Silent Hill 2 Part 3
Written by Dena Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:44
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07.24.2009 - 22:26 | Deimos1984rd
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07.24.2009 - 22:27 | The sad panda
I've never played silent hill even if it looks like great games.
so thank you dena for saving me some time! :lol:
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07.26.2009 - 04:25 | adrasl300Yeah that comment is sure to make her happy!
Havent youve been paying any attention?
Play the game!
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07.28.2009 - 15:10 | Cyborcat
Well, I stated specifically in the video that I left some things out--if anyone chooses to miss out on that stuff, it's their loss.
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I must confess I haven't played the game and surely won't, but this lecture you are giving has kept me hooked! Awesome story for the game. ¿Who says it couldn't be done?
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07.24.2009 - 22:41 | mwong04
Boxhead is pretty funny, and for some reason Silent Hill isn't my thing I get scared when playing origins and so I don't play it on my own.
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07.24.2009 - 22:52 | NickTHPS
Loved your reasoning.
Great video!
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My all time favourite in the series is 3. Please Dena, make a review on that! I don't mind waiting a whole year for that one! :lol:
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07.27.2009 - 08:48 | Axikal
That game completely gave up on what made the SH series what it was. It tried too hard to be "disturbing", and didn't focus much on the actual psychological aspects that made 1 and 2 stand out.
It was the beginning of the end for an amazing series. That, and it went and explained too much that didn't need explaining. SH was a series better off left in isolated "chapters" (each game).
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07.25.2009 - 03:37 | Shinigami
As great as always. Thanks Dena.
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07.25.2009 - 03:53 | NonesuchIt's good to see this up on the site Dena, since I think it's a very good analysis of one of my favorite games. A lot of people have a very negative reaction to James, but I don't think it's entirely justified. He's a far too complex character to judge with black and white morality. Easily one of the roundest protagonists of any game I've played.
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07.25.2009 - 04:52 | BlueGoldBizarros
My brother in law had this game while he was visiting. My first reaction was, "I can barely handle horror FILMS, I couldn't possiple handle horror games!" But after seeing your 4-part Silent Hill 2 series, I completly regret my decision!
Oh well, hopefully my brother in law will let me borrow it soon.
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07.25.2009 - 06:41 | Richard WeskerIt's really too bad that the voice actor for James never went on to do anything else (that I know of). He really helped me to identify with and feel sympathy for James. That kind of made the twist in the story have more impact for me.
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07.25.2009 - 07:15 | J_Conrady
Fantastic, Dena. To go through this whole game, find those little scenes and bits of dialogue had to be a chore, but it really paid off.
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07.25.2009 - 09:44 | CyborcatI think I literally recorded every single cutscene, and some part of all of them made it in there.
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07.25.2009 - 18:20 | gamemaster1017the mary jane kelly pictures arent THAT bad
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07.26.2009 - 12:58 | CyborcatWe weren't looking at the same pictures, then.
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07.25.2009 - 18:40 | knux12346
Its Thundering and raining outside
im spooked
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07.25.2009 - 22:06 | Lotus Prince
You know which ending disturbed me the most? The "Maria ending."
END-GAME SPOILERS
After the revelation James had about killing his wife due to not being able to handle her illness, you get to the end of the game, and the final boss, rather than a demonized Maria, is a demonized Mary. After taking her out, James and Maria leave Silent Hill. Maria coughs, and James says, "You'd better do something about that cough," and the game ends.
It's a little thing, but that really got to me.
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07.26.2009 - 19:24 | dancergirl88Nice work!
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Something I remember in the game was at the end he smothered his wife with that pillow (a spoiler but it is revealed in this video). Now I don't remember if they made it clear that he smothered her though. I am sure I remember theynhinted at it, heavily.
I remember it because all the monsters in the game save for Pyramid Head and a few others, attack in ways where they attempt to strangle, suffocate, or smother James. I always tied that to his subconcious desire to be punished for what he did to his wife by being attacked and killed the same way. Even upside down Mary has all suffocating attacks: the moth swarm, the tentacle, etc. The straightjackets look almost like plastic coverings that the creatures beneath struggle to breathe through. Just something I noticed.
