Apologies to all the Brazilian viewers, that I mistakenly said the magazine was in "Brazilian" and not Portuguese. In my defense, I went to American Public School, so its honestly pretty impressive I knew Brazil was a place.
I’m so proud of your work on SH AJ!!! I was thinking will you play/stream Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4 Remake, or Dead Space Remake anytime soon? Would love to watch you stream three of my favorite horror games of 2023 :)
Silent Hill was a historical accident, in an industry crossing the Goldilocks era where technology was developed enough to make the creators vision lucid, but not so mass-adopted that the development pipeline had become a consumer money extracting machine. The freedom those OG devs had IMO is as profound of an environment as was the period where renaissance artists produced their masterpieces. I've really been enjoying seeing in recent years that even younger people are starting to look back at these titles with respect, and it's a vindication for a lot of us who grew up with these titles, and became long time fans, that we were all not just harbouring a collective mass-nostalgia. Instead, these older horror games should be remembered as creative works which we are unlikely to see again, as the environment which made them is impossible to recreate.
We shouldn't live in the past, or we never gonna see the full panorama. Ironic, the creator of SH gave us that advice, he started with 2d, but then he crossed to 3d, and that was the power of the game.
As I played this game in 1999 and was completely blown away at how horror could be depicted in a videogame, bravo to you for this superlative retrospective on the most defining games of survival horror in existence.
1:18:32 Correction: Toyama knew what "incubator" meant, but when he ran it through with others in team/boss/promotion team, they said the word itself isn't really a good fit/could not be well understood considering what the game portrayed. They decided not to use it. The notion is: "The word as a game title wouldn't be understood as such. It's a foreign word in the Japanese language and hard to connect to." I speak write and read Japanese at native level so I can tell you with certainty that this is what the tweet means.
You are amazing! I'm working on speaking at an event in my hometown in Poland about LORE Silent Hill and your materials are helping me a lot! Thanks for what you do!
Make sure you get the real lore from the original games and not the completely stupid new "Silent Hill Phenomenon" From the heavy handed in your face new game SH Short Message.
Foggy days for you too! I just got a mysterious note about my missing daughter's location! I'm so excited to see her again! I'll go there unarmed and distracted. see you when I comeback with my lovely child (not a baby. A child)❤ stay safe
To this day, the line "for me, it's always like this" from Angela in SH2 or Marys letter read out towards the end are...haunting. And once in a while, I visit an old diner and play SH3 End of small Sanctuary in my head sitting there and waiting...
This is one incredible retrospect video on of the well influential survivor horror games that Toyama has made back in 1999, and this man alone has created a legacy as developer. I'm excited to see his upcoming survival horror game Slither Head. Toyama you deserve the praise man, cause without you there won't be anyone to take your work as an inspiration.
Happy owner of the PAL Platinum version, reporting! Just in case anyone actually reads this, I would be okay with a proper remaster of Silent Hill 1, by people who ACTUALLY love the game. Tomb Raider style. No changes to the dialog (I am talking ZERO changes), same exact level geometry, same exact sound effects, same music. But redrawn textures, and maybe slight upgrades to character models and character animations.
A straight remaster would look BEAUTIFUL with the power of the PS5 behind it. I can picture the fog rolling down the main street, billowing over the lake, spilling down from the rooftops into alleyways. The Otherworld would look absolutely disgusting. That would be pretty neat...
I never comment videos but hell...this one made me cry at the end. Such nostalgia....it moved me badly. This game really has been my company in darkest times and makes me emotional every time. Great video, Muse!!
Great video! I played SH during my teenage years when it was first released and it was such an amazing experience. I've only ever played a few video games in my life (Tomb Raider being the others) so I'm not a 'gamer' as such, but I loved the SH series. I never got the appeal of Resident Evil but I got hooked into SH. I had to take breaks from playing because I got so scared and was totally immersed in this terrifying reality. Everything about is is amazing, the music, the atmosphere, all the details. The feeling of dread. I feel that playing games in the 90s and being a teenager at the time made it a special experience. No distractions, just sitting in front of the TV. Thanks for this!
The comment you made about there being “breaking glass and visible bullet holes” at 52:51 immediately reminded me of the apartment level in the second game. The room James finds his pistol in is riddled with bullet holes and once you access the adjacent building through the fire exit there is a moment where you walk over glass inside the building. I’m glad that the things they wanted to do in the first game were achieved in the second :)
Thank you AJ for this video! Silent hill should be loved and treasured! It’s thanks to people like you that keep the spirit and perseverance of the silent hill franchise alive and with a brighter future ahead in the coming decades.
thank you for this muse. you are one of my favorite youtubers. this game changed my life. i am going to save the full video for tomorrow. and get some popcorn then play my sh1 copy. hard to get myself to pause, your vids are addicting. thank you for putting out videos. always brings me joy.
