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[Gintoki313]

Welcome to the Silent Hill Community thread!

In this thread you can talk about everything Silent Hill.

Rules

• Be sure to mark spoilers accordingly. Silent Hill is a very story based game, so we wouldn't want to spoil a game/movie for anyone interested
• Discussion of anything Silent Hill related is allowed. Videogames, movies, books, etc.
• Be respectful, and have fun discussing

What is Silent Hill?
Silent Hill is a psychological survival horror game series.

Do I have to play these games in any order to fully understand it?
No, but there is one exception. It is best to play Silent Hill 1, before Silent Hill 3. Silent Hill 3 is a direct sequel to Silent Hill 1, and uses various imagery/references to Silent Hill 1. So most likely you should play SH1 before 3.

I love the music in Silent Hill. Why is that?
Akira Yamaoka is why. He's highly regarded for the music in Silent Hill. Here's a sample from Silent Hill 3

Alright, you got me. I'm interested in the series now. So where do I start?
Anywhere. If your looking for the best first time experience, then me and probably most Silent Hill fans would recommend Silent Hill 1, 2, and 3. Along with Shattered Memories, if you want something a bit different.

I heard there's a guide to make my experience with Silent Hill 2, 3, and 4 better on PC. Where is it?
Here you go

I saw that Silent Hill 2 and 3 has an HD Collection. Do you recommend it?
No. I would HIGHLY recommend you try it out on PS2 or PC instead. The HD Collection is well known for being very buggy, and having many issues. You can pick it up if you want, but you have been warned.

Is the Silent Hill series completely dead? Has there been any sign of it returning?
Yes! It has been recently announced that a new Silent Hill is being made. The name of the game will be Silent Hills. So far what is known is that Kojima Productions will be developing the game, and Guillermo Del Toro will be involved with the project. With Kojima Productions on board, they will also be bringing their famous Fox Engine. Which is used on the latest Metal Gear Solid games. Norman Reedus who is famous for his role in The Walking Dead, is speculated to be the main character since he was shown in the trailer.

The announcement trailer can be seen here
For the full story on Silent Hills and it's reveal, you can view it here

Silent Hill

Release: Janurary 1999
Platforms: PSX, PSN
Official Trailer

Silent Hill 2

Release: September 2001
Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC
Official Trailer

Silent Hill 3

Release: May 2003
Platforms: PS2, PC
Official Trailer

Silent Hill 4: The Room

Release: June 2004
Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC
Official Trailer

Silent Hill Origins

Release: November 2007
Platforms: PSP, PS2
Official Trailer

Silent Hill Homecoming

Release: September 2008
Platforms: PS3, X360, PC
Official Trailer

Silent Hill Downpour

Release: March 2012
Platforms: PS3, X360
Official Trailer

Silent Hill: Play Novel

Release: March 2001 (JPN)
Platforms: GBA
Gameplay: Visual Novel
Note: This is a Japanese exclusive game, but there is a translation guide for it.

Silent Hill: The Arcade

Release: July 2007 (JPN) / 2008 (EU)
Platforms: Arcade
Gameplay: On-Rail Shooter
Official Trailer

Silent Hill Shattered Memories

Release: December 2009
Platforms: Wii, PS2, PSP
Official Trailer

Silent Hill HD Collection

Release: March 2012
Platforms: PS3, X360
Games Included: Silent Hill 2 / Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill Book of Memories

Release: October 2012
Platforms: PSV, PSN
Official Trailer

Silent Hill: Mobile (Orphan)
Release: November 2007 (EU) / October 2008 (NA)
Platforms: Mobile
Gameplay: First-Person Point and Click

Silent Hill: Mobile 2
Release: September 2008
Platforms: Mobile
Gameplay: First-Person Point and Click

Silent Hill: Mobile 3
Release: March 2010
Platforms: Mobile
Gameplay: First-Person Point and Click

Silent Hill: Escape
Release: Devember 2008
Platforms: iPhone / Ipod Touch
Gameplay: First-Person Shooter

