Material: "Silent Hill" is a horror adventure game released by Konami on the PS console. In this game, Konami has successfully created an alternative and depressive atmosphere, bringing players a brand new gaming experience. Coupled with the high quality of the game itself, this game has been a great success.
Synopsis
In Silent Hill, a small lakeside town in the middle of the United States, a conspiracy is brewing. Since Silent Hill has a tradition of worshiping the evil fallen angel Samael since the Civil War - a secret local cult is planned by an old witch named Dhalia (the main member is Dhalia, a doctor at the local hospital Kaufman - an Asian doctor and an unidentified person), used rituals to give birth to a baby with the power of samael (the blind angel of Judaism, one of the fallen angels), and that baby was Dhalia's biological daughter. Lessa. But the result of the ceremony was that Alessa only gained half of the power of samael. Although Dhalia's ritual failed, she was not resigned to it and tried every possible means to persuade 7-year-old Alessa to give her divine power. The smart Alessa knew that her mother had bad intentions, so she always politely refused. Dhalia then took extreme measures, and together with Dr. Kaufman, locked Alessa in a small house by the lake and set the house on fire - the fire destroyed half of Silent Hill. Alessa was severely burned in the fire and was cursed to be in a dying state. She was transferred to a secret underground nursing home in a local hospital to be cared for (she was cared for by the beautiful nurse Lisa) - this was done because Dhalia thought it would be okay He used physical torture to awaken the Samale in Alessa's body, but even so, there was no result. Seven years later, out of desperation, the cult decided to hold a second ceremony to give birth to a child with the same magical powers. Out of Aretha's tragic experience and her own sense of justice, Lisa managed to smuggle the child out of the hospital and hide it on the side of the suburban road - but the child was picked up by the protagonist Harry Mason and named Sherry. , became his daughter. Lisa's actions were discovered by Kaufman, and Lisa was eventually killed by him. After another 7 years, Dhalia finally noticed Shirley's whereabouts, so she cast a spell to summon her to Silent Hill, and also "summoned" Harry. She created the illusion of Alessa on Harry's only path, which caused Harry's car to have an accident (but she didn't expect to "bring" Sybil, a female police officer from a nearby town), and Harry himself fell into a coma. Dhalia then cast a spell to pull the spirits of the unconscious Harry, Shirley, Sybil and Kaufman (because they had an agreement to share Samael's power equally) into the "Silent Hill" she created - a place with only daylight and heavy fog. Dense, a town full of monsters but no one (this helps to avoid the sight of the public and the police, making it easier for her to do cult work-because in the real Silent Hill, the local police are tracking down the cult to distribute to expand the church) In addition, this "Silent Hill" completely copied the real Silent Hill in order to make Harry believe that he was in the real Silent Hill.
At the same time, Alessa, who was underground in the hospital, felt Sherry's arrival, so she used her power to create a "Silent Hill" (this Silent Hill always is rain, full of endless darkness) and hides herself deep in it to hide from her evil mother. Of course, she also felt Harry's presence, so after accepting Sherry into her dark Silent Hill world, she directly "killed" Harry with the monster she created. But Harry is not dead - Dhalia thinks this man can be used. She rescued Harry and brought him to a cafe in her world to meet the female police officer. Next, she asked Harry to continue looking for clues (she was also looking for Shirley), but she didn't expect that she caught Shirley there during the search at the school.
Alessa realized that Shirley had been captured, and felt that in order to prevent Dhalia from succeeding, she must prevent Harry from continuing the search (because Harry is likely to find her whereabouts once he gets Dhalia's help), so she entered Harry into the clock tower and removed the school's The world transforms into its own dark hellish world in the hope that Harry will give up the search, but Harry's love for his daughter is unwavering. After destroying the "defense line" set up by Alessa at the school, he continued to move towards the hospital. Dhalia was overjoyed after seeing this scene. She even felt that Harry could "help" her catch Alessa, so she gave him a sacred object, flaura (this object is a symbol of the archangel metratron, which has the ability to weaken Samael's power. divine power). At the hospital, Alessa once again fortified herself and materialized the soul of nurse Lisa, controlling her soul to hold Harry back and make him give up the search. --The result was of course a failure. So the plot continued like this, until Harry approached Alessa's real hiding place near the park. Alessa had to control the policewoman Sybil to stop Harry, but Harry used the secret weapon obtained in the hospital. The red potion sample created by Kaufman to deal with people controlled by Samael (unbeknownst to Harry of course) was defeated.
