Thank you so much for explaining the whole Silent Hill franchise. This franchise is so terrifying for good reason. Not only is it psychological horror, it’s so hard to make sense of, which makes it even more terrifying.
I think the ending where James dies in SH2 is the canon ending since in SH4 Henry comments that the superintendent's son and daughter in law went missing in Silent Hill. And since the super is James' father we can be sure that James died and his father never saw him again.
You forget a massive ending from silent hill 2 called resurrection, so James takes Mary's body in a nearby island after you collect some strange items through the game so you perform a ritual and revive her!
I could be wrong, but if you leave with Maria at the end of Silent Hill 2, it was always my understanding that she can't survive outside of Silent Hill, because she's a manifestation.
you forgot the rebirth ending in silent hill 2 where james takes mary's body to the island and tries to revive her "the old gods haven't left this place..." that one's my favorite
Dude.... that hair! It's beautiful! I said the same thing to my grandmother when she came back from the salon a few weeks ago. Good, solid style for old ladies and guys named Adam Mason.
Travis is basically Charon, that's why. Its implied in Downpour that there are entities in SH that are stuck there, like The Mailman who is friendly. Same goes for Travis.
Silent Hill F may complicate things. I wonder if it will be a stand alone story set in Japan or have some actual connection to the town of Silent Hill.
How can Silent Hill 1 be set in 1983 if we find "since 1987" written on a sign in a downtown shop? It's clear that the first SH is set in the 90s (i.e. when the game came out), the backdating to the 80s was an invention of the Homecoming devs
That also wouldn't make sense, given SH2 mentions Sullivan, by name, whose killings were active in the early 2000s, so it being set in 1993 OR the mid 70s doesn't make sense either
@@Flosius753The game devs basically imply they're supposed to be set at these dates, but they don't add up. I just always assumed they were set in contemporary times, minus Origins for obvious reasons. Though it did always strike me as weird that James is wearing a jacket that was in use during the Korean War/Vietnam war
@@SSD_Penumbra the style of all SH characters is vintage, it must recall those films that the series is inspired by, so James's jacket does not imply that it is set in the 70s. In my opinion the mess is all to be attributed to Konami who after the dissolution of Team Silent necessarily wanted to impose a chronology, a detail that for the devs has never been important to the plot, the stories already have a classic style outside of a precise time
@@Flosius753I mean, Ito himself implied SH2 to be set in the 70s His jacket is 100% a nod to Jacob's Ladder though, where Jacob in the movie is a vietnam vet.
Soo its actually strongly hinted in 4 that hte in water ending is the canon ending of 2. Because James never returned from SH as the landlord of the apartments is James father.
Fun fact: Silent Hill (Movie) is based off of an abandoned coal mining community in Pennsylvania. The entire town had a large underground mine that was set on fire, causing numerous explosions and deaths. The fire is still burning today, and it causes smoke to rise up from the ground (Like Silent Hill’s fog). It’s called Centralia.
@jimmywarner7559 Try not to say things without doing a little research yourself. It can end up hurting the series when developers misinterpret the lore/otherworld because of fans that unintentionally spread false information. The original vision will get lost (Like how we see with ascension, i.e. ash instead of snow) if we dont carefully try to preserve it.
You missed the rebirth ending for silent hill 2 which is The darkest and my favorite one when James collect all the items necessary to bring Mary back to life also in silent hill 4 theres a letter of the superintendent sunderland which seems to be James father and he mentioned that he had a son but he disappeared so James never escaped silent hill and makes the in water ending more cannon.
I think the superintendt is the father of Mary i remember (maybe i am wrong) that he says that he send a detective to sh, to find them and if i am not mistaken is the same detective Heather meets in sh3 and he says that he was once in sh because he was searching for a woman, or maybe i am remembering it wrong
Man, SIlent Hill 2 remains one of my favorite games of all time, and the Silent Hill series probably ties with Final Fantasy as a series and Resident Evil series, hard to pick one. I really hope the Bloober team does SH2 justice on it's remake. Can't wait to play this at 1AM in the morning with the lights off in my livingroom again like when I was 10 years old hahahaha. Game had such an impact on my young mind
I've been watching silent hill videos for years, and now that some new games are finally in the oven, we don't even get trailers for Halloween 🎃😂. So inept
My question is where is everyone in silent hill? Why are the people there still there? In SH1 they mention military coming to save them but no one arrives.
