Silent Hill 4: The Room (Zero Punctuation)

[@Fraggr92]

For me, the thing about the Japanese Silent-Hill games was that the real-world locations always seemed so life-like. They actually felt like places where someone might live or work. Rooms were furnished in ways that felt believeable. Objects were placed around the world in a way that felt believeable. Everything seemed to be the right scale. Texture-work was amazing. I don't know why, but in SH 1-4 you actually felt like you entered the worlds you visited in. For some reason the western sequels have been unable to recapture this. They all look and feel like video games by comparison.

[@BLZ231]

I agree. And while personally I thought the stories in Silent Hill 1 and 3 were really dumb, they were also bizarre enough to add to the sense of being trapped in a nightmare. Meanwhile the stories of games like Homecoming and Downpour are also dumb, but not in a surreal creepy way, more of a bad Hollywood movie sort of way. And I actually liked Downpour, and I think it came the closest to recapturing the vibe of Silent Hill, but the story was both bad and forgettable.

[@arodriguezandrew]

And with 2020, Yahtzee's claim dies as 4 is now on GOG for $10. What a time to be alive

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Holy shit you're right.

[@sean8102]

It'd be amazing if they got konami to put SH2 on GoG with the "Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition" mod included.

[@ethai1]

@@sean8102 It would've been perfect if Konami would've hire the team behind the mod, letting them develop an enhanced edition mod for silent hill 3, and release both games on gog and steam. But who am I kidding? It's Konami we're talking about.

[@sothatsdevintart2562]

@@sean8102 they’re too evil to do that

[@smile_interactive5823]

What does GoG stand for?

[@woolfieMcP]

I did not fire Kojima, I did not. Oh, hi fans

[@sergivega8291]

best fanfic i've ever read

[@bernardo4157]

Anyway, how’s your sex life?

[@gokusondbz]

Woolfie McPoshinson oh hi mark 😋

[@wearsjorge55]

Ocean Man I love your name

[@Swagmaster65]

i feel ashamed of that giggle.

[@jojonoa3590]

5:00 Alucard saying "Simmer down love" is actually pretty in character.

[@Never_heart]

Mechanically 4 was a mess but narrative wise it is amazing. Think about how Silent Hill torments Henry. Everyone who gets killed comes back aa ghosts who can go through doors even locked ones... the town is literally telling him let us kill you and you can be free. That is twisted even for Silent Hill

[@travismcnasty4239]

I just took it as Henry is a bit of an asocial shut it. Pining for human connection but unable and unwilling to put in the work. I played this game when I was 16 and started to call my friends more often to keep my social life more active

[@james1328]

Excellent interpretation

[@Never_heart]

@@travismcnasty4239 you got the NEET scared out of you. But genuinely that's the power of intimate personal horror media, it can help us reflect on the parts of our lives we otherwise wouldn't and grow through that experience

[@KoiPuff]

I love Henry. He's shy and introverted. Almost to a "You probably have an anxiety disorder" level. But he has a soft spot for kids and women.

[@killbeers6890]

So did Walter Sullivan, ironically.

[@stewardofconsciousness9781]

Well considering that he has been stuck in an awfull nightmare dimension for 5 days, I would act like that too.

[@theshuman100]

Well thats poorly worded

[@meleeludens]

@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 username + "last of us 2 is trash" yikes

[@benjamincuello3555]

@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 they melee ludens, duh

[@pyrojinn]

“Splappy Boom Blappy” somehow made me laugh. I think I have a child’s sense of humor.

[@tomascanevaro4292]

At least you don't crack at hearing "boobie boobie bum bum" like Yatzee does.

[@nhayes395]

Well can you atleast give the child its sense of humor back

[@Sercotani]

dad jokes

[@支持民進黨下台]

which has more syllables than silent hill...so cringe

[@Yukatoshi]

Jinn P yro Ditto.

