I didn't really trust Maria, as I played Silent hill 2 I felt like there was something wrong every time she was there.
I also like the ambient music in the game.

I've never played silent hill even if it looks like great games.
so thank you dena for saving me some time!

Yeah that comment is sure to make her happy!
Havent youve been paying any attention?
Play the game!

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.

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?

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.

Loved your reasoning.
Great video!

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!

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).

As great as always. Thanks Dena.

It'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.

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.

It'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.

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.

I think I literally recorded every single cutscene, and some part of all of them made it in there.

the mary jane kelly pictures arent THAT bad

We weren't looking at the same pictures, then.

Its Thundering and raining outside
im spooked

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.

Nice work!

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.

Fore some reason these dam videos won't play. >

I got the bad ending

Both are bad though O_O

Oh, 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.

Yah, 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.

Wasn't the good ending the lake ending

I'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?