Holy crap, the amount of work you put into this is ASTOUNDING. And your hard work pays off! Very informative, interesting, but arguably most important, entertaining. Great job! I wish you many views and subs 🙏 I know darn well I’m subbing!!
It was so easy to get into the gaming industry back then. I'm almost jealous of their experiences, but so glad for what they brought to us. Awesome video as always, muse!
Concerning the song called: "Esperándote" from the first Silent Hill, by the time the game was released I thought that it was a great addition to the game's overall strange atmosphere listen to a song in my native language in one of the endings. Although, it wasn't that surprising, because, like a year prior, Squaresoft, have already did that with the song called: "Somnia Memorias" from Parasite Eve, which lyrics were written in both Latin and Spanish and the song is played in the ending (one of them...), just like the Silent Hill song. But of course, "Esperándote" it's not only sung in Spanish but it's like a Tango composition made just for the game, which, is way more impressive. On another completely different note, I have always wondered what Toyama thinks about Silent Hill 2? I've never seen any opinion of the game made by him, at least, that I remember. That could be a great topic for future videos.
Great video really enjoying it. Just wanted to let you know your hard work is appreciated-and I can see the hard work that has gone into this. Getting me through a tough Sunday.
This was a really well put together video and a pleasure to watch. I haven’t enjoyed a silent hill game since Silent hill 3 (not from lack of trying). I often wonder what magical ingredients came together to make such brilliant and terrifying games and how could someone try to recapture or make their own magic come together to make something as good and as scary as those original three games were.
Beautiful! Just started absolutely binging your vids a few days ago and now you drop another slab on us? I'm gonna watch this at least twice today. xD Thanks for the amazing content! Tom :)
A beautiful documentary. Just a small correction: 54:07 The character mentioned is from "The Legend of Hell House". Pamela Franklin wasn't in House on Haunted Hill.
Another thing thou is that akira yamaoka sampled alot of the ambient noises which alot of people were shocked about and may have discredited him for being a composer.
Something I never noticed is, but looking at the first letters of Silent Hill, I realized that S&H also are the initials for Survival Horror. Clever Team Silent, clever.
When I would explain to friends an family what's so fascinating about The Silent Hill Franchise. I would say, it's the only game that after completing you realize your living in your own hell you've created. For eternity. Also known as "Heaven's Night"
MUSE Thank you for including your big ass list of resources. I am trying to find some for a project that I am working on (my final project for my degree). I was thissss close to reaching out on Discord to ask if you had sources for a couple of the things that I already knew because suddenly I can't find anything.
Hi Muse, I love your video of SH I 25th anniversary. I want to correct something in 1:29:48 the Silent Hill article it’s not in Brasilien it’s in Portuguese from Brazil. And in 1:34:21 be careful because my country Portugal EU brother doesn’t like to be called Holland but yes The Nederlands. Good recoveries and blessings to you as well. Big hugs :)
I've wanted a remake of the original Silent Hill. It's by far the most unsettling game I've ever played. I'll to make do with the remake of Silent Hill 2.
Imagine you went into a coma right after watching the Silent Hills trailer just to wake up to modern Konami. I’d think alternate dimension or a e*fing nightmare.
This is like a feature length film. This doesn’t feel like it should be free (which I think everything should be, free that is, but I also think you should be properly remunerated). That was a lot of words. I’m trying to say thank you. 🙏
ALSO the school in SH is the same school from Kindergarten Cop. I kept expecting you to mention that when talking about the places that locations in the game were based on
It's funny that they were creating. Small suburban town but you tell a lot of the house architecture is that of residential working class sometimes rough areas you would see on the west side and south side if Chicago
The mindset to procure things of evil is truly disturbing. No wonder we humans were NEVER meant to know the difference between good and bad, and fear death.
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Apologies to all the Brazilian viewers, that I mistakenly said the magazine was in "Brazilian" and not Portuguese. In my defense, I went to American Public School, so its honestly pretty impressive I knew Brazil was a place.
I’m so proud of your work on SH AJ!!! I was thinking will you play/stream Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4 Remake, or Dead Space Remake anytime soon? Would love to watch you stream three of my favorite horror games of 2023 :)
apologies accepted please come to portugal
Never heard of it.
