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@outerfun53106 жыл бұрын
James didn't have "repressed hatred for women", wtf.
@NitroRad6 жыл бұрын
Yeah in hindsight I have no sweet clue why I said that. James had sexual frustration due to the lack of interaction with his wife, not hatred. That's a bit I completely screwed up and two years ago in hindsight, I don't know how I let that slip up.
@Maestro_Gear6 жыл бұрын
wow. a pinned comment made almost 2 years after the video was made.
@Impalingthorn6 жыл бұрын
It's an understandable mistake. I personally understood what you were trying to get across, but I did end up checking the comments immediately after it just to see if there was a confirmed clarification.
@GreedAndSelfishness6 жыл бұрын
Also, Travis did have hatred against women. So he also had a reason for female monsters. Although they didnt have to be nurse monsters....Homecoming? No reason. No reason at all for sexy nurse monsters.
@blockomaniac6 жыл бұрын
Maybe you should have just been *silent* about it (laugh track)
@feenie55675 жыл бұрын
“Konami must not value their IPs very much” ...boy did he hit the nail on the head.
@hewhomainsness91894 жыл бұрын
see ya kojima
@DarkLink1996.4 жыл бұрын
@@hewhomainsness9189 Castlevania too.
@hewhomainsness91894 жыл бұрын
@@DarkLink1996. yes
@Alpha_beef4 жыл бұрын
Contra :(
@smokeyokami24844 жыл бұрын
Metal gear solid
@ShadowWolfRising8 жыл бұрын
i like how the Soldier guy is less of a badass than the Trucker was. i mean, Travis didn't need your candy ass weapons, he'll fuck up Silent Hill Hellscape Monsters with his bare hands like he's from Fist of the North Star.
@slifer8758 жыл бұрын
travis: wa tatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatata!!!!
@agrahams7 жыл бұрын
Spoiler Alert: Alex is not an actual soldier
@ShadowWolfRising7 жыл бұрын
i know, i didn't bring that up BECAUSE of the spoilers.
@theblurcafex16557 жыл бұрын
Hokuto no Travis confirmed
@aaron75fy7 жыл бұрын
+ShadowWolfRising it's not much of a spoiler now because everyone should know that by now, also that makes origins even lamer since you don't have to worry about weapons. even the ones you find are nearly limitless
@jostingaming38515 жыл бұрын
Maybe he played Silent Hill 2 and that's why he sees pyramid head and the nurses
@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor34504 жыл бұрын
I wish he said “Oh my god, it’s Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2! I love that game, it was really scary, so I’m afraid of Pyramid Head!”
@Terumimi4 жыл бұрын
Maybe hes having memories of a better game
@KenzieKaddl4 жыл бұрын
I’m stealing this head canon cause it’s a better reason than for him just randomly being in the game lol
every previous silent hill game: oh man since im a weak everyman protagonist these monsters pose an actual threat to me and i should avoid fighting them because i am afriad of them silent hill homecoming: meet me at toluca lake in next 30 mins if u want an ass kicking
@cheesecakelasagna5 жыл бұрын
reminds me of that *step the fuck up, kyle* vine
@Akatsukileader9 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, he is a soldier, and would also whoop all the other main characters' asses
@kiratherenegade1561 Жыл бұрын
@@Akatsukileader9 That's the funny bit. He ain't even a soldier. He's that anime kid who learned his moves off rewatches.
@somedude3977 Жыл бұрын
@@kiratherenegade1561pretty sure he was trained by his dad
@kiratherenegade1561 Жыл бұрын
@@somedude3977 Why would his dad train the kid he planned to kill? Waste of time & ensures things go wrong, no?
@ngrey6515 жыл бұрын
The curse is actually pretty well explained from both Alex's Dad AND Elle's mother. The founders of Shepard's Glen, Alex's ancestors included (hence the title, Shepard's Glen) left Silent Hill to start a new life. But they feared their dark god's wrath, so to appease the god and keep them from casting the town into darkness for running out, they struck a pact that required...their children. Sacrifices of one child from each of the founder's families. So thus, all the bosses pertain to the sacrificed kids and how they died. Joey, buried alive, turns into the Sepulcher. Nora was strangled, and has become Asphyxia. Scarlet adored dolls and was disemboweled, turned into a bloody, cut and carved doll that's missing large chunks from its frame. And Alex was going to be the last. His dad didn't want to get to attached to him because it would have meant killing him would be much harder. Why get close to a cow if you have to kill it in the end to make a burger? And Josh, the baby of the family, thus got all the love. Then...Alex accidentally kills Josh when they get into a tussle over that family ring you showed. Josh hits his head on the edge of the boat they take out to the lake, falls in...and drowns. Hence why his final form...is that of a bloated, drowned pregnant-looking person that's faintly like a spider. Josh, the "baby" of the family, the drowned one, who loved insects...now looks like a monstrous amalgalm of how he died and what he was and loved. Now, of course, Alex's dad could STILL have killed Alex and kept the dark god's curse at bay, gone through with the sacrifice but...he'd just lost one son. He simply couldn't bring himself to kill Alex. But Alex, meanwhile, lost his mind. Imagined he was in the army, like his father was. And keeps thinking he can "save" Josh. In fact, pregnancy, birth, these are big themes of the game. A lot of the walls you gotta tear open look like women's privates, several of the monsters have their heads around the crotch region, or have split-head, feminine-esque axe heads. The final boss is the pregnant looking, and even NAMED after a part of pregnancy "Amnion". And to be fair...even Pyramid Head makes some sense. Hear me out. He's called the Boogeyman in the game. He's a monster the kids in the town got told about. A big, scary thing that has a big hood over his head. He's brought up in children's drawings littered around the game. "Beware of he who took them-he goes by many names. The Bogeyman, the Shadowed One, but all are he, the same" and "Remember to always behave, for sins he won’t abide. He wields a rusty, jagged blade, to cut out your insides." Rusty, jagged blade, a hooded head? Sound familiar? vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/silent/images/5/57/Childdrawing16.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111003085927 And the imagery is based off, again, the cult. ORIGINALLY the Pyramid Head design came from a cultist who wore a red, triangular head. That became Pyramid Head, and then the Boogeyman. So of course the cult-worshipping parents would tell their kid to beware somebody who looked a lot like the original lunatic who first wore it, but with a big, jagged knife who'd nail you to the wall and tear your insides out. And in the game...he represent's Alex. Alex...is the Boogeyman. The monster is HIS manifestation, the monster HE represents, brought to life to punish. ESPECIALLY his father, who caused him so much pain, which is why the monster never so much as TOUCHES Alex, but does, in fact, kill his father, and VERY horrifically. So it makes sense that Alex, who'd know the rhymes and the history of the town, would manifest, through the town's dark powers, his own monster to represent a dark part of himself...but this part exists not to punish HIM...but to punish his father. What he couldn't bring himself to do in real life...the monster does for him. Anyway, sorry, this was a long comment. Great work on the video AND the examination of the series, BTW! Big fan.