[@PopTartNeko]

Walter Sullivan is probably the most interesting villain in the whole Silent Hill series imo. I actually started empathizing with this guy learning more about him... Actually the whole game felt less like a typical Silent Hill psychological horror and more of a "detective story through hell" And I loved it for that. It's great in its own way.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Silent Hill's human antagonists have never been great imo, but I never actually played this one. I have it, but I haven't gotten around to it yet- been playing 1, 2 and finished 3 a short while ago. I always found the town the best antagonist, the nightmare itself as the villian, but I like me a good human villain every now and again.

[@CopyZer0]

PopTartNeko I think that Walter isn't an antagonist as much as he is the actual protagonist of the story. Henry is just the fake protagonist through whom you discover the details behind the events. Everything revolves around Walter, while Henry barely has any story in the whole game.

[@VergilHiltsLT]

CopyZer0 Walter is not a protagonist by any means. Yes, he did not deserve anything that's happened to him, and that's exactly why he becomes a serial killer. Henry is more or less the player, the observer, receiver of wisdom = the protagonist.

[@mr.battle20]

CopyZer0 Walter is most definitely the antagonist. The protagonist of the story isn't necessarily the one around whom the story is centered. Take, for example, Bram Stoker's Dracula. Dracula is one of the most infamous examples of an antagonist: evil through and through, manipulative, charming, scheming, etc. Yet the story revolves around him. Yes, there are heroes who rise up against him, such as Jonathan Harker and Abraham van Helsing, but they are not the focus of the story. Just because Dracula is the focus of the story does NOT make him the protagonist. In the original novel, the role of the protagonist is pretty much evenly split up among Harker, Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, etc.

[@MegaZeta]

He’s only the second classical villain the series ever had, so

[@OMEGATHENIETZCHIAN]

Literally the only Silent Hill game I ever played and one that had me getting up for sunshine breaks every hour. I barely remember if I won. I think I did but the villain got in and took a nap on the couch while moaning "mommy" so that didn't FEEL like a win for me.

[@jesus.gongora]

Shawn McRoberts you didn't win

[@LazyDogJumper]

Yah. Bad ending ahoy.

[@Elepole]

You don't win in Silent Hill. You just hope the character didn't die before the game started.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Shawn McRoberts Shoulda been a better exorcist and lit more candles.

[@OMEGATHENIETZCHIAN]

Silent Hill 4 has multiple endings based on how well you do in the last level. You have to do this thing in a ritual circle (I forget what exactly) and keep your escort girl from taking too much damage. I used her as canon fodder to distract enemies so she killed herself.

[@arabianwolf2786]

"a hole in the wall, leading to a series to bizarre nightmare worlds where he keeps witnessing people get murdered who then turn up dead in real life" That sounds a lot like Persona 4 plot

[@CaptainDoomsday]

I'm pretty sure Persona 4 sounds like this, actually. That ought to start some flamewars.

[@estebanacostaolivera3232]

Lol

[@Tunabringer]

And here I thought Persona 4 was mostly just ripping off Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4. Hang on, is Persona 4 just indiscriminately copying everything with a 4 in the title? Quick, someone summarize the plot of Final Fantasy IV!

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Hey, since he liked persona 5, maybe he should go back to that one

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

@Pasi Mysiini Persona 4 came out in 2008- didn't part four come out in 2015 or something? Probably not that. *But* Slappy boom blappy 4 came out in 2004. *COINCIDENCE???*

[@MrThuralion]

Yeees, the world always needs more Yahtzee reviews of old Silent hills

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Coffera he just needs to review 3 and 1 and that's all of them. and we totally need those

[@duckman12569]

I remember this game. The room was nice. I didn't spend too much time outside of it. Just like IRL.

[@Shirafune161]

"Somewhat unqualified for action" - maybe, but you gotta admit, Henry has the best stomp out of all the protagonists.

