Silent Hill 2
The release of theSilent Hill 2remake will inevitably bring unexampled fan constellate to the landmark horror franchise . This is the first sentence any major episode in theSilent Hillseries has been useable on modern consoles;its lusterless HD remasterwas limited to PS3 . Couple that with the fact that it ’s the series ' most iconic installment - anda pretty close adaptation ofSilent Hill 2to charge - and there ’s scarcely been a good metre in the retiring two decennary to get intoSilent Hill .
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But with scores of fresh role player descending into the fog for the first sentence , many musician will be put on by a conversant face : Pyramid Head : canon name Red Pyramid Thing . Silent Hill 2marked the first appearance of the pointy - headed punisher , who ’s since become a serial publication image , in no small part due to Masahiro Ito ’s stunningly cruel character design . He represents the serial inDead by Daylight , do a cameo inAstro Bot , and even hashis ownMagic : The Gatheringcard . Butdon’t mistake Pyramid Head for something he ’s not ; he ’s unambiguously tied toSilent Hill 2 in a way that the rest of his appearances do n’t always make decipherable .
Who Is Pyramid Head?
Pyramid’s True Identity & Symbolism In Silent Hill 2
Like all the monsters inSilent Hill 2 , Pyramid Head is an invention of protagonist James Sunderland ’s imagination . Specifically , Pyramid Head is a physical manifestation of James ' guilty conscienceover kill Mary . Players get a major , cryptic hint to his identity in the latter half of the game : there ’s a painting hang in the Silent Hill Historical Society that depicts an executioner wearing a triangular hood , presiding over captive in cages . James likely saw this house painting when he and Mary first natter Silent Hill , and it stick with him , eventually forming part of his guilt .
Bloober and Konami will continue to collaborate on future projects following the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake , according to a new audience .
The triangular hood also do as the ritual garb of the murderous cult that controls Silent Hill , the Order , as instal in the very firstSilent Hill , and afterward substantiate bySilent Hill 4 : The Room . Pyramid Head serve up to cue James that he ’s a criminal on the run , and deserves to face justice . Thus , Pyramid Head represents the public executioner , come to punish James for his crimes . Only when James remembers his own criminal offence is he able-bodied to say , " I do n’t need you anymore,“and vote down the devil .
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Pyramid Head Is Mistakenly Synonymous With Silent Hill
Pyramid Head Is Uniquely James' Delusion
But again , thanks to his uniquely horrifying design andSilent Hill 2 ’s stick out popularity , Pyramid Head has become a serial mascot , even though he may not be deserving of the rubric . He appears again inSilent Hill : Homecoming , somewhat recontextualized as the Bogeyman in ordering to squeeze him into that secret plan . He ’s also theSilent Hillseries ' go - to representative in cameo appearance array fromAstro BottoDead By Daylight .
But the issue is thatPyramid Head does n’t make any sentience detached from James . Unlike otherDead by Daylightcameos , like Michael Myers , for example , he ’s not just a bloodthirsty monster who will chase down anyone he sees . He ’s not another generic handmaid of Valtiel , as the comic strip andSilent Hillmovies portray him . He may passably resemble a ritual executioner in Valtiel ’s service , but his actual appearance is twist around by James ' perception of one particular painting . He exist strictly to suffice as a generator of torment for James , and was never intended to be a generic serial mascot .
Frankly , while Pyramid Head is cook in a portion ofSilent Hillmedia , he does n’t make many appearance . The developer know well enough to utilize their capital monstrosity meagerly , and not to destroy the panic attack factor by over - explaining Pyramid Head through lore . At least , they did so for a while . Pyramid Head is utterly intact in his truest form in theSilent Hill 2remake ; it ’s only the continuation and spin - offs that get him incorrect . Still , it ’s of import for new devotee begin with theSilent Hill 2remake to know that Pyramid Head is n’t the serial mascot he ’s made out to be .
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The Silent Hill 2 Remake is an upcoming Survival Horror discharge from Bloober Team , the same creative squad behind Layers of Fear and Observer . Developers are reimagining James Sunderland ’s dangerous undertaking through Silent Hill , with updated graphics and gameplay .
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The Silent Hill 2 Remake is an upcoming Survival Horror release from Bloober Team, the same creative squad behind Layers of Fear and Observer. Developers are reimagining James Sunderland’s adventure through Silent Hill, with updated graphics and gameplay.
