Deep Dives 005 - Silent Hill 3 Story Explained/Analysed

In Deep Dives 005 - Silent Hill 3 Story Explained/Analysed, I am covering the excellent Silent Hill 3.
What I'll be doing is diving into the Silent Hill 3 story, explaining and analysing the hidden themes in the game while taking an extended look at the characters.
If you like what I do and fancy supporting me, I have a Patreon: www.patreon.com/deepdives2021...
I'd like to do these videos more often so any support is much appreciated.
Please leave comments and let me know what you think!
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0:00 Intro
2:27 Basics
9:43 PLOT: The TL;DR Version
11:01 17 Years of Peace?
13:45 Monsters
14:36 Closer
18:08 Double Head
19:27 Insane Cancer
20:34 Numb Body
21:49 Nurse
23:19 Pendulum
24:04 Scraper
25:18 Slurper
26:13 Sewer Monster
27:24 Glutton
28:38 Split Worm
29:23 Missionary
30:49 Leonard Wolf
33:03 Memory of Alessa
34:50 Valtiel
37:56 Douglas Cartland
41:40 Vincent Smith
45:53 Claudia Wolf
50:03 Heather Mason
52:49 The Final Confrontation
53:50 The God
55:37 Endings
57:54 Final Facts & Outro
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Music: The Silent Hill 3 OST
You're Not Here, Float Up from Dream, End of Small Sanctuary, Breeze - in Monochrome Night, Sickness Unto Foolish Death, Clockwork Little Happiness, Please Love Me... Once More, A Stray Child, Innocent Moon, Maternal Heart, Letter - From the Lost Days, Dance With Night Wind, Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me, Prayer, Walk on Vanity Ruins, I Want Love, Heads No.2, Memory of The Waters, Rain of Brass Petals, Flower Crown of Poppy, Sun, Uneternal Sleep, Hometown, I Want Love (Studio Mix)

[@Yamigetsu]

I will always be down for an hour of analyzing Silent Hill

[@DeepDives]

💜

[@LordMalice6d9]

There is a lot in these games to analysis and talk about.

[@shannonhill3356]

ALWAYS.

[@Steezy-goose]

Always man!

[@_otaku_395]

Always, never get sick of em

[@MarikuSalana]

The splithead worm does have symbolism. It's a recall to the splithead lizard in the first game. It's like a bad dream returning. The scraper and missionary are wearing outfits like Valtiel and much like the ones found in the background of the otherworld school in SH1. SH3 is like SH1 repeated as Heather recovers her memories. The symbolism begins to overlap more and more.

[@TurtleMythic1251]

With the announcement of the Silent Hill 2 remake I very much hope 1 and 3 get remakes as well

[@Darkcide-tl7kl]

Konami destroyed the franchise and broke up team silent. Why do you want to reward them?

[@TurtleMythic1251]

@@Darkcide-tl7kl Konami can rot, but Silent Hill deserves better, I hope the remake is good, although I won't be buying anything until gameplay and reviews are out.

[@c4p4c1t1v3]

SH3 doesn't need much for a remake but I would welcome it. Updating graphics as well as fixing those clunky controls and camera angles..

[@cafemocha1870]

@@TurtleMythic1251 it's bloober team. all their statements regarding their new approach to mainstream horror and every trailer we've seen so far have just been red flag after redflag. im honestly surprised people keep ignoring the warning signs. bloober team getting their hands on silent hill 2 in the first place just feels like konami yet again giving the silent hill license to any team that will take it.

[@TheDarthSoldier]

I think that team silent should have followed their first idea of keeping each game as a stand-alone story. Would have made each subsequent game better

[@DeepDives]

Yeah, maybe. But they tried with 4, Homecoming and Downpour with things getting progressively worse. Also, Team Silent split which didn't help.

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

That mirror room scared the hell out of me. It didn’t let me out so I paused the the for a few hours.

[@finn_in_the_bin5263]

"desensitizes you to the horror" bold words about the first silent hill game to ever scare me in the slightest lol

[@Zakemaster]

Yeah, maybe I’m crazy, but 3 scared me way more than the first 2 games. SH2 is the superior game, and probably delves into horror that I relate to more, but 3 actually scared me while I played it.