[@thefierypaladin126]

5:15 “Sadly, it’s practically abandoned ware” I can only imagine the egg on Yahtzee’s face when it was released on GOG before 1, 2, or 3.

[@mrbri6463]

1 was never on PC tho.

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

It’s not like he’s clairvoyant

[@connorwalters3240]

EA: Mr. Greedy Investors, I don't feel so good.

[@Andri474]

Now I want Thanos to put EA on the dead half of the universe.

[@ianrocco8453]

Connor Walters EA: winning because we know you can never stop playing video games. 😎

[@andregon4366]

Ian Rocco I've been EA free since ME3 and I've never stopped playing videogames, nor I've ever ran out of GOOD videogames to play. EA may win, but not thanks to me, that I can assure you.

[@ianrocco8453]

Andre Gon me too EA free is the way to bee 🐝

[@australiumbacon5598]

Ian Rocco Also EA free.

[@VideoBakery]

The Thunderbirds puppet bit was a deep, deep cut

[@scottpilgrimdude24]

I'm so glad I'm not the only person on earth who loves this game, and one of the only other people is the hardest critic ever

[@tylerhereonyttylerpls]

TheGoldenRaptor i too love this game

[@TheCivildecay]

I love it, still have the cd rom around:)

[@Bloodhurl67]

Why do people keep thinking like they're the "only" person? Of course you're not.

[@scottpilgrimdude24]

Every time I saw a review of this game they always shat on it and declared it the worst SH game ever so I just assumed that was the general feeling toward it

[@Bloodhurl67]

TheGoldenRaptor Ahh gotcha.

[@liverpooldean11]

HA never getting a re-release.. but here comes Konami!

[@RickySteels]

To be fair it's just a port. I'd love an HD release.

[@serenseitcean2051]

@@RickySteels gog version is Good port

[@bustapunk101]

Not gonna lie, I do have a soft spot in my heart for this game

[@lonestar6709]

_"Oh, hi game. What's new with you?"_

[@Inriri]

Silent Hill 4 has one of the best trailers ever. Even more so if you consider the extended trailer.

[@MiloKuroshiro]

YES. It's my favorite trailer and by far the best thing about the game

[@TrueDiox]

Inriri Best spent 9 minutes of my life.

[@stonechewer1227]

You have given me the tendency to sing 🎵Lets all laugh at an industry that never learns anything tee he he 🎵 every time I see a bad moment in gaming

[@MyHentaiGirl]

Stonechewer he he he

[@83staceyann]

Actually... it's teeheehee. Learn English, looser!

[@stonechewer1227]

I realized that I typed he he he not tee he he after the fact but hoped that no one would notice. Thank you oh representative of KZbin commenters for showing me the error of my ways.

[@stonechewer1227]

I have changed my blasphemy to tee he he as it should be

[@83staceyann]

Stonechewer I really was just teasing, which is why I misspelled loser, so you could shut the smug smarminess down. But then again, there are so many jerks who can't grammar but still correct others it's kind of impossible to tell. Thankfully, you've fixed the blasphemy (:

[@davidkinoti4051]

This game still gives me chills 10 years later

[@robbyalp]

I'm so impressed by this review honestly! You get exactly how I feel! So many people bash it but you've just perfectly explained why it deserves a bit more than that.

[@thatstar3]

Anyone remember the room in the hospital where if you walk forward the camera switches to a creepy massive head of eileen? Man that shit was freaky for my mind

[@wdcain1]

I want to like SH4 since it is probably the scariest game I've ever played but between the limited inventory, invincible enemies, and overly long level design makes the game such a chore to play through. _The Room_ really is the definition of a flawed masterpiece.

[@Brunn0121]

aah, i remember when sh4 came out, most players didn't like it, and then at every new western entry in the series, people started to love it more and more lmao

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Brunn0121 Also known as Return of the Jedi syndrome

[@Brunn0121]

that will soon change to the force awakens syndrome LMAO

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Brunn0121 not sure i got that one

[@Brunn0121]

when the last jedi came out, people only focused on its flaws, which there are of course, but when the last jedi came, jesus christ episode 7 just became a masterpiece.

