Is Silent Hill 2 ACTUALLY that good?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I'll be fully honest, I am writing this description while blazed out of gourd, I made the mistake of smoking a J after I finished up a pretty epic day of editing, and here we are. I just re read that like 3 times and still can't even remember what I wanted to say. So yeh, this video took a lot of work, it gets a little preachy and full of itself towards the end, at some point I lost the light heartedness that came at the start. I am absolutely knockered right. Enjoy the video.
Silent Hill 2 is a 2001 survival horror game developed by Team Silent, a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and published by Konami. The game was released from September to November, originally for the PlayStation 2. The second installment in the Silent Hill series, Silent Hill 2 centers on James Sunderland, a widower who journeys to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his dead wife informing him that she is waiting there for him. An extended version containing an extra bonus scenario, Born from a Wish, and other additions was published for Xbox in December of the same year. In 2002, it was ported to Microsoft Windows and re-released on PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits version, which includes all bonus content from the Xbox port. A remastered high-definition version was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012 as part of the Silent Hill HD Collection.
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I’m very sorry to those who took my video personally .. I hope you’ll be okay. Chin up x
In a sea of Silent Hill 2 worship, this guy made a glorious sand castle
Alien Isolation felt like horror, I love Silent Hill for its depression and greyness!
Just like how I felt when playing signalis I loved the game for its take on a emotional story with profound themes of that subject matter
@@aaronatkinson177 is it actually profound though? It’s predictable and monotonous.
Thank you for pointing out the obvious glaring issues Silent hill fanboys/fangirls seem to heavily ignore or overlook about the game just because it influenced the horror gaming genre, sure it has a good plot twist for the time and some good scores as well really good atmosphere and design asthetics. But jesus its still difficult to follow narratively with all these glaring issues you pointed out in this video it feels like nails on a chalkboard to push through.
I love how anybody that likes this game is a fanboy or fangirl that is how you know that somebody is a very toxic person
What is hard to follow?
@@stratejic1020 "Everyone I don't agree with is a fanboy/fangirl and toxic!" said the non-toxic person.
"for the tine" XD
lol "hard to look at", "the cutscenes are boring", "dialogue looks like the room dialogue" yea bro, nice opinion. trully valuable stuff.
Don’t be mad pumpkin
@@TheRealGMat
You just don't get the art, maaaaaaaan!
The wonky controls represent the wonkiness of life.
There's 1 puzzle that embodies the entire puzzles in silent hill 2. Fucking can of lightbulbs.
Can. Of. LIGHTBULBS
Amazing! I also noticed that the sign on the fence said “danger, keep out” on both sides of the gate 😂😂😂
Classic silent hill
Don't the gate
Great video sir,
I absolutely love silent hill 2, so much so that I have tattoos dedicated to it. However even though I do consider it to be the greatest horror game ever made I do also understand that it's massively flawed and gaming has progressed. The games plays terribly and the voice acting even in the og version is terrifying but like Tommy Wiseaus "the room" terrifying. I haven't played it in years as I don't want to as I don't want to ruin the fond memories I have of it.
My monologue at the end kinda wraps up my thoughts on the game, if you’d asked me the day before I made the video I’d say it’s the best game ever made, if you ask me today I’ll say it’s poo, if you ask me next week I’ll probably be saying it’s the greatest again. It’s only a light hearted tearing down that got a little aggressive towards the end haha
More content like this, please. It's so good. Ignore any criticism. You've got a grasp on this, for 40 whole minutes. Just keep going.
33:33
Actually, the canned juice is a representation of James killing Mary. He throws out the six-pack of expired juice down the garbave shoot and it's a metaphor for Mary's inability to have physical intimacy with him when she was dying if her ilness, basically her worth as a partner was "expired". Also, it's a six-pack because the number 6 in English sounds like the word "sex".
Nahz but seriously I just made that shit up, and it makes absolutely no sense. Just like most SH2 fans in a nutshell.
Awesome video, and you had ne laughing throughout most of it. 🤣
This has major flaws. 4/10 at best.