Of course, then the straightjackets came back in later games and shot my theory to sh*t. I still like it though as being intentional.
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07.27.2009 - 01:28 | Disthron
Fore some reason these dam videos won't play. >:(
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07.27.2009 - 09:09 | AxikalI have to say that I was disappointed a bit in this review; if only because it feels there's a lot you're leaving out due to not researching a lot of the game.
Rather than just KILL this section with in-depth responses, I'll summarise the ones I caught:
1: The Mandarin monster - there was a rare enemy in the game (rare in that it only ever appeared in Otherworld) called Mandarin. It hung from gratings, and was the embodiment of James' hopelessness at Mary's sickness.
2: The Creeper monster - While in Silent Hill 1, the insects were manifested by Alessa, because of her entomophobia. In SH2 they represent nothing more than just a generalised fear of insects.
Some posit that since Alessa greatly affected Silent Hill in the first game, that subsequent visits from other parties to the town will notice her actions and influences. Though this is never substantiated by Lost Memories.
3: Flesh Lips Monster - Again, another monster that represented parts of James' torment towards his wife. In fact, the monster itself resembled Mary, in contorted fashion.
Also, CageAquarium is dead on. the way enemies go after James is to smother/strangle him. Suffocation is a HUGE factor in the game, solely because of how he killed Mary.
I really do recommend (again) http:// silenthill.wikia.com
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07.29.2009 - 14:40 | MollyOh, I'm just now discovering this video series, and I'm loving it! I'm pretty sure someone could write a thesis on the symbolism of Silent Hill (for what class I couldn't tell you, but there's enough material there!)
As scary as the game is, I find it even more depressing than it is frightening - Angela alone makes me want to burst into tears, and when Laura asks James if Mary died because she was sick, my heart rips in half - whoever did her voice was terrific.
And that's not even touching on James and Mary's story and how freaking sad that is.
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07.29.2009 - 15:42 | CyborcatYah, and with how James makes that confession ... it sounds nonchalant, but it's only because he's emotionally numb. It's a very powerful scene.
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12.24.2009 - 23:11 | thatkidwiththepimples
Wasn't the good ending the lake ending :?:
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01.31.2010 - 12:31 | valmontI've wondered for the longest time: is that speech about "I needed someone to punish me for my sins" being said to the PHs or to Maria?
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I absolutely love the Silent Hill series. Silent Hill 2 is the only game I own of the series. I don't play it often because it is one of the more scarier games that I have played. I still love the stories for each of the games (even though some people would disagree). It is a wonderful series of games and I love just researching the various bits of secrets within the games. Keep up the work.
I may have to say that Silent Hill 2 is my favorite because it was my first!
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Not that I am all for what H. H. did, but he'd be a cool basis for some survival horror character. Maybe it's just because he isn't as commonly known as Jack the Ripper, but still... The way he killed people was crazy.
Walter could easily have been based off some other serial killer. Obviously not Holmes, or Albert Fish, but still.
I wonder why no one ever thought of basing a character off the less known killers... Albert Fish would make an awesome basis for a fighting game character. Okay, guess all we'll get of him is the hillbilly cannibal from Thrill Kill...
That little thing aside, I like studying stuff like psychology when I feel like it. I just do that in my free time. I can't do that right now since I'm trying to learn Hebrew... Then I'll find another dying language to learn.
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02.06.2011 - 20:28 | PopArt365
dear lord i nearly cried when i found out i had to fight /two/ Pyramid Heads ;_; though the fight ended up being very easy and after the fight when they just killed themselves with their spears i thought it almost seemed like a way of telling James "you passed the test" i feel like the whole point of Pyramid Head was to test him and not outright kill him
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10.23.2011 - 05:42 | PuppetDoctor
I am really enjoying this. I love Maria. She is one of my favorite Silent Hill characters.
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I also like the ambient music in the game.