One thing: Adrian Lyne directed Jacob's Ladder

Tank controls aren't there to disorient you. With tank controls, up is always forward. This is to compensate for the shifting camera angles so you aren't suddenly walking the wrong way in the next shot.

"A dead person can't write a letter; that's illegal!" ~ James

I feel that being bland was an intentional component of Henry Townsend's character -- him being something of a shut-in, a voyeur observing the lives of others while failing to live his own. So while his character was bland, his characterization was not bland at all.

I wanna play the game from Angela's point of view

Didn't know Albert Wesker was into video game reviewing.

What I love about the first four games is that they are all very different experience, while keeping the same kind of atmosphere and emotional impact and psychological intrigue.
Personally:
SH1 was haunting on so many levels, the story and what happened to alessa, tiny details like the newspaper claiming she burned from a faulty boiler explosion, and how in the school the sound the boiler makes when you turn it on is the same sound the boss monster makes later when you fight it in that same area.  How alessa had a moth/butterfly collection and one of the bosses is a giant moth, that hidden room in the hospital basement, ugh, things like that really got under my skin and haunted me for ages after I finished playing.

SH2 was more lonely feeling, even kind of relaxing sometimes lmao - the foggy town had a peace and beauty to it - was this part of Mary's perspective coming through? It was a depressing game that made me feel lonely, and I got the in water ending first time which probably reflects that personal experience lmao

SH3 was more horrifying. It was a real slog to play through. When I finished I was exhausted and disgusted and never wanted to play it again! (Until a few days later xD). I think it's more in your face with the creep and scare factors but still, so many tiny details that hooked me in and got under my skin.

SH4 though I think could possibly be my favourite in the reaction it caused in me. The whole game is oppressive and made me feel like I was spiralling into insanity, and the real horror came from the fact that I was starting to empathize with this serial killer! That really stuck with me.

Basically all four of those games created a visceral emotional reaction that very few games are capable of, and the haunt from them didn't stop when I turned it off. They are masterpieces imo

Something that annoyed me about the begining of Homecoming is that the main character arrives at his home, sees that his mother walked out of the basement, goes to that basement and is attacked by a horrible monster. He got scared at first but after that he has no reaction. I remember going immediately to talk the mother and he never mentions he was attacked by a creepy creature in his own home. Then he's attacked by another one in his own garage and later by another in a alley near his house and he was like "meh". He never thinks about calling the police, getting help or something. It's so ridiculous that for a moment I had the theory that since he's from a town near SH in Toluca lake, maybe he was already aware of the monsters and this was another tuesday for him.

Out of date? Silent Hill 1-3 belong to my most favorite games. I love that people make this series stay relevant.

Yeah. The first 20 minutes of Silent Hill 2 might be the best first 20 minutes of any game I've ever played. RE2 comes close though.

I feel like Henry from SH4 was meant to be a blank slate for you to inject your own personality into. Especially when every other character in the game is so fleshed out and realized.

I remember first time witnessing silent hill when I was a child


Many years later this series is still the best psychological horror series..

So Silent Hill is different for everybody who enters it is that what you're saying in this video. One person could enter Silent Hill and see nothing while another enter Silent Hill and goes into their own personal hell

i fell in love with the music and atmosphere and that each silent hill represented a character's trauma, sin, rights and wrongs in a purgatory. usually you're finding answers from yourself

Funny how you try not to spoil anything of the games, but then you spoil Lain.

One of the great miss-able moments in this game is after you kill Eddie and get to the dock, read Mary's letter. (The one you have carried with you the whole time.)

Silent Hill 4: The Rum
All kidding aside, I liked this analysis and while I actually like Homecoming and Shattered Memories, I generally feel that the 1 and 2 are the best of the series.

Oh you thought the cancellation of PT was disappointing?
Or the pachinko machine?
Or the slot machine that was so important that it had a whole dedicated anouncement?
Well guess what?!

A hack of PT shows that the ending cutscene of the town was rendered in real time & a whole host of things in the town were fully rendered, meaning you get to not only see a house, but a huge gorgeous chunk of the town dripping with atmosphere they never needed to put in.

Honestly the dread & fear from exploring the  town is almost comparable to that of the dread & fear of how Konami treats all of their franchises.

The render:
[ https://youtu.be/DHLPRrPXaPo ]

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The best line imo

Thank you for making this. This is surrealism at its best. I watch, when the series Twin Peaks first aired and remembered that although a lot of people watched it. Most people either didn't get it at all or tried to overanalyze it because they needed the realism to make sense. If you understand surrealism, then you understand that it is supposed to challenge the "rules" . I love entertainment that is surreal to realism because it makes you venture into the unknowns, the not possible becoming possible etc.