🤣🤣🤣
lol that is actually really funny. 😂 i like that description of a fuckin canned juice puzzle. I’ll admit some if not most of the puzzles were just fucking weird. Like one comment I saw summed it up really well: a can of lightbulbs
Almost seemed like you were trying too hard at first but the video ended up making me laugh a lot and you mention a lot of things me and my friend noticed and made jokes about (And hes a hardcore SH fan). The weird voice acting and odd character decisions dont bug me but I think its fair to critique this stuff. Some of those puzzles actually really felt half baked thinking about it. Overall I think SH1 was the best SH. Older on a previous gen system but it felt much better to play, and I can say this as I played 1,2, and 3 back to back in reverse order! Also liked 3 more than 2 as well!
Also I think the biggest issue with SH2 fanboyism is some people seem to care more about how deep the game is than anything else, or at least how smart it makes them feel. Not all of them mind you. It is funny though how some feel embarrassed by the fact theres a cult in the series because thats too cliche lol.
Thanks for the video. Its refreshing to see someone criticise Silent Hill 2, its a decent game but its overrated really, and SH2 fanboys are deranged, toxic. I always prefered the original game and Silent Hill 3, the cult plot is far more interesting to me.
it surprises me that people prefer the original voice acting that the remakes
I literally just read a meme before watching this that said nostalgia doesn’t make old games good and then this video was made lol
Truth
Why it frustrates me that mediocre games in a nostalgia driven franchise still get praised to all hell like botw
@@SkiLLAGEx94you’re just dumb if you think botw is praised for nostalgia💀, my first Zelda and it was amazing
Love the whole format 👌 was laughing the whole way through this one. Great work Mat
Thanks buddy! It was a huge slog. Hopefully the views pick up in the days to come 🙏
from a perspective of a fan, that sees this as an absolute masterpiece 10/10 game, it is very fresh to see someone very reasonably critique it
Thought i'd come back and see how your channel was doing, years after i was essentially kicked out of watching it by your oh so sycophantic mod. Good to see they aren't hanging around anymore.
P.S. I'm glad I came back because I like this new format you're trying.
What was your twitch name boi?
I can see why this doesn't have any legs and it shouldn't
*Listens to Alone in town, Day of Night, Theme of Laura, Promise* what? OK, if you say the game is bad, I'll give you that, but damn Akira Yamaoka did some banger OST for this game!! The music is just mood perfection
I did say quite a few times they nail atmosphere, and I would put the soundtrack under atmosphere for sure
Keep the format up, mat.
I don't think that I remember any older horror game having great scripts or poor translations. That's what kinda made them great in a way
I agree 100%, the video was meant to have a lighthearted tone, it kinda lost it towards the end haha BUT at no point did I ever acknowledge that I’m playing this game from a modern perspective except for the brief line about taking off the nostalgia goggles. Could have driven that point home a little harder.
@@TheRealGMat At least it's better than, "You we're almost a Jill sandwich!" 😅
But seriously, I thought it was great. We come back to your content due to how different you are than other creators. It's unique and we love it.
Cheers
The David Lynch influence is reflected in the voice acting intentionally, I think. The voice actor that plays James really kills it in the hotel part and onward, imo. Mary's voice actress steals the show though. I liked this video.
Guy Cihi, James’ VA, was taking his daughter to audition for the part of Laura while he was going thru a divorce. The casting director heard how sad he was and recognized that he was experiencing loss. So they offered him the part. At least that’s what Masahiro Ito says.
Lots of people say this, but there’s no proof that it was actually intentional. It just sounds like the voice acting quality for every other game at the time
@@ExpertContrarian no, you’re wrong. There was specific direction on voice inflection with the VAs. They thought about this. Do your research.
@@Automatic13 show me a source because I have not been able to find one. You won’t. You even said “I think” in your original comment.
@@ExpertContrarian go find it yourself. I don’t waste my time with plebs on the internet.
Little late to the party, but loved this video! It would be cool to see more like this!
