SILENT HILL: DOWNPOUR (Zero Punctuation)

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A step in the right direction for survival combat and exploration but Silent Hill: Downpour fails at the horror half of survival horror.
Fast-talking Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw reviews a new game each week in this animated series that combines informed critique with cutting humor. Watch the next episode of Zero Punctuation a week early, only on The Escapist.
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[@duxnihilo]

I like how in the Silent Hill 2 marriage joke Yahtzee made himself the bride.

[@matthewroddick9737]

He knows who he is in the marriage

[@OneOfTheLoveless]

Cool. We watched the same video. Also he has a hat on.

[@mymcr03]

I can't wait for Scary Things in Dirty Rooms.

[@timebomb4562]

+CanadianEgg and i'd like to visit suttelty on the quiet

[@bootmanbill2362]

And the adventures of captain scowly face

[@maxayson9386]

+CanadianEgg well your in luck, there's about 7 trillion games that fit that description on steam greenlight

[@nathanclark2424]

CanadianEgg I personally am looking forward to the next living malevolence game. You know, an EVIL guy, who's a RESIDENT at a place

[@jameswatsonatheistgamer]

Sex with an ugly hooker.

[@VivGameing]

Remember that silent hill 2 ending with the dog?

[@TayR0C]

I was laughing my ass off during the credits when that goofy music was playing and a picture of Eddie's gut with pizzas flying across the screen.

[@kashawn105]

Yeah, and I remember the special ending song too

[@c0nc3pt]

The canonical ending? Of course.

[@linkslayer15]

Only true fans know

[@prop0042]

"It looks like something that got lost on its way to the star trek special effects department" has got to be my favorite quote from yahtzee.

[@JustinAKABiff]

The thing that always annoyed me about the Western Silent Hill games was that over exaggerated the nature of Silent Hill. You see, in Silent Hill 2 there's the whole thing with James coming to terms with what he's done and how he deals with that. Because he is drawn to Silent Hill, people have kind of entered into this false idea that Silent Hill is actually a benevolent spiritual entity that only wants to help people or something. This idea reached a fever point with Downpour where Silent Hill is depicted as being so benevolent that it's representative is a cheerful and friendly black mailman. The town helps Murphy admit what he's done and find closure and makes him a better person than he was before he came in. Like the entire town history, the hideous monstrosities, the evil cult shit, and the mentally constructed personal demons are all just the town playing psychotherapist to the deeply disturbed, gilt-ridden saps of the world. First of all, getting back to James' story, we have no proof that Silent Hill was trying to help James. If anything, it was keen to torture him with his guilt and try to break him or destroy him with it. James facing reality, accepting what he's done, and seeking redemption doesn't seem to be part of the plan, but rather going against the will of the town. Especially considering the endings [SPOILER ALERT] one of which has James actually killing himself and one where the town gives him a sexy copy of his dead wife only for her to be inevitably doomed to die the same way, you get the feeling that Silent Hill isn't trying to grant him peace of mind - but rather torment him. But as I said before, Western Silent Hill games kind of took this idea and ran with it, believing that Silent Hill is just a place you go when you're riddled with guilt and have personal demons to deal with and it saves you like a creepier version of Touched by an Angel. But that's not the case at all. Silent Hill is a purely malevolent entity that wants to eternally torture those disturbed souls it lures in and only by overcoming the very past that Silent Hill haunts them with are they able to leave.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