@squeezytuna5 жыл бұрын
Finally someone said it....It bothered me that the description of the story in the video was all wrong and made in a rush. Dude definitely didn't understand the story xD
@soliduscaride43855 жыл бұрын
You're pretty Good!
@el-HONDO5 жыл бұрын
Awesome comment, totally on point.
@wilfredomanuel34705 жыл бұрын
Well why didn't Alex's brother's death considered as a sacrifice for their god?
@nosoap42045 жыл бұрын
@@wilfredomanuel3470 Probably since despite it being through drowning as the family had agreed too, it was an accident. If they didn't make the choice to kill him for their god then there was no meaning and it didn't keep to the spirit of the pact.
@valtersgarjans81618 жыл бұрын
3:46 That controller scared me... WHY DID IT FUCKING SCARE ME.
@TigerWing958 жыл бұрын
+Valters Garjans Because it was a mysterious dark thing that flew in unexpectedly from the left side of the screen?
@valtersgarjans81618 жыл бұрын
+Aston Levy Yeah, pretty much.
@zedre76338 жыл бұрын
+Valters Garjans That controller is scarier than Silent Hill: Homecoming.
@valtersgarjans81618 жыл бұрын
Lel
@hemangchauhan28648 жыл бұрын
Yeah....
@DJ_AwesomeSauce4 жыл бұрын
3:48 legit startled me when the controller spun on screen.
@CanalAleblasco774 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Massacretalitor5 жыл бұрын
The father was mean to Alex to make sacrificing him emotionally "easier". Shepherd's Glenn's connection to Silent Hill was they were supposed to sacrifice one child from each of the town families at certain time (can't remember the period). Their family chose to spare Joshua and to sacrifice Alex, this is pointed out in some of the last scenes in the game. But Alex ended up getting Joshua killed, which rendered the whole plan for sacrifice pointless. This is also the reason the children started missing at the beginning of the game. All the families had made their sacrifice.
@BloodRedFox20087 жыл бұрын
To me this game acted more as a sequel to the 2006 movie than the actual movie sequel. SO much of the imagery is lifted directly from the movie, from the nurse and Pyramid Head's designs, to the way transitions look, the cultists wearing miner gear, and the heavy amount of barb wire imagery outside of the cult's church. I feel the devs probably spent more like using the 2006 movie as a template rather than the past games. I also recall that before this game Double Helix was working on a vampire action game, and part of me wonders if bits of that just got carried over into Homecoming because said vampire game got cancelled.
@TvTrollByIvy2 жыл бұрын
I cant really say about the story, but i fell like the transition to the other world was more a case of "now we have a hardware that allows us to go even more crazy with the graphics', you know? The other world already looked like that, we just didin't had the real time transition and i feel like the movie having it served as a proof of concept to eventually have it in the games aswell, since the CG technology had reached the quality and framerate that would allow for a scene like that, The air raid sirent tho, that one was 100% something they saw in the movie and just shoved it into the game because 'it fitted the character's arc".
@somedude3977 Жыл бұрын
@@TvTrollByIvythe transition to the other world was also copied from the movie
@TvTrollByIvy Жыл бұрын
@@somedude3977 i'm aware.
@DestinyKiller4 жыл бұрын
Tbf, the way you get the gun in the first Silent Hill is pretty dumb too. "Looking for your daughter in the fog? Here! Take my gun Mr. Stranger I don't know. Just don't shoot me! Kthnx."
@souakadpadkid66854 жыл бұрын
Is still makes a little sense because of the fact that you are in a town, with monsters, and your missing daughter. I would give a gun to a stranger if this situation happen to me in real life. It most likely just my moral compass tho.
@DestinyKiller4 жыл бұрын
@@souakadpadkid6685 I might and you might but cops are generally loath to give a gun to a random person they've just met. Is it even clear that Cybil has seen the monsters at that point? Not trying to be a smartass. I honestly can't remember
@souakadpadkid66854 жыл бұрын
@@DestinyKiller You're not being a smartass but you are correct cause now thinking about why did she give the gun to someone whose prolly not trained with it.
@CJW00563 жыл бұрын
It's the power of nostalgia, it's easier to be critical of things you *didn't* grow up with.
@jordanboxman3 жыл бұрын
That's debatable. A cop like Cybil giving Harry a gun makes sense because she knows he wants to find his daughter, not caring about himself so she pretty much gives him the gun to try and assist a more or less stubborn caring father in his quest.
@PeixeKing6 жыл бұрын
16:10 Never thought I'd see jiggly physics in a Silent Hill game.
@SuperZaiyan93 ай бұрын
Eileen’s nurse outfit wants royalties
@helpmyass8 жыл бұрын
I like how Alex sounds like a grown man in those flashbacks of him as supposedly a little kid.
@ianleather56998 жыл бұрын
+Bob (previously I am a turtle) he's supposed to be like 19
@lycanentertainment50206 жыл бұрын
Ian Leather. I think he is to short for 19. just saying
@xsorakazamax75226 жыл бұрын
Aio Oroud height has nothing to do with age....I have friends that are 5'4 in there early 30s that are grown men.
@rubberfacedgumhead47886 жыл бұрын
But Alex Isn't short In the main game. Once you hit nineteen or twenty you stop growing. You may get another Inch or two, but Alex seems to be the height of a child In those flashbacks. It just seems Inconsistent.