[@ploosiedasix]

SH2 could be argued to be the better game overall, but SH3 hands down offered the deepest horrors for me (especially the concept of forced pregnancy, eugh)

[@maskedhobo]

Been running across so many smaller channels doing excellent deep dives into Silent Hill games. This is another one to add to the list.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :)

[@maskedhobo]

@@DeepDives Can't wait to see more videos. Will be checking everything out. Keep at it!

[@RuminInLove]

I like to imagine Heather's fear of mirrors is partially due to the otherworld existing within mirrors in Silent Hill Origins.

[@leebattersby1573]

Absolutely not. Origins isn't canon.

[@RuminInLove]

@@leebattersby1573 "Silent Hill: Origins has some keys to understand the entire world of Silent Hill and the other games. Playing this game will help people better understand those mysteries." - Akira Yamaoka It's okay to not like it and to not personally consider it canon, but if a core Team Silent member and the producer of Silent Hill 3 & 4 says it's canon, then I'm inclined to also think so. Merely food for thought, no need to shut down innocent headcanons you don't like.

[@leebattersby1573]

Akira may say that, but he didn't write the story. The nightmare did not appear until the other half of Alessas' soul reappeared in Silent Hill as Cheryl. Not only that, but Alessa is actively trying to rid Silent Hill of the nightmare as dipicted in Silent Hill 1, whereas she spread it herself in Origins. A contraction and one of many, unfortunately. With that said, headcannon away. I personally believe origins, homecoming and downpour are all part of the own timeline and nothing to do with SH 1 through 4.

[@SwinDiesel_27]

It literally takes 1 second to subscribe and support this man! With that being said, amazing job once again! Great narrating and very easy watch/listen.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! :)

[@doublestarships646]

My ultimate guess as to why they didn't go with symbolism with the monsters because Heather practically can see Silent Hill in it's true form. There's also the strange fact that Silent Hill tried to kill Heather even though she carried "God" in her so I think Silent Hill is a separate entity entirely. I think Silent Hill was literally trying to stop Heather by trying to scare her with monsters specifically designed to do just that. My guess it's some sort of "holy ground" that reacts to whomever is there. Silent Hill literally was trying to get James to confront himself which is also odd in itself because that entire situation didn't even lead to any "God" trying to be released. It's as though it's like a place that grants wishes, punishments or desires in the most messed up way.

[@afqwa423]

No. Alessa's ghost or psychic imprint on the town was trying to kill her to stop the Cult's plan of resurrecting their God. Alessa was formerly a child who the Cult thought would be the mother of their God. However, she was burnt in an accidental house fire and kept on life support by the Cult's hospital. Given her traumatic childhood and social alienation, she bears no love for the church and wishes for them to fail. Because of her central importance to the cult's religion, she somehow managed to remain as a presence in the town over the years. The other cult members you encounter are trying to to manipulate or kill Heather because of their own religious interpretations and biases. Heather is the reincarnation Alessa, birthed from the good ending of SH1 and adopted by Harry as his daughter. She is a Holy Mother figure similar to Mary from Christianity. So whether she likes it or not, Heather is a pawn in their power games. Claudia is a sincere believer who thinks resurrecting their God will bring about a utopian world full of kindness and peace. This is probably a reflection of her own abusive childhood and her friendship with Alessa. She does believe in God, but wants an escape from her abusive past and a world she views as ugly and is genuinely sorry that Heather/Alessa is a necessary sacrifice for that goal. She probably reasons that she can make up for Alessa and her lost childhood after-the-fact when their God is born. She kills Harry to motivate Heather to pursue her into the town for revenge. But being that Heather is the Holy Mother, that's exactly where Claudia wants her. Leonard is a fanatic who thinks Claudia heretic and tries to kill Heather because she's an outsider and a heretic too. He was probably an abusive father to Claudia and views himself as a knightly defender of the church who dispatches the wicked. We don't know what he believes or why he believes it, but it's safe to say that he probably views Heather as an imposter he has to kill. Vincent is a more rational and self-interested senior priest who profited by the church's donations. Whether he was a true believer or was only in it for the money is academic. Claudia thinks he isn't a true believer while Vincent rightly sees her as delusional and insane. Whatever is happening in the town, he recognizes it's bad news and wants to stop Claudia from succeeding and (mistakenly) has Heather obtain a relic that he thinks will stop Claudia's ritual. The town's psychic power reflects its inhabitants, that's true, but it's long been polluted by the Cult's rituals and activities to the point that Alessa is a permanent ghostly presence and the monsters there are ugly and dangerous. The town isn't a purgatory. It doesn't punish and it doesn't reward. It's a house of mirrors where the rules of reality start to break down. The Cult tried to use this property of the town to basically use a magical ritual to bring their God into existence. The problem is that this entity probably isn't flowers and sunshine, it's just some idiot monster that reflects the biases and deeds of its creators. Japan doesn't have a positive opinion of mass religious movements like this one, owing to its own relationship to the Unity Cult there. And the Cult of the story got up to shady dealings like drug trafficking and probably abused and exploited its members in the way Jehovah's Witnesses or evangelists might. And the town, being a psychic reflection of its people, probably picked up a lot of that pain, grief and cruelty along the way.