To be fair if I can give credit anywhere Downpour at the very least has interesting characters and backstories to genuinely tie them together. Unfortunately the areas the game most lacks are in Silent Hills trademark horror. I think Silent Hill 2 outside of it's exceptional narrative and character development really doesn't hold as to the other 3 games as far as both horror and gameplay are actually concerned. Silent Hill 1 had a focus of intense fear amplified by it's soundtrack which is designed to set you on edge from the very first moment until the last. It's control scheme is outdated as hell but considering it's a PS1 game it uses the console so damn well and deserves a lot more praise than most credit it for. Silent Hill 3 unlike the first game chose to focus on making the atmosphere as unsettling as possible and then hit you with incredibly powerful moments that make an impression. My problem with SH3 is... well all the characters. Where Silent Hill 4 excels is with Room 302... this place has such an unsettling atmosphere throughout the majority of the game but it's something you get used to and the apartment is filled with so much attention to detail that when the second half of the game decides to completely f**k with your personal space it can be damn near traumatising. Also worth mentioning are the fact the ghosts more than any other enemy in the game unsettle and unnerve the shit out of me with their static whines and the way they approach. To be fair to 4 though I absolutely adore it's backstory involving Walter and The Room... yeah the characters maybe weak but the overarching story is amazing.

[@NEETKitten]

personally, I like Downpour and think that one of its strengths is actually changing the backstory of the main character. Because in this case, he's so tortured by his own mind that his perceptions of the past are distorted, thus allowing the multiple routes thing to work. He might have done one or even all of the things shown through the stories, but he's SO guilt-ridden that he can't even remember what he actually did and what's a fabrication of his mind caused by the town. See, based on the other games, it seems like Silent Hill holds on to some of the stuff from its previous captive. hence why Pyramid Head shows up so much: Because James Sunderland's guilt still resides somewhat in the town. When they left, they left a part of themselves in Silent hill. They accepted their past and got redemption. They had no need for that guilt anymore, so they moved on from it. And THAT part of them never left Silent Hill. Their guilt and shame stayed there, forever tormenting the various sin-filled people who strolled into town.

[@IcestormTundra]

There was an ending in downpour where if you die to the cop in the final fight the roles reverse and she becomes the prisoner and you're the cop, punishing her for not learning her lesson and messing her up in the head in the process. Whether or not silent hill is trying to help people is besides the point; we'll never know what's up with that town or if it even has motives, all we know is that murderers and guilt ridden souls are drawn there, and that they really should try to get out. Downpour did have a good story i think, i found Murphy more relatable than Harry or even Heather was at times. The whole conga-line of people doing awful things for vengeance was a pretty interesting idea in my opinion, with Murphy seeking revenge against the guy who killed his son, and then Ann wanting revenge against Murphy for 'causing' the death and suffering of her father, and in the end both being able to see the truth and how pointless it all was... That was good writing, and it felt like a new spin on the silent hill series. Take the town and do something new with it not based on previous games.

[@foxdie1001]

Yuki Nitta changing the backstory? LOL like, you play as Murphy only to find out your not Murphy but the cop with memories that may or may not be true. Furthermore, the nun presents you with your son as the bogee man or maybe its you or maybe not even real. who cares??? all the endings contradict each other. throw continuity out the window, all interpretations are both right and wrong.

[@Vulgarth1]

Biff the BearKiller It also needs to be mentioned that Western SH devs weren't even aware that the canon ending is "In Water" since Pyramid Head keeps showing up for fanservice.

[@ConfusedandFrustated]

"But homecoming isn't on that lis-" *smack* "IT NEVER HAPPENED"

[@druffner]

'molesting a pig on a pinball machine' dont you mean a pachinko machine

[@requiem4ameme2]

+VicciiPlaysStuff *HIT THE LEVER!*

[@ManiacX1999]

Segas parent company is terrible, the day they go to Toshiba and have them become their new parent company we will get alourselves a more favorably popular sega.

[@LckeStudios]

+VicciiPlaysStuff too soon

[@CherryRedBanshee]

+VicciiPlaysStuff *ba dum tss*

[@joshuapayne2922]

+VicciiPlaysStuff OMG that's funny but i'm crying because i loved konami.

[@CERTAIND00M]

Seriously though, the first time you came across one of the "lying figures" in Silent Hill 2 and you beat it with a pipe until it crumpled to the ground and remained motionless JUST long enough that when it started skittering at you like some kind of giant flesh-roach... Tell me you didn't soil yourself. In short, Yahtzee, I feel you. If you and your husband, SH2, ever decide to swing then give me a call because I will totally tag-team that bad boy out of sheer respect.