Real. I was watching anothet video on the silent hill lore and wondered, why are people always alone by themselves? You only really meet one person at a time in the games, but where are the others?
this needs to be the next collection Konami should do, except i would remaster the original games 1 - 4. why the originals, because everyone knows how awful the Silent Hill HD collection was. so what i would do is, remaster Silent Hill, 1, 2, 3, and 4. since there remaking Silent Hill 2, why not bring all 4 of the original Team Silent games back.
I have always been enamored with the lore of Silent Hill since the original on the PS1. excited for a new to me take! Edit; also obsessed with Centralia Pennsylvania, and am learning about similar places around the world.Also Roanoke.
This is my first time ever learning the lore of this game and my first thought was, this is exactly like if sally face and resident evil were combined!
I thought Silent Hill was set in 1986 since Origins is 1979 if Cheryl is 7 that take it to 1986, also I think SH3 is 2003 since its 17 years after 1986.
the only date that appears in the saga is the sign of a shop in SH1 that says "since 1987", so it cannot be set in 1983 or 1986. probably the most likely date is that of the game's release, i.e. second half of the 90s
I like that, not a elit soldiers, return soldiers or any retired elit special forces that know how to handle dangerous situation, it just a normal lorry driver who tried to survive
The new route of Silent Hill games just being incredibly weird and creepy, set in abandoned places and deals with peoples minds and trauma is far more interesting than a spooky haunted town, especially now that the towns origins have all been layed out like an open book, PT, Short Message and the new remake of 2 are great starting points for the newcomers, hopefully F will keep up the pace, horror has been amazing in recent years minus the abominable Dead Space remake sp lets keep the train going
Im so confused on silent hill alone, is it a place that has many monsters activited from Alyssa or is it a place that attracts mentally ill people and manifests monsters based on their ill????ive recently started playing the series and finished silent hill 2 and 3. Please SOMEBODY explain
You forgot 1 silent Hill game I forget what it's called but it's a free to play game on PlayStation 5 and it takes place modern day outside of silent Hill
Your only beauty flaw on this vid is, that you didnt explain all endings in all games, with more detail, like what are the concrete circumstances to obtain certain end, but on the other hand, this video would be more than 1h long. Anyway, thanks for the analysis, good job.
Actually, the stories of the Silent Hill series is so meh! But Silent Hill 2? Woow! That was a story, took me completely in! Best title of the whole Francise! Love it! Play it just now as a remake! As good as it was back than!
Silent hill 4: the room will always be the scariest SH game in the franchise. those hauntings in the apartments scared the living **** outta me as a kid and still gives me the chills playing it
I'm aorry but I wouldn't consider Silent Hill Origins as canon because it doesn't make sense at all. There are mentions from SH 1, but... It's very messy... Team Silent knew how to pull the strings of the story and how to make the plot make sense, but no telling you in the face "hey, this is what happend".
I stopped playing at Silent Hill 4 which I felt was the most coherent and most exciting entry in the series. I never understood how people loved Silent Hill 2. There were some great things about SH2, but one of the things that undermined it was the overly sentimental love story that dragged on. Silent Hill 4 is the scariest, the most intriguing and a perfect pace among the first 4.
both new games will be spin offs unless town fall is a mainline game but its confirmed f is a spinoff not a mainline game and that should be plain to see as it takes place in japan and not silent hill usa.
Its crazy to me that canonically, the combined joke endings are less confusing than the actual story.
Because they had a pretty good main story but they preferred to milk the franchise with nonsense games
*So it was **_you_** all along!*
Thank you so much for explaining the whole Silent Hill franchise. This franchise is so terrifying for good reason. Not only is it psychological horror, it’s so hard to make sense of, which makes it even more terrifying.
I'm so early James and Mary are still happily married and one of them isn't suffering from an illness... yet.
I'm so late I've Ascended
What do you mean?
@@thehaloofthesun silent hill ascension is the next "silent hill"... "game"
@@vahnzero_3626 I know. I was there.
@@thehaloofthesun I'm sorry 😞
I’ll never forget playing as trucker Travis, fighting satan with a lamp post
Truly a Silent Hill moment of all times
I won’t forget that lady eating the baby 😭☠️🤢
I love this franchise but I dont understand it sometimes... sometimes its a PHYCOLOGICAL SURVIVAL HORROR, then it turns into TEMPLE RUN...
I think the ending where James dies in SH2 is the canon ending since in SH4 Henry comments that the superintendent's son and daughter in law went missing in Silent Hill. And since the super is James' father we can be sure that James died and his father never saw him again.
