I really hope you plsy this through all the way, your blind playthroughs are always the best. Not to mention the turns in this story are ones I love to see new people puzzle through.
A completely blind playthrough of Silent Hill 2 would be an incredible Christmas present, though I understand Jon doesn't deal with horror extremely well.
Has anything good ever happened at a ranch in a horror context? Between whatever he who walks between the rows is up to; the horrifying animals eating food that might actually be people; the horrifying people that might actually be livestock; the butcher who seems to be of somewhat...ecumenical...tastes?
To the girl in the graveyard, what James meant to say was: "I don't care if its dangerous or not - I'm looking for someone. Unless I get distracted by a broken Jukebox - it's my only weakness"
Would def love a playthrough of this by you. I get wanting to play it on your own tho, it's just that story and all the moments where things start playing out, man, watching or hearing people's reactions to it all is so interesting. This game is worth playing for the story alone I promise you that.
I played through Silent Hill 2 way back in the day, and I have to say the PC graphics are just amazing. I don't remember a lot of the town, my memories are more of running into pyramid head in the street, the little girl sitting on a wall? And a hospital? The elevator? The radio static I used to hear in dreams.
The hotel that had been visited by James and his wife with musical boxes and tv with video tape is especially fondly memorable when James realized truth of what happened for myself. Then , boss fight with Pyramid heads had been awesome especially after figuring out best strategy to quickly get it finished without dying yourself too.
I am Spaniard, Gothic and romanic churches and chapels had big wooden high doors to allow multitude gathering as defense and to allow multiple events were saints or religious treasured are parade and show in festive events or to realized acts to asking god to stop any bad plague or drow or bad weather. So I don't get why Jon found the door so big is standard size for that time period. Another thing would be if It were a modern building
Not many medieval churchs in American towns though (although more than you'd expect, some Spanish or French churches and entire monasteries were bought by American millionaires in the 19th-early 20th century, dismantled stone by stone, shipped overseas and rebuilt in the US)
@@HoJu1989 I know. They took several chapels nearby after our civil war. they were desmantled and rebuilt in America it happened also with castles. Reason why I don't found weird a chapel in America. (even if we forget that Silent Hill is without spoilers a place little different from rest of reality plane)
It's a bit incongruous when Silent Hill is supposed to be in Maine. Not the least catholic spot in the US(I think recent-ish numbers have the state ranked roughly in the middle); but the oldest surviving catholic churches are comparatively recent by European standards(St. Patricks's, 1807, brick, early Federal architecture). It's a substantially different vibe.
Early holiday present! Have plenty of tea breaks Jon but please do keep going, and please let us see it! It's always a joy to see fresh meat....I mean blind runners discover the lovely tourist town of Silent Hill.
This is one of my own top favorites games of all time! Especially since original SH 2 game had actually been my very first introduction to psychology horror survival games as Christmas gift from my son and hubby during our son's childhood as supportive and supervising parent when comes to video games for his Dad had no interest in video games with this genre gaming being separate personal gaming for myself to do other games such SH , Resident Evil , Fatal Frame and ect.... than just only children's games age levels! LOL , my hubby had forgotten that our son was interested in paranormal psychology horror survival storytelling in tv shows , movies and books too. He had quickly seek these gameplays too. Turns out he had nudge his own Dad into this genre direction moreso for himself than actually just for myself. Other one is Fatal Frame series that blends true history within its storytelling too! They are two gaming series of amazingly psychological survival storytelling horror games. Many decades later , my son and I do still shares deeply close bonding moments with video games and gaming discussions. Please do consider doing it on live streaming with Claire and poll options for certain decisions for different endings within the game for us! ❤
Played the original to death 20 years ago and it's the best story of any game of all time in my opinion, it's a dark and believable look into the troubled human soul... merry christmas to you, Claire and the family!
I think the reason we're seeing this now rather than around launch is the fact the PC version is now mostly stutter and FPS free. I say mostly, because there are a few issues still there.
Just notice how much games like that and Resident Evil are like old point and click adventures: Doing a series of more and more outlandish steps to get an random item to proceed...
