Silent Hill: Origins | A Complete History and Retrospective 

I love how everyone is angry at the trucker guy for getting in the way when he just wants to leave the town and nobody wants to help him.

You're the best kid a dad could ask for. Quality, consistency, personality. Makes you wonder who raised the rest of the rabble.

Travis mid fight Travis: Oh hold on a sec. *Searches inventory and thinks what to use next Nurse: *Waits* Travis: *Pulls out TV* Nurse: AYO WTF!? Travis: *Dumps TV on Nurse*

I feel like this could've benefited from Sam Barlow's second interview that addresses it pretty well: "Unfortunately there were some problems there and the game they were making was not in the best shape. We hadn't done anything to deserve to work on Silent Hill, but we worked very well as a team, had strong skill sets and, well... we were available. At that point there wasn't a huge amount of time to get the game done. But we insisted that we needed to re-do a lot of the game in order to make it something that wouldn't embarrass the franchise. The game we shipped wasn't perfect - and I'd personally question even the idea of a prequel to Silent Hill - but it was much, much better than what might have been." Origins needed time the studio wasn't given, and most of it's problem are rooted in that. This was a story written and redesigned in a week, and crunched out in a YEAR. It puts the game in a weird place of being sub optimal, but at the same time impressive for the devs and I can't help but respect them dearly for their work in trying to honor the franchise. I'm just really glad they got green lit to make their own installment with SM because they deserved it after saving Konami and us from something worse than even HC or DP Also I like this series of retrospectives and great job overall btw, but is the PSP port really the best way to experience this game for review? Even if the port was good as someone who's only played the PS2 version on the PS2 itself it's really apparent why no one would find it a bit scary after watching this footage. It's almost like experiencing silent hill 2 through the HD collection with it just seeming like a worse time overall. Still not flawless but visually there's two instances of subtle body language from Travis I remember off the top of my head that's just completely smudged away by the PSP graphics TL;DR I found out I'm an Origins Apologist

My mom loves the silent hill games. Might rewatch all these retrospectives with her today for mother's day.

I feel that the inventory UI kinda fits with Travis' personality considering he's a dude with issues and with the bad ending implying he's a serial killer makes the polaroid room and the polaroid UI make sense. Also the mirrors in my headcanon are how the town wants to imply he's not all he seems

Of all the things that could be related in some sort of way, i never ,in a million years, would have expected to hear about Scrubs on a Silent Hill retrospective.

Thanks for putting so much time and effort into these videos, I've really enjoyed drawing while listening to this Silent Hill series. Keep it up!

What perfect timing, I had JUST finished binging the other retrospectives this morning! Excellent work as always champ!

Origins is one of my favorites. May that be from the abundance of times I've played it because of convenience or the general themes. To me it's like a comfort junk food type thing. Yeah it's not the best, but it's quick and hits the spot if you're down for a creepy mood. Headphones highly recommended

Thanks Son,It's Mother Day ,but you never fail to deliver joy.

I'm so proud of how consistently good your videos are, Son. This is why you've always been my favorite.

this game was actually pretty damn good as far as post team silent games go.

This game is my favorite Silent Hill after the 1 -3. I understand people have issues with it. I was so excited when it was ported to PS2 because I didn't own a PSP at the time. I sure enjoyed the hell out of it even though it was a portable game.

Honey, wake up! our favorite son just posted a new video!!

Im so happy i found this channel. In the last few days ive watched the legacy of kain and all the silent hill videos. Keep them coming.

What a fantastic video series. I really appreciate not only the top notch quality, but the fact you actually played this game. And I appreciate you going through the trouble of playing these older games via emulation or different system just to get the games working well enough. And you even show every puzzle, mechanic, and story bit you talk about, which is amazing. If I were Konami, I would definitely hire you as a consultant for future SH games. I only played the first four SH games. So it was a real please to watch your complete and detailed videos about the other games I missed. The algorithm gods were good to me to randomly suggest one of your amazing videos and I'm lucky I clicked on it. :) Now I'll go watch the previous SH games that I did play to take a nice nostalgia ride down memory lane since the SH IP is special to me. I wish I can find a detailed analysis like yours about the SH movies as well since I like everything Silent Hill. :)

This rules man!

I'm so dang proud of what you're doing Son! You mentioned in one of your streams how some of the best retrospectives come from a personal place. And you're all up in that space! ❤️

Yes! I was waiting for this one after finishing your 1-4 the past few days! Awesome timing! You made me proud son.

I just binged your other videos and I SO excited a new one is out! I love your approach to discussing these games. Despite being pretty familiar with them it's always awesome to hear a different perspective and always learn something new. I am very excited for the one on "Downpour"!

