Why I Think Silent Hill 3 Is the Best Though It Is Not

First and foremost I have to tell you that I haven’t played these games. Therefore you can totally Ignore my opinions and call me a dump bitch. But to my benefit I have watched tons of Silent Hill Let’s Plays from different players and done my research story wise. I haven’t gone to the Forums but that is only because I’m too lazy to do it. And there are some pretty damn clear explanations out there that do explain what is happening during the story.
 

This is not a regular review and there are no spoilers. Let’s start.

Most of people agree that Silent Hill 2 is the best in the series. I think everybody agree that the first three are the best in the series. A lot of fans include the fourth one in the best of list. As I haven’t actually played any of them my opinion has a great disadvantage; there is no way I can ever feel the true ambiance of the game. I do believe that I would agree with you if I had played it and truly experienced the intense ambiance of the second game.  But alas, I am a coward.

But in other aspects Silent Hill 2, as great it is, it doesn’t quite press the same buttons as Silent Hill 3. The third one in the series is totally different in its feel to it but I find it to be more successful. Although the scares and the gore is right there in your face it still very haunting and unsettling in its feel.

The music in the third one is superb. It is absolutely fantastic and definitely the best one in the series. The music in the first boss is, in my humble opinion, the best song in the whole Silent Hill history and I love listening to it in my spare time. It is sounds like the last judgment day and tells us we are all screwed.

To be fair Silent Hill is not about creating a solid musical soundtrack but it is about the silence and the unsettling background sounds. Well we all know that Silent Hill does this fantastically in all of the games

As a woman I relate to the protagonist most of the others but I bet the boys still can relate to her. I think a lot of fans get attracted to her due to her spunk and attitude. She is still quite the human but she doesn’t take any bs. Unlike the other protagonists in the series she goes to hell head on and deals with it. 

The storyline is more in your face than in some other games. In the second game I found it a bit too vague and hard to follow. Ok I had no clue what was going on and had to read off game what was going on. Also I had to watch plenty of play throughs to finally really understand what was going on. Yes I might’ve missed a lot of story elements as I wasn’t the one doing the actual gamin -bit but the other games didn’t require as much research. Ok the fourth one was even more mystical.  Call me stupid, call me slow but it is very difficult hard to put things together when I’m shitting my pants.

Ok, so the subtle things won’t translate to a watcher as well as to the player. Perhaps that is why I find the gore and the absolutely hirendious monsters very unseteling and scary. About half of the game is spent in the other world which is done extremely well. I think it is the best other world in the whole series.

One of the main themes in Silent Hill is the contrast between the ‘safe’ normal world and the hellish otherworld. The other world is almost like one of the main characters, it is one of the core elements of the whole series. You all know this and love Silent Hill for that very reason; it is not only the living humans that play a key role but also the whole town, your own surroundings gets its own breath of life and does everything to haunt you. I guess the town in the second game is worse, since it does have a will of its own. In the other games it is the cult that brings the hell on earth which is less scary, in a way.

So I love the gore, I love the characters, I love the music and I love the storyline. But there are some crucial elements that bring Silent Hill 3 down and for these failings it is not the most popular one. 

I suppose as it took completely different interpretation from the predecessor, the fans were a bit disappointed in the overview of the game. It was not as haunting and psychological but more mainstreamly blood and darkness focused, it failed the expectations. I thought it was more true to the original Silent Hill which should point to its benefit. Then again, who says a game series should always repeat the same pattern and the directors truly showed that it is not necessary.

I feel like Silent Hill 3 is made from two parts. The first part is where the game fails: it is dragged out and in the end pointless. I suppose the developers wanted to show how the world changes around the protagonist but they got ever excited. Perhaps there are different little signs that point out what is to come but I failed to see them. Expecially the third part of the first portion of the game seems to me completely arbitrary.

Perhaps I should’ve done some research about the development of the game. Maybe they run out of money and time and therefore some bits were left out. That happens too often in games and leaves them somewhat hollow. 

So I understand why people don’t regard Silent Hill 3 as the best one of the series but it is that to me. When I think of Silent Hill games, I always think of the third for it is what represents Hell the best. Nobody would survive in that distorted world sane or wanting to survive it alive. For that I love the game and grant it the  greatest Silent Hill game -status. Although I know that it is not the best :)

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Stooshe: Black Heart

Pop is supposed to be shit. That's cool ya'll! But when the song is about how much you are in love with a horrible man that scares to shits, there is seriously something wrong with you. Just listen to this:


This song is about a dude, who is a monster and scares his girlfriend. The dumn bitch says that he is the best she has ever had but still whines about it to her mother. Like seriously. BREAK UP! There is no point in this. Why the hell, love hurts but domestic violence hurts worse. It leaves bruises and stuff and lgives you mental problems. You know?

Now it they wanted to address the real issue, which being a guy beating up his girlfriend, there are ways to do it right. There has been very successful campains about important very serious issues in pop culture (like the excellent song Waterfall by TLC) so I don't have anything against that. I have issues against poorly written whiny crop (crap + pop = crop) that doesn't help anybody.