Don't tell anyone but I've actually never played the Silent Hill series. 🤫
You're secrets safe with me and everyone who just read that
How? that the story is told through the game and not the cinematics? How is this possible? Why is it not like The Last of Us? Nah this game is clearly shit.
I'm blown away by your video, like.
Silent Hill 2 tells its story almost exclusively through cinematics. I don’t know if that’s you’re point, but yeh, wrong.
@@TheRealGMat No, the cinematics until the last part of the game serve to contextualize what is happening, the story is hidden in the symbolism, the puzzles, the scenarios and small events that occur during the gameplay, such as the puzzle of the three sins or what happens in room S3 in the hospital when you get to it in the otherworld.
Silent Hill 2 is a very subtle game that asks the player to fully engage with the story, that's why the endings don't depend on arbitrary decisions, but on how the game is being played. If the player is very into James's story and strives to play well without taking too much damage, solving puzzles easily and interacting with objects related to him, it is very likely that he will get the Leave ending, however, if he cares more for other characters, plays poorly or pays little or no attention to the game's story is more likely to get the In Water ending.
That's why Silent Hill 2 is a masterpiece, it understand perfectly the virtues and limitations of its medium and uses them to tell a story, one that is deep and is capable of moving people. I'm not exagerating when i say that this game has saved lifes, it is a very human experience but that has been clouded by how old the game is, wich made it age a lot in terms of gameplay, that's why a remake is pretty much needed.
@@TheRealGMat well for starters, james’ character is developed through seemingly mundane player choices that the player doesn’t even think of (how often you heal/how recklessly you play, and how you well you protect maria) these choices will determine the grey area of the ending.
if this video was unbiased, it would be a “retrospective”(which there are already tons of). i like your humor and personality but this is anything but unbiased and objective.
although you can validly attribute a lot of the game’s love to nostalgia, are you comparing it to games released in 2001 or games released in the era you are more familiar with?
also you need to catch up on your lore in general. many of your criticisms of james were deliberately put in the game to hint at is dissociation and cognitive dissonance.
SH2's voice acting gets bodied by the ones in The Last of Us.
No contest.
I will say, the part where James is in the mirror at the start. He’s psyching himself up to enter the town and him touching his face is to make sure to himself that he’s not dreaming since the game takes this weird, dream like state. Which also explains the weird voice acting lol. But all around good vid!
Edit: as a fan that can honestly say to me this game is a masterpiece, I really enjoyed the fresh look you gave and the humor was on point. I still find myself coming back to this video just for the memes and the humor you give. Im perfectly fine with a game i adore to be criticized, and i will not judge anybody for having a different opinion than me. I don’t like to come off as rude or like im judging anybody because “you no like game i like! Me angry!” Cuz that’s just not how i roll. I just wanted to give my interpretation on what James is doing at the start of the game because that’s how I percieved it.
He doesn't even touch his face, m0ron 🤦♂️ Too much cope.
@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMindOh, the irony. It's too much!
@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind What are you babbling about
@@FindingsOfAnArmouredMindExactly, so much COPIUM from these fanboys. I used to dig on these SH games back in the day, and they certainly have an interesting atmosphere, but the "die-hard fans" are on another level of stupidity and cope. They take every little detail, whether it's awkward or dumb, and come up with some lame excuse, as if it was intentional from the devs (even if it was, still stupid), and some type of master stroke of genius. Gimme a break...
And the bad awkward voice acting isn't intentional, and doesn't enhance the creepiness of the game, it's down to bad voice casting, and awkward Japanese writing, translation, localization in English.
They literally cast Guy Cihi because he likes the way he looked, rather than his ability to act.
I accept the initial answer.
I'm 9:30 in and this is already proving to be an absolute masterpiece! I love this new concept! Awesome work Mat
It's perfectly fine to make fun of something you love and this video is how you do it!
Love the video, did you break your glasses when you threw them off?
They landed very safely on a very soft chair 🪑
About the voices, I think most people are just speaking with nostalgia goggles, because they are actually bad. The HD remaster made a great job with the new voices. They are more realistic and less goofy.
As a silent hill fanboy, this is hilarious 😂
I legit thought the whispering was you lmao until you said wtf was that.