@huntertrapthulu74227 жыл бұрын
To be honest, the combat is beyond exploitable in this. I've never experienced a game outside of this that hands you the most powerful weapon in the game as your default weapon. The main knife combo leaves enemies in a stun lock that it's hilarious, I went through the entire game without using a medkit, not even once.
@xsorakazamax75226 жыл бұрын
Hunter Trapthulu I live that cause you can get good at it which is what games should do. Older silent hills had great stories but ass gameplay. I use to hate getting hit backwards by monsters in 2 and 3 where it would change the camera angel and I couldn't see shit and would die. I've beat all of them multiple times but that had to be recognized
@etrs2 жыл бұрын
MGS3
@Mike142642 жыл бұрын
Yep, some SURVIVAL horror game this is, 'ey folks? Like, if you managed to do that on future playthroughs, it would be awesome, you're getting better at the game!... but if you manage to do that on your first go... damn, that's just bad.
@Sullenify8 жыл бұрын
I just really wish they would've done more with Alex's background as a solider. There was a wealth of things they could've symbolized in the monsters and environments. But instead, we just got fanservice and monsters that have nothing to do with Alex. They even throw human enemies in there, wtf, what are human enemies doing in a Silent Hill game? God, Spec Ops: The Line did a better job at Symbolizing and conveying the mental trauma of a solider, and it's not even a horror game!
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
But he's not a solider, and don't bitch about the enemy designs like you'd even know what they represent the first time you'd play it.
@demonpride19756 жыл бұрын
@drew russell but you don't know he's not a soldier during the game. so your point is fucking MOOT.
@tzbenetti10005 жыл бұрын
Alex is not a Soldier. His father was.
@lookatthiscutekittyc29035 жыл бұрын
Maybe they could had done a monster that represented his father? If he had such a shitty father, then he could have had some repressed anger and hatred towards him. And because he was in a mental hospital, then they could had used doctors, less sexualized nurses and patients as monsters. The game could have justified that as his guilt from failing to save a hospital while he was a soldier and, then reveal that they really were from his time in the asylum.
@retrogamelover20124 жыл бұрын
@Queen-Roger Human enemies aren't necessarily a bad thing, as that could've lead to some interesting elements with a more stealthy enemy that can't be picked up by the radio. Though they could've executed it better than here.
@KataWolf8 жыл бұрын
I should point out that the truck driver who gave Alex a ride home is Travis from Origins. Totally pointless cameo, if you ask me.
@xsorakazamax75226 жыл бұрын
KataWolf nah it showed he was still alive and willing to help people like back then. Not pointless, pointless is silent Hill 3 introducing Harry just for him to die as soon as you are about to see him again. Disappointed me more than saddened me but still love 3 to death. Cause he did all this first and Heather knew nothing about these monsters and he did so he should of been able to handle them but he just dies normally? That's wack. Silent Hill 2 was perfect outside of the ai so no real complaints there. Silent Hill 1 did everything great just wish the story was better. 4 had good ideas but sucked ass it's like the DB super after we got DB, DBZ, and DBGT.
@blackjacka.50976 жыл бұрын
Sora Kazama What the fuck are you talking about?4 was good.
@NotofManandTheMachines6 жыл бұрын
KataWolf dude I literally said that just now in his origins review
@demonpride19756 жыл бұрын
it's not pointless tho, it's all sort of part of the world building.
@dfiers59435 жыл бұрын
It was kinda cool though.
@viewtifulvash60688 жыл бұрын
I like how people say that the battle damage is "realistic" when it looks like Alex is drawing on the monsters with lipstick.
@LaharlD27 жыл бұрын
??
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
I like how you 'think' is looks like Alex is drawing lipstick on the monsters.
@TheSonic4977 жыл бұрын
Artuurs Z. "No damage appears".......what?
@CyanideOwl4 жыл бұрын
@@mrmoviemanic1 I like how you think he thinks he is drawing with lipstick
@colereed23704 жыл бұрын
I remember my dad showing me this and I was like damn silent hills kinda cool. Then I played the old games and figured this one was shit
@theR1ch5 жыл бұрын
Pro-tip: Use the knife. The basic knife combo freaks the AI out and it can't deal with you. Bosses are a different story, but yeah.
@MistressDove8 жыл бұрын
Him being a solider COULD'VE worked. Imagine if all the monsters represented his guilt and deeper thoughts about the murder.....I don't know,something!?
@Impalingthorn6 жыл бұрын
Well, I got some bad news for you: He was never even in the military. That was all an illusion in the grand scheme of things because he was actually in an asylum.
@charlesjoelespinosa32496 жыл бұрын
But the combat is so, uh, really strong! like a military badass!
@WhirlingMusic6 жыл бұрын
What coulda been
@nicolasriveros9436 жыл бұрын
That excatly my thoughts! if he was a "Soldier" (or at least, thought he was one) then why don't represent some kind of PTSD with the monsters? but nah, a tottal recycle of the monsters from SH 2, 3 and The Movie will be enough... at least the Bosses got some cool design
@demonpride19756 жыл бұрын
@crucillus thorn the one loophole with that, you don't find that out until near the end of the game. so saying he was in an asylum, doesn't matter as you don't know that going through the game.
@begotten6213 жыл бұрын
This isn't the only Silent Hill where you fight normal people. Did you forget Eddie?
@anonvideo738 Жыл бұрын
But he is a single boss, and james killing him was an important moment in the story. Because it helps james unlock his repressed memories, when he slowly realizes that eddie wasnt the first human he killed.
@mlpfanboy17016 ай бұрын
@@anonvideo738neither was the main character in this game. Whether he was a soilder in a war or the truth he still killed people. That excuse applys to both.
@yugotokusatsu2893 ай бұрын
@@mlpfanboy1701 What?
@chickenmcjigglets29044 жыл бұрын
There’s also the ending where Alex corrects his actions and becomes the sacrifice as his father tells him it’s all gonna workout and his brother will live as he drowns him in the tub and Alex doesn’t resist.
@zackmatthew92243 жыл бұрын
I think that ending is more like if his father went thro with the sacrifice, if Joshua never died...
@AYAOTA4 жыл бұрын
Scarlet was one of the coolest looking Silent Hill bosses with a theme to match.