[@Stalene100]

Silent hill is truly just a monkeys paw but a location instead of an item lol

[@jorho]

Watching these deep dives has made me realise the connections between the enemies. Not just sh1 and sh3 but the connection of these two games to sh2 which is a departure from the Alessa/cult storyline. I really like the idea that the powers of the town have consistent design aspects that aren't necessarily significant to one character.

[@DeepDives]

Yeah, it’s really cool!

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

While I understand that you wanted to keep everything factual, I don't think that just because there was no intentional symbolism behind some of the monster designs, that it means there truly is none. Art is not defined by intention and often says more about the artist than they themself realize. Regardless, another great video, always appreciate your detailed looks at these games.

[@PatchV25]

I think you're denying a lot of clear symbolism. If you're only basing your videos of stated intent rather than engaging with the media itself you're doing yourself and the viewer a disservice. Just because a developer doesn't mention everything that went into the design decisions does not mean that there aren't deeper meanings. Apart from that I think you did a good job explaining everything else. It's just hard to ignore the obvious symbolic designs of the creatures as they relate to things like pregnancy (and it being forced upon Heather), unnatural growth, invasion of personal space especially by oddly phallic creatures. There's just so much to go into that hand waving it all away feels really bad.

[@Something775]

Yeah, it was honestly a little frustrating. The Closer for example was depicted in one of Alessa's drawings standing in for an adult, a figure of authority, and was designed with the intention of restricting Chery's ability to move about the map, to deny her autonomy and trap her into a corner. On its head it bears Japanese text which references the lotus sutra which is a highly important piece of Buddhist doctrine. That's all just the basic facts, but I could probably write an entire essay extrapolating on the meaning of the little details throughout like the hidden blade in its arm. Even just looking at the simple facts, it seems utterly absurd to say that it has no symbolic meaning, even moreso to say that the theories surrounding it have "no evidence" to support them. The split worm is a creature locked behind a door decorated in symbols of fertility which emerges from holes and is shaped in a manner which heavily resembles male genitalia. Violent phallic imagery and symbols of fertility tied into a single boss fight in a game about an unwanted pregnancy, gee I wonder what that could mean. The list goes on and on. Insane cancer, missionary, slurper, pendulum(I mean come on this one is especially obvious) even the numb body. Granted Ito stated that the Numb Body didn't mean anything, but he's also not the one that designed it so I don't consider him to be an absolute authority on that particular creature design. Not to disrespect the man, but knowing him I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he even unintentionally undervalued the contributions of the other artists compared to his own. Still, I am willing to accept that a good amount of the enemies in the game probably are just scary monsters, but nowhere near all of them and probably not even most of them either.

[@DeepDives]

Hey, thanks for the criticism. Sadly, my videos are not going to please everyone, purely because I chose the route of stated fact when collecting the information I need for them. With so may opinions on the interest of what everyone thinks things mean in video games, I just wanted to stick to known facts. Yes, I could give my opinion, but at this stage, I don't really feel I can add anything. If I was going to talk about what I thought about certain subjects and their symbolism, I'd probably do that in a separate video, if it's something people wish to see. I'm not trying to hand wave anything away, I'm just stating facts that I've come across that I've triple checked. I also appreciate that I'm not always going to get everything correct, as much as I'd like to. I'm sure there is hidden meanings that were intended by designers, but unless I can find any clear source of the fact, I run the risk of saying it and then getting called out anyway for being wrong or misinterpreting it. Either way, I'm in a losing situation. I'm not here to cause discourse or file up any fan bases. I just want to make good videos on games I love.