Alessa then had to show up to deal with Harry Mason personally. But she was immediately sucked away by Flaura. At the same time, Dhalia appeared (she finally used Harry to capture Alessa. If she entered Alessa's world to catch Alessa herself, Alessa would only hide herself deeper). She took Alessa away and used it to combine with Sherry to bring Samael down. Harry finally figured out that he was actually being used. He could only end it all with his own hands - after a series of adventures, at the ceremony held by Dhalia, he and Kaufman (Harry saved him once, but now he thought that Dalia wanted to monopolize Sameal's power, so he came To stop her) finally used the sample of the last red potion that Kaufman had hidden elsewhere (almost taken away by Harry) to remove the fallen angel Samael from the body of Alessa and destroy her body. (In this battle, Dhalia was killed by Samael and got the fate she deserved, and Kaufman was also dragged into hell-this is what he deserved). Sameal's body was destroyed (but his released spirit still exists in Silent Hill), and Alessa is no longer alive (after being seriously burned, her life was supported by Samael's power). She thanked Harry helped her get rid of the control of her evil mother, so he "gave birth" to a pure-hearted baby Sybil (Heater, the new saint and the heroine of the third generation) in return, and gave instructions to Harry and the female police officer. After escaping from the dark world of Silent Hill that was about to collapse, he went to the dead zone. Harry Mason and Sybil finally escape Silent Hill. So this explains why Silent Hill in the second generation is sometimes daytime and foggy (that was created by Dhalia in the first generation, but the area of ??the city is different), and sometimes it is full of endless darkness (that is the spirit of sameal) controlled hellish world). Some people may ask, what about Lisa? Since Alessa was taken away by her evil mother, the world she controlled was immediately thrown into chaos: you should know that the house in "End World" also existed as a hospital, a school, and Alessa's room. situation.
So Lisa was able to stand in front of Harry in a "human form" because of Alessa's power. Now that power disappeared, so she also behaved strangely like attacking Harry, and in the end she "returned" Her original appearance" - this is the most "tragic and sad" scene in the memory of many Silent Hill players
Silent Hill II:
Materials : Konami launched "Silent Hill 2" on the next-generation console PS2 platform, and then launched "Silent Hill 2: The Last Poem" on the XBOX platform, which added the plot of Maria on the basis of "Silent Hill 2" Supplementary expansion pack. In December 2002, Konami released the PC version of the game. The sales of both versions satisfied Konami, so the "Silent Hill" series has become a major series of Konami.
The height of humanism in a game - "Silent Hill 2" Author: Ten Years
Talking about "Silent Hill 2" now, it seems a bit " Mars", after all, this game was more than two years ago. But recently I found it and played it again, and I still have a lot of thoughts.
Throughout the history of "Silent Hill", "1" and "3" are consistent, but for us Easterners, even if there is a Chinese version of "Silent Hill" for PC 3", there are still some cultural background obstacles unavoidable - many of the metaphors are difficult for us to understand. Looking at "Silent Hill 2" again, oh, it's about "love"! ——This is the most common thing for all mankind, so it is not a big problem to talk about it. First of all, we need to understand clearly, what exactly does "Silent Hill 2" want to talk about?
1. Plot·Table
Our male protagonist, James, is in his thirties, but he looks old. Much more men. Although the pain of losing his wife has passed for a long time, he still misses his wife Mary in his heart. Well, at this moment, a letter signed by Mary was mailed to him. In the letter, Mary said to him: "Do you still remember Silent Hill? The place that left us with the most beautiful memories... I will be waiting for you there." Huh? It turns out to be a third-rate ghost story, the most common kind in China. Well, let’s continue playing first.
The entire Silent Hill is filled with heavy fog, and of course it is filled with all kinds of ugly monsters. Our protagonist, James, is constantly solving puzzles inside, saying a bunch of inexplicable words when he meets survivors, fighting several bosses, and finally, meeting his wife and becoming the final boss! Once you've finished playing, you've "cleared" it... Done? It's over. That's right, for a person who doesn't know anything about e-books or lacks humanistic care, "Silent Hill 2" is such a game. Damn, isn’t it just a rubbish game? What a waste of time! ... Well, let's take a look at what this game is like inside.
2. Plot·In
Thinking about it a long time later, James still felt that the honeymoon he and Mary spent in the small town of Silent Hill was The happiest time of his life. Mary, his wife, is gentle, beautiful and considerate. James felt that he was completely satisfied with having such a wife. Unfortunately, Mary fell seriously ill after leaving Silent Hill and stayed in the hospital for three years. These three years have been a difficult test for James. What he has to do every day is to wait for Mary in the hospital and take good care of her. When she is hungry, she feeds her food one bite at a time; when she is thirsty, she feeds her water spoon by spoon and lets her swallow the water slowly.