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

True, i did soil myself when i learned that the monsters' death was almost completely unpredictable. The combat in that game only existed for boss fights and to give you a false sense of security so that when you found some 20 bullets stashed around the place you'd feel invincible, and thus much more likely to get gangbanged by the nurses in the hospital. :P

[@NeoSaturos123]

KRIMZONMEKANISM You had trouble with the nurses? The pipe is all you need to take them down.

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

***** i only played it in the highest of dificulties, so i down't know how it wouldn've gone in normal mode. But in the highest difficulties i was constantly afraid to get low health

[@killingfeveronline_archives]

KRIMZONMEKANISM Hahah, in the hardest Action difficulty I was a goddamn daredevil. Here's a protip with the pipe: Multiple nurses? Hold sprint, attack with pipe. Get some horizontal swings. They're super fucking fast compared to every other attack executable with the pipe and it's incredibly useful. I was such a daredevil in my first playthrough of Silent Hill 2 that I got the "In Water" ending.

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

***** I actually played the "Remastered" edition of silent hill, aka that piece of shit port to the PS3 that has multiple bugs and even visual downgrades, and an added glitch with the pause menu that whenever you unpause the game, it leaves you with your screen completely dark for nearly 3 seconds while the monsters around you move. I got to the Mary fight, but died and didn't save prior to the double Pyramid Head fight. I ragequitted for maybe 3 days, but then had to return the game to my friend. Thank you for the advice nonetheless, if i ever find the game on sale again, i'll do as you said. :P

[@nicklong27]

I just finished silent hill 2 for the first time (yes the first time) on tuesday. And even now, with the dated graphics and crappy combat system, i absolutely LOVED IT.

[@MoStLy1aWaKE]

I lost it at "scary things in dirty rooms." That is the most hilarious thing I've read in awhile.

[@philpyung4831]

It's not what he says, it's how he says it and how he sets it up. The man is pure gold! Pure Gold!

[@MoStLy1aWaKE]

Philp Yung Agreed

[@MegaZeta]

No, and no

[@TheDeathtoll99]

Wait didnt silen hill 2 have an ending where is turns out a dog at a control panel was controlling everything

[@Archwarder23]

Alden Grant Yes. Yes it did. I think we can draw similarities between that dog and Konami.

[@herschalshep]

+Alden Grant It did, but that doesn't change the naughty thing James did and it was a joke ending. I mean Downpour has an ending where Murphy digs a hole into a hospital only to be greeted by all the other protagonists and characters, then Pyramid head comes in and cuts the cake. And table.

[@kashawn105]

in the directors cut and HD collection you have to complete the subscenario first but yes that's one ending

[@VicariousReality]

Learning more about this game, it looks and sounds more like a spiritual successor to Condemned than anything Silent Hill-related. Even the monsters look just like the later Enemies of Criminal Origins.

[@JellyCastProductions]

We gather here today for the joining of Yahtzee and Silent Hill 2...

[@bragtheface]

Silent Hill 1 is my personal favorite. It had everything, atmosphere, brilliant soundtrack, survival game play, GENUINE HORROR. The graphics haven't aged well obviously, but it paved the way for horror games.

