version, where they called the story Nonsensical and Implausible and gave it a 6.2
Ive played when the game is release... i remember a restaurant with the sh2 theme, konami's marketing thing... sh2 in the launch have a tepid reception, in time became a cult. For me is the most sad, bleak game a ever played
One of the bests intro ever made in games history, even entertainment itself, imho
I was in love with this game, still am.. it fills me with such deep emotions, I can't even explain it
The OG blowing the remake out of the water with the very first sequence will never not be funny.
All of that purposeful framing and shot composition, the deliberate choice to have James be small and off to the side to convey that not only is he facing a great challenge, but also the importance of Toluca Lake, narratively as James' and Mary's special place, conceptually as foreshadowing for a later setpiece. It's just great and Bloober's Hollywoodesque scene direction, where they're afraid to linger on shots or have the camera be still for more than 10 seconds, can't hold a candle to it.
Also just the feeling of otherworldlyness and detached sadness to the whole thing is much stronger in the original. The other benefit of the still landscape shot next to emotional dialogue is that it makes the character feel in place of the world, if that makes sense. Like that feeling of stillness the real world generally has. If you want to convey depression, that kind of framing really sets the tone, so the game makes sure to do it in the intro. The remake just confuses this for just an emotional intro, so as you said, goes full Hollywood-esque with framing.
Still, I'd rather the remake try and do its own thing than attempt to recapture what must have taken as much luck as vision the first time. Its easier to put your own spin on something than to repeat.
Will you guys just stfu and enjoy both versions? They're great in their own ways.
@@BlueBlur2003 You have to be blind or delusional to think anything in the new one is anything other than minimum viable product lmfao
@@BlueBlur2003 It shouldn't have been a remake if it did not want to be compared to the original, bozo.
@@justhubby almost like a remake is supposed to change some aspects from the original. Even then it still respects the original in many ways. 😭
Silent Hill fans always pessimistic
Out of anything this to me is the best story in any game made.. im not going to speak for anyone else but to me the voice acting, the crazy shit James goes through... man.. this is one of the best stories ever told! To me its real!
R.I.P Mary
"You promised you'd take me there some day again". Well, in a very disturbing and twisted way, he did....
this hits so hard rn
I just started the remake. The new intro does this justice so well.
This intro set the tone so well I got instantly immersed after James left the bathroom. It captures the somberness of Jacob's Ladder faster than the actual film did. For the 3 people who don't know, that film was a heavy inspiration for Silent Hill 2. I bring it up because its amazing how an inspiration so quickly understands it's roots while being compelling and not feeling derivative in less than 5 minutes. Goddamn.
Such an iconic opening cutscene. I just got through the remake and i gotta say, it's absolutely brilliant. But it just didn't capture the bleakness and melancholy that the original had. The shot of him in the bathroom is almost like a Renaissance painting.
The textures are a lot better, yet the fog is so much worse on this version
I do love the intro, and this third version of "promise" is fantastic
Holy f this is the best thing ive ever seen 😱
I agree man 😭😭
masterclass intro. amazing to this day.
here after Silent Hill 2 remake reveal. Im just in shock
I'm in shock with how disrespectful the remake is to the original.
@@amadeocuervoadami1311 bro just enjoy that we are getting a remake. It by far not as good looking as the original, and to me the original is way to perfect to even have a remake, but at least we are getting one lol
@@DragonOfYokohama YES. I'll take anything at this point🥺.. I just want my special game to come back.
@@DragonOfYokohama That's not a good argument, I'm not just eating any trash that coopts the name "Silent Hill 2" when it doesn't even understand the point of anything from it, I really hope that cutscene is just a trailer thing and we get something more subtle and subdued when the final product arrives but this is not a good first impression for the most part.
@@TheFaqvideos no one said its gonna be trash, and I'm not saying it's gonna be better than the original, I don't want to just consume anything bad either, just have a little hope man, we are getting so much silent hill stuff, something is bound to be bad, but just have hope that they won't fuck this up lmao
literal peak
"I got a letter
the name on the envelope
said
Jimmy Hoffa"
2:00 I have JUST now noticed a strange audio cue at the line “My wife’s name.” It’s harder to hear but if you listen closely, you can hear 2 voices, one of them sounding like a low pitched, almost demonic version of what James is saying. Reminds me a lot of the voice of the rabbit from Donnie Darko, I wonder if that unsettling voice is an attempt to reference what type of person James is.
Absolutely love this game and the scene is one of my favourites of all time in gaming.
soul crushing :(
It seems that if we increase the brightness and contrast, James looks at us through the mirror.