@magnusm47 жыл бұрын
The dogs should have had small tv heads with the main characters face on it and chains from their chest to their paws; Symbolizing how soldiers are taught to hate and kill their enemy and who they are and the chains represents how they carry their duty as a guilt towards their duty to protect their home as they feel they must do it for the others. The nurses should have been instead sitting under save points gasping with needles over their face to symbolize his respect for the medical units saving lives. The scythe heads could have had a thin tongue like a rope with a head hanging with an x shaped hole on it as a symbol of executed civilians and soldiers. And the scythe leg dudes should have had a skin mask with a heavy breathing through the nose with both their hands in one skin in a hold with the palm away from him; Showing how he was blindly driven with secrets kept from him but also forced to hold secrets himself while suffering from it as shown by the difficulty to breathe through just the nose. The crawling dudes should have been children crying and having a mask with no eyes to obviously symbolize the consequences some don't think about or realize
@whodatninja4395 жыл бұрын
You should've been the enemy designer
@PackRunner35 жыл бұрын
Imagine of they had a death by firing squad enemy similar to the one in The Suffering
@shanewickham86675 жыл бұрын
so what
@adr.k86765 жыл бұрын
Damn son
@retrogamelover20124 жыл бұрын
@Derek Clayborn Probably would've had to adapt it to the overall feel and gameplay, compared to the marksmen in The Suffering.
@DuelaDent523 жыл бұрын
To be fair, their Killer Instinct was pretty good.
@Retog6 жыл бұрын
I think a traditional style silent hill with a protagonist who is a soldier could be good. Imagine if he had PTSD because he committed horrible atrocities and the town represented all the terrible things he did and he has to reconcile that. Maybe to make it more difficult, since he'll be good at fighting being a soldier and all, he could only have 1 arm
@troin39256 жыл бұрын
Jacob’s Ladder was actually one of the main inspirations for the series.
@shataneekbhattacharyya12955 жыл бұрын
The nurses have really BIG distractions
@NoahDaArk5 жыл бұрын
I love how in the thumbnail he’s got a “I do not want to be here” expression
@YouMeAtSea8 жыл бұрын
Spoilers below. Since you said it wasn't explained very well. I doubt you'll read this since its been months ago. But I've just found your videos recently and wanted to explain. So basically in this game all of the families have to sacrifice their first born child to appease the "gods". Alex's dad wanted to distance himself as much as possible from Alex so it'd be easier to sacrifice him later. Alex accidentally killed Josh and threw off the whole ceremony. & that's why Alex was in the mental hospital. He couldn't cope with the loss of his brother. Still not sure why they had to add the "soldier thing".
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
Because that's what Alex always thought Adam wanted him to be. Plus Alex would of been training to go to the army before Josh's death.
@YouMeAtSea7 жыл бұрын
I see, that makes sense! Thanks for your response.
@Jay-bp1eh2 жыл бұрын
Still doesn't explain why pyramidhead and sexy nurses there They could have easily put creepy doctors and therapists, hell if they wanted to continue the themes of war they could have put doctors with soldier uniforms Overall I like the idea but the execution was awful
@YouMeAtSea2 жыл бұрын
@@Jay-bp1eh Pyramid Head and Sexy Nurses are there for fan service. The developers completely missed the fact that these enemies are unique to James and have a purpose in SH2 specifically. I was simply explaining a story part Nitro missed, not explaining the poor fan service the developers inserted.
@Jay-bp1eh2 жыл бұрын
@@YouMeAtSea I get it,I was agreeing with you Sorry I sometimes suck at writing without being a little aggressive
@aliekexie84674 жыл бұрын
But Alex wasnt in the army! His father was, Alex was in a looney bin and imagined being in the army. Now Travis apparently was in the army, probably in Vietnam.
@mlpfanboy17016 ай бұрын
So he still thinks he was in the army so many of the army stuff would still apply.
@Naterkix8 жыл бұрын
Me (playing Homecoming): "Wait... Pyramid Head?! What the hell are you doing here?! Pyramid Head: "Y'know, since I'm all iconic and shit, I was offered a cameo." Me: "Really?" PH: "Do you even _know_ how expensive it is to clean all my gear and keep my helmet from rusting shut? They didn't seem to get that I've got to open that a bit to see... But seriously, keeping everything in working condition isn't cheap!" Me: "But... you're a creature from the deranged mind of a maybe-psychopath!" PH: "Don't _even_ go there! I'm tired of you monsterist people- Ya know what? Forget it. I was just supposeta walk on screen, look at you for a bit and walk away. So see ya. Ass. Me: "I... don't know... what just happened..."
@xsorakazamax75226 жыл бұрын
Naterkix S I mean Alex was a psycho, he forced himself to believe he was in the army and was killing without hesitation. When he talked about the combat I sat there and was like is this man for real? 1-4 fighting was garbage compared to this but the stories were amazing which makes me love them and rebeat them till this day
@ECL28E5 жыл бұрын
Pyramid Head's a sellout
@FredHerbert9995 жыл бұрын
James wasn't a psychopath. If he was, he wouldn't have repressed the memory of killing Mary. He repressed that memory because he didnt know how to cope with it. Same goes for killing Eddy, even in self defense. After it was done, james was shocked that he killed a "human bean". A psychopath would admit to these murders without feeling remorse and guilt that he did something immoral.
@mr.nickname91725 жыл бұрын
njhowe88 human bean?
@adamofblastworks15175 жыл бұрын
@@mr.nickname9172 "A real human bean"
@bsr19982 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, this is one of my favorite Silent Hill games, most likely because I didn't have to play it and experience those controls firsthand The monster designs still stand out as incredible to me
@orlandofurioso7329 Жыл бұрын
Don't say unfortunately, never feel guilty for what you enjoy
@kiratherenegade1561 Жыл бұрын
It's one of your favourties but you've never played it?
@somedude3977 Жыл бұрын
The controls really aren’t bad at all it just takes a bit of time to get them down and realize what weapons work best for each enemy and time the dodges and counters
@TheGman9015 жыл бұрын
Man, I know this was my first SH game but I really loved it, loved the atmosphere, loved the sfx and the town and really just loved it as a full package. Then I went back and played a bit of SH2 on PCSX2 and realised why it's considered as the best in the series. It's clunky on purpose, the town of SH is fully explorable and wide open, it is terrifyingly spooky with the sfx and the riddles are weird and hard. I really liked SH2 but to this day I still love Homecoming.
