Thank you so much for explaining the whole Silent Hill franchise. This franchise is so terrifying for good reason. Not only is it psychological horror, it’s so hard to make sense of, which makes it even more terrifying.
You forget a massive ending from silent hill 2 called resurrection, so James takes Mary's body in a nearby island after you collect some strange items through the game so you perform a ritual and revive her!
I think the ending where James dies in SH2 is the canon ending since in SH4 Henry comments that the superintendent's son and daughter in law went missing in Silent Hill. And since the super is James' father we can be sure that James died and his father never saw him again.
Travis is basically Charon, that's why. Its implied in Downpour that there are entities in SH that are stuck there, like The Mailman who is friendly. Same goes for Travis.
Silent Hill F may complicate things. I wonder if it will be a stand alone story set in Japan or have some actual connection to the town of Silent Hill.
I could be wrong, but if you leave with Maria at the end of Silent Hill 2, it was always my understanding that she can't survive outside of Silent Hill, because she's a manifestation.
you forgot the rebirth ending in silent hill 2 where james takes mary's body to the island and tries to revive her "the old gods haven't left this place..." that one's my favorite
How can Silent Hill 1 be set in 1983 if we find "since 1987" written on a sign in a downtown shop? It's clear that the first SH is set in the 90s (i.e. when the game came out), the backdating to the 80s was an invention of the Homecoming devs
That also wouldn't make sense, given SH2 mentions Sullivan, by name, whose killings were active in the early 2000s, so it being set in 1993 OR the mid 70s doesn't make sense either
@@Flosius753The game devs basically imply they're supposed to be set at these dates, but they don't add up. I just always assumed they were set in contemporary times, minus Origins for obvious reasons. Though it did always strike me as weird that James is wearing a jacket that was in use during the Korean War/Vietnam war
@@SSD_Penumbra the style of all SH characters is vintage, it must recall those films that the series is inspired by, so James's jacket does not imply that it is set in the 70s. In my opinion the mess is all to be attributed to Konami who after the dissolution of Team Silent necessarily wanted to impose a chronology, a detail that for the devs has never been important to the plot, the stories already have a classic style outside of a precise time
@@Flosius753I mean, Ito himself implied SH2 to be set in the 70s His jacket is 100% a nod to Jacob's Ladder though, where Jacob in the movie is a vietnam vet.
Dude.... that hair! It's beautiful! I said the same thing to my grandmother when she came back from the salon a few weeks ago. Good, solid style for old ladies and guys named Adam Mason.
You missed the rebirth ending for silent hill 2 which is The darkest and my favorite one when James collect all the items necessary to bring Mary back to life also in silent hill 4 theres a letter of the superintendent sunderland which seems to be James father and he mentioned that he had a son but he disappeared so James never escaped silent hill and makes the in water ending more cannon.
I think the superintendt is the father of Mary i remember (maybe i am wrong) that he says that he send a detective to sh, to find them and if i am not mistaken is the same detective Heather meets in sh3 and he says that he was once in sh because he was searching for a woman, or maybe i am remembering it wrong
I've been watching silent hill videos for years, and now that some new games are finally in the oven, we don't even get trailers for Halloween 🎃😂. So inept
Fun fact: Silent Hill (Movie) is based off of an abandoned coal mining community in Pennsylvania. The entire town had a large underground mine that was set on fire, causing numerous explosions and deaths. The fire is still burning today, and it causes smoke to rise up from the ground (Like Silent Hill’s fog). It’s called Centralia.
@jimmywarner7559 Try not to say things without doing a little research yourself. It can end up hurting the series when developers misinterpret the lore/otherworld because of fans that unintentionally spread false information. The original vision will get lost (Like how we see with ascension, i.e. ash instead of snow) if we dont carefully try to preserve it.
Man, SIlent Hill 2 remains one of my favorite games of all time, and the Silent Hill series probably ties with Final Fantasy as a series and Resident Evil series, hard to pick one. I really hope the Bloober team does SH2 justice on it's remake. Can't wait to play this at 1AM in the morning with the lights off in my livingroom again like when I was 10 years old hahahaha. Game had such an impact on my young mind
My question is where is everyone in silent hill? Why are the people there still there? In SH1 they mention military coming to save them but no one arrives.
I thought Silent Hill was set in 1986 since Origins is 1979 if Cheryl is 7 that take it to 1986, also I think SH3 is 2003 since its 17 years after 1986.
the only date that appears in the saga is the sign of a shop in SH1 that says "since 1987", so it cannot be set in 1983 or 1986. probably the most likely date is that of the game's release, i.e. second half of the 90s
this needs to be the next collection Konami should do, except i would remaster the original games 1 - 4. why the originals, because everyone knows how awful the Silent Hill HD collection was. so what i would do is, remaster Silent Hill, 1, 2, 3, and 4. since there remaking Silent Hill 2, why not bring all 4 of the original Team Silent games back.
I have always been enamored with the lore of Silent Hill since the original on the PS1. excited for a new to me take! Edit; also obsessed with Centralia Pennsylvania, and am learning about similar places around the world.Also Roanoke.
I like that, not a elit soldiers, return soldiers or any retired elit special forces that know how to handle dangerous situation, it just a normal lorry driver who tried to survive
Im so confused on silent hill alone, is it a place that has many monsters activited from Alyssa or is it a place that attracts mentally ill people and manifests monsters based on their ill????ive recently started playing the series and finished silent hill 2 and 3. Please SOMEBODY explain
I stopped playing at Silent Hill 4 which I felt was the most coherent and most exciting entry in the series. I never understood how people loved Silent Hill 2. There were some great things about SH2, but one of the things that undermined it was the overly sentimental love story that dragged on. Silent Hill 4 is the scariest, the most intriguing and a perfect pace among the first 4.
Soo its actually strongly hinted in 4 that hte in water ending is the canon ending of 2. Because James never returned from SH as the landlord of the apartments is James father.
You forgot 1 silent Hill game I forget what it's called but it's a free to play game on PlayStation 5 and it takes place modern day outside of silent Hill
Your only beauty flaw on this vid is, that you didnt explain all endings in all games, with more detail, like what are the concrete circumstances to obtain certain end, but on the other hand, this video would be more than 1h long. Anyway, thanks for the analysis, good job.
I'm aorry but I wouldn't consider Silent Hill Origins as canon because it doesn't make sense at all. There are mentions from SH 1, but... It's very messy... Team Silent knew how to pull the strings of the story and how to make the plot make sense, but no telling you in the face "hey, this is what happend".
Silent hill 2 was a sequel to both SH 1 and 3. This timeline is fked Silent hill 1-4 most accurate true to self identity. There’s never a specific date in the “Japanese” made games (purposefully) Do not trust whatever other creators make or even the old SH guides Origins and homecoming don’t even bother with those. Silent hill shattered memories, great reimagining. But terrible gameplay Downpour, good story honestly
On the contrary the classic tetralogy is quite good, despite 4 being the black sheep it is still an amazing experience. The western developed games are a mixed bag.
Why don't you actually play them and find out for yourself? Also, 2 just has a massive following for the "symbolism" more than anything. So you know which audience that will bring. Hint, the pretentious overthinkers.