Yeah someone on the silent hill team said that they think the in water ending is canon
Or maybe they are forever stuck in the fogworld (similar to the first movie's ending)
Sorry for the spoiler and talking about the movie
@@NoobwithaBaseballBatwould explain the remake and the a call to the past segments
You forget a massive ending from silent hill 2 called resurrection, so James takes Mary's body in a nearby island after you collect some strange items through the game so you perform a ritual and revive her!
I don't understand why he missed that one!
Funny cause that's the only time we've ever seen stuff from the cult in sh2
For a moment, I thought my kid brain made up that ending. Glad to know I didn't imagine it haha
we need a vid of what the enemies represent. kids in 1, wheelchairs in 2, shopping bags in 3. etc
I could be wrong, but if you leave with Maria at the end of Silent Hill 2, it was always my understanding that she can't survive outside of Silent Hill, because she's a manifestation.
She is both a manifestation and a fake incarnation of james mind and mary's body oh and the power of the city
I really curious to see Maria leaving the silent hill special effects
you forgot the rebirth ending in silent hill 2
where james takes mary's body to the island and tries to revive her
"the old gods haven't left this place..."
that one's my favorite
Dude.... that hair! It's beautiful! I said the same thing to my grandmother when she came back from the salon a few weeks ago. Good, solid style for old ladies and guys named Adam Mason.
I never realized Travis was the giving Alex a ride into silent hill you think 😂 Travis would tell Alex no to go into silent hill 😅
He was not giving a ride to Silent Hill, but to Shepherd's Glen
Yeah, dude could have warned him.
@@Sparagas they're right next to each other though
Travis is basically Charon, that's why. Its implied in Downpour that there are entities in SH that are stuck there, like The Mailman who is friendly. Same goes for Travis.
Silent Hill F may complicate things. I wonder if it will be a stand alone story set in Japan or have some actual connection to the town of Silent Hill.
They've been trying to bring the cult into other places since SH4. Perhaps they can recreate the power of Silent Hill in other places
supposedly it’s supposed to be based on the other world of silent hill which was introduced in sh3 and talked about in sh2
The other world is just the spiritual world. Silent Hill is just one portal...
How can Silent Hill 1 be set in 1983 if we find "since 1987" written on a sign in a downtown shop? It's clear that the first SH is set in the 90s (i.e. when the game came out), the backdating to the 80s was an invention of the Homecoming devs
That also wouldn't make sense, given SH2 mentions Sullivan, by name, whose killings were active in the early 2000s, so it being set in 1993 OR the mid 70s doesn't make sense either
@@SSD_Penumbra there is no mention of any dates on SH2 and 4, or have I missed something?
@@Flosius753The game devs basically imply they're supposed to be set at these dates, but they don't add up.
I just always assumed they were set in contemporary times, minus Origins for obvious reasons. Though it did always strike me as weird that James is wearing a jacket that was in use during the Korean War/Vietnam war
@@SSD_Penumbra the style of all SH characters is vintage, it must recall those films that the series is inspired by, so James's jacket does not imply that it is set in the 70s. In my opinion the mess is all to be attributed to Konami who after the dissolution of Team Silent necessarily wanted to impose a chronology, a detail that for the devs has never been important to the plot, the stories already have a classic style outside of a precise time
@@Flosius753I mean, Ito himself implied SH2 to be set in the 70s
His jacket is 100% a nod to Jacob's Ladder though, where Jacob in the movie is a vietnam vet.
Really amazing job, well done. It's been a lot of years since the last time i played Silent Hill 1 to 4, so this video brought me back some memories.
A crazy silent hill fan here SH part of my life specially SH2
Soo its actually strongly hinted in 4 that hte in water ending is the canon ending of 2. Because James never returned from SH as the landlord of the apartments is James father.
Fun fact: Silent Hill (Movie) is based off of an abandoned coal mining community in Pennsylvania. The entire town had a large underground mine that was set on fire, causing numerous explosions and deaths. The fire is still burning today, and it causes smoke to rise up from the ground (Like Silent Hill’s fog). It’s called Centralia.
The movie is based off that. Not the games.
@@nadeem3350 oh mb. Still kinda cool that the movie took inspiration from it
@jimmywarner7559 Try not to say things without doing a little research yourself. It can end up hurting the series when developers misinterpret the lore/otherworld because of fans that unintentionally spread false information. The original vision will get lost (Like how we see with ascension, i.e. ash instead of snow) if we dont carefully try to preserve it.