I'm only part of the way through this video, but in a half-assed and probably unnecessary defense for some of the voice acting, I believe certain actors here were not experienced voice actors at the time. And while some performances seem wierd and kinda dumb sometimes (sorry Guy, lookin at you) there are other times where the performances either make sense or are actually really good. The voice actress for Mary/Maria goes HARD, especially in the letter reading in the end. It is chef's kiss. Also, Angela sounds really odd, but thats cuz she's been abused and is kind of stuck in a scared, childlike state, so it makes sense for her. Also, fun fact. The child voice actress for Laura is actually the child of the voice actor for James. Its kinda cute if u think about it. It must have been really fun to work on something like this with her dad.
Someone else in the comments had a go at me from trying to (I guess) negate or dismiss the inspiration for the tone of some of the characters. But for people like Angela for instance, I appreciate the intention and the idea of what she was going for, I think she did a bad job of doing it. I can see her idea but I think she misses the mark by a significant margin. It’s like a university performance of a well known play, the character is there but doesn’t mean the actor is gonna nail it. Mary’s letter is a perfect moment, absolutely crushed it
But this stands my reasoning for the whole video really, and my little monologue at the end about how yesterday I thought it was a masterpiece and today I think it’s dog shit. It’s meant to be a thinly veiled message about me appreciating a game that I have a lot of fond memories of, whilst acknowledging that it has very rough edges, middles and outsides by todays standards.
@@TheRealGMat yeah, I get that 100% I have issues with the game too. Like how James is a cardboard cut out of a person whose supposedly sad, angry, and horny, but literally never expresses that at all lmao. We just have to infer it through vague monster designs and Maria being a stripper probably. And almost done with the video. You got me to actually physically laugh a few times lol. Good vid.
@@TheRealGMat also, to add to it. This game started a trend of games, specifically horror games that literally always focus on some shitty guy who is a shitty person, that also manages to be boring too, of course. And OH THEY FEEL SO GUILTY FOR BEING A SHITTY PERSON and thats soooooo deeeeeeeeeeep. And fanboys just keep trying to emulate the exact same story. So while I love this game, I am eternally bitter towards it. Thats why SH3 is my favorite in the series. Justice for Heather.
Yo I just started my first playthrough of 3 on Twitch and I’ve just gotten up to putting meat and fluid in a bucket to burn a painting and I gotta be honest, I think it might be my favourite of the series. Never finished 4 though. Played a little of 3 when I was real young but never got further than the train until now. 1 and 2 I played many times.
The humour in this video is king
This video is amazing 😂
I still love SH2
We get it. You don't like the voice acting. You hammered that in more than enough before you even got out of the bathroom section. Can we call it a day now?
No? It’s my video man, if I want to hammer that point home for 6 hours I’ll go right ahead and do it because A) it’s very funny to me & B) it’s very funny to me
@@TheRealGMat "Wow, someone finds people with mental health problems funny, isn't that charming to watch?"
@@TheRealGMat Plus, how can I take anything about this video seriously when A) You start it by calling Yahtzee someone "who hates all games" as your frame of reference of its popularity and B) You end it without even finishing the damn game? Hell, you didn't even make it past the length that would be equivalent to the first 15 minutes of a film. Would've been nice if you put more time into that than whining over the same thing like a child rolling on the floor because their parents don't want to buy them a new toy.
Edit: He didn't dare to reply cause the logic was too much for him to bear. 🤣🤣🤣
@@ghozt4979
"Silent Hill 2 is serious business, dudes!"
I've watched documentaries and other RUclips videos and still can't understand why people love this STUPID game smh 🤦♂️🤦♂️
are you comparing it to games made in 2001 or game made today?
@blunder 2001 my friend
@@MrAndresm900 name a game
@blunder what do you mean? Of the same genre or the game I'm comparing it too?
@@MrAndresm900 you can for additional style points but i mean a game within 2 years prior or before its release that does what silent hill does.
Gameplay and cutscenes are just underwhelming the more you play it.
