If you peer through the bloody peephole, you see Henry with his eyes gouged out murmuring the 21 sacraments. That was the best "haunting"

Couldn't care less what people think of this game, it's a masterpiece and the very last true Silent Hill entry.

It’s nice to see this game getting the more well thought out praise it deserves. Nice vid you earned my sub.

finally got around to giving this game a chance and finished it last night, Watching this video brought a huge smile to my face. I felt exactly the same way. I love how you analyzed the game for what it IS and not how it “should” have followed its predecessors. This game will always stick with me for its OWN reasons, as did SH2 stuck with me for its own and so on so forth. As frustrating as this game was, the anxiety & “scaryness” this game trifled me with was fucking insane. might be shot for saying this but in my opinion, this was the scariest one out of the series. Absolute brilliant video man thank you for this !

I've always been under the impression that Henry is a hikikomori. His poor social skills and affectless personality are indicators. He has no real familial or social attachments. His career is distant from human interaction, mainly employed to photograph landscapes. Talk about the ultimate violation for someone suffering from this condition! His home is being invaded from every angle. His self-imposed prison is physically, _violently_ manifested. He's forced out in every way, to interact with a living nightmare! [Broken to hide spoilers. Also, edits.] But sometimes, that's what Silent Hill is trying to do. Just like the Sunderland case, the power there is trying to show the called their flaws and sins. Although their suffering is great, the good endings reward and repair them. Henry stepped out into the daylight, and sought out Eileen. He doesn't need to be shut-in any longer, there's a whole world outside that damned apartment. All that aside, excellent essay! You've done a great job illustrating the claustrophobia and paranoia of having your space invaded.

I have a deep, irrational fear of some murderer or monstrosity just opening my door and turbo-murdering me while I'm just minding my own business watching yt videos in my room or something, and I haven't even played this game.

"We all like to think of ourselves as the main characters of our lives. But for most events outside our purview we are at best supporting characters where we are forced to be the main perspective character give that we're hopelessly shackled by our main perspective view." This guy has got bars

Why is SH4 so underrated? I actually love it so much that I ended up prefering it over SH2, but that's just my opinion! The game is so immersive, atmospheric and also unnerving pratically all the time, the story is just genius and characters are very well constructed. Not to mention the soundtrack, perfect just as in the previous games.

Amazing video mate, silent hill 4 is criminally underrated. I would say that jts the last truly great silent hill game.

Probably the best SH4 analysis out there, and I've seen a LOT. Looking forward to more stuff from you!

I remember listening to this vid while dealing with finals around when it came out and in a way made me appreciate my home in an unexpected way

I'll defend this "black sheep" of the series till the day I die.

I'll be honest i did not realise we were playing as Joseph at the beginning, i thought that was just Henry having a nightmare. You learn something new everyday.

One of my favorites, it has a lot of things in common with P.T. You might not believe me but play it yourself and you will know what I mean.

This game was far beyond its time, great video man!

MAN this video is so well done!!! I cant stop watching it. I come back to it from time to time just to experience how well its made and how you talk about the strange world of silent hill 4.

Almost everything I see on this game seems to be how it is, as you said, the weakest game of the original era, so it's refreshing to see the game dissected for what it is, not what it isn't. I actually think building a horror structure off of the conceit of "home" and the ideas and comforts it should represent is fascinating and it feels like a fresh and innovative concept even after all this time. I hope more people, especially people who skipped this game due to the negative discourse around it, can see this video and give it a chance. I feel like too often the flaws of a game become the only conversation around it, especially in a long running series.

So strange to see a song from Silent Hill 4's soundtrack in my recommended which led me to this video right after trapping a literal snake in my kitchen. My safe place isn't safe anymore. 😑

Number 4 is one of my favorites. It is still creepy down to this day.

I thoroughly enjoyed your commentary throughout this video, especially how deeply thoughtful it was and as a fellow deep thinker!! I loved it!!

I always loved how weird and unforgiving Silent Hill 4 felt. Back when I first got it on Xbox my friends from school started to shit all over it because it was so different to the other 3 games at the time. I kept with it and found something truly special in SH4.

This is hands down *the* best video essay on a favorite game of mine. Absolutely brilliant.

Dude, I was legitimately writing a video essay for SH4 but then I happened upon this video. You highlight literally each aspect I was going to cover. Nice damn work. Thank you for this video. Now I can focus on writing another project.

Silent hill 4 was the first silent hill game I ever played , getting me interested in these games

Wow i though this would have way more views. This video is a amazing explanation of the story of silent hill four, your vioice kept my attention the whole time. I will definitely be checking out more of your videos cheers!

It's so good to see other people appreciating this masterpiece as it should be. ❤

This is really great!!!! Love this take on Silent Hill 4!

the algorhythm brought me here late but it brought me here nonetheless! Excellent video! i never get tired of watching silent hill anaylsis. it keeps the series/story alive.

After playing Resident Evil 4, I thought I could never be scared by a game again... then I played SH:4. It's unnerving to say the least. You're never truly safe!