Dude, thanks for those videos about SH series. I've always wanted to play them again sometime but never had time to play it. Your videos is like playing these games but much faster with each and every important detail. Great work!

Found your channel today and have been binging the Silent hill videos and WHAT DO YOU KNOW, another one. Thanks chief.

Looks like you're winning son.

Your other dad and I are proud of you, son. You'll do great things

Dude I really love your content. Glad you did that Fable Retrospective that got you popping up in my "fable speedrunner algorithm" Keep up the good work, son, yer doin your old dad real proud.

this is the first video of yours that showed up in my subscription feed, since I bin watched your catalog last week, keep up the great work.

Good to see you today mijo. I know it’s Mother’s Day but it’s always nice when you make time for us

This is the most competent Western developers got in Silent Hill even though I still don't hate the game my biggest problem was the story and the controls. No major bugs I can't remember on PSP and the puzzles were competent enough but not the best.

I love watching these videos it helps me understand the games more and it helps the resurgences of silent hill games. I appreciate this channel i found you yesterday and I've been binge watching all your episodes man. thanks for making these videos man. keep the work going!!

There are a bunch of video game retrospective and "game explained" or "story explained" channels that I watch and I am SO glad I stumbled on yours man. This is one of if not the best channel for this sort of thing I've found! I can put your vids on in my headphones at work or I can sit down and watch them at home. You deserve waaay more subs and I'm going to recommend you to everybody I know who likes this kind of thing, awesome content, thank you so much!

Oh son I was worried you had stopped making videos. These silent hill retrospectives are amazing and I hope you do the whole series I’m proud of you son

omg I binged all your silent hill videos the other day and was hoping for the next one your videos are awesome

Really good job on all the videos so far MySon! Cant wait for the MGS series reviews!!!

Absolutely love your silent hill retrospectives

Nothing like a YFS video to make a Sunday that much better let's fucking go toobz

I've watched each of the silent hill videos and I can say I liked it very much. I hope you will cover every silent hill game. After finishing the Silent Hill series, I would suggest you cover the Fatal Frame series or Resident Evil. Thank you again. Keep going.

Today youtube keeps blessing me with silent hill retrospective vids. And this one was added only 2h ago. Gonna be great evening

Also, I would argue Travis is one of the best SH characters. He had a fucked childhood, but the whole initial incident that got him involved with SH in the first place was him trying to do the morally right thing and save a child.

awesome work, son, your videos are a blueprint for a great retrospective!

Good work son! This ended up actually being a bit more positive than I was expecting, so that was a nice surprise. There was some heart put into the game so I give it credit for that, but immediately after it does stuff like somewhat screwing with the established story or having wonky game mechanics. It's not a good SH game by any means, but it's decent enough for a horror title. I wish it had gotten another year in the oven or so because most of its issues could have EASILY been worked out with a bit of additional time.

Please keep the Silent Hill series going! I really enjoy them Son!

Thank you, I'm enjoying this series on my favorite games out there! You got a sub! I hope to see the modern titles too 🙏

Always wanted to play this one! I honestly like Travis as a character, i know fans don't really care for this entry thinking it didn't add anything to the overall narrative of the first game but i enjoy the story for what it is lol, great video loving the silent hill content!!

Great content man! Keep it up Son. Continue making us Dads proud 💪🏽

Love the dedication to this series son, keep up the good work !

Really enjoying these Silent Hill retrospectives. You're getting better. Keep it up, son.

I've been hoping more people would make videos on the Silent Hill series. it's my favorite game series of all time along with Resident Evil, and there is no shortage of videos on those games at all.

This was literally my 1st entrance to silent hill playing this game really made me dive deeper through the lore as how good the franchise really is Though I'm only referring /Silent Hill/ Silent Hill Origins /Silent hill 2 and Silent hill 3. Though many fans or other each on there own opinions,but I really did love how the game starts from beginning walking through the road until u reach Silent hill With the beautiful music included giving u the suspense with who started the fire why is it so empty and Silent when waking up from the facility questions notes literally just there without any explanations. I loved the gameplay and the environment it still isn't outdated for me I love everything about the game.

I’ve been wondering where this video was! Finished the entire run you’ve done so far, really good work, Son.

Thank you for this series. It’s really been a great watch.

The first SH I played myself. I still like it. Personally I love the good ending, the music and ambience were really calming and with the sense of starting anew. Puzzles were ok. Not too complex but not crazy as SH3. Also once you unlock the fire axe, melee combat feels more like the old entries. 🐻

I am loving your videos, great work.

Your videos are fantastic. Silent Hill is very important to me in my gaming journey. Thank you for doing them justice!!