As a victim of the American public school system I feel that 😂
actually, in brazil we don't speak this outdated language they speak in portugal. Here it's a newer and better language, called brazilian portuguese.
Silent Hill was a historical accident, in an industry crossing the Goldilocks era where technology was developed enough to make the creators vision lucid, but not so mass-adopted that the development pipeline had become a consumer money extracting machine.
The freedom those OG devs had IMO is as profound of an environment as was the period where renaissance artists produced their masterpieces. I've really been enjoying seeing in recent years that even younger people are starting to look back at these titles with respect, and it's a vindication for a lot of us who grew up with these titles, and became long time fans, that we were all not just harbouring a collective mass-nostalgia.
Instead, these older horror games should be remembered as creative works which we are unlikely to see again, as the environment which made them is impossible to recreate.
perfect comment. Absolutely love every single word you have written.
You're probably right. As much as I admit it.
We shouldn't live in the past, or we never gonna see the full panorama. Ironic, the creator of SH gave us that advice, he started with 2d, but then he crossed to 3d, and that was the power of the game.
you'd be right if the AAA industry was the be-all and end-all, but fortunately indies exist and games are being made even more creatively now
They didn't start with freedom though, if they made what Konami actually wanted ... we would've gotten forgettable Hollywood crap.
I really miss the PS1/PS2 era of gaming. Excellent documentary, cannot wait for Silent Hill 2.
As I played this game in 1999 and was completely blown away at how horror could be depicted in a videogame, bravo to you for this superlative retrospective on the most defining games of survival horror in existence.
Thank you so much for referencing my tweet about the Apple fonts used in Silent Hill! Your research and editing is absolutely incredible!
1:18:32
Correction: Toyama knew what "incubator" meant, but when he ran it through with others in team/boss/promotion team, they said the word itself isn't really a good fit/could not be well understood considering what the game portrayed. They decided not to use it. The notion is: "The word as a game title wouldn't be understood as such. It's a foreign word in the Japanese language and hard to connect to."
I speak write and read Japanese at native level so I can tell you with certainty that this is what the tweet means.
Thanks for the clarification, I wasn't sure myself and machine translation only helps so much. I'll be sure to correct that in the final version.
You are amazing! I'm working on speaking at an event in my hometown in Poland about LORE Silent Hill and your materials are helping me a lot! Thanks for what you do!
Make sure you get the real lore from the original games and not the completely stupid new "Silent Hill Phenomenon" From the heavy handed in your face new game SH Short Message.
@@clockworkNate Don't worry, love this game since day one and i would like to present Silent Hill from the psychological, purely human side.
Please tell me more about this event!!!
The most comprehensive video on Silent Hill out there! Happy 25th Anniversary Silent Hill
This was an amazing video! I thought I knew alot about SH's development but I learned so much. Happy 25th Silent Hill!
Wow. Thanks. I'll check this out.
Foggy days for everyone! And be carefull there.
Foggy days for you too! I just got a mysterious note about my missing daughter's location! I'm so excited to see her again! I'll go there unarmed and distracted. see you when I comeback with my lovely child (not a baby. A child)❤ stay safe
@@jellyjilli1004 Same I got a letter from my wife too, gonna meet her there, wanna join up at the diner for a double date??
"This uhh... this town... there's something... "wrong" with it."
I guess I don't really care if it's dangerous or not, because that's half the fun
I have been hallucinating. I locked up in my apartment for a week. And there is a strange hole in my bathroom.
The best documentary there is, lots of info I didn't know. Thank you, muuuuuse!
Muse never disappoints! I’ve found out sooo much about the SH universe just by listening to their takes on everything. Gives me so much to think about
To this day, the line "for me, it's always like this" from Angela in SH2 or Marys letter read out towards the end are...haunting. And once in a while, I visit an old diner and play
SH3 End of small Sanctuary in my head sitting there and waiting...
This is one incredible retrospect video on of the well influential survivor horror games that Toyama has made back in 1999, and this man alone has created a legacy as developer. I'm excited to see his upcoming survival horror game Slither Head. Toyama you deserve the praise man, cause without you there won't be anyone to take your work as an inspiration.
Happy owner of the PAL Platinum version, reporting! Just in case anyone actually reads this, I would be okay with a proper remaster of Silent Hill 1, by people who ACTUALLY love the game. Tomb Raider style. No changes to the dialog (I am talking ZERO changes), same exact level geometry, same exact sound effects, same music. But redrawn textures, and maybe slight upgrades to character models and character animations.