Although Mary has hearing and vision problems, James still tells her the latest news every day, reads her today's newspaper, and tells her the fairy tale of the Little Prince before going to bed. James felt that as long as he kept doing this, Mary would definitely get better, and his beautiful Mary would definitely come back to him. ...The first year has passed, the second year has passed, and the third year has come. In three years, James's heart has also changed. Everything has an end; but James, in caring for him day after day, year after year, felt a kind of fear and despair with no end in sight. James asked himself more than once: If I continue like this, no matter how hard it is, will Mary be able to wake up again?
In the past three years, Mary has gradually become no longer as beautiful as before. Crow's feet have slowly crept onto her forehead, and the luster of her skin has gradually dimmed. James understands that Mary is old and inevitably old. Whenever James felt this extremely frustrating fact, there seemed to be another voice in his heart encouraging him: Kill Mary! Kill her and you will be free!
At first, James didn't think about this nonsense at all, but gradually he thought, maybe Mary is really dead, and he will feel better, right? Although James understood that this was an extremely sinful and shameless idea, he couldn't get rid of it, and he was almost ready to act on it.
At this moment, mary died. Mary, finally died. But James did not relax. Instead, the self-blame in his heart became heavier and deeper. On the one hand, he said to himself, Mary is dead, you can find a new beginning; on the other hand, he said to himself, don't you want your wife to die all day long? Now she is dead! She is really dead! It was you who killed her! It was your selfish and sinful thoughts that killed her! In such a psychological contradiction, James gradually felt that it was indeed Mary who he killed, Mary who he killed with his own hands! Just when James was about to collapse mentally, he received a letter signed by Mary. In the letter, her wife Mary said to him, James, do you still remember the small town "Silent Hill" that left us with beautiful memories? We were all happy there. I'm there now, in that lakeside hotel, waiting for you. It turns out that Mary is not dead! She's waiting for me in Silent Hill! James, who was dubious but ecstatic, drove the car towards Silent Hill...
, The Hurt of Love
Every love is There is an end, whether in the real world or in Silent Hill. James' love for Mary cannot be said to be over, but it is almost gone. The wife in James' heart is beautiful, gentle and touching. But Mary, who had been lying on this hospital bed for three full years, was obviously unable to do this.
James hopes that she can return to her former self, but in these more than a thousand days and nights, James has felt a kind of remoteness and deep despair. His spirit slowly collapsed under this constant torture. He subconsciously hopes that Mary will die. He even thinks that Mary must die. If she doesn't die, he can deal with her himself. But James is still a normal person after all, and he knows that doing this is unacceptable: Do you want to do such a cruel thing to your wife? ! Therefore, in this situation, Mary's death not only did not alleviate the sinful thoughts in his heart. Instead, he had an illusion: he was the one who killed Mary!
James said to himself, you are a sinner, and you must bear the punishment for the sins committed against you. His hallucinations have become more and more serious, and even a letter written by Mary to him appeared in his mind.
At the end of the game, we can see that when James picked up the letter after waking up, there was no word on it and it became a blank piece of paper. That's right, it was originally a blank piece of paper. In the letter, Mary told him that she was waiting for him in Silent Hill. Why Silent Hill? Because the honeymoon time spent at the lakeside hotel in Silent Hill was the most beautiful memory James had of Mary in his life. That's why James' subconscious was full of emotion and yearning for that place. So, he took the letter and all the good memories with him and headed to Silent Hill.
In Silent Hill, while looking for Mary, I saw a lot of ugly monsters. In fact, all of these are things that are imagined by the sin that James constantly blames himself for and punishes himself. There is no monster at all. Moreover, if we pay careful attention, we can find that the monsters in Silent Hill are all similar to hospital nurses, or monsters with strong sexually suggestive shapes. The weapons they hold are either scalpels or the like. Some very bloody and primitive violent weapons. This is because James spent three years with Mary in the hospital. He has a deep fear of hospitals. Moreover, a normal man who has been abstinent for three years has also been affected by his "sexual" fantasies. own inner condemnation. Therefore, this is also the reason why most of the monsters that appear in Silent Hill fall into these two categories. Without eternal love, everything comes to an end.
