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30 Character Challenge

06 - Pyramid Head: Silent Hill 2
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I specify 2 because his best and original incarnation is in 2 and no, they're not all the same guy.

I have been asked before why I love Pyramid Head so much; I'm sure many of my fellow fans have run into this conflict too. The fact of the matter is that PyramidHead is not a guy, he's an idea. He's a monster created by the dark forces of Silent Hill as judge, jury, and executioner of the damned. He was created specifically to judge subconsciously-guilty James Sunderland, but before that he wants to make sure James knows what he's done first. He embodies James' frustrated libido, demonstrates the crime on poor Maria a couple times and forces James past road blocks and through mazes until he comes to terms with what he's actually come to Silent Hill for.

He's a real complicated monster full of symbolism and depth. There's nothing like a game where the villain is actually you in an abstract form. Plus what a great silhouette huh? He's not only instantly recognizable, but obviously strong and tormented. I'm sure that helmet is heavy and uncomfortable, and the great knife is not easy to heft either.

I should probably stop gushing about forethought and character design now.

Description
30 Character Challenge

06 - Pyramid Head: Silent Hill 2
Other characters: [link]

I specify 2 because his best and original incarnation is in 2 and no, they're not all the same guy.

I have been asked before why I love Pyramid Head so much; I'm sure many of my fellow fans have run into this conflict too. The fact of the matter is that PyramidHead is not a guy, he's an idea. He's a monster created by the dark forces of Silent Hill as judge, jury, and executioner of the damned. He was created specifically to judge subconsciously-guilty James Sunderland, but before that he wants to make sure James knows what he's done first. He embodies James' frustrated libido, demonstrates the crime on poor Maria a couple times and forces James past road blocks and through mazes until he comes to terms with what he's actually come to Silent Hill for.

He's a real complicated monster full of symbolism and depth. There's nothing like a game where the villain is actually you in an abstract form. Plus what a great silhouette huh? He's not only instantly recognizable, but obviously strong and tormented. I'm sure that helmet is heavy and uncomfortable, and the great knife is not easy to heft either.

I should probably stop gushing about forethought and character design now.