Videos

Making of Silent Hill 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoIJ2EzUtpo
Making of Silent Hill 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1VKvED76WQ
Making of Silent Hill 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH4wOkSzGs
Silent Hill Usagi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0hQf9byfwI
Silent Hill Ki-Ni-No: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70VzcbT0e9o
Silent Hill Fukuro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O-kHCibgYg
Silent Hill Caramel Mix Akira Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdYyfVIhP8
Silent Hill Experience Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262iBUpATRc
Dance Evolution Masters Silent Hill Stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soiVLyYCSlM
Dance Dance Revolution Silent Hill Stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SrWe36y4tQ
Pyramid Head in Krazy Kart Racer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVJR-l58FQ
Silent Hill 4 MTV Official Music Video: http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/...-the-room-taking-back-sunday---silent-hill-mv

Soundtracks

Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2 OST
Silent Hill 3 OST
Silent Hill Origins OST
Silent Hill Shattered Memories OST
Silent Hill Homecoming OST
Silent Hill Downpour
Silent Hill Book of Memories

Films

Silent Hill The Movie – Based on the story of Silent Hill 3
Release: April 2006
Movie Trailer

Silent Hill The Movie 2 Revelations 3D – A sequel to to the Silent Hill film released in 2006
Release: October 2012
Movie Trailer

Silent Hill: The Experience
Release: April 2006
Platforms: PSP
Note: This is a promotional item for the Silent Hill movie, which was released in 2006. It contains music from the Silent Hill games, a collection of digital comics, music videos, and videos/trailers from the games/movie.

Lost Memories: The Art and Music of Silent Hill
Note: A DVD containing the soundtracks, trailers, art, etc. From Silent Hill 1-3.

Books

Silent Hill: The Novel
Silent Hill 2: The Novel
Silent Hill 3: The Novel
Book of Lost Memories
Silent Hill: Dying Inside
Silent Hill: Among the Damned
Silent Hill: Paint It Black
Silent Hill: The Grinning Man
Silent Hill: Dead/Alive
Silent Hill: Hunger
Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward
Silent Hill: Past Life

 

[djshauny]

Good thread. Subbed

 

[Jawmuncher]

I love Silent Hill.
Still haven't played 1, 2, 3, or The Room yet.
I played everything else though.

Spoiler

I know I need to rectify this.

 

[Gintoki313]

I'd like to ask if anyone can help me come up with the title? I couldn't think of any good ones.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'd like to ask if anyone can help me come up with the title? I couldn't think of any good ones.

There was a title here it's gone now.

 

[Jocchan]

I'd like to ask if anyone can help me come up with the title? I couldn't think of any good ones.

There Was a Series Here.

 

[vocab]

How is Book of Memories?

 

[SuicidalSteve]

Love it

 

[addik]

Yay! Now I have a place to express my fanboyism about this series.

Spoiler

and to further debate how Shattered Memories was actually a good game

 

[Silky]

Silent Hill 4 is a great game, and I consider it to be much more interesting than the first two titles. I really wish people would stop ignoring it.

Shattered Memories was good too.

But of course 2 & 3 were the GOATS.

My friend is letting me borrow Downpour, and believe it or not it's pretty servicable. Obviously the weakest SH title, but it's a step up from Origins/Homecoming. I think if you look at it as a different horror title you'll find something special.

Book of Memories is shit.

HD collection is shit.

The movies are good.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I'd like to ask if anyone can help me come up with the title? I couldn't think of any good ones.

Silent Hill - There was a community here. Is gone now.

Edit: beaten two times!

 

[djshauny]

There was a title here it's gone now.

^^This

 

[Tidus_Great]

Silent Hill 2 is amazing.
shattered memories and SH3 are pretty solid
downpour was awful.

i'm hoping we get a next gen silent hill more the style of SH2 and SH3

 

[ULTROS!]

I love Silent Hill.
Still haven't played 1, 2, 3, or The Room yet.
I played everything else though.

Spoiler

I know I need to rectify this.

Yes you need to.

1, 2, and 3 are the superior SH games.

 

[AmethystEnd]

How is Book of Memories?

Book of Memories is fun but I don't consider it Silent Hill at all. It's very much a fanservice game and I appreciate that. I loved the music in it, which surprised me, since I didn't expect much.

I really dislike the weapon system in it (durability based and shit breaks permanently) and the load times are godawful.

I still spent probably 100+ hours in it and I haven't seen everything.