I feel like a horror game could be good for a livestream, then Jon would have Claire and the chat as emotional support (and I would have Jon, Claire, and the chat as emotional support while watching)
I can't guess how much you'd like them, but the first three games of the Silent Hill series are the stuff of legend IMO. They raised the bar so high for not just conventional horror elements (which they do have plenty of - fun scare moments, boss fights, creepy world design) but in particular emphasized a slower, more psych-horror approach where first and foremost, everything just feels WRONG somehow. SH2 also tells one of the darkest yet compelling stories I've seen in any game. So it was maybe a bit less purely scary than 1 or 3, but in the end it resonated with me just as much if not more. And extra-special shoutout to Akira Yamaoka, who did the sound/music for these games (and I think a fair amount of the SH2 remake). He's in the absolute god-tier of videogame music. When it comes to creepy ambience, I'd say it's him and Eric Brosius brawling for the #1 spot, with no one else nearly good enough to earn a third place. Edit to add: if you get the urge to check out any of the others (remakes or otherwise), I would not play 3 without first playing or at least watching someone else play/explain 1. Those two games are definitely meant to be experienced in order. Same could be said of 2 being required before trying 4, although their relationship is noticeably less direct.
Jon, have you never been to a church or are churches in England just smaller? Nice church doors are usually at least 3 meters tall meaning that at a little under twice James's height it is perfectly standard
I think this particular game is one of those where a screw you attitude is precisely not the one to take with the local hostiles. Who are aware of that.
I love Jon, but if this is your first time experiencing Silent Hill 2, I really hope you find another playthrough to watch because Jon cuts out so many important environmental details in his videos that it really does a game like this a disservice. So many things were missed and not included to make this an hour long video. Granted that it's a blind playthrough, but it's a bit depressing.
I hope you play through it all in your own time! While I still prefer the original over the remake, the remake is fantastic and still tells the amazing story.
Question for any SH fans: Is there canonically a _'normal'_ version of the town of Silent Hill? One that's still functional, that people still live ordinary lives in & the rest of the world goes in & out of without issue?
What Laura sees. No one lives there. Its just abandoned, the more guilt and regret you have, the more the town contorts to punish you. For an innocent child, the town is just an abandoned town.
Look, Tomb Raider got a reboot. Resident Evil got both a reboot and remakes. Now Silent Hill got a remake. All these classic janky 3rd person combat/puzzler masterpieces are getting love. NOW BRING BACK DINO CRISIS, oh, and Parasite Eve while you're at it.
Day 278 of requesting Age of Mythology. As someone from Wisconsin, a foggy nightmare realm full of oddly sexual monsters is how I was raised to imagine the Pacific NorthWest. This isn't Silent Hill, it's Seattle!
The game seems kind of stupid. Why is the character running between random places, only because he found some unrelated things on the street or somwhere else?
Such a shame they decreased the fog so much. It's a lot less creepy when you can actually see everything. I'm here or there on the combat updates. On one hand nice it isn't annoying, but on the other James seems way more badass than he should be. Would be better if they made the enemies dodge more, or take more hits. You're supposed to run from most of them not be an unstoppable action hero
Can't believe people actually buy this kind of garbage game. Walk through, kill icky things, walk more, kill more icky things. How fucking stupid is that. Fun watching Jon get bored in real time though.
There are things some people appreciate in games like this called "atmosphere" and "story", but if you're just running from monster to monster whacking away then you might miss the nuance.
@@iamded. In the first 20 minutes all he did was walk around till he found the monster area, kills them, then on to the next. Some fucking atmosphere. Lets watch paint dry too.
I really hope you plsy this through all the way, your blind playthroughs are always the best. Not to mention the turns in this story are ones I love to see new people puzzle through.
I really hope he doesn’t. SH 2 is really not that good
@@martinprince8253 id really rather he plays the original.
Hopefully he doesn't make it a livestream though
A completely blind playthrough of Silent Hill 2 would be an incredible Christmas present, though I understand Jon doesn't deal with horror extremely well.
Sh2 doesn’t hit the same as back in the day
He loved SOMA so this would be right up his alley
Adorable cows...
Hmmm, I'm having a flashback: "Die you mooing bastards, die, die!!!" 🤣
Fallout Frost.
I'm going to have to use all my skill, and cunning as a hunter...
go... go away..... nobody likes you.....
i wouldn't call fallout brahmin "adorable"
@@rallekralle11 I mean, compared to pretty much everything else they sort of are 😂
I really hope you continue this because, as horror games go, it's less scary and more unnerving. I think it would make for a good livestream game!
“Oh, James, you really are going for Gold in the Bad Idea Olympics…”
Had me cracking up 😂
Same. I was going
to quote comment also but I' content myself by responding to yours.
