Ranking Every Pyramid Head Encounter Worst to Best (Silent Hill 2)

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
  • Join me as I rank every Pyramid Head encounter in Silent Hill 2 from my least to most favourite. I wanted to take a look at these encounters as every appearance of The Red Pyramid Thing is simply disturbing... but which one is Silent Hillside's favourite?
    _________________________
    Support Silent Hillside:
    ▶ Subscribe: / @silenthillside
    ▶ Become a member: / @silenthillside
    _________________________
    ⏱: Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro
    1:04 1. Rooftop Scene
    1:48 2. Stairwell Fight
    2:32 3. Apartment Scene
    3:39 4. Hallway Chase
    4:25 5. Dual Pyramid Head Fight
    5:15 6. The Corridor
    5:58 7. The Labyrinth
    6:34 Outro
    _________________________
    Game details:
    Silent Hill 2 is the second installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series and the first game of the series to be released for Sony PlayStation 2. The game was developed by Team Silent and published by Konami. It launched in North America on September 24, 2001.
    Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is a project that makes the PC version of Silent Hill 2 compatible with modern hardware and displays while enhancing the experience through updated visuals, audio, and features.
    #silenthill #silenthill2 #silenthillseries #konami #survivalhorror #gaming #pyramidhead
  • ИгрыИгры

Комментарии • 44

  • @MarkLambertMusic
    @MarkLambertMusic Месяц назад +33

    It was the first encounter for me. Pyramid Head just standing in the hallway bathed in red light, not trying to attack you, only silently staring at you. That moment was the essence of the quiet, disturbing creepiness those original Silent Hill games did so well.

  • @silenthillarchives
    @silenthillarchives Месяц назад +15

    He is back!

    • @SilentHillside
      @SilentHillside  Месяц назад +3

      I appreciate you :) Loving the channel man

    • @silenthillarchives
      @silenthillarchives Месяц назад +1

      @@SilentHillside Thank you! Means a lot coming from you. Was inspired by your works and others in the Silent Hill community. :)

  • @SilentHillside
    @SilentHillside  Месяц назад +22

    Thank you for your patience and support between uploads. I greatly appreciate it and will share more videos soon :)

  • @seva809
    @seva809 Месяц назад +11

    I remember that Pyramid head chase scene blocked my hard difficulty playthrough for a several months becasue he just kept killing Maria before I got to the elevator. Thankfully I figured out when you shot him a few times through that mesh fence it would stun him for a few seconds enough to reach to the end of the level.

    • @joshuaweston6531
      @joshuaweston6531 Месяц назад +1

      That part is very aggravating on Hard mode first time round...

    • @sazalamel4749
      @sazalamel4749 Месяц назад +1

      It doesn't really help that his pathfinding seems to be better than Maria's.

  • @iamzmodel
    @iamzmodel Месяц назад +5

    Actually the labrynth at the end is my no 1 too. I dont remember much sometimes in games, but i remember that. It scared the crap out of me in the dark at night. You think you are alone and have some respite, but nope. And the way he just keeps coming at you with quiet menace. Supurb 10/10 scare.

  • @_W_74
    @_W_74 Месяц назад +10

    Pyramid Head as a gesture behind the bars is extremely scary not when you fight him though IMO.

  • @Danyb99
    @Danyb99 Месяц назад +7

    well I hope the remake would at least get close of these iconic encounters with piramid head but I got bad felling that's not gonna happened though.

  • @RainbowMan9407
    @RainbowMan9407 Месяц назад +3

    I 100 percent agree on the labyrinth being my favorite PH moment. I'm someone who got into the games through RUclips, meaning that I already knew most of the big scares before they happened (granted, they all still terrified me). However, the labyrinth was the one case where knowing made it ten times worse. I only ever ran into him at that circular walkway, but apparently there's another place where you can run into him. I somehow got it into my head that he can show up randomly in certain sections, meaning I was paranoid and terrified the entire time in that labyrinth.