Any way, great community thread. Subscribed. I've played every Silent Hill game that has come to America and love talking about them. There's not a single Silent Hill I dislike.

 

[Trigger]

There Was a Series Here.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Great thread! I love Silent Hill.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

I'd like to ask if anyone can help me come up with the title? I couldn't think of any good ones.

They look like monsters to you?

 

[Jawmuncher]

Yes you need to.

1, 2, and 3 are the superior SH games.

I was all pumped and ready to go for the HD collection and we know how that went.
I have Silent Hill 1 on PS3/Vita but I feel it would be wrong to play and not be able to jump into the others behind it. Thinking of tracking the PC copies down after seeing the guide to a better HD collection.

 

[Acquiescence]

2 > Shattered Memories > 1 > Downpour > 3 >>> Homecoming >>>>>> The Room

I'll play Origins when it hits PSN.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Can I taint this thread by saying I had fun with Origins+Homecoming+Downpour?

4 is the worst game in the series but I do love the athmosphere. First 3 are the best tho. Wasn't a big fan of SM and haven't tried Book of Memories yet.

Second movie is the absolute worst out of this series. That movie was BAAAAAAAAAAAAD :lol.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

I was all pumped and ready to go for the HD collection and we know how that went.
I have Silent Hill 1 on PS3/Vita but I feel it would be wrong to play and not be able to jump into the others behind it. Thinking of tracking the PC copies down after seeing the guide to a better HD collection.

I am lucky I still have my original psone version and ps2 collection so I can play on my old crt tv in its splendor

 

[Gintoki313]

Silent Hill 4 is a great game, and I consider it to be much more interesting than the first two titles. I really wish people would stop ignoring it.

Shattered Memories was good too.

But of course 2 & 3 were the GOATS.

My friend is letting me borrow Downpour, and believe it or not it's pretty servicable. Obviously the weakest SH title, but it's a step up from Origins/Homecoming. I think if you look at it as a different horror title you'll find something special.

Book of Memories is shit.

HD collection is shit.

The movies are good.

I'm currently playing SH4, and I like it. Well... the first half of it. Once

Spoiler

Eileen started following me around, it got really tedious

. Also,

Spoiler

going through every level again. Then you have long coat guy or a

ghost chasing me around the level. The ghosts are so annoying in the game.

I liked SH4 too, but it just has a lot of annoyance's. It would have been great if they took out the ghosts.

 

[moltonasty]

It's a fact that 1-3 are the best, but I really enjoyed origins, and homecoming as well. They both really nailed the feel and atmosphere IMO.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Since others are doing it, I may as well post my ranking:

2=3>1>4>Downpour>Origins>Homecoming>Shattered Memories=Book of Memories

Not interested in arguing over which game is best because I love them all, but the above is how I personally feel.

 

[Garcia]

Great thread! Excellent

 

[Saphirax]

I'd like to ask if anyone can help me come up with the title? I couldn't think of any good ones.

The most famous line from the games!

"They look like monsters to you?"

Spoiler

I really like that line, despite it being slightly overused.

 

[Silky]

3=2 > 4 > SM > Downpour > 1 > Origins > Homecoming > Book of Memories

 

[UrbanRats]

Reposting this from my last playthrough of Sh1:

Harry's understatement made me laugh.

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Also, 2>1=3>4>>Shattered Memories>Downpour>>>Homecoming.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I am lucky I still have my original psone version and ps2 collection so I can play on my old crt tv in its splendor

I had a million times in the past to grab 2, 3, and The Room at gamestop during B2G1 free but never pulled the trigger for some reason. When I finally wanted to they no longer had any copies. It's a shame Konami isn't trying to make them easier to obtain after they messed up the HD collection release.

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From the SH Games I have Played

Downpour > Shattered Memories > Origins > Book of Memories/Homecoming.

The first 3 games here I actually really enjoyed a lot. Origins was actually my first SH game and got me into the other titles. Homecoming is the only game that I really didn't like. People think RE5 being an action game is bad Homecoming was all over the place with what it wanted to be. Lumped it in with Book of Memories since it's in the same boat. it's just all over the place.