Yea this upcoming remake is straight up sinful lol
A straight remaster would look BEAUTIFUL with the power of the PS5 behind it. I can picture the fog rolling down the main street, billowing over the lake, spilling down from the rooftops into alleyways. The Otherworld would look absolutely disgusting. That would be pretty neat...
This is one of the most professional docs about a video game I've seen on RUclips
I never comment videos but hell...this one made me cry at the end. Such nostalgia....it moved me badly.
This game really has been my company in darkest times and makes me emotional every time.
Great video, Muse!!
Excellent video as always. Happy Birthday Silent Hill!
thank you for making this video!! just got off work, and about to unwind and relax to it. i'll never get tired of a good Silent Hill commentary.
Great video! I played SH during my teenage years when it was first released and it was such an amazing experience. I've only ever played a few video games in my life (Tomb Raider being the others) so I'm not a 'gamer' as such, but I loved the SH series.
I never got the appeal of Resident Evil but I got hooked into SH. I had to take breaks from playing because I got so scared and was totally immersed in this terrifying reality. Everything about is is amazing, the music, the atmosphere, all the details. The feeling of dread.
I feel that playing games in the 90s and being a teenager at the time made it a special experience. No distractions, just sitting in front of the TV.
Thanks for this!
Another amazing video muse! Thank you!
Diving deep is an understatement. Brilliant research and writing! Thanks for producing this!
PlayStation1 is begging of the best gaming era. Today nostalgic memories 💓 😌
Ohhhh you finally watched Toyama's visit to Director Harada! I'm so happy!
Tremendous job and fantastic research thank you! would be great to see more like this up to silent hill 4
Awsome video, man! Hoping things go well with your health
i have read articles and docs about SH for decades and yet this video introduce me to so much new information. Thank you
The comment you made about there being “breaking glass and visible bullet holes” at 52:51 immediately reminded me of the apartment level in the second game. The room James finds his pistol in is riddled with bullet holes and once you access the adjacent building through the fire exit there is a moment where you walk over glass inside the building. I’m glad that the things they wanted to do in the first game were achieved in the second :)
Damn, I literally JUST got into silent hill and you upload this.
Great work and documentation even after watching countless documentaries and analysis of silent hill this was still very refreshing
Thank you AJ for this video! Silent hill should be loved and treasured! It’s thanks to people like you that keep the spirit and perseverance of the silent hill franchise alive and with a brighter future ahead in the coming decades.
this is a great documentary. already recommended it to a lot of my friends. thanks!
Came here from the sphere hunter channel. Saw your content and inmediatly subscribed. How did i not find your channel before is beyond me.
thank you for this muse. you are one of my favorite youtubers. this game changed my life. i am going to save the full video for tomorrow. and get some popcorn then play my sh1 copy. hard to get myself to pause, your vids are addicting. thank you for putting out videos. always brings me joy.
This deserves way more views. Such a great documentary
Amazing work, one of the most complete videos i have ever seen about SH1
Holy crap, the amount of work you put into this is ASTOUNDING. And your hard work pays off! Very informative, interesting, but arguably most important, entertaining. Great job! I wish you many views and subs 🙏 I know darn well I’m subbing!!
What an amazing documentary my friend. This is a true Masterpiece. Congratulations
Your best one yet
I think a video of this style for all of the Western releases could be an incredibly interesting video series on exactly what went wrong and why.
terrorbytes! So cool what an awesome thing to be done.
It was so easy to get into the gaming industry back then. I'm almost jealous of their experiences, but so glad for what they brought to us. Awesome video as always, muse!
It never was “easy”
Concerning the song called: "Esperándote" from the first Silent Hill, by the time the game was released I thought that it was a great addition to the game's overall strange atmosphere listen to a song in my native language in one of the endings. Although, it wasn't that surprising, because, like a year prior, Squaresoft, have already did that with the song called: "Somnia Memorias" from Parasite Eve, which lyrics were written in both Latin and Spanish and the song is played in the ending (one of them...), just like the Silent Hill song. But of course, "Esperándote" it's not only sung in Spanish but it's like a Tango composition made just for the game, which, is way more impressive. On another completely different note, I have always wondered what Toyama thinks about Silent Hill 2? I've never seen any opinion of the game made by him, at least, that I remember. That could be a great topic for future videos.
You are the goat! I don't need netflix with the quality of product that you offer with these videos,thaks for your effort,i hope your healt improves ❤
This was amazing. You earned a subscriber.
Your content is always thorough in research and stellar in presentation. Always love the Silent Hill content!
This was absolutely fantastic muse cheers and thankyou so much xo
This video is amazing. Thank you for making this.