[@supernerdy9354]

Elias Warne but the gameplay is very difficult...more than the others in my opinion, the voice acting is off 90% of the time, the puzzles are that special kind of PSX obtuse, and I don't really find really any of the characters all that interesting aside from Lisa Garland But what it does well it does very well the trademarked camera angles, the beautiful yet cathartic soundtrack, it's idea to mask the render distance of the PSX, and the beautiful atmosphere I'm just saying in my opinion it's not the greatest just the first

[@chukyuniqul]

I really enjoy the atmosphere of the first one. Out of all the first three games (slowly playing through 4 now since I'm kinda burnt out on it ) each seems to have a dominant emotion. The first one was pain, second one sorrow and third one anger. And while the most oppressive atmosphere ever (to me) was the hell hospital in the third, the overall atmosphere in the first feels so...uneasy. In a way it never settled into a tone to me. The school was weird that like it felt as if there's other living beings trapped in the hell, just outside your reach. The hospital was pure oblivion aside from Lisa's room and the game afterwards was pure torment with the sewers as a...thing, I dunno they kinda suck except for the ones before the amusement park. By the point you reach nowhere you're already either conditioned to accept horror or on the verge of breaking down (I always had to finish the game in one sitting because no memory card). It just looked so distinct in many ways, probably helped a lot by the poor graphics, strangely enough.

[@TheMightyPika]

Little known fact: SH Downpour is Czech, not American. That's something I love so much about the Silent Hill series as seen by different developers (and yes, I believe the universally hated ones have solid merit to them). The first four games are Japanese and follow what people find scary in Japan - fear of the unknown, isolation, crippling personal guilt and the punishment thereof. Broad concepts. Homecoming was American and thus focuses on what many Americans are afraid of - domestic abuse, cruelty to children, violent fundamentalists, and being directly challenged/hunted. These are tighter concepts than the Japanese games and, in my opinion, are well executed. The game is different because a different culture made it. Downpour is Czech and surprise surprise focuses on what Czechs find disturbing - systematic institutions controlling people, being aware of many people's delusions, being SEEN as a delusion by someone else, frail tyrants forcing others into a destructive slavery, and (my personal favorite) this ongoing theme of fantasy vs reality - storytelling vs objectivity, fairy tale vs cold world. Screw the haters. I love this kind of stuff.

[@TheMightyPika]

They're good, too! SH:SM is a brilliant concept that, while I think the later Beyond Souls did it better, it was trying something relatively new and I love the way it turned out. And I really didn't expect the ending at all (I got the "good" ending the first time) and it was wonderfully satisfying. I wasn't the biggest fan of Origins, personally - I didn't enjoy how it tried to retcon the original story by trying to push a new OC (Travis) into it. Shattered Memories was a better attempt at retconning since it kept the original cast and felt less like a fanfiction. HOWEVER! Writing choices aside Travis was a fun, interesting character with some creatively designed boss monsters. I found the controls difficult but not any worse than SH4. I can't fault the game too much because A. It was pretty low budget and the creators did the best with what they were given, and B. It was originally designed for the PSP with is also heavily limiting. It wouldn't be fair to put Call of Duty expectations on a PSP port.

[@TheMightyPika]

Same! Origins was still fun and I applaud the creative team for making something unique. The idea of a random trucker being pulled into this mess by a desperate Alessa was not only sensible but realistic - poor kid needed help, so it makes sense she would cry out in the best way she knew how. I really don't understand the anger the fans have for anything but the first three (sometimes four, they hate it, too) games. I also enjoy SH2 and think it's a great piece of storytelling but I don't think it's orgasmically perfect. I honestly enjoyed SH5 just as much as 2, warts and all. Here's the thing I don't understand: fans keep saying that the first four are the "best" because a Japanese studio made them and an American studio (Double Helix which made 5, not Vatra which made Downpour - they're Czech) has no place putting their hands on the franchise. This argument would only make sense if Silent Hill was located in Japan, but it's not. Why is having a story taking place in America being told by Americans a bad thing? That's like getting angry over a Japanese version of Madam Butterfly for "not getting the nuances of the Italian original." Who cares about which one is the best? Every game is unique and stand-alone (save for 1 and 3 but they're still pretty solid by themselves) and new perspectives should be welcomed, not stomped on. Why get angry about it?

