Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. History Of The Series. 

Harry entering the therapy room is one of the best plot twists I have ever seen.

This game was like a good movie with very sad ending.

*Harry Mason:* "Help me, doctor! I thought I used to be a handsome young guy, in the first *Silent Hill,* but lately I remember myself as a middle aged ugly guy with glasses... is that normal?" *Doctor:* "Don't ask me, I'm an alien... also you're your daughter... and A DOG!"

I really do believe this was one of the greatest plot twists I've ever seen. And the way the game psychologically analyzed you, as a player... and it was scarily correct. Fantastic game. Really under rated and a gem of a game. Ending hit me like a train ;-;

I honestly think that this is the most mature SH game, followed by sh2.

I just randomly found these and started binge watching, and then j realized these are fairly recent, huh, cool

This is very good. I enjoyed it. By the way, don't worry too much about what people are saying about your English skills, we can still understand you (well I assume they do because I know I do). Some people just like to be condescending or something I think. I've had Russian friends before and I think you're doing fine. Keep up the good work.

I think this game never needed to be a Silent Hill game. It could have easily been its own original IP. I think there would have been a lot more freedom for it if that was the case. It was still pretty good regardless.

This is the most underrated Silent Hill game by far.

It's a great spin-off. I really love the twisted storyline and the changes that happen depending of your gameplay and behaviour. I can't wait to see Downpour explanation.

This is still my fav SH game, I liked even more than SH2. Two things I feel you glossed over: Those shadow figures are not just some kid, they're cheryl. Also the world freezing isn't random, but happens at very specific times. They happen every time Harry gets closer to learning the truth and cheryl's subconscious begins to fight back.

Binge watched all the videos. Very good. I'm looking forward to Downpour. :)

I just spent the last few days binge watching these and am so beyond stoked for the Downpour video!! Keep rocking on!

I've never played any Silent Hill games before because my mother won't let me anywhere near video games but I find the series so interesting and sometimes very confusing, so thank you for making these videos :) .

I've never played any of the Silent Hill games, but I've watched most on RU-vid playthroughs (no commentary), and of course the first movie (which I really like). I really enjoy your format: plot, all of the possible endings, gameplay, and music. And perhaps most importantly, what you say is intelligent, well researched, and insightful. Subscribed!

Cool series my friend, imo silent hill 1-4 are the best games of the franchise. You should do this "history of the series" with fatal frame and siren.

35:26 Harry washed his face while he had his glasses on

While I do not consider this game as a true SH game I still found it highly interesting. Also Hell Frozen Rain, When you are gone and the Always on my mind cover are among my favorite SH songs.

I'm i the only one who felt really sad and depressed after finishing this game ? this game really play's you as much as you play it

at first I didnt like the changes made but after an hour of playing I started to enjoy it. Like the freezing and at times the creatures did unnerve me but for the most part it felt tragic, left me feeling sad and depressed for the characters. In the end I had a great time playing it. And great video!

That game was amazing . I totally still feel the end to heart , i got the ending where cheryl breaks the fourth wall and looks at you saying i miss you daddy , good lord i was like i miss you too honey 😢 , it was like i was harry mason . Great game man .

I love this game. I hate nightmare mode so much, but the rest of the game, I love. Storywise I think this is the best Silent Hil game ever made.

from all the SH games. i never played shattered memories. and omg i laughed so hard at the ufo ending. especially when james showed up xD.

Cold heart sounds fun to me, a survival silent hill...damn, now i want it the alien ending was amazing though

I like how well you manage in every video to keep the viewer in track of things despite leaving them aside to go back to previous points and connect them all, before revealing the plot twist and important events in the story. You're very talented with words and kind even in very objective observations. I'm glad my friend told me about your videos!

Dude I've been watching your videos on a roll and they freaking rock. I subscribed and totally look foward for you having more subs and doing more content