4. Place of Atonement
In Silent Hill, James met all kinds of people. They play a very important role in the formation of the entire "Silent Hill 2" worldview. The first one I met was Angela. Angela in the cemetery looked very timid and melancholy, and she remained highly vigilant to James' questions. Later we can understand that Angela was born in a broken family. Her father often beat and scolded her mother, and also sexually assaulted the young Angela like a beast. In the end, Angela set fire to her father and the entire family. Therefore, Angela in Silent Hill distrusts everyone, and is obsessed with her mother, even mistaking James for her mother. At the end of the story, Angela walked step by step into the fire and ended her own life.
The second person I met was the little girl Laura. She is the only normal person in the entire Silent Hill, and she is also a mirror for everyone. She didn't say much, but every sentence was important. Point directly to the depths of the other person's heart. For example, what she said to James:
"You hate Mary!"
"Mary? Do you know her?"
In one sentence, it simply reflects the complex changes in James' inner feelings towards Mary.
Laura walks alone in Silent Hill. Because her heart is pure and innocent, there is no danger at all. This also profoundly reflects something - Silent Hill is the place of atonement for everyone. Karma will eventually be repaid, and all punishment will unfold slowly here.
Eddie is the third person James met in Silent Hill. This fat man looks very cynical, and he always likes to scare people with a gun. Through the subsequent plot, we gradually learned that Eddie was always called fat man and was given many nicknames, so he was very annoyed. Finally, one day when his classmates were calling him nicknames and making fun of him, he picked up a gun and killed him. From then on, whenever someone ridiculed him or even smiled, Eddie would consider it an insult and kill him.
Eddie metaphorically refers to a person who breaks social rules.
In any society, there is a set of laws that regulate the relationships between various classes. If you go beyond this limit just to achieve your own goals, you will only be ruined in the end. So in the end, James killed Eddie with a gun. He was a tragedy, but he also turned many people into tragedies.
James walked to the park. In the distance, he saw a familiar figure.
As he got closer, he could hardly believe his eyes: "Mary?"
The woman in red turned around. Isn’t this Mary!
"I think you have the wrong person. I am not your wife. My name is Maria."
Yes, the woman named Maria in front of me is wearing red and sexy A short leather skirt, his wife would never wear it like this...
James met the fourth person in Silent Hill, Maria. Maria is actually just an image transformed by James. There is no such person. But why is there her? Maria is warm and generous, very provocative, and wears very revealing clothes. Because of three years of abstinence in the hospital, James needed a beautiful wife to vent his desires, and this idea created Maria. All of Maria's characters are the opposite of Mary on the hospital bed. What she shows is James's wish and inner world. In fact, if you look carefully, you can find that Maria has not met anyone else in Silent Hill - she is just accompanying James. Moreover, she died three times in front of James, and each time her death was extremely bloody and horrific. This just shows that James hopes that she will die soon. It was during this torture that James began to gradually become stronger, so that in the end, he could face Mary and everything around him again...
The big monster with an iron triangle and a spear is the most oppressive boss in the entire Silent Hill. It kept pestering James (and could only pester James), and even killed Maria again and again in front of James. What it metaphors is the kind of extreme power that does not require reason that James has always longed for. This power allows him to do whatever he wants - he can kill his wife or destroy the entire hospital.
James longs to have this kind of power, but obviously cannot do it due to his inner weakness. Therefore, this illusion fulfilled his wish on his behalf, and finally allowed James to get rid of the blind spot in his heart and be able to bravely face life and Mary's death again. When he defeated the iron-headed monster, he defeated himself. Silent Hill, a place of atonement for all sinners. A blind escape and resistance are futile. Only by untying the knot in your heart can you escape from this hell.
5. Silent Hill gave us some...
James slowly walked onto the platform of the iron ladder. He saw mary. Mary leaned on the window sill with her hands and looked into the distance.
"Mary?"
Mary turned her head and looked at James: "You are finally here.
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"You...are you really Mary? "
Mary sneered: "Of course you want me to be Maria, right? I'm not as young, passionate, and beautiful as she is, right? Right! "
James was a little incoherent: "No... no..."
Mary pointed angrily at James: "Stop quibbling! You want me to die! Do you think I don't know? You even strangled me to death with your own hands! You hypocrite! You deserve to be punished! ”
Mary suddenly turned into a big ugly monster, slowly rising into the air!
james Suddenly he woke up. He understood at that moment: Mary was gone, and it was impossible to get back. Now, it was time to make a break with the past.