Hope you do a complete walkthrough. Absolutely love this game and your commentary is the best haha.
This is the only silent hill game I ever played and it was really really good. Hope this becomes a series!
yes, silent hill 2 having some very very scary things sounds about right
Has anything good ever happened at a ranch in a horror context? Between whatever he who walks between the rows is up to; the horrifying animals eating food that might actually be people; the horrifying people that might actually be livestock; the butcher who seems to be of somewhat...ecumenical...tastes?
To the girl in the graveyard, what James meant to say was:
"I don't care if its dangerous or not - I'm looking for someone. Unless I get distracted by a broken Jukebox - it's my only weakness"
Woo! Never thought I'd see this on the channel!
Ah, darn. Would have loved to see your reactions to parts of this game. Quite powerful. Have fun!
I don't want to. But Jon... you have to.
Would def love a playthrough of this by you. I get wanting to play it on your own tho, it's just that story and all the moments where things start playing out, man, watching or hearing people's reactions to it all is so interesting. This game is worth playing for the story alone I promise you that.
8:10 Bishop's do have very large hats Jon, I'd have thought a hat connoisseur like you would have thought of that ;-)
The murder hole in the bathroom with the #2 button made me snicker a bit. Once I was done being creeped out.
Definitely want this as a series
I played through Silent Hill 2 way back in the day, and I have to say the PC graphics are just amazing. I don't remember a lot of the town, my memories are more of running into pyramid head in the street, the little girl sitting on a wall? And a hospital? The elevator? The radio static I used to hear in dreams.
The hotel that had been visited by James and his wife with musical boxes and tv with video tape is especially fondly memorable when James realized truth of what happened for myself. Then , boss fight with Pyramid heads had been awesome especially after figuring out best strategy to quickly get it finished without dying yourself too.
Jon: Which of these two kinds of horror is this game?
Silent Hill 2: Yes.
Hopefully he realizes there are items in cars if he continues playing.
I am Spaniard, Gothic and romanic churches and chapels had big wooden high doors to allow multitude gathering as defense and to allow multiple events were saints or religious treasured are parade and show in festive events or to realized acts to asking god to stop any bad plague or drow or bad weather.
So I don't get why Jon found the door so big is standard size for that time period.
Another thing would be if It were a modern building
Not many medieval churchs in American towns though (although more than you'd expect, some Spanish or French churches and entire monasteries were bought by American millionaires in the 19th-early 20th century, dismantled stone by stone, shipped overseas and rebuilt in the US)
@@HoJu1989 I know. They took several chapels nearby after our civil war. they were desmantled and rebuilt in America it happened also with castles.
Reason why I don't found weird a chapel in America. (even if we forget that Silent Hill is without spoilers a place little different from rest of reality plane)
It's a bit incongruous when Silent Hill is supposed to be in Maine. Not the least catholic spot in the US(I think recent-ish numbers have the state ranked roughly in the middle); but the oldest surviving catholic churches are comparatively recent by European standards(St. Patricks's, 1807, brick, early Federal architecture).
It's a substantially different vibe.
@@HoJu1989Churches are still frequently built to evoke the older look. The ones that they built in the 70s demonstrate why by being massively ugly.
@@fuzzyfuzzyfungus people in silent hill have weird taste. ehm...
Early holiday present! Have plenty of tea breaks Jon but please do keep going, and please let us see it! It's always a joy to see fresh meat....I mean blind runners discover the lovely tourist town of Silent Hill.
Jon: "I'm hearing interferance, like an old radio"
Every one who knows: "Welp he dead"
Jon, this game is a masterpiece and really not that long...
Just saw this in my feed, Im so excited hehe
This was my fav game of the year tbh.
"I got a letter from my wife... who died three years ago..."
Americans with USPS: "Yea, that's about right."
That soon? They must have paid for express shipping.
The original Silent Hill 2, and the version that had the Maria chapter "Born from a Wish", is probably one of the best bit of gaming ever.
