User:Finnius14

"You sick fuck!
 * —Myself quoting Alex every time we fight the Sepulcher"

I've played a bit of 1, all of 2, all of 3, all of 4 (several times), all of Homecoming (a lot), none of Origins, all of Shattered Memories and all of Downpour (several times). I started with the later installments, and I'm glad I did, because although I don't like the early installments as much as the people that started with them, I like all of the games. The later installments are my favorites, but I still appreciate the older ones, where as someone who started with the first couple or has played them chronologically may not appreciate the newer ones. I beat them in this order: 4, Homecoming, 2, 3, Shattered Memories, Downpour.

I like Silent Hill because it is wonderfully imaginative and and a lot of it is up for interpretation. For the most part, it has kept its routes as a psychological horror game, where as Resident Evil has strayed into an action-packed shooter series. Another reason I like Silent Hill better than Resident Evil and most other horror games is because in those games, everything has an in-depth explanation, and everything is on a huge scale of events that will never happen, like a zombie apocalypse or a viral outbreak of some parasite. Silent Hill has so many different explanations for every monster, every character and every event, and you as the player get to choose which one you think is right. Silent Hill also tackles inner conflicts that could happen to anyone, although not too many people kill their little brother or something like that. It still speaks to the inner mind. Silent Hill is the only horror game I know that does that, besides maybe Indigo Prophecy or something.

My Favorites
Silent Hills (In order) (I haven't played enough of 1 or Origins to rank them on this list)
 * Silent Hill: Homecoming
 * Silent Hill: Downpour
 * Silent Hill 4: The Room
 * Silent Hill 2
 * Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
 * Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill Characters (In no order)
 * Douglas Cartland - Didn't appear enough for my tastes.
 * Vincent Smith - Really different than any other Silent Hill character.
 * Henry Townshend - "What the hell?"
 * Eileen Galvin - Not a bad sidekick.
 * Cynthia Velasquez - I'm a pervert.
 * Joseph Schreiber - One of the coolest characters in all of Silent Hill.
 * Alex Shepherd - Super bad ass.
 * Deputy Wheeler - Hilarious and black.
 * Adam Shepherd - I actually like this guy.
 * Murphy Pendleton - Very realistic and a chill dude.
 * Howard Blackwood - Stares death in the face for the sake of delivering mysterious mail.

Silent Hill Monsters and Bosses (In no order)
 * Pyramid Head - I don't like him as much as most people do, but he's still pretty cool.
 * Closer - Like the name especially.
 * Andrew DeSalvo's ghost - If he appeared in a darker area he would've been ten times more terrifying, which is saying something.
 * Twin Victims - Same as above. Silent Hill 4 in general just wasn't dark enough.
 * Caliban - Never actually played Origins, but these guys are awesome-looking.
 * Schism - One of the more creative monsters in my opinion.
 * Nurse - Specifically the one from Homecoming. The shadow fetus was a nice touch.
 * Scarlet - The entire fight was terrifying on my first play through.

Silent Hill Songs (In no order)
 * "Theme of Laura" - Who doesn't like this song?
 * "Angel's Thanatos" - Rock on.
 * "Silent Circus" - I used to start new games just to hear this song. One of the creepiest songs I've ever heard.
 * "The Suicidal Clock Chime" - Don't listen to this alone in the dark.
 * "Wounded Warsong" - Doesn't really sound like a Silent Hill song, but I really like it.
 * "The Terminal Show" - Really fit this game. Very sad.
 * "Witchcraft" - Creepy.
 * The song from the Scarlet fight - I don't know the name.
 * "Clowning Around With Monsters" - lolwut?

Videogames (In order)
 * Kingdom Hearts II
 * Final Fantasy XII
 * Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
 * Resident Evil 4
 * Half Life 2
 * Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
 * Mafia II
 * Silent Hill: Homecoming
 * Yoshi's Island
 * L.A. Noire

Songs (In order)
 * "Only in Dreams" - Weezer
 * "Inertiatic E.S.P." - The Mars Volta
 * "In Absentia" - The Mars Volta
 * "Annie-Dog" - Smashing Pumpkins
 * "Zed and Two Naughts" - The Mars Volta
 * "Pennies" - Smashing Pumpkins
 * "Aegis" - The Mars Volta
 * "Once Upon a Time" - Smashing Pumpkins
 * "Repeaterbeater" - Mew
 * "Tyrant Destroyed" - Twin Shadow

Albums (In order)
 * Octahedron - The Mars VoltaComatorium.jpg
 * Noctourniquet - The Mars Volta
 * De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta
 * In/Casino/Out - At the Drive-In
 * Amputechture - The Mars Volta
 * Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
 * The Bedlam in Goliath - The Mars Volta
 * Xenophanes - Omar Rodriguez Lopez
 * Calibration - Omar Rodriguez Lopez
 * Teen Dream - Beach House

Bands & Musicians (In no order)
 * The Mars Volta
 * At the Drive-In
 * Omar Rodriguez Lopez
 * Smashing Pumpkins
 * Beach House
 * RX Bandits
 * Zechs Marquise
 * Deerhunter
 * System of a Down
 * Outkast