Masahiro Ito himself just disapproved this theory on Twitter lmao
@@Irraptured came to this video to see this, didn’t expect to find a comment about it hahaha
It seems as if you may have...... Got played?
Therapy? Naw man, Silent Hill.
Mary.. Could you really be in this town?
I know silent hill 2 doesnt have the best voice acting but the guy who voices james is just perfect
You sure? The voice acting is masterclass.
Actually it's some of the best voice acting when you think of it. Everyone sounds so "off", from their tone and even how they respond to each other. Except Laura arguably. This is to create a dreamlike sense of discomfort. And then right at the end when we actually hear Mary, this time, it's delivered genuinely, and emotionally.
Who came here to see how the original look like again after the new remake gameplay trailer?
When i woke up in the morning and go to the bathroom i always remember this scene,specially on monday
This James look more broken compared to new one, i dunno new one is too Leon Kennedy xd i wouldn't say this isn't but that one even more, at least they left his long nose as its important to how he looks actually
bruh... in the remake James looks tired as fuck and depressed , he even has eye bags
@@3lmanuuu Which isn't as good imo, the original James was way more mysterious, like you could never tell how he really feels
@@JJLarge "mysterious " is not the word that you are lookin for man , you can´t tell how he feels cuz is bad acting lmao is not about being mysterious is about acting
The saddest game ever
After Fallout getting a good adaptation, i have hope for the upcoming Silent Hill movie. Return to Silent Hill.
Such a perfect game.
This versions better
Mary was not really there but her soul was James was being used as a tool for sacrificing marys soul.
you'd have to be a special type of nuts to consider a damned place like silent hill your "Special Place"
NEW ONE ISNT MY JAMES
just kidding i think it looks great and im very excited
@@toukah4390 naw man, new voice worse than old one. But cg trailer looks very good
He cries all the time now, he just looks like a man baby, instead of a lost soul wandering across purgatory while slowly remembering the truth about his past. One of the coolest things about the silent hill games is how dreamy they seem, with the characters having very small reactions to terrifying things, and it made the experience way scarier overall. They really ruined that in the remake by making James overreact a lot, making it seem way less dreamy and more like a generic western horror game.
I have... concerns. I am happy to finally get new content (that was no doubt brought on by Konomi's utter shock form the DBD crossover that people still care about this title), but I can't help but feel it will sort of be like it's own thing, similar to the RE3 remake, but maybe slightly less obvious. It will never replace the original. I already saw various conflicting themes in the trailer alone that wouldn't quite make sense in the original, but I still have high hopes and believe it will be decent, maybe even good, in its own right.
@Vasy wtf are you talking about
Best video game intro imo
For the love of God, can someone tell me the name of the OST playing from 0:00 to like 1:40?😭I can’t find it
In order:
Begin Nightmare
Mirrored Guilt (White Noiz)
Mary's Invitation
You can find these tracks on the Silent Hill 2 Complete Soundtrack Ultimate Edition.
It's sad how I can't play the game cutscenes, it's always freezing on there, Silent Hill 3 however works normally
Ммм какая музыка , атмосфера и голоса актеров , к сожалению в новом ремейке этого нет ( Не знаю почему но начало игры очень сильно понравилось еще когда играл на playstation 2 , а этот момент с зеркалом для 2001 года это просто нереально качественный момент был
Мне начало в ремейке очень понравилось, даже больше чем сама игра впоследствии
0:01 high school me blown away by ps2 graphics. 0:25 high school me hearing that organ and knowing this game is about to be scary
riddle level hard? you absolutely mad man
que bonito esta el Silencio Montaña :3 :3 :3
Silent hill 2.. is heavy and sad. How could love do all of that to a person? Guess, love is really that something. Even too powerful to cursed a city, create a city and create monsters.
Yep
REMAKE BABY LETS GOOOOOO
Theyre're hard to see, but there are posters of Maria's face on the wall of the restroom. Flyers for Heaven's Night.
Man I remember playing this game and it feels pretty disturbing.
but you never did
Hallways
Always
Mary's body was in the backseat the whole time
That was disproven by one of the lead developers
@@merces47letifer4 one of the devs confirmed this, also one of the endings confirms he had her body the whole time in the car and the novelization confirmed Mary's body is in the backseat of the car the whole time.