I watched this video a long time ago but forgot to sub. I've been looking for it ever since, and today is the day I experience joy once more.
I have no nostalgia for this game and I can confirm this game is annoying, grindy at many places
first time seein your stuff and im only 5 minutes in and laughing my ass off. definitely gonna go and check out your other stuff after this one
Thanks Frodo, glad you enjoyed
It is simply one of the top 10 (top 5 easily i would say) best video games ever, the best horror game and one if not the best horror experience through all media be it games, comic books, books, paintings, etc.
Is a timeless, flawess work of art that will hardly if ever be surpassed and is still relevant and talked about today as ever.
Is as perfect as a game can be, is a masterpiece in every aspect and the definitive proof that video games are art.
I hear what you're saying, but by no means is it perfect. I don't think the perfect game exists tbh, every game has flaws. My little monologue at the end was meant to infer that I really do actually love Silent Hill 2 with all my heart, or at the very least my memories of Silent Hill 2
Flawless? how exactly? Not even the best in its own franchise. 1 is better. "Best horror experience" is not even close to being in the top 10 horror experiences in games. I've seen better movies, books, manga, and anime in the genre. This game's themes aren't even well put in the game. That's just what people on the wiki say and youtubers say and people seem to take that as gospel. But I don't think it conveys the themes of depression very well. And even if it did a good theme doesn't make a good story let alone game. It becomes a theme over substance. If it weren't for RUclipsrs and others online repeating the same stuff I doubt anyone would care about the game. 3rd game did everything better, and the father-daughter relationship was far better in 1&3. Even on the good outcome of 1. Cheryl is dead and a new being Heather is created. If you want depressing that really tops it. And if you want depressing games then Final Fantasy 9 does it best with the story actually being good.
This game begins with the mystery of his wife. But you don't really care because you know she's dead. And you know she should appear because of the 1st game's silent hill setting. Even if he did kill his wife. She seems like she asked him to do it. I never got the impression that James was upset with her or sick of her. Far from it. It seems like he loved his wife a lot. But she was dying. I never once came from this game going ah James was unfaithful. Or anything. That actually seems more like her fears, not James. And this game does that a lot.
Also the stereotype of the orphaned sick kid in the hospital. I mean that's really original. The kid's story makes no sense at all. It just came across as forced in. Extremely clunky in execution. Yea she was hoping to adopt this girl. Honestly, the game really drops her fast. And she comes across as a brat. I really don't get it. Why is she even in Silent hill? why was she sick? ,etc. The game really just drops her in and out of the story. That it never really feels like a real person.
And if you want me to think of James as some monster. Maybe should have played as a kid. Rather than James. Because now it just comes across as a psycho kid that you don't care for. She feels so unreal that even I hate the kid. And a manipulative wife. It seems like James is the abused one.
The artwork is good, and the sounds are good, it sets the atmosphere. But again you can't make a game on that alone, and we had that in the 1st game anyway. It's got weak writing. The gameplay is terrible, bosses are weak from a story point. Bosses should covey a good story. It's what makes Dark souls bosses so great. They are more than just polygons. Again the 1st game did better bosses.
😂😂😂😂 amazing vid as always
30:42
Thank you for that!
🤣🤣🤣
6:28 the voice he does is actually amazing
I guess you not little drunk, but really drunk when you made this video... but instead of complaining, you really did a great job potraying the good and mostly the flaw of the game, but even I know the bad, I'm still loving it and because I love the game, I even release the patch for my mother language, but because this is an old game, nobody seem to caee the patch I made lol.
Nice video man, hopefully you can have millions views.
Thanks man! Yes it was all meant to be a lighthearted roasting, I'm glad you saw the good in it and didn't think I was being an arsehole like some people haha
@@TheRealGMat seem some people did take it serious with that lol, but yeah, thanks for the reply. The amount of the comedy is so good that keep me watching the video on one sit, and I hope your mic will be normal soon.
10:07 i rolled on the floor laughing
You didn't love Mary anyway!
You don’t know me
@@TheRealGMat You fartface! '-'
I endured 3 minutes. One of the most annoying deliveries I've seen. And the main problem is - the funnies aren't funny.