Videogame Soundtracks (In no order)
 * Kingdom Hearts II - Yoko Shimomura
 * Final Fantasy XII - Hitoshi Sakimoto
 * Final Fantasy VI - Nobuo Uematsu
 * All Donkey Kong Country games - David Wise
 * All Silent Hill games - Akira Yamaoka & Daniel Licht
 * Bioshock - David Schyman
 * All Hitman games - Jesper Kyd
 * Mafia - Vladmir Simunek
 * Resident Evil 4 - Misao Senbongi & Shusaku Uchiyama
 * Metroid Prime 3 - Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano & Masaru Tajima

My Creations
I've actually created a couple monsters for my own Silent Hill fantasies, and I'd like to share some of them with those who will read. It wouldn't really make sense for me to share the symbolism without sharing the whole story, so just use your imaginations and know that everything in my creations has just as much symbolism as a real Silent Hill monster.


 * The Zygote is a small, spider-like creature that looks like a baby crawling on its hands and knees except it has a set of pincers like that of an insect where its head should be. The Zygotes are often found in pairs or groups of three, as they are easily defeated.
 * The Cerberus is a large black dog that seems normal until its head splits into three sections, the left upper jaw, right upper jaw, and lower jaw. These sections are toothed, and a long tongue can be seen protruding from a narrow hole in the back of the beast’s throat. It can wrap the three sections around an unlucky victim's leg or head, suck on their face and bite their head off.
 * The Coiffeur is an emaciated humanoid monster with grey skin and a very bony build. It wears a black sack over its head that seems tied to it by the neck, as if a captive. Its hands are missing, instead having two very long blades attached to its wrists. There is a hinge that connects the two near the middle of the blades, making them similar in shape and function to a giant pair of scissors. The Coiffeur often has the blades clasped and wields them similarly to how the Bogeyman wields the Great Knife, dragging the blades across the floor and swinging them like a giant sword. However, the Coiffeur sometimes unclasps the blades to decapitate his foe. He also blocks with the blades, holding the clasped blades in front of his head and midriff, but if his defenses are battered enough, the hinge will break, freeing his hands, allowing him to attack with two unconnected blades, making him much faster and more dangerous. In this form, the Coiffeur runs quickly and swings his blades around wildly.
 * The Mantis is a monster seemingly comprised of two people fused together. A female body is in a squatting position with the male’s torso attached to the female’s buttocks, while the pair’s legs have been fused. The male swings loosely behind the female, using its hands as a second pair of legs. The female’s arms have been turned into scythes, which makes the entire creature resemble a Praying Mantis, hence the name. The male’s head is absent, while the female’s head has been frozen in a face of fear. Its eyes are pure white, and its mouth hangs open, as if dead. The creature’s skin is grey and clammy. The female’s breasts are covered by bandages. The creature’s composure resembles a sexual position or the body of the Praying Mantis or even a centaur.
 * The Fallacy is a boss that is crucified to a steel cross that stands at the end of one side of a large room. The creature has grey skin and is naked. Its eyes have no pupils and its mouth seems to be screaming in agony, although it makes no sound. There are large knives as opposed to nails pinning him to the cross. There is one knife lodged in each hand, one pinning both of his feet, and one large sword through his chest. Surrounding the cross are four holes which contain gigantic, grey arms that are the Fallacy’s main method of attack, despite them being disconnected with the main body. Attacking the hands will cause them to disappear into their holes for a short period of time, allowing you to get close to and attack the crucified body, which will eventually kill it.
 * The Arcana is a boss that takes the form of a shadow in the beginning of the fight. The battle takes place in a circular room, with a searchlight on a swivel in the center of the room. When the light is shining red, touching the light will damage the player, and the searchlight will move of its own accord. After avoiding these attacks, the light will turn white, which cues the player to take control of the searchlight via the handles on the back. The searchlight can swivel all the way around, and it is the job of the player to shine the light on the eight mannequins placed around the room. One of these mannequins’ shadows will be pulsing and shifting, despite the mannequin staying in place. The player must knock down or destroy this mannequin, causing the searchlight to switch off, which, in turn, causes the room to turn completely dark except for the player’s flashlight, if on. Then a man of average proportions with grey skin and a vacant expression will appear and attack the player with claws. The man is nude, revealing black writing of a mysterious language going vertically across his entire body. Once the man is attacked enough, it will disappear back into the darkness and the searchlight will come on, restarting the process, until this has been completed three times, when the man will finally die.
 * The Nymphomaniac is a boss resembling a human female. The Nymphomaniac has short, black hair, bright red lips that hide long fangs, and a bandage over her eyes. She wears bandages that cover her large breasts and several other places that protect her blood-splattered, grey skin. Her most prominent feature however, is a large cut from her lower back to her naval that can split apart, revealing another mouth. This mouth has many fangs as well and a long tongue. She also has a sword-like blade attached to each of her fingers. These blades, along with her two mouths, serve as her methods of attack. She often blocks with the blades on her fingers, and she can perform a one hit kill with either mouth.