[@bluemooninthedaylight8073]

Nah, I continued to hate it and all the later sequels. The first three are the only ones worth playing, as far as I'm concerned.

[@Brandon_Powell]

It's a small Comfort to know that it doesn't matter how much Eileen gets damaged because you can completely undo all the harm done to her right before the end of the game.

[@Brandon_Powell]

Spencer Trumbore Get to the part just before Eileen runs off after you pick up the umbilical cord. Position Henry and Eileen as close to the umbilical cord as possible but don't pick it up. Put down a candle and wait till it's just about to burn out. Just before it burns out pick up the umbilical cord. You'll know you've done it right if Eileen isn't yelling at you during the cutscene. I've had to do it every time I've played the game and it always works. Keep in mind I haven't played the game in years and I might be a little bit fuzzy on the details so you might want to look it up online to be sure. I know it works though.

[@warlordera5409]

I tried this twice and then learned that it's a bug that doesn't work 100% of the time. Oh well, who needs good endings.

[@Brandon_Powell]

WarLord Era Try Saving right before you do it so you can keep going back to it if it doesn't work. I also looked it up right after I posted that comment and I saw someone on KZbin placing several candles around Eileen and it healed her pretty much completely. I've never tried it myself as a matter of fact it's the first time I've ever seen it done that way.

[@PabbyPabbles]

On my first playthrough I thought she was invincible. Then near the end I was like "Hey there's a lot of veiny shit on her that wasn't there before... oh." It kinda worked, though, because getting the worst ending is also a challenge. You have to navigate around all the possessed crap in your apartment, some of which are containers you interact with, and never clean anything.

[@warlordera5409]

Brandon Powell SEVERAL CANDLES?? I had a hard enough time saving the one for Eileen! But I'll try again one of these days, it's kinda frustrating for two playthroughs to end that miserably. 😁

[@MrGreenYeti]

Don't diss Extermination, the voice acting in that game gives me the chills.

[@arsaeterna4285]

'thunderbirds puppet' MURDERED ME lol

[@WOLF36554]

I stopped cuddling with my Yahtzee Love pillow for this

[@fettuccinealfredo4393]

Blasphemy

[@WOLF36554]

Fettuccine Alfredo Because I stopped "using" my Yahtzee Love pillow or because I have one?

[@fettuccinealfredo4393]

You do not "use" a Yahtzee love pillow, you make sweet sweet love to it so it can criticize you later. And you don't stop cuddling it to watch a ZP episode, you do them both, at the same time

[@pikistikman]

Fettuccine Alfredo It's called a dakimakura

[@fettuccinealfredo4393]

Thank you pikistikman, now I want something else for my birthday

[@paradoxofmind]

Ah, Silent Hill 4... Brings back verdant memories of sophomore year in high school going over to watch my friend Joe play. He was the only one with an undying love for Sony and Konami. This was my 1st exposure to the franchise...not a Terrible start to be sure.

[@I_am_ENSanity]

"That's when you know your buttocks have been splashed with the cold, toilet water of omen." I need to find a way to make this my catch phrase.

[@Darkman9000]

It is pretty funny how Silent Hill and Resident Evil both experimented with their respective fourth entries, as you can kind of see the two ends of the spectrum both games landed on. RE4 redefined the series (and by extension, the genre) for the next several years until only recently returning to a semblance of its horror-heavy roots, whereas SH4's attempt at restructuring itself saw Konami wrest control from the original team and get a bunch of western teams to just catch the same bolt of lightning SH2 had masterfully snatched between its grasp back in the early days of the PS2.

[@Caledon91]

The game is called "The Room" and not one Tommy Wiseau joke?

[@flynnthorington]

That explains all the tommy wiseau quotes in the comment section.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

You are tearing me apart(ment), Henry!