Sucks to suck
i love every bit of this man
Great video!!! Love it!
Thanks Gargal
Yessss that's all what I can say right now!!
The voice acting was off, naturally I deflected this with humor. Then again, I was a missing the point and what that point was bothered me even if I couldn't put my finger on it.
Trying to dissect how flawed this perspective of Silent Hill 2 is. It's like untangling a bowl of spaghetti with a lit stick of dynamite at the bottom.
Don’t be a coward, do it
bruh
And that is why SH1 will always be better than SH2 in my opinion.
Based.
What do you mean that is why? You didn’t list any reasons
i swear all matt did was whine and complain about a 01 game like why play it? not the best logic o n your part mate
Cool take
But seriously, why was the voice acting crap in Silent Hill 2?
Legacy of Kain games at the time would body that nonsense.
02:55 he is actually looking via the mirror to the player. So he was looking at u, that was that :)
He is absolutely not doing any of that. He’s looking straight into the mirror.
@@TheRealGMat this is a known fact shown numerous times on iceberg explanation of SH2. I'ts also one of the later discoveries of the game.
Look, wherever he’s looking, it doesn’t matter. I said why does he go to touch his face but his hand never makes contact with his skin? and why did he bite his lip the saucy minx?
@@TheRealGMat lol u got me there :p i cannot explain that :) , i watched trough your video and had some good laughs enjoyed it , Subbed
The sheer audacity that this guy has to call that into question. Shame on you!
Shut up
@@TheRealGMat geez, triggerd much? It was a f*cking joke
@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421
Maybe he said shut up in a teasing manner. Like you and him are on a couch with some scented candles nearby. He tosses a small pillow at you for being so silly but oh so adorable.
easiest dislike in my life
Congrats
@@TheRealGMat
thx npc
@@juanme555
RealG is locked in the system, maaaaaan!
21:40 yeah you're idiot lol ... amazing content! Liked your own way to comment and examine the game. Love SH 1 and 2, even seen a lot of videos about it, never watched one of yours. Congrats !!
Never delete this video I think sh2 is too hyped for nothing someone who claims to love someone but kills them due to sickness does not deserve redemption. You is not up to you to play God just because someone you love is sick.
No such thing as playing god
@@ExpertContrarian colonizers and scientists do everyday what are you talking about colonizers telling people of color and other race what’s the beauty standards running the government
@@2sadto you’re not making any sense. Is English your first language?
@@ExpertContrarian white people known as colonizers play god there I dumbed it down for your shit mind
@@2sadto nope, they don’t. You’re still not making any sense since you avoided answering. I’m going to assume English is your first language and you’re just bad at it.
you're not funny
I am
Wow that was dogshit but you absolutely made this worth watching 😄
I mostly agree with you, but your criticism is pretty bad, your humor is grating to the ears and you need to put down your microphone
Watch a few minutes, then see you complain about how "boring" the characters in SH2 were comparing to, I don't know, (maybe some edgy cool looking badass characters in today gaming), is enough for me to know you don't know jack shit bout this game.
Imagine asking those characters WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM TRAUMA, PTSD, AND GUILT, to act like a normal person.
Oh I get it, you wanna see them bust out in tears, crying, screaming like a bunch of idiots we always see in some B-horror movies. Ok let me tell you this: Since I was also a guy who grew up with trauma and PTSD, all the shitty over-the-top PTSD drama acting you see in game or movie nowaday are just a bunch of crap. I actually felt relatable seeing how the characters in Sh2 struggle to FORGET AND LET GO OF ALL THE TRAUMA AND THEIR SIN THEIR GUILT WHICH THEY WILL NEVER FORGIVE THEMSELVES FOR. Then I see you, a total d^mb@ss, laughing at them, calling them "suck, boring", and want them to act and behave like some shitty stupid nonsensical fictional characters in nowaday movies or games. Your stupid review is actually a great insult both to my emotion and my intelligence.