[@TVlord5]

Roman Jones "WAAAAAAAH SILENT HILL SHOULD BE AN ANTHOLOGY SERIES INSTEAD OF BEING THE SAME GAME OVER AND OVER" "Okay well here's what these other develepers think would be interesting and scary" "WAAAAH IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE OLD ONES THEY RUINED IT" I thought Shattered memories was pretty damn great imo and pretty hectic during the chase scenes when you.don't know where to go so you're just running for your life while being chased. Yes they could have had better designed monsters (concept was cool but should have been more monsterous) but it often felt like a nightmare "OH GOD IM BACK HERE EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME THERES NO ESCAPE IM GOING TO DIE IM GOING TO DIE"

[@retrogamelover2012]

The problem with Homecoming was it felt like one of those cheap cash-in remakes at times, what with the bone-headed idea for Alex 's parents to treat our main character like shit, so they don't have to feel any remorse when sacrificing him, which is more likely to backfire than if you treated him like a god-damn human being. Plus, with the other aspects like heavy-handed fan service with Pyramid Head and the nurses, or with how some control/gameplay elements either give off the feeling that game was torn between horror and action, and not being able to find a midway point ala RE4, or could use some tweaking to properly work, or even to fit the bill of survival horror.

[@infiniteoctopaw3444]

I like the joke ending in this game more then any other Silent hill.

[@Ajehy]

“Awwwww, you GUYS” 🥰 And the cake-cutting. Just glorious!

[@McShazer]

There is a part in the game on a radio it says this song go’s out to Mc and plays THE SILENT HILL THEME

[@thatrooper1567]

3:22 subtlety didn't completely disappear fro their vocabulary, they just spell it lie this... jontron, if you'd please. If you spell subtly, like this!

[@BloodyRoastBeef]

Totally feel your pain about the extreme abuse this franchise has suffered, man. I feel bit sorry for good old Team Silent.

[@MrBluBox]

TYSM Love this series! Keep'em coming!

[@MrIrishLee]

best critic out there, i love watching your videos for games i havnt even played, ive seen them all xD you my friend are a genious

[@danmaftei7633]

I replayed the first Legend of Zelda, on the 3DS, a few years back, and drew my own map. It was amazing. I framed it and it's on my wall now.

[@JohnnyThousand605]

Scary Things in Dirty Rooms: inspired by true events in a youth hostel bathroom

[@TheKhfan001]

1 thing I had to complain about in downpour is the lack of bosses. Whereas homecoming at least had great boss fights downpour had maybe 1 if you count the hammer guy which you just walk away from.

[@zyad48]

" *Yahtzee voice* Murphy Pendleton" XDD I swear thats hilarious

[@YorkJonhson]

Yeah, though I do prefer it when multiple endings are less throwaway. I mean, in SH2 the Leave and Water endings are different, but both well-executed, and conclusive. While a few of Downpour's and Homecoming's ends are just wtfs if they're your first outcome. lol

[@RedAces93]

lmfao @ 4:37 is spot-on........ haha XD love it!

[@SaintGat99]

Please Kojima. PLEASE...Don't go...You might save it!

[@Poetabrasileiro]

Raysiclove Sorry bb... i guess he's gone for good...

[@mattybuttersable]

Raysiclove Maybe he's not gone for good. Rumors are saying that Silent Hills will be picked up by Microsoft and hopefully this could mean a return of Kojima...

[@SaintGat99]

Matt Dreamer Microsoft? Dammit. Well, we pretty much hit rock bottom with Book of Memories. Then again, things can always get worse.

[@Rockymann27]

Matt Dreamer I sure hope they dont....unless its multiplat.

[@siddhantdeepful]

I can already imagine multiplayer and co op written in flashy colours on the box of silent hills made by Microsoft

[@joeywomer]

Yahtzee: Yes, maybe I will marry Silent Hill 2! Shut up! Me: LOL.

[@KitsuFace]

I still, to this day, have a piece of paper in a folder somewhere in this room with the solution to the Piano puzzle from the first game - all written out. Because SH2's saving grace was it's keeping of important notes for you. But on the other hand... I kinda do like to really WORK for the solution. And yes - you know a game rocks when you draw up your own map only to find it in a place you searched before. That's happened to me too.

