same vibe as most xiu xiu songs…

idk rlly cool stuff going on here, looks nice sounds nice ! and I think that would’ve cut it for me like uhh five years ago but idk I’m old now and expect smth more out of the media I consume..
kind of the inverse of fatum betula, this just kind of exists, standing for and believing in nothing. it’s effective and gross and creepy but ultimately is just a tech demo for this company and I think it doesn’t work for me in the same way that ari aster’s stuff doesn’t, hollow and uhhh derivative and just a total aesthetic/mood piece which yeah sure but idgaf

-do u guys think dasha actually has played any of the sh games?? or like did online ceramics just cut her a check ?? much to think about idk fuck dasha or whatever I just think she’s aesthetic and vibes you know ?
-also speaking of the online ceramics drop I thought there was a bunch of pretty cute stuff but literally what the fuck do I look like spending that much
-unlike 3 and shattered memories I don’t find this to be all that smart and complex. the peak of the story here in terms of like writing/dialogue is nurse garland saying that all the young ppl disappeared from the town like I think that fits really well for where and what silent hill means geographically. I come from a similar rust belt town and my hs was tiny asf and malls weren’t populated with teens or even younger ppl and on Halloween kids progressively as time passed stopped going door to door. towns like that are receding from view and less people are staying there than previous generations, so what happens when all is left of a town is bureaucratic and oppressive organizations and groups of ppl. think that little exchange between garland and harry works even better considering that 3 serves as a sort of direct follow up to this and everyone Heather comes in contact w is even older than her father. the mall is the first place u visit in game but unlike any other sh game ur not meeting anyone of a like mind to u or even in ur same demographic. being a teenager in towns like that is sad and rlly awful and depressing and specifically 3 nails that vibe and that exchange in this game makes it all the better.
-in the same way shattered memories heightens and expands on 3 I feel like this does too. making it mean more in a grand sense, fleshing out this world and these 2 characters connections to each other.
-sometimes I remember there was supposed to be a silent hill gta style game and my head hurts
-lighting in this game fucking owns, especially the lens flare hitting the camera whenever harry with the light on faces the camera
-I think it’s really funny how genuinely jaw dropping gorgeous and breathtaking those fmvs are and then it cuts to the goofy looking actual graphics, fucking pixelated Minecraft ass looking trees and rusty floors, I love it.
-lisa is genuinely such a cool sad character, nurse bendy ahh. I think it’s rlly impressive that the voice actress was able to do all the lines in an hour and basically wasn’t paid anything esp when considering the fact that her voice work is the only noteworthy acting here
-yamaoka asleep at the mfn wheel, someone wake him up. jokes aside I like the score here it’s good and all the stuff in the final chapters is rlly great but it’s rlly subtle here and I think it being mostly absent in this first sh does kinda detract from the atmosphere at play here and doesn’t make it as eerie as future entries where he would lean further into haunting trip hop and dreampop lullabies where characters are coaxed farther and farther into silent hill by the beautiful music. instead harry is kind of just running around while industrial beats play and it does work, fits the geographical setting rlly well. this is seemingly the only sh that leans full into the whole rust belt dead town whereas future installments are a town on the verge of death but not quite dead yet. the music lulling the characters into a final rest, this one is so like hopeless and bleak and it does make sense that the music reflects that and mostly stays in the background only being present at all for when ur supposed to feel tense and unnerved.
-idk why this isn’t the one being rebooted and instead 2 is. I mean I do get it, 2 is the only truly iconic game in the series, at least in a widespread and mainstream way but damn this one rlly did need the remake. the story here is so vague and abstract which I like enough but it’s kind of presented as these loosely connected vignettes tying everything together and then the ending just happens. characters just show up whenever is convenient and there’s not that much flavor text as there would be later down the line. it does just seem like creating this very real world and environment and atmosphere came first and then everything else after. it’s like genuinely very difficult to play and truly get absorbed into and I do think a remake could smooth lots of things over and make it into a better experience and also ppl wouldn’t be that mad in comp lol.
-so many striking visuals though, the flying demon guy busting in through the window, the ghost version of alessa running through the halls, lisa having blood run down her face and harry shutting her out, the glowing white version of alessa at the final boss battle (a literal ray of light in Harry’s final moments as he begins to accept and understand the version of the truth he’s told) the spiral staircase and all of the dutch angles at the beginning of the game. rlly great stuff and the cutscene direction and environments are so stellar and got as much as they could out of the ugly ahh ps1.
-I also just rlly love the ending(s) and think they enhance what I already love about 3 and shattered memories. that bond that someone has with their absent parent, how ur able to create and craft this legend of who they were and contort the facts to best suit urself and ur needs to kinda deal w the very real experiences of being an orphan or having absent parent(s). like that’s by far my fave thing about shattered memories is cheryl kind of reliving and reshaping the events of this game, it’s all a lie but it’s a lie she needs to tell herself. and can it rlly be a lie to her if she never actually got to know him or what happened in silent hill. the actual in game story here is similarly fractured and fragmented and it’s ultimately up to u to contort and twist it to best suit ur needs to give urself the closure and satisfaction u need. no matter who harry was and no matter what actually happened in silent hill he still tried for heather and I think that’s genuinely really beautiful.