@SpartanWolf2228 жыл бұрын
Considering how bad of a name Double Helix has gotten at its beginnings with movie-licence games and this game, I am actually impressed how much they have improved over the years with Strider (2014) and Killer Instinct (2014)
@cruelcumber53178 жыл бұрын
When you take into consideration that both those games are fairly recent, it really seems like their games up to then were bad because of a lack of experience
@SpartanWolf2228 жыл бұрын
NuclearUnicorn7 Also being given more creative freedom with IPs that suit them better. Just saying it seems like these guys were meant for those kind of games, not Battleship the Movie the Videogame or other schlock.
@CyrusBluebird8 жыл бұрын
+Brian Colfxire from what I know of Double Helix they used to be a movie license dev The Collective, some renments from Shiny Entertainment and Backbone Entertainment. The merger happened mid development of Homecoming so...
@HitmanJenkins15 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately some devs have to slog with liscensed games in order to raise the money to make the projects they actually want to make. WayForward and their Shantae series immediately springs to mind.
@MojaveManiac5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know they made Strider's 2014 version, that's pretty neat!
@matrixlone6 жыл бұрын
The combat, enemies and environments where fun and the music was good ...I liked the linear but slightly open levels ..I liked the pacing in this game too. It reminds me of The suffering and riddick..
@WinterFox10005 жыл бұрын
If I recall right the whole plot was that Alex's father had to make him hate him so he wouldn't feel as bad when it came time to sacrifice him? I actually don't remember that much about the game other then how frustrating it was to try and play it.
@misankroptic7 жыл бұрын
Well, as for the Bubble Head Nurse: he could have repressed dear of nurses if he was injured and stationed at a med area. My friend's dad hates hospitals because his platoon drove over a land mine during patrols when he was deployed and everyone but him died. The nurse apparently didn't use sedatives when they pulled shrapnel out of him so he has really bad PTSD.
@SkyLinkRavio7 жыл бұрын
there's still no point of sexy nurses tho lmao they coulda stuck with doctors like sh1
@THEFlea19914 жыл бұрын
Artuurs Z. And? Give the keyboard back to daddy
@mlpfanboy17016 ай бұрын
@@SkyLinkRaviohave you seen old timey nurse outfits? If his true memories of the army would come from his father and not real life that would be what he exspects nurses to look like. Also if going into the twist: guess what, insanasylms have nurses too, those nurses are the ones who would administer the cruel borderline torturous treatment with the doctor doing very little of it but observing. So yes it would make sense to fear the nurses in either scenario while them also looking like that.
@SchwartzBOSS3 жыл бұрын
I discovered your channel lately and i love it! Thanks for making all these videos, every single of them is awesome
@TheRoxas3148 жыл бұрын
Everytime I see a video of you, I look forward to the next one! Great job mate.
@GA-KO.8 жыл бұрын
If I recall, there is a memo that explains that Alex noticed that nurses in the army dressed provocatively in order to bring some comfort to wounded soldiers. He does have "something" to do with nurses, but even I need to admit it's pretty flimsy as a guy who likes this game. Really the problem with Homecoming is that it isn't courageous enough to be it's own entity. They should have really, REALLY pushed the veteran angle instead of falling flat and going what is, let's face it. Just Silent Hill 2 but with a brother instead of a wife. Personally I don't mind Pyramid Head being in Homecoming, I've always preferred him better as a general idea than something that was exclusive to James.
@rockinrosie94248 жыл бұрын
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
I don't think any of the Silent Hill games are necessarily courageous. Aside from 1, It's a creepy formula that works more often than nought. Bogyman (Pyamid Head) new design was better in Homecoming I think and they did use him as a creepy factor, how do you not find him intimidating when your in the hotel and he stares directly at you for 6 agonising seconds, plus you know you don't want to fight that design of him, plus when he shows up to kill Adam it was pretty much great to see Alex's reaction, plus there's the theory that maybe Alex is the bogyman the whole time.
@Vladicarus6 жыл бұрын
i know these comments are old, but i'm gonna say it Silent hill homecoming is Silent hill the movie game. The PH, is the movie design, bugs and all. the otherworld change. is from the movie. the cracks in silent hill. are from the movie.
@endlessevanescence35026 жыл бұрын
Homecoming's Pyramid Head was indeed extremely intimidating, especially by design. But he fucking FAILS in this game. He does and will NEVER compare to Silent Hill 2's Pyramid Head (I'll just call him Red Pyramid for distinction sake). There is something infinitely more profound and bone chilling in Red Pyramid Head, from his introduction to his general design. The first time you ses him? You're alone in a dark apartment hallway, and you hear a muffled scream, so when you investigate in the direction, you see a very disturbing figure wearing some kind of "helmet" on it's head safely behind a metal fencing for you to get a "sneak peek" if him, but you're like "What the fuck is _that_ thing?" It automatically leaves you asking questions, and his very first introduction is all through GAMEPLAY, not a boring ass cutscene. You enter the room, and see exactly what Red Pyramid left behind for you to find, and then automatically DREAD seeing that thing again. And when you're out in that hall where it was....it's not there. You're relieved, but that dread never leaves you. I grew up with Silent Hill 2. I was four years old, watching my dad play. Red Pyramid made me RUN upstairs to my room, because I was too afraid to see him fight it. Red Pyramid's entire design is iconic, but everything from his subtle mannerisms (breathing heavy, heavy footsteps, groaning echoing from his helmet), from his disturbing actions (killing Maria, assaulting mannequins, and performing sexual acts on a Lying Figure like it was "having fun")...Team Silent were fucking extraordinary masters at their craft who.breathed LIFE into Red Pyramid, and that Boogeyman parody in Homecoming does not come close to how unique and original Red Pyramid was and is.
@meltedpoo09875 жыл бұрын
@Arwen Luna Who are you talking to? Why is your sexuality relevant? Why is your personal experience with medical staff relevant? Why are you projecting your distaste for a throwaway line from a shitty horror game onto all men? Why are you implying that only men are capable of being creepy perverts? You have some personal baggage there that needs taking care of. Yeesh.