Oh, btw, James also had to fight against his suicidal thought too, just like Angela. And u were like "hey boring ppl, pls act more dramatic! Show me how much u suffer by screaming crying out loud like the weirdo superheroes in the MCU pls!"
If you ever go into a mental hospital how do you expect the patients to act or talk?? The ppl u see from SH2 were facing their own guilt in the mirror and on the edge of suicide FFS. And u want them to act more dramatic???
What happened to you? been brainwashed by some fakeass over-the-top drama games or movies from this generation?
Then proceed to spend 40+ mins to "criticize" this game and laugh like an idiot. Oh and pls, I'm not that d^mb not to realize most of your "laugh" is just your act. Fake laughs, bad acting. yes, you with your terrible bad acting trying to make urself look cool and edgy and entertaining to draw more fans into this review... YOu, with that kind of BS bad acting, have the gall to criticize the voice acting of this game????? TF????
let's be honest here. When you have not a single clue about what you're saying, do you think ppl would care if you look "cool, entertaining" or not???
Hi Veronica, you went pretty hard here and I knew I wasn't gonna be able to respond accurately in a message. Skip to 10:45 for my response, sorry for the mic issues, the chat lets me know pretty soon that it's broken and I fix it up www.twitch.tv/videos/1622043053
Fucking drives me crazy that you went so hard in the comment and then just checked out.
@@TheRealGMat I think the fact that you expect them to stick around does speak something about your lack of experience of dealing with trauma. They clearly acted in affect, so no, there's no reason for them to stick around. Your lack of emotional maturity shines through here, and it shows in your other responses too people criticizing your video as well.
And from that vantage point, I think it's unfair to say that James's voice acting is bad, when the very intention behind the VA is to convey the emotional numbness and apathy a person struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts may feel. He sounds very much like how a real person would sound in that situation, and I actually think he nails it once you understand that's the emotion he's trying to express. It's just not done through convention and honestly I am not even sure how it could be done through conventional voice acting, because the entire point is that he is supposed to sound flat and as if he doesn't fit in, because that's exactly how James feels. That's also true for the bathroom scene. And of course, there's the Lynchian aspect to consider as well, in addition to how much inspiration they also took from Jacob's Ladder.
The problem with the game is that it fails to establish James' emotional state to the player beforehand, which it also cannot because if it did, it would completely ruin the big reveal and the emotional height towards the end of the game. So I think these scenes game more value upon a second playthrough when the player already understands James' situation.
While I'm at it, your criticism of the apartment block area also makes no sense given it's a horror game. It's supposed to make you feel confused and get lost, because it heightens the fear and anxiety you feel. If it directed you in a very clear way where to go, it would completely take away that fear of being stuck in these tight corridors. It's very intentionally made to make you feel claustrophobic, and from that vantage point the area nails it. Also to be fair, how else do you expect apartment blocks like that to look like? They look just the same in real life.
And if I'm really honest, if you really listen to the difference between your attempt of delivering the same lines and the original, the original *is* more emotional than yours. I think the difference here is that even though you state that it should be delivered with some emotion, you don't *feel* the emotion you're trying to deliver, but he does.
I do think think there are legitimate criticisms of Silent Hill 2, but a lot of your takes just come across as whiney and superficial attempts to find faults just because that's what you set out to do in the same way Cinema Sins does it, ruining your own actual enjoyment and immersion in the process. Of course you don't understand why people enjoy the game because you didn't even finish it. People love it for the story while they can overlook flaws in game design and gameplay.
Unfortunately I came here for actual thoughtful analysis, but looks like your channel and content isn't it. All the burps and farts were just super off-putting as well.
lmao ya'll trippin 😂😂😂 The voice acting sucks and they do a horrible way of showcasing these traumas that the characters went trough. How tf are we supposed to know these things when the dialog feels like it's been written by AI? I've also struggled with mental health but not once did i think he "insulted" my emotions or intelligence.
Funny vid but the random gross out humor could be pushed aside.
The explanation of the nav system is 🤌🏻 mint. Greatness, as always. 🫶🏻 Also, Danac111 has a video “silent hill awesome”… highly recommend.