@@nadeem3350 my apologies. I edited the original comment to make it more accurate. I’m still relatively new to the series
@@nadeem3350 bro nobody cares stop being such a stickler for the rules you def wasnt invited to any partys
You missed the rebirth ending for silent hill 2 which is The darkest and my favorite one when James collect all the items necessary to bring Mary back to life also in silent hill 4 theres a letter of the superintendent sunderland which seems to be James father and he mentioned that he had a son but he disappeared so James never escaped silent hill and makes the in water ending more cannon.
I think the superintendt is the father of Mary i remember (maybe i am wrong) that he says that he send a detective to sh, to find them and if i am not mistaken is the same detective Heather meets in sh3 and he says that he was once in sh because he was searching for a woman, or maybe i am remembering it wrong
That's James' dad. Mary may have been in the hospital in SH4 too.
You forgot to mention that the landlord in SH4 is possibly James Sunderland’s dad a they share the same last name.
29:47 Shattered Dimensions? Thinking of Spider-Man I see
Perhaps neither he nor the editor played Shattered Memories xD.
Excellent journalism.
Man, SIlent Hill 2 remains one of my favorite games of all time, and the Silent Hill series probably ties with Final Fantasy as a series and Resident Evil series, hard to pick one. I really hope the Bloober team does SH2 justice on it's remake. Can't wait to play this at 1AM in the morning with the lights off in my livingroom again like when I was 10 years old hahahaha. Game had such an impact on my young mind
I've been watching silent hill videos for years, and now that some new games are finally in the oven, we don't even get trailers for Halloween 🎃😂. So inept
How dare you question the genius of Konami and the Pachinko empire 🤣
My question is where is everyone in silent hill? Why are the people there still there? In SH1 they mention military coming to save them but no one arrives.
Real. I was watching anothet video on the silent hill lore and wondered, why are people always alone by themselves? You only really meet one person at a time in the games, but where are the others?
They either abandoned the town, got swallowed up, turned into monsters (like Lisa Garland), or are dead.
Silent Hill 4 was my absolute fav!!! Such a creepy game, and the deaths 👌🏻 Walter was such a great antagonist
you forgot the resurrection ending in SH2 where James takes Mary to the island in the middle of Toluca lake to resurrect his dead wife
Silent Hill 3 was a good action game. Parry system, good dodges and cool melee weapons.
heather's looking a little odd in the thumbnail...
She always looked like that.
This is awesome :) well done 👍
The kitty coming in was such a plus!!!!
this needs to be the next collection Konami should do,
except i would remaster the original games 1 - 4.
why the originals, because everyone knows how awful the Silent Hill HD collection was.
so what i would do is, remaster Silent Hill, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
since there remaking Silent Hill 2, why not bring all 4 of the original Team Silent games back.
"Instead of calling maintenance"😂
I have always been enamored with the lore of Silent Hill since the original on the PS1. excited for a new to me take!
Edit; also obsessed with Centralia Pennsylvania, and am learning about similar places around the world.Also Roanoke.
Thank you for the video
This is my first time ever learning the lore of this game and my first thought was, this is exactly like if sally face and resident evil were combined!
that was great thank you for this.
I thought Silent Hill was set in 1986 since Origins is 1979 if Cheryl is 7 that take it to 1986, also I think SH3 is 2003 since its 17 years after 1986.
the only date that appears in the saga is the sign of a shop in SH1 that says "since 1987", so it cannot be set in 1983 or 1986. probably the most likely date is that of the game's release, i.e. second half of the 90s
What about the old gods ending of Silent Hill 2?
22:33 YOOO thats the core from event horizon!
When did the 1993 arcade shooter actually come out though? Is that what's currently in Konami arcades?
I like that, not a elit soldiers, return soldiers or any retired elit special forces that know how to handle dangerous situation, it just a normal lorry driver who tried to survive
The new route of Silent Hill games just being incredibly weird and creepy, set in abandoned places and deals with peoples minds and trauma is far more interesting than a spooky haunted town, especially now that the towns origins have all been layed out like an open book, PT, Short Message and the new remake of 2 are great starting points for the newcomers, hopefully F will keep up the pace, horror has been amazing in recent years minus the abominable Dead Space remake sp lets keep the train going
In a way I see SH2 as a really early soft reboot(stand alone title)
true that, they may even go back in time and reboot or recreate part 1 to etc...
Yes. We have two diferent Silent Hills, the spiritual one from SH2 and the Cult one from the 1, 3 & 4.
we need a Silent Hill remake!!
"No relation to Harry" lol GREAT!!!
Im so confused on silent hill alone, is it a place that has many monsters activited from Alyssa or is it a place that attracts mentally ill people and manifests monsters based on their ill????ive recently started playing the series and finished silent hill 2 and 3. Please SOMEBODY explain
Alessa worlds are her ill manifested.