 

[OverBlood 3]

After replaying the 2nd one a few months back, I finally got around to playing 3 and 4 for the first time. Three had some amazing atmosphere but the story was ehhh, 4 was brilliant and great right up to the point where my PS3 died, ended up having to watch the last part of the game on youtube.

The biggest surprise really was how much I enjoyed Downpour, went on a bit too long and it obviously didn't live up to the previous games but I thought it looked pretty great and played well for the most part. I still have Origins, Homecoming (which I don't like so far), Shattered Memories and...Book of M

Spoiler

ammar

ies to finish (not a great silent hill game but and okayish dungeon crawler).

Still absolutely my favourite game series, anyone reckon they'll make another one?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

1 still the best. I don't understand the praise 2 gets, compared to 1 there's barely any gameplay, and shooting, smashing, slashing has really bad stiff animation.

1>>>2

 

[Gintoki313]

Guess I should do a ranking too.

SH2 = 1 > Downpour > Homecoming > Origins > SH4

I surprisingly, haven't played 3 yet. I can't find a copy of it anywhere. I've been borderline tempted to pick up the HD Collection just for it. I'll find one eventually. If all else fails, I can just order it online and hope it's in good condition.

EDIT: I found this funny when I was playing through SH4.

Go on...

 

[impact]

Can't believe it's such a hassle to play these classics on any kind of modern hardware. Would love to do a replay of 2, 3, 4 but it's too much work.

2 > 3 > 4 > 1 >>>>>>>> shit >> Downpour > SM >> Homecoming

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

I'd love to go back in time just so I can play these games during that era of horror games.

 

[Tidus_Great]

1 still the best. I don't understand the praise 2 gets, compared to 1 there's barely any gameplay, and shooting, smashing, slashing has really bad stiff animation.

1>>>2

2 had great atmosphere, story, puzzles and characters.
combat was pretty lousy but i dont think combat has ever been the appeal of SH

 

[SargerusBR]

SH2 is still the king.

 

[OverBlood 3]

Can't believe how low 4 is being rated, it has the best story of all the silent hill games in my opinion, it's also weird as shit. Sure the ghosts were absolutely dreadful but I loved everything else about the game.

 

[Jocchan]

Reposting this from my last playthrough of Sh1:

Harry's understatement made me laugh.

Yeah, he seems a bit oblivious sometimes.

 

[Sgblues]

Finally, a community thread for Silent Hill, glad its here, subbed.

 

[Gintoki313]

There was a title here it's gone now.

They look like monsters to you?

The most famous line from the games!

"They look like monsters to you?"

Spoiler

I really like that line, despite it being slightly overused.

Not sure which to choose. They're both good.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Not sure which to choose. They're both good.

My vote goes to "There was a title here...It's gone now."

 

[SargerusBR]

Thread need moar Mira love

 

[Haeralis The BRave]

There are not many franchises which I love more than Silent Hill. Everything about the first four is just so filled with depth and a sort of surreal beauty. The soundtracks are GOAT too. I wish that the series could get back on its feet.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

The most famous line from the games!

Huh? Radio? What's going on with that radio?

 

[SolidSnakex]

There are not many franchises which I love more than Silent Hill. Everything about the first four is just so filled with depth and a sort of surreal beauty. The soundtracks are GOAT too. I wish that the series could get back on its feet.

Konami still employs several key figures from the original four games, and Yamaoka has said that he'd compose another game if he were asked. So, it's possible but everything is up to Konami.

 

[Chabbles]

I was looking through that thread/Guide linked in the OP "The Silent Hill 2, 3 & 4 PC thread - A guide to a better HD Collection"
Some of the links for the files needed for SH3 and 4 are missing/broken.

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

Can I ask a question here please:

Would someone please explain what the hell possessed Konami to insist on most of the recent SH entries to be Western developed? What happened to the classic SH team?

For some reason they became fixated on the idea that the series needed a new dev team despite the fact that the games were splendid to begin with and had no major shortcomings.

 

[Saphirax]

Huh? Radio? What's going on with that radio?

Ok, ok , ONE OF the most famous lines.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Konami still employs several key figures from the original four games, and Yamaoka has said that he'd compose another game if he were asked. So, it's possible but everything is up to Konami.

I really hope they do something with Fox Engine. SH looks like it would work great with that.