Great video... Sh 4 was one of my favorite games that I played despite of some flaws... It's masterpiece

You have so few subs and views, but make no mistake, this is one of the best breakdown videos of Silent hill 4 that I've ever seen. The original team silent was MASTERFUL at psychological horror and narration. The techniques utilised really made the story elevated. Its one of those stories in which every person can come up with their own interpretation due to the ambiguous nature of the narration. Thank you for such a great vid. If you have anymore on silent hill then please inform me.

nice epilogue dude love your take on SH4

I'll never get over how Japan does so well with taking something that should be safe and turns it completely around on you, bathrooms, apartments, etc. Be it the Silent Hill series, or films like Cure or Pulse, they just understand how to create horror in such a subtle way that the west never has.

This vid needs atleast 500K views.Well done mate!!

oh man, this is exactly the kind of sh4 analysis i’ve been looking for for years. i have a lot of thoughts on this game and its strange oneiric storytelling, but i feel like i’m always chasing commentary that doesn’t mire itself in diagesis or plot details or worst of all, lore. even the better class of videos on it focus heavily on subversion through gameplay, which is great and true, but what you’ve done here is REALLY chew into the heart of metaphor and make articulate, persuasive points that i’ve never heard before. this was excellent my dude

Oh dang I didn’t see this coming! This is only other SH game I’ve played as well xD

Brother I love your video! Thank you very much!

I'm gonna steal "The Lie We Call home," for a song title. Sounds really cool.

Great video overall! Silent hill is a series i really need to get back into.

Excellent analysis of a very underrated game. While not my personal favorite SH installment, SH4 still terrifies me whenever I think about going back to the room only to find the walls be infested with ghosts. Thank you!

I love silent hill. Ever since completing the first one on ps2. The world the mystery just draws me in.

Good video. Makes me want to play it.

i wonder if Fatal Frame 3 nightmare-real life concept inspired by this. although in Fatal Frame 3 the scare more effective because we're not prepared at all unlike SH4 which gave us foreshadowing with the intro

Amazing video brother ! I love SH4 , but I rarely play it. To me it’s the hardest and most uncomfortable SH to play . Very anxiety inducing , it’s not even fun lol . It’s a very special game , but they might of gone too far with SH4 lol. That’s what makes it so special and important .

This game deserves a remake.. keep it original and include everything they wanted in it before they were told no, too scary… and also, include what they wanted to do, but couldn’t thanks to Konamis impatience for them to work and completely execute this masterpiece.

you made me love this game probably more the og 1-2-3..

Silent hill is amazing and scary and kicks ass

This is a really good video. I was in some situations lately where home was both a burden to go back to but also other places I ventured to as a replacement were in shit, so it created a lot of discomfort. The Pandemic makes this more apparent. I never made it too far into this game. I did watch all the cutscenes later, though. Some of the stuff about the villain did resonate quite a bit. I always felt the intro to this game was fantastic. I think the two headed monsters are some of the scariest in gaming too. But I think I was a bit worn on the series by the time I played the game, and some frustrations like the puzzles in the prison level, just turned me away from ever finishing the game.

Got this randomly suggested in m my feed and was not diamond, have my subscription!

What a fucking ending monologue dude woaw shit, that was breathtaking

I love this!

great video...

I have enjoyed your version 👍

Awesome video dude! I didn’t like this game my first playthrough but now I wanna give it another go 😂

Ayo he made a vid hype!

Commenting just to support great content.

How you gonna do a whole analysis on the room in SH4 without mentioning that Walter thought the apartment itself was his mom. Very blatantly, in the source material, multiple times: Walter thinks this room is his ma and he is ritualistically murdering 21 people (including himself) to revive his mompartment.

Its nice to see a review that focuses on the good aspects of this game rather than just complaining about all the stuff it did wrong. I mean yeah, it has flaws, quite a few in fact, yet it has some really cool qualities as well.

I like the Steins;Gate music playing in the intro

Even with a gaping hole in the wall? I'm still taking that shit before I head into another dimension

Unfortunately, I couldn't complete the game. I was playing pass-the-pad style and neither of us could stab the subway ghost, which made the level pretty much unplayable, the unpolished aspects were grating, and the magic of the apartment sections had worn off. I still really appreciate dissections because I feel it could have been so much better, and there's so much to learn from it - those first-person sections defined survival horror in the 2010s.

