Ranking the Silent Hill 2 - Remake Bosses from Worst to Best

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• MA

  @mattieholland7947 · 1 year ago · pinned

  Chuzz

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• WE

  @weirdalexander8193 · 1 year ago

  The reason Laura was so nonchalant about locking you in a room with a monster is because she has no trauma for silent hill to draw from (she’s 8, after all). To her, this mindscrew of a town is just a bunch of vacant buildings, and James is swinging pipes at empty space like a goober.

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• CE

  @cerealsauce3516 · 1 year ago (edited)

  One thing i noticed during the abstract daddy fight was the tight spaces you could shimmy into. They had children's drawings and a teddy bear on the floor, and when in these small spaces abstract daddy couldnt attack you and it was completely silent. My interpretation was that this was Angela's safe space as a child, crossing over into James' psyche and allowing him to take a breather during the fight. It adds so much depth to her character and the fight in general, definitely my favorite boss of the game, the use of environment was phenomenal.

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• AM

  @amankhatib1148 · 1 year ago

  love how this explores why each enemy is haunting james in a symbolic sense

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• AR

  @AriaZeno · 1 year ago (edited)

  When James hides in a closet, Pyramid Head is trying to kill the mannequins because that&apos;s what he is doing most of the time. You can find giant slashes in some walls throughout the game because he was actively fighting the enemies in James&apos; path, trying to clear it out for him to find the truth. When james shoots him inside the locker, PH doesn&apos;t walk away because he was wounded or scared, but because as James refused to face him , thus his guilt, and cowered in fear, PH just went back to his duties, evident by the multiple slashes in the walls and dead enemies in the following rooms.<br><br>On the other side of the spectrum, there&apos;s Maria, always trying to gaslight James and keep him from continuing forward to find the truth. When they first meet, just as when James is thinking about the special place, he starts looking at the direction of the Lakeview Hotel, even seeing the light he follows while rowing the boat later in the game. Just as he is about to put things together, Maria puts herself in front of the light and interrupts his thought process, guiding him to her bar, where she tries to get him drunk to stop his journey. <br><br>The story she tells at the statue is also very insightful. In her version, she says that the rower was lost at sea because the light from the woman was blown out by the wind, which could be symbolism for her death. The real story, found at the historical society, tells that the rower got lost at sea because he chose to follow the moonlight, the wrong light, instead of his lover&apos;s, this being symbolism for James being lost forever if he chooses to follow Maria.<br><br>Pyramid Head killing Maria, in a way, could be imterpreted as a twisted guardian angel figure killing the devil trying to take it&apos;s protectee&apos;s soul and guide him to a wrong path.

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• NA

  @NATIK001 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Pyramid Head isn&apos;t a stalker because he is actually there to help James deal with his actions and guilt, not to harm him. He doesn&apos;t stalk James because he spends most of the time fighting the other monsters spawned by James&apos; psyche. Pyramid Head is still a monster of James&apos; creation though so he gets influenced when James is at his lowest and momentarily act out against James.<br><br>Making Pyramid Head a stalker type enemy would be antithetical to the whole plot reason for Pyramid Head being in the game. Which is also why so many old school fans was annoyed at Pyramid Head being in movies and games not featuring James. PH is James&apos; messed up &quot;guardian angel.&quot;<br><br>Maria and the other monsters of Silent Hill tries to stop James from rediscovering the truth, Pyramid Head tries to help James find it.

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• TI

  @TitaRussellTrails · 1 year ago

  Featuring our good friends Pyramid head, Pyramid head, Pyramid head, his brother Pyramid head, and Pyramid head.

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• TI

  @TimmyJay02 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Eddie boss fight was my favorite. It was like a cat and mouse, especially on hard mode it really shines. Man, I swear the last entire half of this game is nonstop edge of your seat thrills. This is honestly one of the greatest games ever made in my opinion.<br><br>*Also I disagree with the bottom three as I don’t consider chases “boss fights.” Good list though

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• GA

  @gambit5667 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I actually got pyramid head glitched in the sanctum, he got stuck on the inside beds and i think still was when i got back.<br>Also, Eddies boss fight genuinely terrified me in this the first time, love it.

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• KE

  @KempuraChicken · 1 year ago

  Pretty impressive getting a top 10 list out of a game with 7 boss fights.

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• CH

  @chrisnotredfield · 1 year ago

  Finding out you can shoot the hanging hand during the flesh lips fight to drop him to the floor for a melee attack has to be one of the coolest details I’ve seen in any boss fight. Definitely my favorite fight of the game!

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• LE

  @LegendaryBookOfHorrors · 1 year ago

  I agree with most of what you mentioned on the list. But i would still put the Eddie boss fight as number one. That fight was brutal, forced you to stay on your toes, and if you tried to melee/spam that fight, James is certainly going to die, a lot. For a big guy, Eddie can move fast. The second phase of that fight when the fog sets in and the dead bodies rotate, while trying to find Eddie, that&apos;s when the paranoia sets in.

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