[@seamusgeryonos3497]

I honestly never realized how many Star Trek references he made until I started marathoning episodes of ZP and TNG side by side

[@MegaZeta]

The main difference between Silent Hill fans and Sonic fans is that Sonic Team has mostly winnowed its fans down to people who think everything with the series name on it is worth defending

[@Reemus4]

"Scary things in dirty rooms." I think they could insert more horror into these games if they took some real life pictures of a hoarders room, which sometimes such a hellhole even Satan would avert his gaze.

[@orchidtheshrike]

wow! come to think of it i dont remember the last time i had to draw my own map either. it was definitely mid 90s i think

[@antoniocounts1]

Don't know if anyone said it, there is 4 and the fourth is him escaping still not killing the cop but she goes and one could assume because of the cutscene she kills the bad cop in that scenario

[@supercooguy]

5:21 A right wally.... Never heard that one before lol

[@MrFidelmios]

I think the best horror from games comes as far as you let it, I think my scariest moment in downpour was when I was walking up the stairs and I had a small suspicion that someone was behind me. So of corse I turn around and BOOM there it is, of corse out of my panicked state of mind I unloaded every last bullet into a perfect silhouette around the enemy.

[@rogeriomiranda779]

Beated the game today, I loved it. Already miss all that rain.

[@hammerite6418]

Same

[@Never_heart]

I would love to hear Yahtzee's thoughts about that pacinko machine

[@ISeTriX]

my favourite thing about downpour was the song by Jonathan Davis

[@joey6058]

Although the gameplays for each Silent Hill is debatable. All of their stories are amazing and the reason why I kept playing.

[@Foxxie0kun]

Three: Even pacing and tension. You want to steadily ramp up the tension with subtle cues and little details, but even when you pop a major plot reveal or scare, you need to keep the tension going without letting it fall flat. This counts for any media. You need to keep your audience enthralled while allowing the tension to be relieved at points, otherwise your audience will either burn out or lose interest. Finally, you need the experience to be enjoyable, and reward the audience.

[@ninjacat230]

4:29 I call this phenomena "shrödinger's plot device"

[@icedmocha531]

Damnit. I'm stuck in the infinite loop of everyother Zero Punctuation video known to man again. I'll miss my social life.

[@Sharkster_J]

I am and forever will argue that Sonic Adventure 2 battle (you know the gamecube remake that had an incredibly shoddy tacked on local "multiplayer") was a great Sonic game (note I never played the original dreamcast version of it). The controls actually handled very nicely I thought and the 3 different types of levels was nice considering that it did provide some variance in a Sonic game without getting completely ridiculous like Adventure 1/dx did (though the Knuckles/Rogue missions were excruciatingly painful in some places). The story wasn't complete crap (at least by Nintendo standards its a fricking shining beacon outside of the Zelda and Metroid games. And of course the best part that I have sorely missed from every Sonic game that has come after it... THE CHAO GARDENS... ok maybe not. I did enjoy the chao gardens back when I was 8-10 probably wouldn't care too much anymore but still its a good feature for the younger audience.

[@KalamariKnight]

Oh, man, I had Tim Tams so much when I lived in Japan, you didn't even have to go to an import store to get them. Now that I moved back to the States I can't find them anywhere.

[@FOUKTHEWHAT]

i want to learn the guitar just to play the open music and end lol

[@marine7272]

Ah yahtzee, I do so enjoy your critiques :D

[@Chicken-Tamer]

Did you notice that when Yahzee's teaching a lesson to western developers the timer was at 1:01?

[@Boomken76]

5:03 truer words never spoken.

[@Gunman610]

Pin-Bot is an awesome classic pinball machine.