Excellent analysis and video. 8/10. Would've been a flawless video had it not been for some of your findings. One thing I dislike about the fandom surrounding the Silent Hill franchise is some of the liberties people take in interpreting how things are presented within the games. I know it's set up that way in many cases, but some things are just inarguable. Case and point..... "black"....."patch".... behind the dresser? It's an obvious attempt at digging a hole through the wall, and from what can be discerned from it, it took a hell of a lot of effort. The small hole that he managed to create that allows for one to peer through to the room ahead was the BEST Joseph could do, and shows that whatever had a hold of the room had reinforced the walls. That said, it being hidden behind the dresser could merely be rationalized away as nothing more than parts of the other world manifesting into the current room. And no, what I'm saying is not repeating your "corruption and spreading it" point, as it's actually quite pure, in every sense of the word - I'm not concerned for norms and customs regarding ettiquette and being proper in cases such as these, I'm only worried for what's factually, and objectively right, and in this instance, if you have Cthulu terrorizing you in your room, and all other attempts to get in contact with me, your next door neighbor, has failed, I don't give a crap how you go about doing it or if you find me in the craziest, compromised position.....KNOCK MY ENTIRE WALL OUT IF YOU HAVE TO IN ORDER TO WARN ME THAT THAT IT AIN'T SAFE HERE ANYMORE. We'll make it out of here together, no questions asked, even if it means leaving a trail of toilet paper all the way back to the bathroom I came out of. Decency? Privacy? Perspective, opinions, and point of view? What? Man, forget all of that. I only want the RIGHT conclusion - get me out of there. Literally, if you blew through my wall and I could plainly see demons, blood guts and ass flying out of the area you just came from, I'm not asking you a motherfuckin thing, we're both out of there. That's it. And anyone with any sense would do the same.

Great video, really good analysis. You really made an effort to break down all the details. Your Declan be a little over the top sometimes; aggressively stressed words, stretched out phrases at the end of sentences. Just an observation.

Lowkey I kinda love 4 more than 1.

walter sullivan looks like the lead singer of Korn.

Kotomine Kirei Analysis (Part 2), please.

What's the music thats played at the very start of the video?

Super creepy game

The best part about Silent Hill 4 was the Silent Hill 4 music video

The BEST Silent Hill game ever

silent hill 4 is same as resident evil 4 DIFFIRENT BUT GOOD

I really wish they'd make a remake and do it justice. Its a good story but needs a competent team who have a love for the craft of gaming, understanding of psychology and horror. The games lazy audio, color grading and mechanics over shadow the wonderful isolated plot

This game is great bro much scarier than 2 and 3

I've never played a Silent Hill game

I am not sure how I feel about SH4 If the gameplay was up to par with the other games it would probably be my second favorite after Sh2. I really enjoyed everything about the room,it does make me feel at home lol But I wish either that the shitty gameplay mechanics were better or that the whole game took place in the room

Number 1 dan number 4 is the best silent hill for me. Played 3 but couldn't connect with the protagonist.

Glad to see some Silent Hill 4 defenses popping up in the last year. It's obviously the weakest of the original 4, but very much worth a play through at least once.

the only silent hill I never finished...I get what it is going for, but I just think it's frustrating

I definitely don't think this game was as good as the prior 3, but it scared me the most between walking around the apartment in first person view and the enemies (especially the ones who could only be put down temporarily). It's inferior overall to the first 3 but completely shits on every SH game after still.

The worst thing that happened with silent hill was having more specific traditions. Not saying 4 is a masterpiece, but I've seen what happens when traditions exist for their own sake.

You haven't been on forever world podcast In a while where you disappear to shintai?

Frank Sinatra's "Balls in Yo Jaws" used to play at my uncle's house all the time when I was young! I remember him picking me up in his van after t-ball practice, it was cool because it always had candy! It reminds me of him. ...after his passing it turned out he wasn't actually related to me? Take a listen. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNmeerFoktCnias.html

I remember the first half of the game being really cool and interesting but the 2nd half is where I just lost interest. I recall being bored a lot of the time and Eileen being annoying plus the lack of health regen in the room and the general obtuse nature in some parts plus stalker enemies really annoyed me. I do think the game's concept is really cool since I can connect to it now more than ever.

Yooooo

Very poetic, but you missed the pay off! The home is a sacred space. The terror and vulnerability of ones home being infiltrated, be it physically or a manifestation of trauma and emotion, either psychological or supernatural is horrifying, no doubt. BUT you neglected the rest of the narrative and how it ties in to Walter to bring us to the apex of the story!

Who noticed that the apartment is the same as Jeffrey Dahmer's ?

It's a good game but I dont class it as silent hill , just doesnt have the same feel but it's good none the less

The toilet bit is a bit if a laughable stretch. It could've been as simple as giving a story reason for Henry getting the plumbing pipe. Hole just appeared in the middle of his plumbing. Not everything has a deep meaning

Personally, I didn't like the direction they went with Silent Hill 4. It felt too "game like" with the hub world of the apartment. I hated the inventory screen, since it was in game. Also the ghost enemies able to harm you by just being next to you, and being unstoppable, was more annoying than scary. Combat was clunky in a bad way, with its destructible weapons. Also, having to revist each location twice, just felt like cheap game design. The narrative choice to have Walter believe room 302 was his mother is just baffling, perhaps it was a translation issue. Like it was actually a way to get back to his mother, but that got lost in translation. I couldn't get past these hiccups and never finished the game, even though I pre-ordered it.

The game came out in 2004 so a spoiler warning is stupid for a game that’s almost 20 years old.