Really enjoyed this. Thank you
Thanks for this documentary!!
Thank you Michael Hel for recommending this
THE gaming muse cooking once again, us silent hill die hard fans are blessed to have these ppl
Loved this. Thank you.
54:11 the movie was "the legend of hell house".
thank you for this documentary!
Omg i know exactly how im spending my night. Thank you!
Great things come from small beginnings. Very cool btw how the Oshimura ship on Deadspace was named after mixing founders names
A masterpiece of a RUclips video; well done
Excellent documentary!
Awesome presentation as always. Get better, alright.
Hey great video, really interesting info
this channel is too underrated
I'm only new to your channel but I'm really enjoying it so far!
Well done on the video! Makes me consider if I should I go into games or backend.
Great video really enjoying it. Just wanted to let you know your hard work is appreciated-and I can see the hard work that has gone into this. Getting me through a tough Sunday.
excellently crafted upload as always :)
This was a really well put together video and a pleasure to watch. I haven’t enjoyed a silent hill game since Silent hill 3 (not from lack of trying). I often wonder what magical ingredients came together to make such brilliant and terrifying games and how could someone try to recapture or make their own magic come together to make something as good and as scary as those original three games were.
Beautiful! Just started absolutely binging your vids a few days ago and now you drop another slab on us? I'm gonna watch this at least twice today. xD Thanks for the amazing content! Tom :)
Awesome video, just the "an article in brazillian" part in 1:29:41 made me laugh a bit
A beautiful documentary. Just a small correction: 54:07 The character mentioned is from "The Legend of Hell House". Pamela Franklin wasn't in House on Haunted Hill.
You'd be amazed how often my dyslexic ass gets those two movies switched. Dang it! Why are the titles so similar!?!
@@thegamingmuse An honest mistake. I don't have dyslexia and I still confuse names all the time XD
Takayoshis work ethic is legendary
amazing doc, thanks!
Amazing documentary - awesome work Muse !!!!!
Excellent narration
If developers would just get in touch with creators like Muse, games would be pitch perfect a lot more often
Thank you so much
Another thing thou is that akira yamaoka sampled alot of the ambient noises which alot of people were shocked about and may have discredited him for being a composer.
Something I never noticed is, but looking at the first letters of Silent Hill, I realized that S&H also are the initials for Survival Horror. Clever Team Silent, clever.
Great work
Awesome video, new sub.
Im ready for part 2
My favorite game of all time!
When I would explain to friends an family what's so fascinating about The Silent Hill Franchise. I would say, it's the only game that after completing you realize your living in your own hell you've created. For eternity. Also known as "Heaven's Night"
Very nice documentary
Oh hell yeah. Lemme just finish my essay and I'll be right back
MUSE Thank you for including your big ass list of resources. I am trying to find some for a project that I am working on (my final project for my degree). I was thissss close to reaching out on Discord to ask if you had sources for a couple of the things that I already knew because suddenly I can't find anything.
Perfect video
Incredible video
Hi Muse,
I love your video of SH I 25th anniversary.
I want to correct something in 1:29:48 the Silent Hill article it’s not in Brasilien it’s in Portuguese from Brazil.
And in 1:34:21 be careful because my country Portugal EU brother doesn’t like to be called Holland but yes The Nederlands.
Good recoveries and blessings to you as well.
Big hugs :)
I've wanted a remake of the original Silent Hill. It's by far the most unsettling game I've ever played. I'll to make do with the remake of Silent Hill 2.
Imagine you went into a coma right after watching the Silent Hills trailer just to wake up to modern Konami. I’d think alternate dimension or a e*fing nightmare.
This is like a feature length film. This doesn’t feel like it should be free (which I think everything should be, free that is, but I also think you should be properly remunerated). That was a lot of words. I’m trying to say thank you. 🙏
Wow Bravo!
ALSO the school in SH is the same school from Kindergarten Cop. I kept expecting you to mention that when talking about the places that locations in the game were based on
Good video
I can't get the mental image out of my head of Silent Hills composer blasting Skinny Puppy Einstürzende Neubauten Ministry and KMFDM
It's funny that they were creating. Small suburban town but you tell a lot of the house architecture is that of residential working class sometimes rough areas you would see on the west side and south side if Chicago
Excellent exposé
The mindset to procure things of evil is truly disturbing. No wonder we humans were NEVER meant to know the difference between good and bad, and fear death.
I love how the woman (Forgot her name Andrea from Walking Dead) was IN THE MIST & THE SILENT HILL FILM coincidence or fate
5:00 personal bookmark