[@pinkishpurplelolumz]

In the time it took for me to watch this video I saw the like bar go from 0 to 11. I don't feel so alone anymore

[@Tlhague998]

I live in a small Derbyshire village called Smalley, is that close enough to subtlety Zhatzee?

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

5:10 Bobby Sands called, he wants his dinner back.

[@Dendarang]

I feel for Yahtzee and his love of Silent Hill. I love Gits but the GitS franchise hasn't had a good entry since 2004 and it's getting depressing.

[@YVZSTUDIOS]

wow. I remember now. I haven't finished Silent Hill 2 yet. I'm still at the apartment level and already met my best friend; the coolest guy on the (parallel-)world: Mr. Pyramidhead!

[@YVZSTUDIOS]

***** Damn, never thought I'd see that old comment again :^)

[@michaelcuthbertson6333]

Blink gave us weeping angels. The first jump-scare monster to which I actually felt frightened. They were at that time the definition of scary.

[@YorkJonhson]

Well, a few of them implied that everything was just a crazy hallucination if I recall.

[@MarwickMarco]

Annihilator & Silent Hill [Fan-Tribute-Trailer] * * * NEW ALBUM "FEAST" OUT NOW ! * * *

[@1gient]

he was saying that about what time matterial is made out of (yes i remember the episode rom BBC america)

[@SubstanceTheGamer]

I always get confused by Yahtzee mentioning people not just up and leaving the town. I thought if you went to the edges of the town it just ended, with big drops. I remember that from one of the games, if you tried following the road out the road was collapsed with no way over. So isn't that why they don't just leave?

[@ZerbanDaGreat1]

With Downcoming somewhere in the murky undiscovered country several kilometres to the far right of Book of Memories

[@jake3523]

It's a good thing this video is still free, I was afraid it might be one of those old gems I'd have to rent or buy.

[@the13talesofhamjou]

I have a clusterfuck of homework due tomorrow. I really need to stop procrastinating.... Oh! I haven't seen this one yet!

[@Xxweirdmonkey15xX]

I would really like to see Yahtzee review Evil Within when it comes out

[@MohitMhapuskar]

Now watch me whip, now watch me nae nae.

[@JKYSDidYouSee]

And like a fast food burrito, it all kind of falls apart at the end.

[@ant9272]

I'd like to see a silent hill 3 retro review. Any idea what those long boxing glove enemies was? Nope neither do. Yahtzee please explain

[@ABronyNamedBurnie]

The last time I had to actually draw something for a game was Catherine. Those later puzzles were absolutely diabolical.

[@Martyna00900]

James is ''Jimbo'' now??? OKAY THEN XDDD

[@AColourOutOfSpace]

"Honestly, I'm kind of a scaredy-cat when it comes to horror movies" This is the guy that's going to direct silent hill?? well, fuck.

[@MegaZeta]

It’s not like any game in the series was going to be any good anyway by that point, it was already just kind of over

[@Howlofthenorth]

I live in blackpool and totally agree.

[@TheCandyHole]

I'm surprised you didn't relate to the prisoner character of silent hill being an Aussie and all

[@jonsmith4833]

3:02 *phone go's off*

[@davidmurdock4740]

You have no idea how disappointing Downpour is until you play it. The game starts out fine with all kinds of cool sidequests. But then you get punched in the balls hard BY LOSING ALL WEAPONS, AMMO AND ITEMS IN THE FINAL DUNGEON. Literally everything you do up to the prison level is fucking pointless. Saved first aid kits? Did the cool sidequest for the golden gun? Got the battle ax? Too fucking bad! They could have just had the entire game as the prison level because nothing you did before fucking matters. :P

[@TheLogan1156]

Greatful isn't a word. Grateful, on the other hand, is.

[@barbariansteve]

Prisoner Cell Block H, haha I remember staying up late to watch that as a kid.