This is one of my own top favorites games of all time! Especially since original SH 2 game had actually been my very first introduction to psychology horror survival games as Christmas gift from my son and hubby during our son's childhood as supportive and supervising parent when comes to video games for his Dad had no interest in video games with this genre gaming being separate personal gaming for myself to do other games such SH , Resident Evil , Fatal Frame and ect.... than just only children's games age levels! LOL , my hubby had forgotten that our son was interested in paranormal psychology horror survival storytelling in tv shows , movies and books too. He had quickly seek these gameplays too. Turns out he had nudge his own Dad into this genre direction moreso for himself than actually just for myself. Other one is Fatal Frame series that blends true history within its storytelling too! They are two gaming series of amazingly psychological survival storytelling horror games. Many decades later , my son and I do still shares deeply close bonding moments with video games and gaming discussions. Please do consider doing it on live streaming with Claire and poll options for certain decisions for different endings within the game for us! ❤
I am so thankful you didn't get to the parts that REALLY unnerve me. I also SO wanted you to get to those parts.
"The man just has a death wish"
Does John really not know?
Seems alittle too prophetic.
Careful you don't commit the great crime of examining the wrong items lest James goes for a swim
lol.
Shhh let the man stick his hands into things 😂
Man, the draw distance in this game sucks. Jon really needs a better computer. :P
I'm not a bespoke tailor or laundry specialist; but I'm pretty sure that "audibly viscous" is not the correct state for clothing to be in.
You so have to continue Jon, we have to see this
Been watching you since Fallout NV: Kill Everything series. Love your videos Many 🤙
Played the original to death 20 years ago and it's the best story of any game of all time in my opinion, it's a dark and believable look into the troubled human soul... merry christmas to you, Claire and the family!
Golden apples also feature prominently in Norse mythology, as the fruit that gives the gods eternal youth/life.
Hopefully there's a reference to "found a serious leek under the sink"
Watching this again with my husband and noticing how much the setting reminds me of Vermont.
ETA: Der. It's Maine. They are different but not by much.
I think the reason we're seeing this now rather than around launch is the fact the PC version is now mostly stutter and FPS free. I say mostly, because there are a few issues still there.
Just notice how much games like that and Resident Evil are like old point and click adventures: Doing a series of more and more outlandish steps to get an random item to proceed...
I feel like a horror game could be good for a livestream, then Jon would have Claire and the chat as emotional support (and I would have Jon, Claire, and the chat as emotional support while watching)
I would love to see you do the full game on here. I am loving your thoughts so far on James’ self destructive tendencies!
Doing a complete playthrough would be amazing. Maybe on a live stream or a mini series - I'd love to see it.
Loved this game. Hope it’s a series.
Please please please make this a series
"The rumble Pak of my controller went off" Hello fellow not long for this world :P
(21:45) Can you beak into the police car? Seems that would have nice stuff.
Would love to see a full series.
Full series!
…the music…taking me back!!!
I can't guess how much you'd like them, but the first three games of the Silent Hill series are the stuff of legend IMO. They raised the bar so high for not just conventional horror elements (which they do have plenty of - fun scare moments, boss fights, creepy world design) but in particular emphasized a slower, more psych-horror approach where first and foremost, everything just feels WRONG somehow. SH2 also tells one of the darkest yet compelling stories I've seen in any game. So it was maybe a bit less purely scary than 1 or 3, but in the end it resonated with me just as much if not more.
And extra-special shoutout to Akira Yamaoka, who did the sound/music for these games (and I think a fair amount of the SH2 remake). He's in the absolute god-tier of videogame music. When it comes to creepy ambience, I'd say it's him and Eric Brosius brawling for the #1 spot, with no one else nearly good enough to earn a third place.
Edit to add: if you get the urge to check out any of the others (remakes or otherwise), I would not play 3 without first playing or at least watching someone else play/explain 1. Those two games are definitely meant to be experienced in order. Same could be said of 2 being required before trying 4, although their relationship is noticeably less direct.
'Sadness, mannequins and sheet music' sounds like a great emo album 😂
I loathe playing with over-the-shoulder camera, but still enjoy watching the playthroughs.
So excited to hear your thoughts on this game/series.
Thaft is one of the creepiest f***ing monsters.
This game is a big hell no for me to play myself but I'd watch a series of Jon enduring it.
I had no idea they remastered silent hill 2!!
This is the best horror game ever made.
The controls or the way he walks now is VERY Max Payne
Clearly Mary was some sort of architect or civil engineer who enjoyed rebuilding abandoned towns like Silent Hill.
Things just keep breaking behind him when he has finished using them. Just consider it the break van on the railroad that is this game.
Jon, have you never been to a church or are churches in England just smaller?