@@sureshotleo3505 oh I see, back seat not trunk
Dude that actually scary
maybe don't be an asshole and spoil everybody for people who want to play the game
James 🤩
Mary's Letter
I want a parody where it starts off with a slow pan across the bathroom looking at the stalls. You hear a guy grunting and farting and hear James Ahhh now I feel better. Then he looks down at the toilet and says. I don't think I'm going to flush that. Its going to clog. Then he comes out and goes to wash his hands and looks in the mirror. OR
Camera pans across bathroom looking toward the exit. But instead of a sink. James is in front of a urinal with his head arched back and saying. Damn I didn't think I was going to make it. I nearly peed myself on that long drive. Then he heads to the sink and does his thing.
Hurts
Most people are mixed, or even disagree with the new James look in the remake. But to me, I totally can't accept Mary/Maria's voice in the remake
Neither can I James new voice, Guy Cihi is James Sunderland
I can’t stand how James cries more often like he lost Mary recently. I like his lack of emotion and sense of absence from his reality since she passed. It’s a more suited detail of his dilemma.
@@gr-8166 Me too, but well, we can't really expect if the remake is being made by the people behind The Medium
@@gr-8166 y’all are judging too much from the trailer. We have seen such a minute amount of the game. It’s being headed by Ito and Yamaoka, I’m sure we are in safe hands
wah wah wah cry about it
it's lynchian
Game so good it ruined the entire franchise
If only Konami wasn’t so greedy
Because Konami sees Silent hill like It's a Resident Evil to their View While the Devs Team Silent sees It as Potential Horror Masterpiece.
The remake is on baby, no more clown outfit this year.
The remake Will be released this year? 2023?
@@29brunu yes
Nope
Where can i find this version of promise?
It's called "Wishful Thinking" it's sadly not in the official OST album, but you can certainly find it here on UA-cam.
After the Silent Hill 2 Remake reveal. I’m freaking excited to see all of these scenes again to its fullest potential, though Guy Cihi not reprising his role as James, but I faith in whoever the person is voicing James in the remake.
It's definitely not the same. But I'm sure I'll come around to liking his voice once the game's out.
@@mcgrihimgraham1725 it’s not Troy Baker, which…no offense to Troy..but thank God it’s not him. Maybe this new guy voicing him can be good, it does match Remake James a bit as he looks like he’s in his 30s
@@BrickFighter13 Agreed. The further we move from the HD collection, the better.
No one is going to match the original voice of Mary/Maria though, Monica Taylor did a fenomenal job, if I could pick one of the og VAs to reprise their role here it would be her.
Guy cihi is James
who's here after the remake announcement?
Me
Is there any place I can find the version of "promise" they use in this cutscene???
"Wishful Thinking" from the Silent Hill 2 Complete Soundtrack Ultimate Edition.
i am james im afraid
There is nothing to be afraid of ,take a gamble that love exists and do a loving act
better than rmk
Silent hill 2 pushed the PS2 graphics hard
Friendly note that the captured footage is from the Enhanced Edition Mod for the PC port of Silent Hill 2.
Remake hyyyype
Love the game but it really is protected from any criticism from the fandom, truthfully "but a dead person cant write a letter" is just as bad as "Master of unlocking" or "Jill sandwich"
That was actually the deep end thoughts for remind him that mary was dead
And remind him to stay sane
Because he knows he look stupid and insane for searching her wife because of that letter
That not bad at all
That was only reality human behavior
And idk why they removed that words on the remake
І одне яйце⬆️
I actually think they nailed the delivery better in the remake. 😅🤭
However every other delivery (talking about the voice acting here) from Mary or Maria in the game was better in the original.
1:50 nothing beats the way he delivers that line
The original is definitely better in every way, the true SH2, but the remake is still game of the year 2024!
I just started the remake the other night. I know it cannot replace the original, but, damn, they really did the intro justice. It starts off like a movie.
@TheTylerGeissler Yeah. That's sadly the peak of her voice acting right there, if you ask me. I know all about the original in and out and backwards. I've seen the making of even like a thousand times. It still is some of the best voice acting I have ever heard. And voice acting is kind of like my passion. We have a big industry for that in Germany.
My favorite voice actor is "Martin Kessler". But I know a lot of them by their real name.
If you find any more moments from the remake that seem more special to you, feel free to share that, of course! 😊👍
@@TheTylerGeissler my final verdict for the new voice actress was that she just overuses her voice cracking. But she lacks the real PASSION and loudness, the original had in spades.
That "one trick pony" cracking voice works PERFECTLY in the intro, where she's reading the letter but that may also be because they play the better song during it in the remake.
But again, that's just my own personal opinion....
Please share yours as well. If you agree or disagree.