The first four Silent Hill games show an incredible similarity to the first four Alien movies, and by incredible I mean minuscule, and by similarity I mean slight connection, and by an I mean a. Within both series as wholes there are a few likenesses, both are about surviving horrible encounters with unearthly creatures in dark and restricting environments. Both of them give male characters the chance to feel sexually violated and emasculated. Both have been noted as bringing atmosphere and depth into almost completely generic genres. But the biggest similarity between the two (and by biggest similarity I mean “similarity I choose to point out”) is the pattern at which they were released.
The Alien movies had a pattern like this: Alien – Aliens – Alien – Aliens. While the Silent Hill series goes like this: Silent Hill – Not Really in Silent Hill – Silent Hill – Not Really in Silent Hill. So ya’ha! A coincidence? Hardly. Obviously Silent Hill is a blatant copy of the Alien films, just retold using nurses and rape monsters instead of the usual spaceships and rape aliens. Now I’m not saying that the entire series is copycatting the success of a more popular franchise, many people would say that this is a clear salute to the wonderful movies that made so many of us wee our pants when we realized that it was right on top of him – no not that way – g’ya!!!, others might say that this is not a “real” comparison and that it makes no sense, but I choose to say that the entire series is, has always been, and will continue to forever copycat the success of a more popular franchise.
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