[@Something775]

@@DeepDives For what it's worth I really did like your video, I thought it was extremely well put together and researched and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future. I wasn't put off by your refusal to speculate on the monster designs as I think that's a wise move, but rather your repeated insistence that each design had no meaning whatsoever. There's a difference between taking a neutral stance versus coming down with an outright negative one. Specifically your claim that the various theories surrounding them had "zero evidence" is what most got under my skin. I can't say with absolute certainty what the split-worm or the Closer represent and I'll always refrain from doing so, but it seems pretty apparent to me that they have to represent *something* if nothing else just due to all of the very specific details included in their designs and presentations. Again, I didn't work on the game and I'll never be able to say for sure exactly what it all means when you put it together, but that doesn't mean that any theories we construct around these details are baseless. Instead of saying (paraphrasing)"fan theories exist, but there's zero evidence to support them" you might consider saying "fan theories exist, but I'm not here today to speculate, only to provide the definitive and inarguable facts of the matter and as such I will not be covering any of those theories". The latter is both more accurate and less inflammatory. The way you present it is makes it seem that one of the things you consider to be a fact is that the monsters all unquestionably have no meaning whatsoever, which I consider to be demonstrably false.

[@vaevictis_]

Heather is my favorite video game character of all time. Never thought A 17 year old seemingly normal girl beat out bad asses like solid snake, master chief, Kain, etc.

[@DeepDives]

Heather is cool!

[@richardblack3385]

Vae victus!

[@justinwebber9968]

I subscribed when your channel had 1000 subscribers, and now I'm diving back into a Silent Hill analysis spree. It's rare to find creators delving into modern games with such depth, so perhaps exploring more recent titles could attract a younger audience. If the remake of No. 02 turns out to be solid, it could be a prime chance to ride the hype.

[@jonivoutilainen5688]

One cool little detail i haven`t seen anyone mention is that Vincent actually has slightly different sized pupils. Don`t know if there is really any reason for it, but i just found it cool when i played the game for the first time recently. PS I really liked your breakdown of silent hill games. I kind of missed lot of the symbolism while playing the games so these were a nice watch. This makes me appreciate the games even more than I already did. Keep up the good work!

[@Hayden-tx7jh]

my favorite of the bunch! very excited to see your take on this game, and glad to see more of your style of analysis.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much!

[@iroquoiskaram8639]

Great video as always! Also, it is worth mentioning lady Fukuro, the one that Valtiel seems to be doing questionable things with, she has an official video titled after her, and the nurses all share the same face as her. Thank you for your efforts

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! Yes, the official video (mentioned in my SH2 vid) also features Pyramid Head. All the family together haha! 😆

[@ladychelsea5002]

There are clues in the games which might suggest the town is not just manifesting monsters and strange architecture but also playing with time and the possibility of parallel dimensions. In SH1 and SH3, the Nowhere and Chapel levels are a mishmash of rooms relating to Alessa's trauma, like the Midwich Elementary classroom, Harry's bedroom, Alessa's sickroom, and Alessa's childhood bedroom. Silent Hill 2 featured historical monuments and James explores the prison area (or a manifestation of it anyway). Possibly, the little side stories are things that have happened in the past and the town is just manifesting them into the nightmare levels or maybe the town is just a malevolent entity making up stuff to torture Heather. I think it's a little of both. Maybe there was a creature in the sewers and the workers were dumb enough to try to kill it themselves. I've heard a credible theory that the sewer monster is a manifestation of the fear of the unknown.

[@robertotubil6896]

44:00 Vincent definitely wasnt joking here

[@DeepDives]

He is so creepy haha!

[@vaderx0935]

You’re a legend my man! Love your videos, keep them coming!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much, I will! 😊

[@thisiscarlos3]

I have to say that I love your analysis video. I got into silent hill very recently and watching your videos on sh1, 2 and 3 was a blast!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much!

[@rynepell3280]

I can't wait for the Silent Hill 4 deep dive as all the ones you have done in this series is amazing and I love hearing the facts instead of all the different interpretations in any other videos about this series

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :)

[@kix97lm]

Glad I found your channel. Very excited to binge. A lot of people who dissect games just summarize each scene as they go. You, however, present so much new information. Exactly what I want after playing games I fall in love with. I’ve only watched your Silent Hill 2 and 3 videos and I just wanted to say they’re perfect. I tune things out easily but these videos have been so engaging, and your voice... I feel like you unlocked a new part of my brain. I love these games sm, And I’m sure you’re familiar with the feeling of wanting “more” out of games you love, these videos have been my “more”. Thank you - happy new sub

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@DocM.]