[@ArtyJerjerrod]

Every so often Yahtzee avoids going to the low hanging fruit

[@MegaZeta]

You can read literally ever other retro review of this game if you’re that hungry for stupid hack shit jokes like that

[@qweandahalf7757]

I like how all you have you have to do is punch in "Splappy Boom Blappy" and this is the first result.

[@sinuswutz8595]

Pachinko!

[@lhays117]

SH4 is officially on PC on GOG now. I’ve been playing it these last couple of days and its a great port. You can even use any game controller you have with a bit of tweaking.

[@nicolasriveros943]

So, PT was a first person experience about exploring strange rooms that in the beggining they doen't seem anything unusual, but still makes you feel uneasy (since, you alredy know in a horror game) and as you progress, the things starts to getting bizarre and unnerving, and the Room stops being a safe place as you begin to been haunted by a supernatural pressence, and the more you dig into the backstory you realize it has something to do with a murder that has a relation with a counjuring that uses a sequence of numbers. And Silent Hill 4 was excactly that but also with third-person sections, a great villain and intresting new concepts to add in the Silent Hill lore. How comes that PT is praised but SH 4 is the "black sheep" from the series for so many people?

[@GretgorPooper]

Oh boy, how I love my 5 minutes of Yahtzee's articulate, entertaining and funny rants

[@jonathanhill6064]

Love to relive the classic Silent Hill games through yahtzee and his reminiscing.

[@caodogao4327]

"The Point of buying games is to support the creators. Buying it second hand is only supporting the previous owner meth habits" - Yahtzee 2018. And i'm totally going to use it when debating piracy with my coleagues.

[@caodogao4327]

Wai... what? How does one even do that, and... why? Don't prebuilt computers come with a license? At least here in Brazil, it always has pre instaled in any prebuilt we've bought so far in my household. '-' My only guess is that people are trying to squeeze every coin for it's value...

[@caodogao4327]

Sounds very incovenient. But i guess if i look further into microsoft's business i would find some duds that could justify that course of action. So. Shrug i guess.

[@pikistikman]

GameStop has made a killing soaking up the profits on used games, and any game developer would be more than happy to tell you that buying used from Gamestop just a more expensive form of piracy

[@hoodedman6579]

In which way? Because the logical conclusion of that statement is that pirating any game that you can't get firsthand is perfectly acceptable...

[@caodogao4327]

Because here in Brazil, we avoid to buy games in stores because they are expensive due taxes and prefer to buy from street retailers which often sell pirated or stolen products which often are associated with other criminal activities. Such as making deals with security transport companies to steal products.

[@PhilopateirAnwar]

Liking just cos of the accuracy with the gauntlet reference

[@Ashurman666]

I still have my Silent Hill Collection on ps2. Came with 2,3 and 4. Better than the ps4 version

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

Ashuraman Is the Silent Hill Collection on PS4?

[@Ashurman666]

+Ora Saikatsu Not the original one, that one is ps2 only. The one on ps4(Silent Hill HD collection) only has 2 games and performs really poorly, it's barely an upgrade

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

Ashuraman I didn't know the HD collection was on PS4 lol I just thought it was PS3 only

[@Ashurman666]

+Ora Saikatsu You are correct, my bad, it's ps3 only.

[@casperes0912]

Fucking loved that game. I normally don't really like horror, but I loved the balance between home and scary world in this, and the way home was taken away. I loved the feeling of the game, and the way I remember it, the graphics were brillant and scary as hell

[@calvinclark9478]

This is such a good review since he is clear and direct with what made the game so good and what it did right and wrong.

[@sour4626]

lol and GOG just re-released it in 4k.

[@mikethered123]

Splappy boom blappy? Well, let’s see if Yahtzee commits to this monstrosity of a joke for the whole video... no way, he’d never do th... my god, he’s doing it... ugh

[@JeiJohnson]

He called Silent Hill IV "Slappy Bloom Blappy" so many times, I completely forgot the name of the game he was talking about for a little bit.

