Silent Hill being among the best as digital art containing spiritual themes/philospholcal analysis/symbolism/allusions/psychology/and more, which by definition tag could be said related to art house movies, game like. Yet however unlike art house movies, Silent Hill games actually do have inside deeper meaning involved, and it's visually do being quite good like too really.
I myself have completed many Resident Evil games, Manhunt 2, lots of porrn games like involving horror, and few more horrors. Yet however I do not completed Silent Hill. Thus, the game was obscure for me for long time. Recently I've seen whole walkthroughs of Silent Hill 1-4, have read consequent analysis explanation of it, and got blown. I've liked original walkthrough which was intriguing, and entertaining. It turns out was philosophical, psychological, symbolic, etc, I've liked it too. I've liked gameplay and graphics. I've liked quality electronic music of which I've got mix. And I've liked it all way more than movies (and I do liked Silent Hill movie). The amount of thought contained in Silent Hill games are immense. And spiritual themes in relation to souls/hell/etc are seems accurate, way more thus than stupid obsolete reeligious garbage really.
The first game I've got was actually quite long time ago once I was about 15 years old, and it was Silent Hill 3 on ps2. I've never get through it far enough and get stuck early at Shakespear's books puzzle, which I've decided require English language knowledge (which I do not had much of at the time) just to start trying to figure it out. Thus I do not even tried much to do it since looked plain impossible. Thus I ain't get far about it.
Way later, once I got about 28 years old, I've played Silent Hill 1, and got through about halve of it, and it was cool. I've got thus far at all after certain dark roaming in hell dimension. After lots of pleasant nice roaming in fog snow (I myself actually very like and appreciate exactly rain, fog, and slightly like snow too). And, subsequent reading of guides codes riddles solutions in internet. Since even despite my English language knowledge (which I do had at the time), IQ above mediocre, and big experience in gaming, yet it all was not enough to complete puzzle. Since puzzle had too scarce of material presented, used highly subjective interpretation and approach for solution, and I've stop trying to figure out puzzle about clavier since I've thought it require certain specific knowledge in regard to clavier notes and their low/high tones characteristics. And even though I myself being quality musician, yet I do not having such knowledge in terminology of clavier notes, thus I could not possibly figure it out, thus I've gone to read guides solutions. And it's turns out my logically correct approach for solution, wasn't been the thing which developers meant, since they meant specific knowledge of birds colours (even though my assumption get kind of close to intended solution of developers, and my assumption even though too being subjective, yet it closer to truth since it actually involve clavier, the thing mentioned in riddle and used to solve riddle. Clavier being more involved, embedded, activated, in riddle than birds [why it's only flying birds should be considered? It could have been flying insects, plane, ufo, damn superman. It's not necessarily should involve only birds. Whole another thing is clavier. Clavier notes could not be mistook for other musical instrument notes, since you play clavier obviously, which making it all more sense to apply exactly clavier notes knowledge for it]. Moreover, clavier notes solution, do not involve few wrongly represented by colours birds [while I myself being completely absent as it for the knowledge about colours of birds, to the point I even do not know names of birds species and how they supposed to look like. However certain walkthroughs guides happened to be bird fuuckers zoologists and knew it all about birds, and they have pointed out the thing like certain birds mentioned actually have variations in colours, which was misrepresented in riddle solution. Which mean developers just plainly fucked up even further with their riddle).
It was just only one example which happened relatively early in 1st game like. The riddle was only partially incorrect and by deep dig too. And just can you imagine how much of similar, more or less fucked up, almost impossible riddles being all over series? However, those few extremely hard, slightly/heavily innacurate, and almost impossible to figure out riddles, actually do not represent intricate aspects quality of thought game usually overall have really. And what it does represent are how much overly clever and twisted tried to get game developers, and occasionally failed about it. It being rare example which do not represent overall high quality of thought game got (besides intricate plot aspects in which almost each phrase/character/written file/etc can have deep relevant interwoven meanings, it actually too have over a thousand of references including books, stories, etc, tons of which was found by Russian website creators [which too have used numerous individuals, and have used vast database of internet to expand their knowledge, etc]).
After clavier riddle, I've got further quite fine. And later I've encountered yet another riddle in hell like nightmare dimension. And about it I've not used time by trying to figure it out, since just looked as yet another impossible riddle which requires certain knowledge while being highly subjective, and thus fucked up wrong made riddle at all (maybe I was wrong about it, but I've decided I do not even wish to try to figure those riddles anymore really). I've used guides and get further, and eventually stop playing at church and do not finished it.
The thing which relevant to mention, prior to playing the game like Silent Hill 1, I've seen movie Silent Hill, and it's actually made my play way more emotionally immersive, story intel involved rich, and just better. Many scenes/objects/files/etc I've encountered in game like was having lots of meanings involved since I knew explanation and behind story about it all, and more. It's being rare example once spoilers do not actually spoiling experience but improve it. And now it's relevant and good like time for me to say to you, unless you have completed Silent Hill 1-4 games and movie, stop read this article beyond 2nd paragraph break after this, and go play or watch walkthroughs of Silent Hill 1-4, and see movie. Since otherwise you to ruin among best mind fucks you could ever get. I myself anyway by now have said all my own personal experience I've had with Silent Hill. And below I to get more into it.