Silent Hill 4 please! ❤ Please include sound/video clips of the things youre describing if possible! Great video, thank you so much! I appreciate the time and effort you put in, subbed!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 💜 And it's funny you should say that... I just released the SH4 video!

[@DocM.]

@DeepDives NO WAY!!! 😁 Awesome THANK YOU! Definitely putting this on for pre bed time!!! ❤️

[@christobobbo5575]

I've been waiting for videos like yours for years, absolutely great!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 💜

[@shuwusVT]

I love watching your videos, especially the silent hill games! I can't wait to see what you'll analyze next !!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@winona6422]

babe wake up, new silent hill analysis just dropped

[@DeepDives]

👀

[@assiqtaq]

Sewer theory: the workers were dying. The surviving workers were scared and discussed what they believed was happening to kill off workers. The monster was made manifest from their fears, but did not actually physically exist in the "real world' but only in Silent Hill.

[@bakeku5429]

Thanks for your work in advance, and thanks for keeping your word! I hope you keep up the pace but I know too that your way of doing it requires a lot of time and effort, so i would understand if you take your time

[@DeepDives]

Thank you for watching! Hopefully in time I'll be able to spend more time on them.

[@untitled7487]

Loving these teases

[@joaquinismerry456]

You've honestly become one of my favorite KZbinrs i love the depth of research you do for these videos

[@DeepDives]

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate the hell out of you! 💜

[@mr.arbiter996]

Just found your channel and I have to say that I love your content, keep up the good work

[@DeepDives]

Thank you, I will do!

[@blzsoul]

An interesting thing about the Slurper, the first time you see it is in the sewer when crossing the bridge in the water. When you cross the bridge again, its gone. You don't encounter it again until you fight it in the Other World later in the game if I'm not mistaken. Mentioning what you said about creatures being in the real world, I like to think Heather/Alessa's powers were so great because she was about to give birth to "God" which was growing inside her, it caused the creatures to be drawn to her from the Other World and sort of phasing into the Real World without her realizing it.

[@khyrie5704]

Love the analysis and explanations. I don't mind seeing more horror games videos. Keep up the great work!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Skaterkid9606]

Hell yea another silent hill video! Keep up the great work, you’re doing a great job!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@tamaraibrahim9856]

I'm so glad i discovered your channel you explain everything in simple yet interesting way also would love to see you deep dive on Alone in the dark series too

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! Maybe some day!

[@cheesemanzombie9151]

These videos are great to kick back and relax to. Keep it up!!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 💜

[@NikolasBBlake]

Loved every single Silent Hill deep dive so far and this one is not an exception. I would love to see a deep dive for SH4 as well. Thank you for the content!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much!

[@moisesx2329]

I'm always happy when you upload, quality content right here. Your chanel will surely grow a lot and it will be deserved, keep up the excellent work and take care !

[@DeepDives]

Thank you for the kind words! 😊

[@rocknrollson9440]

love your channel can’t wait for more silent hill!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 💜

[@thewisconsinfiles]

Literally my favorite KZbinr for game analysis'! So easy to listen to and I really, really enjoy how detailed and thorough you are with these!!! Thanks for another incredible video on my favorite game series!!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words! All I want is to do these games justice, and hope I've done so. 😊

[@MakinMisery]

You deserve so many more subscribers ! Love your videos man.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@kvng_rvbby]

love these deep dives. dk when the next one will come, but i can’t wait

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@resolutedreamwalker]

Leaving a comment to say that i watched the original deep dive maybe a week after it came out and truly loved it. I love all of these and i really enjoy the analysis of horror games especially, keep doing what you’re doing, its amazing!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words! It means the world to me.

[@kingjoefish3074]

Always good content. Love your videos man.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! 🙂

[@ErWolfonsio]

Ive waited for this so long, is moment to enjoy the little things of life

[@DeepDives]

💜

[@tt_ivi_99]

Finally!!! Never stop with the Deep Dives videos pls

[@DeepDives]

I'll try my best haha!

[@fosres]

Excellent analyses of terrifying games. Keep up the great work!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much!

[@Skateordie193]

Mirror room creeped me out my first time playing. I still panicked when entering

[@DeepDives]

Yeah, it’s horrible.