[@Brandon_Powell]

My favorite Silent Hill is Silent Hill 3. Everything is fine.

[@ViktorKruger99]

I tried to play 3, but lost my save at the hospital. I tried to play the first one, but got stuck on a piano puzzle. The only one I finished was 2, and I thought it was exellent.

[@Brandon_Powell]

Victor Kruger I would recommend going back and giving them a shot. The piano is the hardest puzzle in the game and you could always look up the solution online. Even though 3 is my favorite I do have to acknowledge that 2 is the best and the most accessible one especially for people who haven't played the series before. If you do go back to play the others try to avoid the HD Collection. The less said about that awful mess the better.

[@bluemooninthedaylight8073]

I don't get how people find the piano puzzle so hard. Once you read the poem and get the clues, it's all really obvious. I wish more games had neat little puzzles in them like that, instead of stick item here or match shape there.

[@Brandon_Powell]

Bluemoon in the Daylight I don't want you to misunderstand me. I wasn't lobbying for the abolishment of these kinds of puzzles in video games. I think it's also fair to say that just because something is easy and obvious for one person doesn't mean that's going to be the case for everyone. Despite the fact that I do think it's the most difficult puzzle in the game and often have trouble with it I enjoy solving it none the less.

[@doctordoom85]

I agree with that (though 2 is a close second). Heather is my favorite lead character of the series and the horror is relentless in that game, kept me on the edge of my seat playing it.

[@sriramramesh8203]

silent hill 4 is now on gog so now its the most acessible silent hill game and unlike the hd collection will probably never go away.

[@Oblivion9873]

Did Yahtzee basically imply that we should pirate/emulate the game at the end there?

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

RE4VER I think he just doesn't think that buying a game second hand is better than pirating it since both don't give money to the people who made it

[@Brucie129]

Christ Yatzee it feels like I've been waiting for you to cover this one for a decade at this point

[@paradoxacres1063]

Knowing that Yahtzee will one day review *HuniePop* it fills me with determination!

[@nickj.648]

Paradox Acres That's quite the mixing of fandoms you've got there.

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

knowing that you will die at some point makes this okay

[@Bartoc1988]

I read this many times now. Since when do you try to convince him to review this game?

[@Wheel_of_Kain]

*Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.*

[@requiesticat]

Yahtzee might be biased since it's an anime game. Of course I could be wrong since he gave DDLC a decent review.

[@stevenwills4660]

Just finished reading jam and now i want to read everything by this guy!

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Steven Wills Read his Extra Punctuation columns on The Escapist. They're the best, funniest pieces of writing on the internet.

[@liammcnulty1987]

Silent Hill 4 was fucking incredible

[@jammin023]

"bizarre nightmare worlds" WELCOME TO LEICESTER...

[@Megaspartan23]

Silent hill 4 is now for sale on GOG

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

Nice, wonder how that happened

[@Megaspartan23]

@@wilsonkierankitsune here's hoping that silent hill 2 and 3 get a digital release soon. Possibly before Halloween. I hope they put Shadow of Memories on GOG

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

@@Megaspartan23 hopefully

[@Megaspartan23]

@@wilsonkierankitsune I'm worried that konami might just port the god-awful HD edition of silent hill 2 and 3 to pc. If that happens, the modding community will fix that.

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

@@Megaspartan23 well you know what they say: FucKonami

[@kevinbayer8916]

Splappy Bloom Blappy 4 is now my favorite

[@Yourwaifuisntreal]

A review of Silent Hill 4: The Room? ಠ_ಠ YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, YAHTZEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@R1zla]

Thanks so much for reminding us of this amazing franchise that has now devolved into slot machines..

