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retrogrrrl) wrote2025-12-11 09:57 am
retrogrrrl) wrote2025-12-11 09:57 am
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There's NOTHING more to say about Silent Hill 2
Let the game GO, you maniacs.
“A terrible hostage situation in the gaming realm!” Cries the fictional newspapers in this made up story. Crackin’ in my walkie-talkie are the orders to continue negotiating with the “Gamer Dudes Pretending They Have Written Essays Before,” hungry for views and validation from our overlords at Youtube, beggin’ for a modicum of respect for their supposed intellect. In their greedy arms is the slack, old and depressed Silent Hill 2.
Smarty-pants introductions aside, y’can’t deny I’m right (as I usually am) ‘bout this goddamn situation. Silent Hill 2 has become the Pretentious Gamer’s favorite content cow that everyone exploits, yet the conversation has not been fresh for the better part of a decade. Yes, it’s that cartoon of the paper-thin cow and Barack Obama (for some reason…?) coming back to the barn with ten more buckets. The buckets are Youtube’s nearly-inhuman demands for more retention! Ya better replicate the success y’had with this ONE video or we’ll throw your channel into the shadow realm despite bein’ a slave to our system! We care ‘bout creators here, pal. And you are Barack Obama. Inexplicably.
Shit, don’t I understand the pressure, but you guys got a whole library of games out there to explore! But no, you stick to the overdone, to the easy to dissect, ‘cause the lot of ya don’t have the creativity to do so. There's only so much you can say about the game before you start soundin’ like those GTA San Andreas content creators, but the drawback with Silent Hill 2 is the lack of Machinima-esque content to even farm! The subject matter is so serious and devoid of innovation (because with a theme as serious as Silent Hill’s, you tend to not wander ‘round too much into humor out of respect to the material), and divin’ into other games with other kindsa themes requires a level of empathy and understanding the good fuckin’ chunk of you dudes don’t have. Silent Hill 3, for example, has a more female perspective and theme coursin’ through its veins but this doesn’t mean y’all can’t relate to some of the horrors presented. It just means you guys don’t WANT TO. Understandin’ that horror, after all, requires you losers to be smart.
I must admit, too, that Silent Hill 2 is one of the few SH entries I give two shits about. Next to the abomination that is Homecoming and its rubble.png-esque design (that's a running gag that cuts deep, you guys will learn soon). So coupled that with a buncha pretentious gaming nerds and ya got yourself a recipe for disasterdom. And my eternal disdain for you idiots. I will live for the day where people see through the very obvious attempts at being seen as a smart ‘essayist’ and shoot right through to the heart of many of those essays, which is becoming an increasing problem.
It's never for the love of the game, it's for the love of the views.
It's not that Silent Hill 2 has a lot to say, it's that people have a lot to gain by talkin' bout it for the nth time. Let the game go, you guys look ridiculous.
“A terrible hostage situation in the gaming realm!” Cries the fictional newspapers in this made up story. Crackin’ in my walkie-talkie are the orders to continue negotiating with the “Gamer Dudes Pretending They Have Written Essays Before,” hungry for views and validation from our overlords at Youtube, beggin’ for a modicum of respect for their supposed intellect. In their greedy arms is the slack, old and depressed Silent Hill 2.
Smarty-pants introductions aside, y’can’t deny I’m right (as I usually am) ‘bout this goddamn situation. Silent Hill 2 has become the Pretentious Gamer’s favorite content cow that everyone exploits, yet the conversation has not been fresh for the better part of a decade. Yes, it’s that cartoon of the paper-thin cow and Barack Obama (for some reason…?) coming back to the barn with ten more buckets. The buckets are Youtube’s nearly-inhuman demands for more retention! Ya better replicate the success y’had with this ONE video or we’ll throw your channel into the shadow realm despite bein’ a slave to our system! We care ‘bout creators here, pal. And you are Barack Obama. Inexplicably.
Shit, don’t I understand the pressure, but you guys got a whole library of games out there to explore! But no, you stick to the overdone, to the easy to dissect, ‘cause the lot of ya don’t have the creativity to do so. There's only so much you can say about the game before you start soundin’ like those GTA San Andreas content creators, but the drawback with Silent Hill 2 is the lack of Machinima-esque content to even farm! The subject matter is so serious and devoid of innovation (because with a theme as serious as Silent Hill’s, you tend to not wander ‘round too much into humor out of respect to the material), and divin’ into other games with other kindsa themes requires a level of empathy and understanding the good fuckin’ chunk of you dudes don’t have. Silent Hill 3, for example, has a more female perspective and theme coursin’ through its veins but this doesn’t mean y’all can’t relate to some of the horrors presented. It just means you guys don’t WANT TO. Understandin’ that horror, after all, requires you losers to be smart.
I must admit, too, that Silent Hill 2 is one of the few SH entries I give two shits about. Next to the abomination that is Homecoming and its rubble.png-esque design (that's a running gag that cuts deep, you guys will learn soon). So coupled that with a buncha pretentious gaming nerds and ya got yourself a recipe for disasterdom. And my eternal disdain for you idiots. I will live for the day where people see through the very obvious attempts at being seen as a smart ‘essayist’ and shoot right through to the heart of many of those essays, which is becoming an increasing problem.
It's never for the love of the game, it's for the love of the views.
It's not that Silent Hill 2 has a lot to say, it's that people have a lot to gain by talkin' bout it for the nth time. Let the game go, you guys look ridiculous.
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