I think part of my frustration comes from the upbeat rythm and the careless wannabe 50's styled music. This is serious shit ya'll so take it as such! The whole song is laughing at this poor woman's face while she begs help from her mother.

Why do I care so much? They play this song at my work. Try to listen to it hundred times a day and not get offensed. Women all around the world! Leave your shitty men behind! You are worth much more! And if you are scared of being alone then just look at me! I'm almost 30, living alone and I cry myself to sleep every night. Sounds pathetic? Well it is not. I chose this way so no shithead will ever get his hands on me! That's girl power baby

New job

Alhtough I am not a writer yet, I have scored an awesome job! My friend Alina works at Copypanthers and I got a freelance job from them. Basicly I write Search Engine Optimizer texts in Finnish. It's a fun thing to do and I get paid for writing. Just to let you know, I am closing in to the point where I want to be.

In other news I am being absolutely mental and not being able to do anything. This job is great for me because I don't have to leave my house and it is fun to do. I can write about anything and SEO texts aren't too difficult to write. There are topics like Google vs Bing but also easier topics like postcards and modern laundry (the last one I made up). Anyway I like it and I hope I'll get more things to write about

A rant about fashion. In Finnish

Muoti on naurettavaa. Muoti ja trendit yleensäkin ovat kertakäyttötuotteita, jotka massahurmoksen keskellä tuottavat ainoastaan lisää jätettä, rahaa jonkun lihavan miehen taskuun ja tekevät köyhästä opiskelijatytöstä vieläkin köyhemmän.

Itse olen vaatekaupassa töissä, joten tiedän mistä puhun. Vaatemallit elävät joka vuosi saman kaavan mukaan. Tammikuussa myydään kevätvaatteita, sillä kuka hullu haluaisi ostaa villapaitaa helmikuun pakkasia varten. Jokainenhan tietää että talvivaatteet pitää ostaa jo syyskuussa. 

Helmikuussa alkaa se niin ihana muutos, kun vihdoinkin tulee jotain värejä kauppaan. Myyjät ja asiakkaat innostuvat, sillä ainahan kaupat ovat täynnä sitä mustaa, mustaa ja lisää mustaa. Värit ovat korostettu ihanilla neonväreillä, sillä kuka nyt pastellin sävyisiä vaatteita haluaisi ostaa. Ne ovat soooo last season. 

Kun kevät alkaa näkyä, alkavat hempeät kukkakuviot ja romanttinen tyyli ilmestyä hyllyille. Värit rauhoittuvat pastelliin, mikä on tosi kiva, ne neonvärit ovat kuitenkin tosi kasarikamaa. 

Kesällä on semmoista hippityyliä ja romantiikkaa. Tietenkin pitää olla vastapainona vähän rokkiniittejä sinne tänne laitettuna, sillä nyt ollaan katu-uskottavia. Hameiden ja shortsien lyhyys kauhistuttaa mummoja ja huonokroppaisia, pissiksien pitää käyttää legginssejä jotta pinkit pitsistringit pysyvät ainakin vähän aikaa piilossa. 

Legginssit ovat muuten aivan käsittämätön juttu. Kun olin lapsi, niitä kutsuttiin lämpökalsareiksi tai erotiikantappajiksi. Ehkä on kätevää käyttää hameita ja housuja samaan aikaan, sillä pitäähän sääret tuoda esille, vaikka ne verhotaan neonvihreällä sukkahousukankaalla. Itse olen suosinut mukavan pituisia hameita, joiden kanssa ei tarvitse saavansa klamydiaa kun istuu julkisten penkille.

Palataan aiheeseen. Kesällä kaupat alkavat täyttymään syksyn vaatteista, sillä kyllähän neuletta tarvitsee heinäkuun helteillä. Ne ajankohdassa olevat vaatteet ovat jo loppuneet, sillä ne menivät jo aleen. Huhtikuussa.

Syksyn vaatteet ovat muuten tosi kivoja, sillä niissä käytetään lämpimiä ja turvallisia sävyjä kuten luumu, viininpunainen, tummansininen ja musta. Vihdoinkin päästään eroon semmoisesta sillisalaatti värimeiningistä ja voidaan luottaa vaatteiden sopivan keskenään. Voidaan luottaa siihen aina klassiseen ja seksikkääseen mustaan.

Joulusta en jaksa edes paasata. On kiva että jokainen haluaa ostaa uudet pyjamat ja paksut sukat lahjaksi rakkaalleen. Harmi vain että ne ovat tehty jostain käsittämästä materiaalista, joka kutistuu pesussa, hikoiluttaa nukkuessa ja ei koskaan istu kunnolla. Mutta hei, onhan se parempi ostaa uudet lämpökalsarit kaverille kuin käyttää esimerkiksi mielikuvitusta ja tehdä lahja itse.