[@Blake_Stone]

I honestly thought this game was fantastic when I played it, in fact (heresy alert) I personally enjoyed it more than Silent Hill 2. Sure it had rough edges but it has the best premise and creeping horror design in the whole series. Ironically this is the one game that really would benefit from a really well thought out remaster. Someone find the genius who did REmake and beg him to give SH4 the same treatment...

[@emilyb5762]

I tend to not give much thought to what an old classic would look like remade, even imperfect games, but SH4 is such a perfect case of missteps concealing the brilliance underneath that I can't not imagine it: monster sound design that's as unsettling as the level sound design, monster visual design that's uniformly creepy (instead of only the ghosts and baby faces), fidelity that allows way more propwork and thus even more contrast between the mundane room and the bizarre nightmare worlds, character microexpressions that would let the cast stay quiet and off-putting but instill more connection, a second half that takes advantage of repetition by innovating the level design and updating the visuals, and of course refined combat and escort AI. Goddamn does it suck that this game will never get its due (I know this is a very old comment, but we're deep in coronavirus quarantine now and something about being trapped in my urban apartment watching the world outside has me thinking about SH4, hmmmmmm no idea why)

[@slavedemorto]

I loved SH2 for the game it was, but boi did I love SH4 concept. Even though I didn't beat the game, the first few hours when you enter and re-enter the room felt really unique and scary. Being trapped in the room while people around are just going on with their lives. I remember how you can look into the window and its normal life around, but you are trapped in hell. Great memories.

[@JohnDWJ]

This was the one that got me into the series. Awkward gameplay.... a resounding yes. But everything else makes up for it in near spades!

[@redtopaz]

I... I think I've been waiting for you to review this for the past 10 years. I can finally die, fulfilled.

[@jamesmccall6776]

-bizzare nightmare worlds -leicester Yeah, can't argue too much

[@Scarecrow-fn4np]

I feel like silent hill 4 would've been a much better game if Eileen was the main protagonist.

[@gorlack2231]

Pt is essentially the true potential of SH4's mechanical idea. A confined space that seems to be going at you with eldritch intent.

[@wheatboi8255]

Please buy my games. Meth is expensive!

[@JohnDWJ]

I miss good Silent Hill. ..... and Silent Hill at all for that matter. Agreed on all counts here. 4 has a special place in my heart (and PS2 collection). ...... and I just bumped into another comment I made 2 years ago. It's like I've been here before... a Silent Hill loop!

[@Wesbert]

This has been foreshadowed for like 7 years

[@civilian1598]

More Judging by the cover!

[@billveusay9423]

"This industry never learns anything tee hee hee" Dat was a fine good 'ol self ref'rence, matey !

[@Arto257]

While I do feel guilty for buying second-hand, a lot of the time it's out of necessity. In a world where new console games cost upwards of sixty US dollars to buy, I often find myself torn between paying rent, buying food, or buying a game. Normally, I can usually do two of those just fine, but the third has to go on the shelf. Every now and again, I save up enough to indulge myself in a new game, but then it seems like forever before I can pick up another one. Secondhand games cut that time in half. It's like buying cars - I still believe that people who buy brand new cars are either rich or idiots; probably both. There's always a recall on airbags in like two years, and the second you buy the fucking thing its value goes into the drain. Same with games. The second you buy the disc, it's worth a quarter of what it was before you bought it. As for supporting the developers - fuck them. Especially in today's market. Hell, they'll make ten times of what I'd have given them just by selling the average consumer things that should've already been in that sixty dollar game.

[@damiancrowley569]

This was my introduction to the franchise. It gets a lot of flack, but I love it

[@MarkLumsley]

No Spappy-Boom-Blappy game will be better than Spappy-Boom-Blappy 2.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Mark Lumsley I agree that 2 is one of the best games ever but we should not limit ourselves you know

[@fullmetalbleachnote]

*Splappy-Boom-Blappy

[@zace7951]

Just found your videos and I've grown addicted and now whenever I even think your voice comes out as the narrator which means your doing your job right

[@BugsyFoga]

Silent hill 4: the room Staring Tommy Wiseau😄👌

[@sixstringedthing]

"...your buttocks have been splashed with the cold toilet-water of Omen". It's his insightful and evocative use of metaphor such as this which keeps me coming back.