[@vhugo111]

Just saw that you released a new deep dives. KZbin, as always, not sending notifications of the high quality videos. Glad i'm finally watching it

[@DeepDives]

Welcome back! Yeah, KZbin can be a little odd sometimes. There' channel notifications you can turn on though, so that could help?

[@Bader_Alghamdi.]

please do one for silent hill 4, I freaking love your deep dives

[@DeepDives]

👀 Stayed tuned!

[@skettismyname]

Your videos are awesome. I want more deep dives, I'm hooked now

[@DeepDives]

More are on their way!

[@milesphengsykeo1786]

You really do deserve more views than you get man. Some of the comfiest videos on the platform you got here.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you for the kind words! 😊

[@kingspiffy_6mg520]

I’ve watched a lot of reviews and they’ve neverrr told me that she is the baby from number 1 that’s so fire how they twist and turn the stories from number 1 to 4

[@DeepDives]

Glad I helped!

[@sunflow57]

Amazing work.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! 💜

[@ADAM_NORMAN]

RRSPONSE TO 27:20: The hidden force doesn't stay in one spot overtime. It expands through negative emotions.

[@bernardobeghetto5511]

he liveeeees ! nice!

[@DeepDives]

I think I do haha!

[@shawnnaquin7164]

These videos are SO GOOD thank you for posting as I will never get enough SH content!!

[@shawnnaquin7164]

You got to do SH4!!!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :)

[@DeepDives]

At some point in the future, yes!

[@derekjohnson3454]

Great job with this series!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you!

[@milesdarkwell4547]

New video? An hour long? Silent hill? Sign. Me. Up.

[@DeepDives]

Enjoy! 💜

[@FeedbackKing]

keep making more I loves these! :D

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! The next one is coming , very soon!

[@FeedbackKing]

@@DeepDives awesome! I can't wait 😁😁

[@amunkhufu]

Keep up the good work, Nick!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :)

[@TheRazoric]

Such well made videos. Chanel deserves more views and abos.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :)

[@Lobster6706]

Love it

[@nathanielcamacho8870]

I love this

[@tonyaguirre9837]

You deserve way more views and subscribers! Keep up the good work dude

[@DeepDives]

Thank you!

[@Caleb-hw8gm]

Silent Hill 4!! I love your videos! Top notch

[@DeepDives]

Funny you should mention it... 👀

[@AFoxInFlames]

That mirror room, so classic.❤I'm always down for a SH retrospective.❤

[@cristopherharvey8022]

I love your videos!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you!

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

I watched each of your explainatory videos after watching Silent Hill games playthroughs and you always deliver. I went through SH 1 and SH 2 .. then came here after watching SH 3. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't learn of Jacob's Ladder, go and watch it and add a masterpiece of a movie to my collection of favourites. I just watched the movie as I paused your video to go and check it and though I no longer have enough time to go through this video, I wanted to leave a comment now. Thanks a lot for your passionate effort in putting these videos together. It shows and the details you include are truly appreciated.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@sethkaiser8549]

There is one more mini bad ending happened around the time when Heather is about to birth God. Just straight up attack Claudia without taking the pill. The screen will turn black and you heard Claudia happy dialog while God is born. This will give a game over however.

[@DeepDives]

Yes! I think I grouped that into my 'death sequence' footage so it never made it in to the final cut.

[@kingofdice66]

What a gem! Thank you.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! 💜

[@QuebecSouverain]

That mirror room is the first and only time I ever legit panicked while playing a video game. I had to take a break and lie down a little bit afterwards as my heart was beating like crazy

[@DeepDives]

It's horrible!

[@tinym1015]

Love your content man I found you sh2 video and I got hook with your style of video making and analysis

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@tinym1015]

No problem man keep up the fantastic work much love! Also just a side note I'm finally going to be able to play the series, sadly it'll be the remaster for PS3 but none the less it's SH.

[@ratman4200]

It's weird that the numb body and split worm "have no symbolism" I mean some things are very out in the open, no matter if Ito wants to shed light onto them or not. Heather has a lot of sexual / reproductive anxieties. Just like abstract daddy, you don't need ito to come out and say "that's a penis" to be able to believe it.