Nice church doors are usually at least 3 meters tall meaning that at a little under twice James's height it is perfectly standard
we need a full series of this, or at least have it come up as an option in the next democracy week!
owo I'm looking forward to this, there's many games I've never played but always wanted to see someone else play
I hope you do a full play though because this is going to be cocking funny as all hell.
Oh no, you don't know anything? Strap IN!
I think this particular game is one of those where a screw you attitude is precisely not the one to take with the local hostiles. Who are aware of that.
A saturday night Horror moovie ? I am in XD
I see what you did there 😅
@JamieCameron-Mackintosh-z7c 😂
John, this is one of those games wtih multiple endings and the story is altered on perspective depending on the ending.
YESSSSSSS
I love Jon, but if this is your first time experiencing Silent Hill 2, I really hope you find another playthrough to watch because Jon cuts out so many important environmental details in his videos that it really does a game like this a disservice. So many things were missed and not included to make this an hour long video. Granted that it's a blind playthrough, but it's a bit depressing.
I hope you play through it all in your own time! While I still prefer the original over the remake, the remake is fantastic and still tells the amazing story.
One look at pyramid head made him coward out 😂
Enjoying watching this but also really tense even as an observer 😂😂
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What would be the word for 'increased Psychic presence' Psychical does kinda make sense but not really ..
Screw Mary? I think you have sussed his motivation here.
I played 1 and 3 and somehow missed 2...
Same!
Question for any SH fans:
Is there canonically a _'normal'_ version of the town of Silent Hill?
One that's still functional, that people still live ordinary lives in & the rest of the world goes in & out of without issue?
What Laura sees. No one lives there. Its just abandoned, the more guilt and regret you have, the more the town contorts to punish you. For an innocent child, the town is just an abandoned town.
Livestream game? :D? Imagine. "Jon, would you go into a haunted town for me?"
Please play all of this game Jon.
God this is horrible, love it. Would love to see you play more Jon, mostly for your reactions, some part because I'm to chicken to play it for myself
Don't play with the lights on! It's sooo much better with lights off!!!
One day Jon will experience persona or smt in general not today
Also gothic or two worlds
Please just go watch someone playing those games.
@ I have but Jon is entertaining
I DEMAND A SERIES JON!!
More please
Yay! I'm so excited for this! :) 🎉
So much better than Resident Evil
I think you should be able to play as Janet
Look, Tomb Raider got a reboot. Resident Evil got both a reboot and remakes. Now Silent Hill got a remake. All these classic janky 3rd person combat/puzzler masterpieces are getting love. NOW BRING BACK DINO CRISIS, oh, and Parasite Eve while you're at it.
I think Dino Crisis will be coming back. Capcom said they wanted to revive older ips.
Jon…. Please … play moreee for us for christmassss lol
Day 278 of requesting Age of Mythology. As someone from Wisconsin, a foggy nightmare realm full of oddly sexual monsters is how I was raised to imagine the Pacific NorthWest. This isn't Silent Hill, it's Seattle!
Look up the lore surrounding the monsters. It makes it so much worse
Yes please!
27:24 What a stupid puzzle. Counting on Gen Z/Alpha not knowing how records work?
The game seems kind of stupid. Why is the character running between random places, only because he found some unrelated things on the street or somwhere else?
Knowing the story, James' actions and the random pickups make sense.
Day 334/1230 of requesting Jon play a game nobody will remember, like Majesty: A Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
Such a shame they decreased the fog so much. It's a lot less creepy when you can actually see everything. I'm here or there on the combat updates. On one hand nice it isn't annoying, but on the other James seems way more badass than he should be. Would be better if they made the enemies dodge more, or take more hits. You're supposed to run from most of them not be an unstoppable action hero
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Jon, please, if you're gonna show us the game, follow it up with a proper playthough. Otherwise it's just a cruel tease.
Day 208 of requesting Jon play Okami HD
Can't believe people actually buy this kind of garbage game. Walk through, kill icky things, walk more, kill more icky things.
How fucking stupid is that. Fun watching Jon get bored in real time though.
There are things some people appreciate in games like this called "atmosphere" and "story", but if you're just running from monster to monster whacking away then you might miss the nuance.
@@iamded. In the first 20 minutes all he did was walk around till he found the monster area, kills them, then on to the next. Some fucking atmosphere. Lets watch paint dry too.
My opinion is the only valid opinion. Everybody else is weird.
@@doorknobhandlebar Nice retort friend and merry xmas to you too.
@richknudsen5781 Merry Christmas and a happy new year 🥰
Full series!