[@totenkira8217]

Finally witnessed someone else other than myself like Silent Hill 4, I thought I was alone (we all are). Subscribe

[@prcervi]

This is a game i had thought yatzee would probably never review. I recall it mentioned in a far earlier video where he said he liked it, didn't think he would pull together enough to say about it though. I'm fine with the unkillable ghosts, leaves something to be perpetually wary of if they aren't pinned down.

[@beaverbicycle]

Finally! Someone fairly reviewing this game instead of just broadly calling it shit! As one of my favorite installments in the series, I get so tired of people acting like it's garbage. Especially when those same people talk about 3 as if it's a masterpiece, when I was personally luke warm on it.

[@josephfox9221]

that was my favorite game as a kid.

[@khfreak5531]

Downpour wasn’t terrible it was just poorly optimized. It honestly wasn’t scary either. I found doing the side quests actually made it better as they are more disturbing then the main plot. But it was just sort of okay.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

It wasn't scary, but I actually liked the plot itself.

[@ELSTERLING]

More than any other Silent Hill game no.4 really nailed the 'trapped in a literal nightmare' feel. (Though god DAMN the PC controls were fucked.)

[@alexandercrumulent271]

It only took ten years but he's finally doing retro reviews.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Alexander Thompson he does it every once in a while

[@realsteel9877]

Funny as always Yahtzee!!

[@RonPaul42069]

I picked up Silent Hill 4 when I was in middle school because Yahtzee made a passing mention of it. I have been waiting almost a decade for this.

[@izual989]

It is for sale online now so somebody was listening.

[@fireflocs]

I'd say the gameplay of Silent Hill 4 is a mixed bag. The combat is perfect, it feels good, it's fun, and it works with the tone of the game and communicates things about your character. On the other hand, unkillable enemies who hurt you by just being near you, and the second half of the game is an escort mission largely done through a bunch of areas you've already explored, and now you can't go back to your apartment to heal.

[@Land967]

Real question is why Silent Hill isn't getting a remake

[@timebomb4562]

shattered memories was kind of considered a remake but i don't know if i'd count it besides i think it's some sort of alternate continuity thing

[@Bakers_Ville]

The scariest part is the reminder about Johnny Wiseau's The Room....

[@danielvaega]

Halfway through the video, I forgot why he was saying "Slappy Bloom Blappy" and I felt so lost. I wonder if that says more about the video or my own mental faculties.

[@iweargoggles2]

I bought this at the beginning of the pandemic. Isnt that hilarious.

[@Zackapo]

i'll always remember the fucked up room where there's a giant head of the girl following you with her eyes

[@NameNotNeeded]

SH4 was great (despite not originally being a SH title to begin with) as it did show that what Silent Hill's creepiness was about whilst moving on from things that were becoming cliche - like the fog, radio static and guilt-struct characters. Homecoming and 0 felt so boring for that reason, and Shattered Memories was back on the right sort of track.

[@jordonnichols546]

Just finished mog world really enjoyed it

[@joshmartin2744]

Don't post a comment here where no one cares about it, post a review (on amazon, for example) where it'll actually do Yahtzee some good.

[@jordonnichols546]

Josh Martin maybe I did maybe I was just telling all the nice comment people that I enjoyed it so maybe they will too now crawl back in your hole and think before you type puddin

[@Silverlance24]

Mr Crowshaw you're opinions are as usual welcome and your unapologetic approach is why you constantly inspire me

[@Something2doWith7]

Glad this game is on GOG

[@ouroldhouse3674]

Silent Hill 2 > Silent Hill 4 > Silent Hill 1 > The Rest Maybe 4 & 1 could swap places, but whatever.