That Alien ending is the best one out of this entire series! XD

It is an interesting experimental project but it is neither a remake nor a true Silent Hill game though it does manage to mess with the players head in a way that the previous games don't do because it adapts to the players actions and responses as well as intentionally distorting the original game's story to make us scratch out heads trying to figure out why it doesn't match up to what we know happened. I also thought it was strange that the characters we remember from the first game don't resemble the version of themselves we saw in the first game. Cybil being blonde originally but now is only blonde if sexualized for example. Ironically Brunette Cybil really resembles the main detective of Law & Order SVU. This game completely reinvents Daliah both in her appearance and her character given that she was originally the mother of Alessa, not Cheryl even though Cheryl is part of Alessa which maybe that is what they are talking about with Daliah and Harry getting divorced and she feels torn apart by it. Lisa is still Lisa though now it is made to look like there was more going on between them. Heather almost seems to take the place of the appearances of Alessa in the first game despite the only thing they have in common is the dark hair color. She seems to exist purely to make us feel more out of place in what should be a familiar game world. The fog seems replaced by darkness and the disturbing environments from earlier games are replaced by the "frozen" world which I'm guessing is the only part remaining from the original project. The first game was an interesting project in itself which delved into both supernatural and psychological horror rather than relying on jump scares. The second game used the same setting to tell a different story. The third game revisited the original narrative from a new perspective.The Room took a very different look at the game formula by making the feeling of claustrophobia more apparent. Origins sought to serve as a prequel to SH1 by setting up the events of that game. Homecoming attempted to tell us a new story unrelated to Alessa/Cheryl while expanding on the cult aspect and its long reaching implications in this way drawing inspiration from the Room and attempting to tell a mostly unrelated story like SH2. Shattered Memories tells us more about ourselves than it does about Silent Hill and for the most part does this by using our expectations against us. In hind sight Silent Hill 2 is the only one that does not deal with the cult that lurks in Silent Hill of the 1st 4.The Room while both giving us a look at the reach of Silent Hill's mysterious nature also serves to work Silent Hill 2 into the greater narrative of the series by taking the name of a character that only appeared 2 times and telling us about his character and his connection to the cult of Silent Hill. It feels less like a true sequel and a rushed attempt to retcon SH2 into the greater Silent Hill continuity. It too may have originally started out as a different game from the finished project. Origins sticks closer to the story of the original game than the sequel did, while Homecoming follows up on the idea of the Room that the reach of Silent Hill is not limited to the city limits. I do wish that more original stories like SH2 had been made to tell how it reacts to different people but even it was retconned into the lore by the Room.

Aw, Cold Heart sounded like a good idea!

i go through all of your vids about SH today! I'm very thankful that you're explaining these things. Please keep up the good work!

I'm hooked on these videos! I watch at least 1 a day! Great job!

dude till this day, i love your videos so much, i always go from watching Game grumps playthrough and then your analysis, this is the third time i do this, your content it's top tier 💗💗

I live for your vids:) this made my day as being a silent hill fan for years

Binged all your videos, great work! You should keep this series up with other games aswell. SH is such an iconic series.

Great video! Well balanced between story synopsis and analysis. Love this!

These vods are so good. Well done mate

I watched all of your videos from the first Silent Hill to this one in chronological order haha nicely done videos. Well done! :)

Im watching all your silent hill videos on a roll, man you're awesome. Really looking foward to see more videos from your channel

All the research you put into games amazes me I'm surprised you're channel doesn't have more subscribers you deserve it

This was the first Silent Hill game i played!Absoluctley awsome!!!!!This game got into my heart and mind and made me to go back and play other Silent Hill games

I just binged all of your videos, keep up the good work.

Thanks for keeping up the series alive, I love your videos !

Great detailed work man ! Keep these vids coming bcause they are simply AWESOME 😎 !

Thank you so much. I was looking for this.

Thanks for the upload, it helps me understand the story.

Hey bro, just wanna say thanks for the video! I don't have the game itself and I think I will proprably never play the game but I really enjoy these types of video. Keep it up bro!

These videos are great, and so is your English overall. Keep up the great work.

Gosh, thank you very much, I've played this 5 years ago and still don't understand the story. Now I know and I can sleep tonight, thanks^^

Keep making these. They are really good.

oh my god. I have been waiting for this for 3 weeks

Thanks for taking so much time going through the games and giving your opinions (and digging up little known facts in some cases). I'd love to see you do some other game series, such as System Shock/Bioshock, Half Life, and Resident Evil (plenty of stinkers there)

Love the passion this guy has for these games

Honestly impressed by your series. English may not be your first language but, as far as I'm concerned, that just makes your analysis even more impressive. Good work friend. You have a new subscriber. Not sure if you're willing to take suggestions, but after Silent Hill, my favorite horror series has always been Fatal Frame/Project 0 and my favourite horror game of all time (which sadly never got a series) is Kuon. Would love to see someone of your skill level tackle them.

love the videos, man!

Thanks for the review, i I appreciate the work done :)

Being trapped in a sinking car and drowning was a personal phobia of mine so that was the single scariest moment for me in the entire Silent Hill series. I remember the first time I played I finished that scene drenched head to toe in sweat. But I do understand how the game would be considered much less scary than the other entries.

Great video man. :)

Excellent job on your series

The creatures are not scary, what is? The reality of the conclusion to this masterpiece.

I hope you get many more subscribers. ive enjoyed your history of SH series :)

The silent Hill series is so good and has been my favorite series for years and years. I love to watch these and fully understand the history and story of all the silent Hill games. Thanks for remembering silent hill

You are making good videos. you have a nice voice! Great quality of your videos - it makes fun to listen! Go on!

Fantastic your videos are really great thanks so much for posting :D

this is like one of those dreams where you’re trying to do something but shit keeps getting in your way

It is about time a legitimate and knowledgeable review has emerged. I have been a SH fan, through the various incarnations and though this entry was very different, that is what made it unique, a new cerebral twist on the carnal nature of the original. I occasionally reply this title, especially during the winter side of the year, just for continuity, and I always find something a little different, or from a new perspective. The truth is, this runs the gamut of all forms of media for the most part, it is extremely difficult to recapture the same level of greatness that a original concept had, the timing, the subject matter, the social relatability, its all of those small nuances that work so brilliantly at the time, 'in' that time, this is where the word nostalgia lives. The only way time lets us move is forward, and only in our minds, does what we perceived as the experience of that shining moment never loses its radiance. Memories change every time you isolate them to scrutiny, just as a crystal heirloom, taken out from time to time to show to a gathering of friends, but eventually, the one time to many occurs, leaving crystal just as memories...shattered! d>_0b *respect for at least trying something new!!