@PlainNuka6 жыл бұрын
This is when silent hill turned into resident evil 6 but I'd rather play re6 then silent hill homecoming
@benjaminrearden57246 жыл бұрын
I love re6 because it's dumb fun.
@Walamonga13136 жыл бұрын
PlainNuka I hated RE6. Even when playing coop it was boring as hell. I'd rather play Homecoming than RE6 when alone. And I'm an avid RE fan!
@user-rx3js1no3s5 жыл бұрын
Bad taste
@MisterUnknown7074 жыл бұрын
@@Walamonga1313 You're an idiot. How was RE6 boring? Out of all the things RE6 has been called, it was never ever called boring. Because it really wasn't. There was so much insane shit going on in the game. So much action, so many explosions. Good or bad, this game was certainly never dull. And I don't care if it's just your opinion. You're just a straight up moron.
@matiasbenitez9804 жыл бұрын
@@MisterUnknown707 The only moron was the game itself. A linear game that last for 20+ hours can never NOT get boring, specially when the gameplay remains the same all the way through. Just shoot zombies (sorry, B.O.Ws) , do some dumb looking quick-time events, watch these horribly written cutscenes, repeat until the end and on the next campaign get ready to do the exact same fucking thing, again. By the way, they somehow managed to make even the most beloved characters in the franchise sound like forgettable "generic action guy who spouts one-liners every 5 minutes". Hell, even that dork Steve from 'Code Veronica' was more memorable character than fucking Jake and Helena (had to look them up, didn't even remember they're names). Also, they even made Ada Wong an unlikable arrogant bitch who barely added anything to the story as a whole.
@RyanBeardy2 жыл бұрын
Just played the game for the first time and came back to watch your video! Great videos that hold up even back then!
@carlosignacionavarrorios9646 жыл бұрын
I love the little intro you make in these videos.
@TheMightyPika6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making legitimate arguments and talking about the good aspects of the game as well as the bad. You're 1,000,000 times better than any other reviewer of this game I've seen who only scream about vague negatives.
@jimslav69737 жыл бұрын
*"The only reason someone gives you a gun? You're a soldier?"* I don't know your backstory but I'm going to go ahead and guess you never spent time in rural U.S. In the original Silent Hill, you're given a gun by a city police officer. In Silent Hill Homecoming, you're handed one by a hick that runs a junkyard. I have to say that it really surprised me to see which of these two scenarios you complained about.
@Vladicarus6 жыл бұрын
but really, cybil, while dumb. gives you the gun to protect yourself. homecoming just says "soldier gotta have a gun." which is a bit..eh, they could've given a better reason.
@xsorakazamax75226 жыл бұрын
Jim Slav I like his reviews but he has to let some of that biased go. He keeps saying things like I didn't like it so it's not good from what I've noticed.
@gamerguy69905 жыл бұрын
I can see Cybil giving you the gun as her acknowledging how dangerous it is for you to just run around unarmed in silent hill and her being a police officer can handle the dangers much more without
@retrogamelover20123 жыл бұрын
I did find an entry on the Silent Hill Symbolism series of videos, that pretty much described that, perhaps he was looking for any excuse to give him a pistol, as he didn't like the idea of being indebted to anyone. Especially when we end up seeing more of how much he seems to disregard the lives of everyone else at Shepherd's Glen, alongside how much of a sadist he turns out to be, later on in the game.
@sacredeyes35086 жыл бұрын
You seriously deserve way more views and subscribers, these videos are great and your reviews are so well made and non biased.
@TheIntimateAvenger6 ай бұрын
Everyone loved Silent Hill 2 so the devs keep bringing back James’ monsters without understanding what made that game so beloved in the first place.
@CHARLESXTDOOLEY4 жыл бұрын
I beat this game on the hardest mode. This was one of my favs. But I agree with a lot of what you're saying, but I found when I was overwhelmed by monsters, I was able to easily overcome them. I found the combat incredibly easy.
@DBZking1196 жыл бұрын
in defense of the sexy nurses in this game it is mentioned in optional pick ups that the nurses in the army were highly sexualized and if you take a look at the nurse you can see a fetus in its stomach (a theme that is very common in this game)
@mlpfanboy17016 ай бұрын
Also in defense of pryamid head, pryamid head is suppose to be an executioner. A punisher of the guilty of heinous crimes. Wheter we are refering to he main character as a soldier or what actually happened he still feels similar guilt for taking life.
@kcadventures14542 жыл бұрын
Man, i have watched this silent hill series too many times to count. Love it!
@j.j.cheesman71413 жыл бұрын
Pyramid Head is associated with the executioners in the prison camps from Silent Hills past. Yes, James has a connection to those monsters, but it makes sense that Pyramid Heads work as executors of Silent Hills will.
@mlpfanboy17016 ай бұрын
Thank you, finally someone else who gets it. Just because they started with james doesnt mean that cant serve multiple purposes. Especially since it is essentially the exact same purpose just for a different guy.
@ShadowWolfRising8 жыл бұрын
i'll give the game this. I like the idea of actually FIGHTING the cult (it could have been used for horror if they controlled or somehow fused or turned into monsters, any of those could have worked). Original Monster designs aren't half bad either. also i like this game's UFO ending because of how out of nowhere it is. 'Main Character and girlfriend get abducted' Police Friend: Aliens! I Knew it! had me in stitches.
@zazaiwon876 жыл бұрын
I loved that music during the combat part 😂
@Kreiser_VII4 жыл бұрын
I love hearing Rad evaluating how something carries fear and compare with my personal experiences, not gonna go into any detail, I just wanna say that the differences are fascinating to analyze
@LookingGlass695 жыл бұрын
I love what you did with the newpaper at the beginning.
@FinalDrop5 жыл бұрын
I actually loved this game. It’s one of my favorites.