[@SporeFreak2010]

1:28 The reason why they don't just Hop the nearest Rusty Chain link fence is because maybe they CAN'T leave. in most installments of the games and movies i've seen/played The towns usually surrounded by in passable sheer cliffs. How can the guy leave if theirs a CLIFF blocking his escape. and even if there wasn't he'd just walk into the fog and come back out right were he started THEY CAN'T LEAVE.

[@NefariousDreary]

Yahtzee is like me in the sense that I too can't help but keep comparing games to Silent Hill 2 because I'm madly in love with it.

[@Hyperblade79]

was episode 100, end of the episode, and was awesome =P

[@JackHumphriesMagic]

No worries, I am glad to be corrected when mistaken, thank you, friend, for avoiding my future mistaken spelling

[@Nyghtking]

Silent hill in general could probably be improved by the fog effects one of them had that was really just used to cover up the render distance.

[@YorkJonhson]

I think some different principles apply. Certain aspects of Silent Hill reflect the character's past and mentality. If the entire past changes based on specific choices, symbolism and theme can start to lose groundwork. Whereas Heavy Rain's a more realistic mystery you're trying to solve, with most of the mystery set to be had for the first playthrough.

[@Matt_Hamartia]

The last time I drew a map was when I first played the Legend of Zelda: the Wind waker...

[@GalanDun]

Ohhh, a yellow box I haven't seen.....

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

I think I get it now! Drummers are monsters!

[@Fleagul1]

"Scary Things in Dark Rooms" I think I know where this is going....

[@YouSoSpice]

Love the SH1 map.

[@jlafloe619]

What video does he talk about Gareth Gobblecocque?

[@ChrisChettleburgh]

Yahtzee , would this be a good horror chase scene, there is a small cutscenes in the first person when someone on the phone is saying "don't move, keep still" then he tells you a bit about himself and then says "oh shit, it's spotted you. RUN!" And you're forced to run but you can't turn around because if you do you'll s.ow down and the monster will catch you and kill you, so you don't know what's chasing you but you're pretty sure it can rip your balls of with a whisk if you give it the chance

[@888MikeM888]

Lmao Can't believe Zero Punctuation mentioned Judge Judy.

[@pillarnexustheancientgladiator]

Last game I had to make a map for was Obliterator.

[@VirtualCrunch]

I came into this video without knowing you were a Silent Hill fan, and you almost convinced me to try Downpour. I lost a bit of hope from Homecoming, and almost died of eye cancer playing Shattered Memories, but then you said dudes and not monsters. Its like they always have to fuck up SOMETHING.

[@Jaceblue04]

I've played Sonic 2006, but one of the other ones you mentioned.

[@aperturesciencegames]

The sequel will apparently be made by Hideo Kojima on the fox engine to top that off Masahiro Ito said if Hideo makes the game, he will also be on board so silent hill is firmly back in the hands of Japanese developers it seems, honestly cannot wait

[@kiratherenegade1561]

This made me teary-eyed. 8 long years.

[@Mitchx42]

To me Silent Hill 1,2,3 and Shattered Memories where the best

[@nateg893]

Mitchx42 Agreed 1-4 and shattered memories were the best.

[@Poetabrasileiro]

+Mitchx42 Agreed.

[@Mitchx42]

+Nate G I didn't play 4 but I did play the demo and it was fantastic and I liked the whole exploring it allowed.

[@nateg893]

+Mitchx42 Ya downpour had its moments but was no where near as good as 1-4 but a step in the right direction

[@CyberLance26]

Silent Hill 4 is just as great as the other old games in my opinion and its the second scariest after Silent Hill 3 to me.

[@How2SayFuqALot]

That frank abignale reference tho

[@mcrarburger]

Thats a real nice profile picture you got there. :3

[@mewstation]

I like all the Silent Hill games.

[@shadowlightnign]

It's kinda weird how Yahtzee criticized the whole "plot point changes depending on your decisions" here but also complain about the lack of them in later games like Heavy Rain and Until Dawn. Admittedly, those games were like yeeeaars after this one, so I'm guessing it was something that he ended up changing his mind over as time went by.