I’m a poor girl so didn’t actually play this bc I don’t own a laptop but watched the video essay for it that’s going around. pretty fucking lame stuff tbh, it’s new sincerity through the lens of traumacore or horrorcore, adult swim aesthetics. feels weird and feels gross not in the way it’s intended to, just feels like a weird bastardization and exploitation of real trauma and real experiences real ppl go through all in the name of the game that is get updoot on reddit dot com. shrek and good doggo and picture of wholesome kitteh and unexpected yaoi, shit is genuinely evil and I think I don’t fuck with it for the same reason I think ari aster’s body of work is kind of soulless and dead eyed and fucking mean spirited. just exploitation by the everyman. cool architecture and like it looks good but idk dude put ur talents to something worthwhile. my bf made skyline chili bc we both have never tried it but have always wanted to and we had that while we watched the vid, very yummy even though it looked nasty lol

-dude it’s so fucking sick that edgeworth is called a demon in this. venom snake ahhhhh
-this highkey sucks to play, gotta be honest I just read through the final two cases, it’s a visual novel it literally does not matter
-sorry but that third case is horrible and slows everything down to a halt. fuck outta here with your scooby doo chase music I woulda got away with it too ass
-works best when ur being a failson and protecting ur friends against injustices or whatever it’s cute. like the other games in the series can focus on literal whos that u have to defend but shouldn’t a first game in a series flesh out like the world and it’s characters? Idk but I think that third case literally drags everything else down so much because why is this case that’s so inconsequential to the main characters right in the middle
-the flashbacks w edgeworth and phoenix as kids is where this peaks, everything builds up to that point in a way that’s mostly satisfying
-serial killer name joe darke
-I love edgeworthhhhh, like I understand why ppl yaoi out over him. he’s so smug and mean but pathetic and whiny >_<. y is there no good fanart of this game it pisses me off tbh
-Phoenix at a point deadass says “my head isn’t that bad…” and it reminded me sm of when like on drag race they’re asked how their head is and the response is always I haven’t had any complaints
-the miike film seems really really bad idk I don’t fuck w miike torture porn ass filmmaker

lol I did a pretty exhaustive look into this series’ fandom and my two absolute favorite things I found were fanart of the lizard giving Gregory estrogen shot and a guy on the subreddit w a bad hygiene fetish asking what characters have the worst breath. like damn old school internet fandoms are so funny I love them and it’s a shame that the internet will never collectively act fucking weird in an earnest way about something again.

the game is cute and fun!! had sm fun playing it, works as a really cute snapshot of early 00s halloween camp. like do y’all remember the cartoon network scary godmother movies or the candy corn flavored sodas target used to sell? remember halloween being cute and fun? remember being a kid lmao. it’s thematically and even mechanically not that deep or even interesting but aesthetically this is on a plane all to itself. like I love angel dog and tv fish designs they r so cute, I look like the girl protag which is pretty cool. cozy game I love it idk guys I finished an entire 20 dollar 0 nicotine cotton candy flavored vape bar over the three days it took me to finish this so idk what that says about me