Fantastic work as always Son! While the story was kind of generic, playing in portably on psp was so good. especially with that sound track

Always a joy to discover a new channel that has "Retrospective" videos of my favourite game series 😄

I played through silent Hill 1 through 3 back in the day and I had always been curious to play all the other ones. I am absolutely loving these videos so far breaking them all down. You really are my favorite son and as a father I couldn't be prouder

Been waiting for this one 🔥

I discover your chanel about month ago and i love the work and dedication to all series. Great job Thank You.

I bought this day one (just like I had with the OG Silent Hill), and while it's not my favorite game in the series, it is my favorite to play. I have probably spent more time with this one than I have with the rest of the series combined.

It's a shame this for some reason bent the series into exclusively western development. It's not like Resident Evil doesn't have a few subpar non-Japanese developed entries that they were still able to recover from when they brought it back in-house.

Thanks son. I just finished all your other Silent Hill videos last night.

Oh, door-punching simulator! (I unlocked extra costumes on the PS2 version and equipped one, and my roommate and I couldn't open doors without punching them, which made the third run both hilarious and extremely aggravating)

ah yay another one! I love these videos! Great work man

Yo just in time for me to relax, thank you :3

i love your stuff, keep going!

Hell yeah I was looking forward to seeing you do this one. There was something here, it would’ve been nice to explore the events leading up to the first game, just I think in a different direction than what they did. Also wasn’t that impressed with the monster design and watered down story. But ig that’s what happens when you have to fit it on the psp.

Happy SonDay. And cause it's also Mother's Day, I just want you to know how proud mom and I are of you. You're doing great. But try to take it easy sometimes. You're working so hard.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories next son? 👀

Your series has single handed made me feel significantly smarter on the subject of Silent Hill games. And I'm very excited to see more from you in the future. If you've got no other games to review once your Silent Hill series is done. I'd highly recommend checking out "Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom." It's an interesting action-puzzle game that I think needs more appreciation in the common knowledge. And would be a neat little game for you to add to your "Obscure Game Review" Repetoire.

Keep up the good work son. You deserve success and so much more.

*SPOOKTACULAR* I was going to take a nap, but I'll finish that after viewing your latest achievement.. *Proud* of you Son. 💪👻💜

Epic! Another great vid. Waiting for you to cover one of my personal favs, although some don't like it, homecoming.

"The company didn't like how looked" Well yeah it's a horror game it's supposed to feel uncomfortable to look at.

Been waiting for this son.

WAKE UP BABE! OUR SON DROPPED A NEW VIDEO!

When playing on the PSP, you can scroll through your weapons without having to enter the menu. I believe it’s done with the D-Pad.

Another great video! Well done son, you have earned a game of catch in the backyard

your videos are amazing im loving them thank you ^^

One comment for the algorithm, thanks for the great content, Son!

I'm glad to have randomly stumbled on your videos, son- I'll even watch the retrospectives whose games I've no interest in.

Hey son it’s me, your dad. I’m so proud of your effort and progress! Please remember to drink some water and get some rest ;) …I love you son

Cant wait for the next video! Are you doing homecoming, downpour, or shattered memories?!

Another great job son keep it up!

Man I think you are one of my favorite RU-vidrs now I have watched the first 4 episodes on the series and I may not agree with everything you say you really making me wanna play these games again and actually hope that they bringing this back. I'm definitely watching Yakuza next literally 2 of my favorite series of all time!

Hi, Son! In your SH2 video, you talked about the emotional delivery of Mary's final letter. You were so right! But even though this isn't nearly as good of a game, the delivery of the line Travis' father speaks in the Cedar Grove flashback when he realizes his wife is lost to her hateful delusions... it hits me hard. You can feel Richard's grief and despair. Great job by that VA.

Damn son, your upload schedule is that of a madman. Get a capri sun and take a break once in a while! (But seriously, your consistency in both quality and regularity is to be commended.)

this was my first Silent Hill, so I have a huge soft spot for it

My favorite non team Silent, Silent Hill game.

13:58 this startled me way more than it should have during my first playthrough

You deserve more subscribers son!

Genre-breaking hits like Lizzie McGuire 3 homecoming havoc

I was waiting for this one to drop

This was the last Silent Hill game I played, and I never did finish it, it's good to see how it all ended. I hated the weapon mechanics lol. Amazing video as always, thanks son lmao

Have to solve a puzzle to get to the bathroom? That’s a nightmare all by itself

ooo anotha video, thanks sonnnn

Great video as always son! You should consider doing a piece on the PC game Sanitarium after you have covered the Silent Hill series, if you are wondering what is next. Would love to hear your thoughts on that. One of my favorites.

I'm worried about Travis getting brain damage from all the passing out.

One of the 1st Games I've bought for the PSP and I did love It a lot

thank you for making content for silent hill fans, thank you.