Alessa’s influence extends beyond the original town or follows individuals who’ve visited the location.
I love Shattered Memories
I like how James is somehow always referenced in future silent hill joke endings
10:33 dat animation tho. 😆
Where did anyone come up or find the history of the town?
There were some comic books that went over the early history
Could you share more about them? 😁
Files in the games
Silent hill 2 is set in the 70's
Totally frothing over this. Die hard fan and I think Bloober might have actually not only remade it well, but better than the original.
imagine the huge success if they did a Red Dead Redemption 2 version of Silent Hill back in the mining industry surge era of the town
My favourite silent hill 1 and 4 the best silent hill they ever make
silent hill is like an SCP taking random strangers for a ride
You forgot 1 silent Hill game I forget what it's called but it's a free to play game on PlayStation 5 and it takes place modern day outside of silent Hill
Is it P.T?
Your only beauty flaw on this vid is, that you didnt explain all endings in all games, with more detail, like what are the concrete circumstances to obtain certain end, but on the other hand, this video would be more than 1h long. Anyway, thanks for the analysis, good job.
Where does short message fall though?
Special like for the Kitty 😻😻🐾🐾
Not the triforce being there 31:11
Thanks to Travis Grady we have Mason and Cheryl//Heather in canonically timeline 😂❤
Adam Mason, the brother of Harry..
It is a mistake to set specific dates on the Silent Hill timeline, there's no evidence of years in Silient Hill 1 to 4.
In my restless dreams I see that town...............SILENT HILL
Can somebody tell me the name of the music that is playing on 20:05 what game from the franchise is it from
"Wounded Warsong" from Silent Hill 4: The Room
Thank you so much 😊
Can you all just marvel at my name?! I've never played these games, but I get fans of these games commenting on my name 😂😂
I don’t think ascension can be called a game but maybe technically….sort of.
Actually, the stories of the Silent Hill series is so meh! But Silent Hill 2? Woow! That was a story, took me completely in! Best title of the whole Francise! Love it! Play it just now as a remake! As good as it was back than!
Wow good video game spot.
What is the song that plays in the background at 19:00 ???
"Wounded Warsong" from Silent Hill 4: The Room
@@randomuser2252 thank you!!!
SH homecoming was the first silent hill game I beat ❤
He said Metatron, Subs on the game said Metraton. Which one is right.
Whats the song in the intro of silent hill - arcade shooter?
Whats the name of the track for the Silent Hill 3 segment?
Better catch up dude
Silent hill 4: the room will always be the scariest SH game in the franchise. those hauntings in the apartments scared the living **** outta me as a kid and still gives me the chills playing it
I respect your opinion on fnaf
I will FOREVER hate that they changed the subtitle in development from Original Sin, to Origins, one of THE most overdone subtitles there is.
At 7:42 what’s the name of the song?
the real problem with silent hill is the best game is the most removed from the greater narrative
my fave game silent hill
I’m missing my brother watching this one 💗
Is silent hill similar to Dru Hill?
No wonder I like this game so much lol I’m Native American
You are gonna name your son Harry tho right?
I've never played, but I know of the series, so I've always wondered why anyone would go to this foggy place by choice?
It's an elementary school, not a high school.
I'm aorry but I wouldn't consider Silent Hill Origins as canon because it doesn't make sense at all. There are mentions from SH 1, but... It's very messy... Team Silent knew how to pull the strings of the story and how to make the plot make sense, but no telling you in the face "hey, this is what happend".
I wish for a silent hill anime.
I think this video just told me that I don't want to start playing this franchise. I hate convoluted storylines!
Does anyone know the bakcground music that was for the silent hill 3?
No ufo or doggo ending on SH4 is just blasphemous. -1 for the final score 😉
Can’t wait for bloober teams making of SH2.
I stopped playing at Silent Hill 4 which I felt was the most coherent and most exciting entry in the series. I never understood how people loved Silent Hill 2. There were some great things about SH2, but one of the things that undermined it was the overly sentimental love story that dragged on. Silent Hill 4 is the scariest, the most intriguing and a perfect pace among the first 4.
What's the name of the intro song in the beginning?
Overdose Delusion - Akira Yamaoka
Silent Hill is not horror... it's an Alien game
9:06 they use them quite a lot.
both new games will be spin offs unless town fall is a mainline game but its confirmed f is a spinoff not a mainline game and that should be plain to see as it takes place in japan and not silent hill usa.
Bank robber storyline boo yah!