[@DeepDives]

Yeah it’s a little strange, but I’m only here to present spoken or written facts. People are free to interpret symbolism however they want from their consumed media and I am certainly not an authority to tell people how to think. I’ll happily tell people what I think in reviews, but these videos are not reviews, they are deep dives into facts.

[@demileighmcallister9745]

i’ve actually been binging these videos. i used to love the movie when i was younger and watched people play the first game on youtube but being like 7 r 8 i never actually understood them. I saw that the remake of the second one was coming out and wanted to see the story of the second one before it came out and searched up all the cutscenes and was completely confused when i finished. I found your deep dive and it explained it perfectly and now i’m just sitting watching all these videos. The games remind me of resident evil and being HUGE resident evil fan i’m really happy i’ve found a game similar. I still love the silent hill movie but after watching all the stories to the games makes me a bit disappointed to the movie because there was so much more from the game they could’ve added to the movies.

[@PSRewind]

Amazing content

[@DeepDives]

Thank you!

[@skylerbrooks2243]

Please do a silent hill 4 deep dive. I love your videos and how you articulate the information

[@DeepDives]

Funny you should say that… 👀 Stay tuned!

[@Saygoodnightfight]

I was doing a cover of End of Small Sanctuary and looking for KZbin videos on how to play it and it brought me here - excellent video - excellent narrator voice - David Attenborough would be proud

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I surely cannot hold a candle to that man. You are too kind.

[@spacecoyote9137]

Love your videos BTW, would like to see the OG resi titles or more silent hill 👍

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :) More will be coming in the future!

[@nooby7634]

Honestly you deserve more subscribers!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you 💜

[@kinganimal9631]

Looking forward to seeing your content on new silent hill 2 😃

[@DeepDives]

Thank you!

[@ZakynthosDiamandis]

I'm assuming the monsters' lack of symbolism is due to the forced change of direction from the original plan for the game.

[@MattHall]

Waiting until I finish the game to watch this, but I look forward to hearing what you have to say about it.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!

[@devanloveland9515]

Will you continue the silent hill series? These are great videos.

[@DeepDives]

At some point, yes!

[@ConifuriousTree]

I like watching your videos ❤

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much! 🙂

[@Mariesun]

I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS!!!

[@DeepDives]

Thank you so much for the kind words! 💜

[@Mariesun]

@@DeepDives Thought I should add my own thoughts to the symbolism of this game, I very much believe they couldn't focus on a lot of the symbolism of this entry because they were working on the plot and themes of Silent Hill 4 during 3's development as well, so they put more of their writing team on 4 and just wanted to elaborate on the pre-existing themes of Silent Hill 1. Doesn't mean the game is bad, I love it to death but you can tell this entry had to cut some corners here and there

[@trainyourdog7351]

I remember way back, and I was like yooo wtf is going on!🤷🏾‍♂️ Subbed btw.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! :)

[@DirtRider999]

Just subbed.

[@DeepDives]

Thank you!

[@MKUVICTIM99]

The mirror room made me quit for like a month but today i picked it back up and beat the game lol

[@DeepDives]

I don't blame you!

[@SirAlexOfTheGuitar]

I love this series; that being said, I have one major criticism: it would be nice if you would just play the sounds the monsters make when you describe then

[@GothBunny6669]

Any plans on doing SH4? Loved your previous SH deep dives

[@DeepDives]

It's definitely on the list as it's been requested a lot 💜

[@Adem.940]

first three Silent Hill games were so good.

[@somethingtoputonpizza6667]

will you ever make a video on Silent Hill 4? since I've been watching your Silent Hill videos everytime I beat one of the game's for the first time and I just beat Silent Hill 3 today. :)

[@DeepDives]

It’s funny you should say that… 👀 Stay tuned!

[@somethingtoputonpizza6667]

@@DeepDives I sure will, I didn't think I would get a reply so quickly 😅

[@xycrophrene]

I hope there will be SH4 analysis as well.

[@DeepDives]

Maybe some day!

[@christopherrichards9196]

Hell yeah the HD collection came out a year before the original

[@VisComicaV]

been looking forward to this one! always excited to see you pop up in the feed

[@DeepDives]

Thank you! 🙂

[@Siegwynn]

Genuinely baffled by the low subscriber count The quality of these videos is outstanding, calling it now this channels gunna explode in popularity

[@DeepDives]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@JoiningHades]

A very good review and analysis. However Stanley #7 was not involved in this. Aside from that, very good video. Congrats