@artmanxp8 жыл бұрын
i thught he wasnt as real solder so thats why he sucks at combat
@sacredeyes35086 жыл бұрын
I think he didn't tell us about the whole "Not a real soldier" thing because it's a massive spoiler
@jeremyhall27275 жыл бұрын
I played as him flawless
@hewhomainsness91894 жыл бұрын
@@sacredeyes3508 thank you for the spoiler
@delloda4 жыл бұрын
Wow, you're one of the few youtubers that can string more than one sentence together in one take instead of editing cuts! subscribed!
@ecl18217 жыл бұрын
Thank you for ripping this game in the exact same ways I do!!!
@dark_flipkid37774 жыл бұрын
I thought the game wasn't bad it's no silent hill 2 but the atmosphere drawed me in and that was enough for me
@B2M29486 жыл бұрын
This was the first silent hill game (and one of my first horror games) too bad it's just a meh, but at least it got me hooked on horror games.
@mattlandry8 жыл бұрын
Getting really good and experienced at making these videos. Great to have some good game reviewers from the maratimes!
@TheDvd30006 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel, and i just looooooove your reviews! This is the third fourth video im watching. First two was Siren 1, 2 and Blood Curse :) You're a damn good reviewer!
@Nexils5 жыл бұрын
I actually really liked the story. The whole premise frightened me to a certain extent. All parents sacrificing a child to appease an evil God was pretty fucked up. The atmosphere of most areas was pretty accurate to what a Silent Hill should feel like and I personally didn't have that much trouble with the combat at all. But it's been a while, so I don't really know. The music is awesome, most enemy designs (besides the fanservicy ones) are pretty good as well. They symbolise childbirth, for example, or water/drowning. All the bosses have very straight forward symbolism as well, that I can appreciate. But I can see your points as well. Even three years later ;p
@serbinator85297 жыл бұрын
After team silent no other development team got silent hill
@aaronwalk31285 жыл бұрын
This channel has the 2nd best thumbnails i've ever seen!
@hansruhlmann4545 жыл бұрын
I like you make your own Silent Hill refering story in the opening of these videos!😁😁
@DJBarchs7 жыл бұрын
Sexy nurses... one possible theory, that there was a nurse close to Alex (he was in a clinic), they had an affair and she get pregnant but he doesn't care about it or maybe she doesn't want to, relationship didn't end very well, so she get dissapointed and hated Alex for that. Remember the nurses in the game have a fetus in their wombs. Or all it's just circumstantial. By the way... Excelent Review Nitro Rad!!!! All Silent Hill Reviews!!
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
There's also a theory hinting that Alex might be a repressed gay man, because of his fathers army persona.
@ZeroTheHeartlessKing7 жыл бұрын
that's one thing i noticed about nitro rad, he doesn't really go (at least with the newer SH games, i haven't seen the older SH game reviews yet) into the symbolism of the monsters (at least PH and the nurses makes more sense in homecomings than the movie XD)
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
ZeroTheHeartlessKing I know right, Homecoming and Shattered Memories have lots of them. And it really compliments the Characters in the games. I truly think Silent Hill has never lost that spark that made them great at telling a story nor has it lost it's way at creating memorable characters and freaking monsters and symbolism. The only thing they have misplaced is that haunting David Lynch esc style of weirdness which only complimented the style of mystery. But I truly think that is for the better as it needs to keep evolving to stay alive. Resident Evil is doing the Same thing. Speaking of which VII is absolutely brilliant.
@ZeroTheHeartlessKing7 жыл бұрын
true, hell the only thing ruining silent hill (aside from konami themselves lol) was the movies and that one vita game XD
@BloodRedFox20087 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not the origins of the nurses in this game was given in background journals that were only available on the game's official website. In the lead up to Homecoming's release, the official website hosted official journals for a couple of the games characters in order to flesh out their pre-game backstories more, but the problem is barely anything relating to these backstories came into play in the final game. Like the cop character (I forget his name), his journals made it clear he was a huge conspiracy theorist, but this barely played into the game, and only very very briefly comes up in the game's underwhelming UFO ending and maybe one or two throwaway lines. As for the nurses, the explanation given in one of Alex's journals was that he always found the outfits the military nurses wore to be quite sexy, but that's about it.
@fredjones21705 жыл бұрын
To be fair, a AAA game company handing one of their greatest IPs to a novice dev studio has worked before - look at Metroid Prime, which was produced by the then-unknown Retro Studios Shame it didn’t work out here
@usermarongoany56162 жыл бұрын
Not sure if it was intentional with the cheap skull mask reveal, but i kinda like how it had this cheeky "look" when offering your friend the game. And if it was, kudos on making something bargain cheap this expressive
@GOLD-CS Жыл бұрын
while this game doesn't have such a subtle narrative or those complex dialogues, it remains one of the most atmospheric and themed. there're good moments like the setting of sepherd house and when he meets his mother for the first time, the hotel, the descent to scarlet and the church're memorable. It's a shame these sections're so spaced apart. apart from the fan service, this game's still a nostalgic SH to play, that vibe from the 2000s golden age of psychological horror!
@davenic24718 жыл бұрын
How the fuck do you only have 8000 subs, I was expecting to see 800,000. serious quality bruh.
@NitroRad8 жыл бұрын
+dave nic idk I must be really bad i guess
@davenic24718 жыл бұрын
NitroRad Lol, It seriously boggles my mind. Also is your intro were it says "nirto rad" a reference to serial experiments lain? It actually got me inspired to go re watch the show :)
@NitroRad8 жыл бұрын
It's a voice synthesizer built into all mac computers called "plaintalk whisper". It was used in Serial Experiments Lain, but also No More Heroes, I think Killer 7, and a handful of other things.
@NitroRad8 жыл бұрын
Blinx the Timesweeper's title screen music uses it too.
@davenic24718 жыл бұрын
NitroRad Ya I totally remember it from killer 7 now that I think about, The sound in that game was crazy.
@joey66888 жыл бұрын
Nice, and well edited.I like the acting, and like most reviews on this game just say this game sucks and some mixed opinions,but you explain everything.There is no stopping your reviews.You keep a good flow,and is quick,and is straight to the point.I like it.
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
He explained things well, but he it wasn't a completely unbiased review.
@kireduhai94286 жыл бұрын
Just food for thought: The goal behind the better controls and the soldier background was to give players a reason to THINK they were more in control and capable of handling what Silent Hill had to throw at them - and the goal of the story and the more dangerous enemies that kill you in SPITE of the better controls was to prove them WRONG. In that, I think they mostly succeeded.