Among numerous guides walkthroughs explanations Russia have, do not read ArtMoney. ArtMoney garbage using of Diddies Gaga gang Taylor crew lexicon, and doing exactly same thing too. Them calling by word 'money', selled out whores which being their partners and wifes and husbands, their songs, basketball shots, parasitic existence of politicians celebrities and their global crimes and their fame, rape courts them have, lame garbage regulated changed options guides, themselves.
Silent Hill games like got:
Quality Electronic music and graphic and art.
Original idea about diverse endings.
Cool free roam, in foggy, snowy, ash, city. Or in hell.
Kind of fucked up hard riddles puzzles.
Kind of slow and clumsy battles.
And, mind blowing, intricate, deep, with lots of symbolism, twisted story plot, with much of meaningful trivia which indeed interwoven throughout series. It's being psychological digital art with certain spiritual themes. And it's all altogether too actually relevant to global event, to me, to my ghost, and to global freaks.
Silent Hill bring among best hell representation possible, since it's derive from personal experiences and it's hit the very soul of people. Thus, Silent Hill being among best and among truest hell representations I've seen (but more nicer, more weird, and actually by core notion about inviduality of hells are seems almost comprehensively right). However, it have few inaccuracies too really.
Spoilers incoming. Moreover, knowledge of topic relevance could be required to grasp the essense of certain intel listed below. Thus, have to complete the game to properly understand the whole meaning.
Silent Hill 1.
The story is about girl, which have been raped by Cohen (Cohen represent Sacha Cohen chicken Trump Pootin Brian Gaga gang Taylor crew Diddies), after it whole city (country Russia, USA, UK, and more) began to harass her by corruption and conspiracy, and then them eventually killed her by conspiracy and corruption of whole city (country, countries). After it girl got badass hardcore demon (creator of ghost art demon/angel) and have destroyed (decapitated, castrated, vagina dislocated, fed them piece of shit) whole city (countries) Pootin Trump Gaga gang Taylor crew Diddies and their nasty dirty disgusting corrupt bribed criminal crews freaks. All those things relevant to global occasion and ghost art.
Got quality music. Atmospheric immersive game. Among most atmospheric of all games at all to date, even after over 20 years. It basically quality ambient music got its fit gameplay and immersive visuals integrated. Enhanced quality ambient music experience. Once you to view it as continuation and enhancement of immersive ambient music experience with gameplay and visuals to match, no way out of it. You get hooked and got deep dive into ambient music and other world itself. I myself too like fog and snow and rain, which making it even better for me.
Silent Hill 2.
Male protagonist James, did dirty disgusting act, and then try to create fake imaginary world by his mega lies, to cover it. Gaga gang Taylor crew Diddies are too have tried to construct fictional world of lies, which it turns out was never their own imagination even, but was serving as punishment for them Gaga gang Taylor crew Diddies in much ways really. And afterdeath realm eternal dimension of souls the world of fairness and truth, have decapitated, castrated, vagina dislocated, Gaga gang Taylor crew Diddies, and fed them piece of shit too.
Got quality music. Among best as digital art filled with symbolism, deep plot, allusions, etc. Silent Hill 2nd and 3rd positioned itself as being related to porrn, and wished to intergrate seexualized content into it. And being quality mind fuck overall.
Silent Hill 3.
Continuation of Silent Hill 1.
Got quality music. Actually involve defeat of dick demon. Heather is hot and pretty digital animation I've liked. Claudia is additional pretty animation I've liked, with good like voice actress, which delivered heavy medieval accent and feverishly reeligious feel to her character. Got good like plot too really.
Silent Hill 4.
Last story plot of original Silent Hill creators.
Got quality music. For me seems having ugliest monsters, due to monsters stop having seexual features, since it's not seexualized game as 2nd and 3rd installments. And monsters overall do look more freaky and ugly.
As I've mentioned it above, Silent Hill have over 1000 references which people have found, or just misinterpreted (which however do not make big chunks of those references accidental since they was intended and/or have coherent meaning, relevant). To list it all to take much time, and being unneeded anyway really, since already exist much of those listed on other websites.
Main core about plot of Silent Hill being unique hell for each and every one, I've said.
Symbolism and allusions being among main and among best aspects interwoven througout series, I've talked about.
Things and creatures relevant to ghost art and me and global occasion, I've mentioned.
Quality music mix, I've got on YouTube and below.
And basically, among most comprehensive stuff about Silent Hill are being Russian English language website 'Silent Hill Memories', and official book/video from original Silent Hill developers 'Lost Memories'.
And I myself have seen few inaccuracies really.
Throughout series, have few wrongly structured/answered riddles, one of which I've mentioned above.
In Silent Hill 2, Maria could not have been created by imagination power of James, since it would mean James is God, and since it would mean no souls are being existent at all but being certain mind product of anyone, which making it indeed a whole mess of absurdities and garbage, and it's in turn mean no Silent Hill hell realm could be existent either. Thus, whatever developers meant by game plot, but by relevant fact Maria represent something else and not actual living being created by imagination in hell.
In Silent Hill 3, detective Douglas which aimed, and, almost tried, to shoot Heather, and such Douglas was plain wrong. You either shoot without aim, or shoot and after it aim, or aim and shoot. Douglas did none of it. And sure thing Douglas was wrong moraly too really.