Silent Hill?
Anyone else on here play these games?
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I did remember watching my cousin play them. I never under-stood them, I still don't. What's the plot meant to be? All I understand is you're a guy/girl with a peice of wood or an iron bar killing freaky things with huge peices of red things in them/on them.
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The only one I've actually properly played is SH 4. The others I found them too hard to get anywhere(mainly because I played them as a young lad :)).
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Silent Hill 2 is the best Survival Horror game ever made.
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I've only played the first two games. When I bought Silent Hill 2 for Xbox, it was almost unbearable to play. Not because it was a bad game, but because It scared the hell out of me. Whenever that radio started jingling, I couldn't help but freak out. Nonetheless, I made it a requirement to play at night with the lights off. It still stands as the only game that has actually frightened me.
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The first game is classic. Very original.
The only thing I like about Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is Pyramid Head. Best monster in the series EVER. I prefer the third game myself. Best storyline, in my opinion. Those Closer monsters: sooo cute (In a stomach-churning sort of way)! Silent Hill 4: The Room was not even like a Silent Hill game. It was never scary. Ever since Akira Yamaoka became the producer, the series went straight to Hell. The trailer was better than the game itself. I've beaten Silent Hill 2 four times this summer, Silent Hill 3 eight times, and Silent Hill 4 three times. Yeah, I have had a sloooow summer.... |
I didn't play silent hill because the preview alone scared the shite out of me.
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I've only played the first, but the whole series is a classic. The radio thing is pure genius. I intend to buy the second one NOW and steal back my copy of the original from my friend.
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Maybe I've gotten softer over the years. |
The scariest part of Silent Hill 4 was the terrible escort missions (*rimshot* I got a million of 'em, folks!). However, I loved how SH4 delved into the mystery of Walter Sullivan and explained why there were two Pyramid Heads in SH2 (one for Walter, one for James).
Silent Hill 3 had the best monster design, barring Pyramid Head, but it was a little on the short side. Silent Hill 2 had the best plot, in my opinion. I mean, you could write a senior thesis on this thing (and I only say this half-jokingly, because you probably could do that). Unfortunately, I've never been able to play the original Silent Hill. |
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From http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/f...ill_2_gh_a.txt From the evidence in the "Misty day, remains of the Judgment" painting in the Historical Society and the scaffold in Toluca Prison, these Pyramid Heads are the executioners from times past. They originally date back to the Civil War in the 1800's and were satanic men who crafted in skewerings and hangings of Civil War prisoners. The purpose of these "pyramid heads" to James is to execute him for his crimes. And to show him this, there's the repeated death of Maria, whom is very identical to Mary, and are ways to remind James of him killing Mary, which shows him why he deserves to die. So because of this, he suffers from the possible consequence of being executed by the "pyramid heads" for his sins. The Pyramid Heads also repetitively show James reenactments of his life by killing and harassing monsters, especially in the apartments. This is to remind James of his own personality. The first encounter with Pyramid Head behind the bars has a clear representation. If James is to just stand still, looking at Pyramid Head, it works just as a mirror, but a mirror of his personality. Pyramid Head is a clear representation of James' cruel personality. And by trying to kill James, Pyramid Head gives James a glimpse of what he' did to Mary. James asks Eddie about the red pyramid head thing in the apartments, but he doesn't know what he's talking about. Eddie never does see the red creature because pyramid head is a representation of James; committing sexual acts and murder. Eddie is only a murderer and doesn't really have sexual desire, or doesn't show it. |
That's just one person's opinion. You should form your own instead of copying and pasting someone else's. Besides, your link doesn't work.
While this guy's analysis makes sense, I believe that my theory is just as valid. I have reasons too... The fact that Walter owned a Great Knife (found in the storage room for Walter's corpse in Room 302) explains why James only ran across one knife in the entire game. Both men, who were murderers, had their own psychological burden to carry. Assuming you acquired The Great Knife in SH2, the weapon itself almost becomes this bizarre manifestation of the oppressive guilt that James experiences (or in Walter's case, his self-appointed duty to reunite himself with his mother) and it's cumbersome nature only reinforces the old metaphor of "a cross to bare." Needless to say, both James and Walter had their own "crosses" to bare. Aside from physical proof, more damning evidence for my little theory comes from newspaper article found in the trash of the apartments. According to the article, Walter witnessed a "red demon," who is of course a/the Pyramid Head, before murdering Billy and Miriam. If what the fellow you linked to says is true, then he would have have had six Pyramid Heads following him by the time he got to Billy and Miriam, his seventh and eighth victims, instead of only one. His killings didn't occur in a single, fail swoop, so he must have felt the guilt from his six previous victims individually. Now, assuming what this analysis said is true, he would have had a veritable army of Pyramid Heads stalking him at all times, as the analysis assumes that James has one Pyramid Head for each murder. After that, Walter kills three more people, but is only convicted for Billy and Miriam's murders. His eleventh kill, his Assumption, works out perfectly as he can kill himself before his trial and fulfill his Assumption rites. Cue the murders of SH4, Walter is in spirit form, blah blah blah. Now, I'm a little foggy on the subject, but I believe Walter was spotted dragging a large object (a Great Knife) up the stairwell to Room 302 before (or maybe during, I can't remember when) his final ten murders. Anyway, his personal Pyramid Head must have still been alive, as he obviously had to confront it to obtain the knife. Had there been ten (give or take, depending on when he returned to Silent Hill to retrieve the knife) Pyramid Heads, one for each murder, stalking him around, I highly doubt he would have escaped Silent Hill alive; he did have to drag that ridiculously heavy knife around, after all. My point being that it seems more logical (to me at least), that one Pyramid Head would be assigned to a person, rather than one per person per sinful deed. However... Many other theories of Pyramid Head abound. For example, some people think that they are the innumerable minions of Samael, sent to Silent Hill to punish sinners. Stemming from this theory is the belief that every Pyramid Head James sees is different, rather than him being chased around by only one or two. Others think that they act as neutral guardians, protecting Silent Hill's secrets from outsiders, while some think that they aren't guardians or punishers or anything of the sort, and instead are malevolent spirits whose sole purpose is to drive humans mad. Some think that they are only in James's imagination, while others think that Pyramid Head and Valtiel are one in the same, and are permenant residents of Silent Hill instead of visions. No one can really say for sure what he/they is/are, and that's part of the charm of Pyramid Head. I think our inner fanboy/girl is showing, Ann. Let's see some FF fan delve this deeply into the psychological lore surrounding Sephiroth. :p [/nerd] |