Thank you for making such a great analysis on Shattered Memories. This game gets too much hate.

This is actually one of my favorite Silent Hill game. It has a lot of different and unique mechanics but it's still keep the horror in it

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE MOAR SUBS AND VIDS?! I LOVE THIS STORY!!! you should cover resident evil games timeline!

Now I want to play this game even more. Me and horror games don't mesh together very well. They stay with me a long time and because of that, I haven't been able to play through a single Silent Hill game because they just end up terrifying me, making it hard to breath and unwilling to be alone. But this game, this does not look as 'suffocating' to me so to say, and I really like the whole psychiatric approach to the story. Hell, I think it makes it even better than the " _Ye olde God resurrecth to bringeth thine salvation 'ere paradise doth town_ " that the first game was. Don't get me wrong though, I do like the first game. I just find this story to be far better. Also, I am one of those who have gone, and recently have gotten a new shrink to talk to so yeah. I guess there's a bit of related feelings there as well. Waiting patiently for the Downpour review now ~

Good video. Great explanation and this game is generally really and interesting one.

You are a very good storyteller man.

this game actually has a surprisingly well-thought out and interesting story.

Holy shit I was literally just discovering your series and said to myself "i wonder if he's done Shattered Memories yet" and here we are. Your videos are great dude, keep it up! :)

Amazing, thanks!

This is one of my top fav SH games. I teared up when I beat it the first time

Really great quality content video. I've never play the game SHSM myself, but this seems to be one of kind game. Such a unique plots & game design that I am pretty sure no video games (that I know of) have the same core design in storytelling such as this game. It would be very lovely if there is a remastered or remake of this (especially with a more cinematic approach of the whole game). Too bad, I don't see any possibility of remastered or remake happening with Konami as of now. Also, my only gripe with this game seems to be the core gameplay itself with the running most of the time. It should've been more varied maybe with stealth elements, melee weaponry, & monster bosses (that designs or order may change depending on psychological stats).

Yeeeesssssshhhhhh Another one!!!! Can't wait for more later on 😀

You can very much sense the absence of the body temperature mechanics, but I think that wound up being a good thing. The atmosphere was still so spot on that I was desperate to get my character to warmth no matter how many times I reminded myself there was no body temp meter. It really lent itself to the feelings of leading a ghostly, false reality.

MASTERPIECE. I teared up when I finished this game, it wasn't scary at 100%, but was challenging, discover all the answers transports you to a very shook scene.

This isn't my favorite game but this video is my favorite part of the series, I love it so much I listen to it every night during falling asleep 💙💚💛💜

Shattered Memories is my favorite Silent Hill game after Team Silent. This video reminded me of how good this game was.

oh my god one more video pleasee. I love oyur work... DOWN POURR!!!!!!!

That aliens ending was hilarious. Good stuff

I love this game, I think it's pretty smart and original in how many changes can have the story, you called at spin off and I kinda agree, it's an amazing way of changing the point of view of the first game... also Hell frozen rain is the best song in the whole series, haha

Yo bro been binge watching ur shit and it's good shit. U earned my sub 💪

This game had an amazing soundtrack! I used to play this on my PSP, sitting in a cold, dark room, taking in the sounds through headphones.

Best channel there ever was

"My mother was a bitch" >becomes a dog HA!

I watched the first video about silent hill last week and subscribed! I was so excited to see the shattered memories one!! ❤ thanks for your time and dedication! Good job!

only played the first silent hill when it came in '99 (and i shouldn't have as a 9y old kid), but binge watched your videos.

At first, I thought the opening therapy question was Harry that arrived late after crashing his car in

When can we expect Downpour? great videos!

You're amazing thank you

Thanks for your hard work, I've enjoyed all silent hill videos very much, I couldn't find downpour thou, are you gonna make one about "silent hill: downpour"?

Never played it but might pick up a copy after watching. Seens intriguing.

Would you be doing a video of Silent Hill-Book of Memories next? I find the videos you have done on my favorite series very informative.

This imo is my personal favorite silent hill game, especially for the plot.

Your are amazing dude, you have great talent for narration, I know is a little late to say this since there is only one game left but I would like to know your personal opinion about each game. Specially this one, I really enjoyed this reimagination of the first game more than the original maybe because I prefer the story where the town is more like a place for personal realicization than the one with the cult. Aniway I would like to eard your opinion. Great video.

you explain better than anyone that i know

Big ups mate! These have been awesome to watch!! I'm a huge Silent Hill fan and was saddened when Silent Hill5 was cancelled. Any estimate of when your next video in the series is coming out?