@stolenname945 жыл бұрын
I been watching all your videos based on the silent hill franchise and honestly I think you really know your shit man! Not only am I just watching all off these one after the other but I'm super tempted to buy a ps2 again and play the classic 3 games and the room. I've already completed them all expected origins and shatterd memories, although I did almost complete origins but my psp broke. I love seeing people get passionate about this franchise even the bad ones. Home coming had a pretty good atmopershe but things like the nurses and pyramid head just pissed me off. It just didn't belong and I'm really glad you highlighted it. I'm gonna sub I know this video is a few years old but it's much better than retrospective videos I've seen which are more up to date. Very informative just love reliving that magic and your videos do that
@TigerWing958 жыл бұрын
Hey, now that Silent Hill Month is over and all, I just wanna ask, Mr. Nitro Rad. Was that you in the weird costume in the intros to every video and was giving each of the Silent Hill games to that random guy supposed to symbolize something? Because it felt like you were symbolizing something.
@NitroRad8 жыл бұрын
+Aston Levy I was on camera for all of those segements. My buddy Alex was in the costume.
@TigerWing958 жыл бұрын
NitroRad I see, but was Alex giving the game to that other dude supposed to symbolize something? I can't help but feel like those intros were trying to say something to me.
@NitroRad8 жыл бұрын
not really lol
@Sowwy7 жыл бұрын
Asphyxia was insane with symbolism.
@LordCaoCao2406 жыл бұрын
sowwy and what about sexy nurses and pyramid head?
@KhayJayArt5 жыл бұрын
@@LordCaoCao240 make your own fetish fuel
@thirtyacres75045 жыл бұрын
Why couldn't they get this one right??? I love your approach to reviews. Your voice is great for it, providing a light tone with humor. You should have more views and subscribers.
@p0siesn0w6 жыл бұрын
Great vid!
@thebunk85888 жыл бұрын
can someone tell me the name of the track played in the intro pls
@persephoneblack888 Жыл бұрын
Saintheartwing didna great job explaining the story/plot of this game but I do just want to say; Pyramid Head does belong here in this game (not so much the sexy nurses though). Pyramid Head represents punishment and atonement. He's not there for Alex though. I like that he shows up as the "boogey man" of this game. Also, Alex isn't a real soldier. Which is sort of a spoiler alert I guess? Haha He always wanted to be in the army BUT he never was. He was in a nut house.
@orlandofurioso7329 Жыл бұрын
I would argue that the nurses belong here as well, since this is supposedly after the movie based on the first game and the nurses were an enemy since sh1 as a projection of Alessa.
@mlpfanboy17016 ай бұрын
Also there are nurses in mental hospitals.
@Light-Rock976 жыл бұрын
That bit with the demon holding the paper in the beginning had me in tears.
@Torthrodhel5 жыл бұрын
You are so right about that tile-moving puzzle needing to fuck off.
@TimeBomb014X6 жыл бұрын
Why didn't you mention the Travis cameo at the start
@cheesecakelasagna5 жыл бұрын
because it's not a crossover episode.
@webmaster14238 жыл бұрын
Is their any good Silent Hill game after SH 4 The Room?
@yellowcardx088 жыл бұрын
+Todd Matson I liked Shattered Memories and Downpour was decent
@ianleather56998 жыл бұрын
+yellowcardx08 yeah, shattered memories seems to be the best of the newer four.
@AvithOrtega8 жыл бұрын
+MEME ORGY GETS NASTY No, there isn't.
@matman0000008 жыл бұрын
P.T.
@mrmoviemanic17 жыл бұрын
Pretty much all the games are great and different. Some are just overzealous when it comes to judging the latter games.
@Vulgarth16 жыл бұрын
The flappy/bang-y noise when the controller graphic popped up during the control scheme discussion was scarier and more surprising than anything in Homecoming.
@0Fyrebrand05 жыл бұрын
Now that you explained the plot twist, just think about that guy who gave Alex the gun. Not only was he willing to hand over a firearm to a complete stranger, but it turns out he gave it to a crazy person. This is America.
@phoenixfirex4 жыл бұрын
"Nor do they have any sort of sound or *MOTION* or anything to alert the player of the attack" **Dog Monster on screen literally telegraphs attack** Also, i'm fully aware that i'm posting a comment on a nearly 4 year old video.
@zackmatthew92243 жыл бұрын
*Spider monster raising its leg ready to attack* Seriously, most of the enemy attack are easy to dodge in you're calm and watch the sign clearly. And its mostly just pushing the dodge button without making diagonal dodge movement soo you cant messed it up
@CoushattaL4 жыл бұрын
I honestly really enjoyed this game. Yeah it wasn't perfect but I found it interesting.
@horrorbaraz3 жыл бұрын
Watching this video for the first time, you look really young! Holy moly lol. Great video great content
@shuu_395 жыл бұрын
So I had just subscribed and now binge watching your silent hill and clock tower series. I don’t know who that guy in the beginning is, but its hillarious how he’s always being haunted to take and I presume play these horror games XD
@toweringsequoias15905 жыл бұрын
the bosses in this game are incredible though. you have to atleast give it that.
@147146235 жыл бұрын
My biggest problem is that they borrowed WAY too much from the movie. Putting something in a game for the sake of being recognizable is dumb. We've already seen most of this. It's not scary anymore if you've already seen it for a third time by this point.
@OmegaFart6 жыл бұрын
Good stuff man.
@rollingsnail72773 жыл бұрын
That kitchen looks like the set from "King of Queens" and I can't unsee it
@bananastand-22414 жыл бұрын
It always sounds like James is saying “Si-went hill...”
@TONY811987 жыл бұрын
review cry of fear
@jordiix Жыл бұрын
Love hour videos man keep up the awesome work. Really appreciate the work you put into them so thank you sending possative vibes ✌🏻🌈🇬🇧
@hauntedheathen27325 жыл бұрын
Just finished it first time on normal, only died twice, and it was to smog monsters. Found the human enemies incredibly easy to kill, they can be stunlocked with a pipe or crowbar, they telegraph a lot too.