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I believe that everyone who invests in the world of "Silent Hill 2" will not feel cheerful when they finish defeating the final boss - Mary. Indeed, every time they pass the level, they feel very heavy. It is a kind of self-judgment of your own heart. Have you ever done something that makes you feel guilty? Silent Hill is a place where these things can be brought to you vividly. There is no choice but to face it.
James finally escaped from Mary's shadow, and he and Laura left Silent Hill. But what about us? Did he leave the same way?
The first time I cleared the game was at three o'clock in the morning. I kept repeating this question in my mind at the end of the story. In the suicide note written by the real Mary to James, she also advised James to start a new life, just like I advised myself to accept a better tomorrow.
People may miss the past, but the past is only the past. There is no way to get back to it except to remember it.
There are very few games that can. It makes you so in-depth and fascinated; there are few games that can make you re-examine your outlook on life, values ??and love. I would like to express my full respect to Konami!
The "Silent Hill 2" series is an exquisite work of art. It can be said that no horror AVG, including my favorite "Resident Evil" series, can surpass this game. The height of humanistic spirit. It can slowly tell you what life is and what you are...
6. Ending
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The lights in the hospital were dim and wavering, just like in my heart. It seemed like there was someone sitting opposite. I slowly saw it, it was really Mary! No, it should be Maria... I was about to say something, but Maria spoke first:
"Dear James, do you know what happened? A long time ago...didn't you feel anything at all? "
I thought hard. I just met Maria not long ago. Did I know her before?
Maria smiled frivolously: "Haha... I think You have forgotten. Let me give you a hint, the place where our best memories are left..."
I was shocked: "How do you know this? Could it be...that you are not Maria? "
Maria came over and stroked my face with her hand: "It doesn't matter who I am. I'm here, you saw it, didn't you? ”
The ending of Silent Hill 2:
1) Escape.
James is not fooled by the past (Maria) and escapes Silent Hill.
2) Maria. James falls in love with Maria and leaves Silent Hill with her. But what James doesn't know is that Maria, as a substitute for Mary's image, will eventually contract the same strange disease as Mary.
3) In water. James realized that he was deeply in love with Mary and decided to commit suicide so that he could be with Mary forever.
4) Rebirth. James decided to join the ancient cult of Silent Hill, worship Samael and use his power to resurrect Mary. It can be expected that Mary was resurrected in the end and got rid of the strange disease...
5) Dog. James discovers that a dog is controlling the entire game (meaningless funny ending)
6) UFO. James meets Harry (still looking for Cheryl), and then they are abducted by aliens... (another funny ending)
Silent Hill 3:
Silent Hill 3, born: May 2003.
Material: Not long after the release of "Silent Hill 3", the PC version of "Silent Hill 3" also appeared in front of players.
Programmed horror stimulation will gradually make people lose their sense of fear. The horror elements of the "Resident Evil" series have never changed, but players are no longer interested in the originally terrifying zombie city. The reason is that he is familiar with the entire routine of the game. The production team of "Silent Hill" did not want the fear that the series relied on to disappear, so after the successful release of "Silent Hill 2", the team began to study a new topic "Reinterpreting the horror theme of Silent Hill". The first and second generations of "Silent Hill" were all about a feeling of silent fear, coming from the anxiety that is constantly building up in the heart, but "Silent Hill 3" has been developing in another direction from the beginning, a more direct and more direct one. The fear of violence! It is not difficult to see another reason for the change in the production direction of "Silent Hill 3" from the game's sales distribution. "Silent Hill 1" sold less than 100,000 units in Japan, and "Silent Hill 2" sold less than 50,000 units in its first week in Japan. In Europe and the United States, both games have sales of over one million, so it is natural for KONAMI to move the market positioning of the "Silent Hill" series to Europe and the United States. The game uses the female protagonist Heather, to some extent to cater to European and American players. Heather's look was inspired by the sexy features of Sophie Marceau and Charlotte Gamble, and the two female assistants responsible for the character design specially designed miniskirts to reveal Heather's sexy legs. Of course, in such a dark and terrifying game, I'm afraid no one will have the leisure to appreciate beautiful women, but the disgusting monsters can attract people's attention more. The types of monsters that appear in the "Silent Hill" series have never been based on quantity. The principle adhered to by monster designer Ito is to try to draw materials from animals that are similar to humans. Another important source of inspiration for most monster designs in the game is The Bible and other myths and legends, but after alienation, those perverted monsters are more like the direct products of nightmares.
Overall, this is a disgusting game. In addition to those disgusting monsters and blood-stained blood, poor viewpoint control is the main culprit in its dizziness. Players who feel dizzy from FPS games should not try this game