  • @joshuaweston6531
    @joshuaweston6531 Месяц назад +3

    Nice list! Here's mine:
    07. Behind The Bars:
    I swear I'm not doing this just to be controversial. Look, it is pretty unnerving seeing him just stare at you from across the bars. However, he's in no way a threat to the player. He doesn't even do anything threatening. It's creepy at first, but after standing there for several seconds, you start to become more curious than afraid. Why isn't he moving?
    06. On Patrol:
    Your last encounter with Pyramid Head before the game's climax comes when James finds himself descending further and further below Toluca Prison into an abstract labyrinth. Here, Pyramid Head can be found patrolling the lower corridors. Thing is, he's fairly easy to avoid and can even be missed entirely. Still, I put this higher because at least he's doing something.
    05. Rooftop Scene:
    I'll give the rooftop scene this, it's genuinely unexpected. It catches the player completely off guard and lets you know this guy is still very much a threat. It's also over very quickly.
    04. Twin Pyramid Head:
    To be honest, I think this is really more of a moment of empowerment for James as a character, then it is a moment for Pyramid Head. Sure, they kill Maria again, but it's not so much scary as it is closure. It's in this moment that James really comes to terms with what he's done, why he's being tortured, and why it's time to finally let the guilt and the concern go. It's a great moment for James, but I'm not actually that in love with the idea of their being two Pyramid Heads. It kinda takes the uniqueness away somewhat. Not massively, but somewhat.
    03. Hallway Chase:
    This is definitely one of the better moments where Pyramid Head is a genuine threat without turning into a full on boss fight. The chase isn't even really all that tense because you're character has to run from a pursuing enemy. It's because so does Maria, and she's lagging behind! The player's concern for her safety is at the forefront of one's mind during this sequence. It's also extremely annoying on Hard difficulty, as Maria is in very real danger of not outrunning triangle head. Then of course, the following scene where James has to witness Maria get impaled for the first time just adds to the feeling of loss for his character.
    02. Mannequin Scene:
    An excellent introduction to the character. Say what you will about just what Pyramid Head is doing to them mannequins, but I fully believe that his movements are meant to be suggestive, even if his actions technically are not. Couple this with the very odd movements of the creature, and you have a rather unnerving enigma of a monster. All the while James watches from behind the closet screen...
    01. Stairwell Fight: This is the best Pyramid Head moment for me. It's one of only a few, where he's a genuine threat to the player. Plus it's kind of a surprise to fight him this early in the game, or at least it was for me. The thing I think really works in this boss fight's favor is the arena. The cramped environment forces the player to huddle in it's corners to avoid the thing. While he's slow, his giant butcher knife has unexpected range. Once you know what you're doing, it's not difficult, but this battle is very tense on a first playthrough. Suddenly locked in a room with this murderous creature. Not really certain of it's capabilities. The arena does an excellent job of making this encounter feel like less of a battle, and more of a fight for survival! Granted, this could be said about half of the game's boss roster, but Pyramid Head did it first! I also like how the fight ends with you not killing the thing. Leaving the player wondering..."will I encounter it again later", or "is it unkillable (a la Lisa Trevor style)"? Surviving the encounter doesn't feel like a win. It feels like you barely scraped by!

    • @facundogutierrez4747
      @facundogutierrez4747 14 дней назад

      What a good argumentation, I agree with the stairwell fight being shocking and terrifying the first play through because of how early you encounter him and for not knowing at first what to do. But it isn't my N.1 ph appearace.
      For me it would be the final fight.

  • @nobodyyouknow1065
    @nobodyyouknow1065 Месяц назад +5

    There was a funny joke here, but it’s gone now.

  • @ShinGokuSatsu_
    @ShinGokuSatsu_ Месяц назад +7

    The King returns 🔥

  • @fatalkookie
    @fatalkookie Месяц назад +3

    The hallway on hard is sooooo difficult 🦫

    • @Stigmatix666
      @Stigmatix666 Месяц назад

      Not really. Shoot him through the bars and empty your clip, reload and empty the next clip, then run. That's pretty much it.
      The only thing is that you don't expect this "mini-boss-fight" for lack of a better word, even on Hard mode.

  • @templecat4022
    @templecat4022 Месяц назад +1

    This channel makes me feel one mood: dog

  • @annevogel2121
    @annevogel2121 Месяц назад

    My reaction to what he was doing before the stairway fight: Ooookaaaaayyyy....

  • @Nina52117
    @Nina52117 Месяц назад +2

    What was pyramid head doing in the stairwell scene to the corpse? 😳

  • @Lily-ix3or
    @Lily-ix3or Месяц назад

    I appreciate you posting this video. I'm satisfied with the result's

  • @terrencepoinsett4169
    @terrencepoinsett4169 Месяц назад

    Lol I DID say, the Hallway option was the most casual player answer ever.😂 Thank you for expanding on this

  • @boonski
    @boonski Месяц назад +3

    Did you seriously hit us with a Sopranos endi-

    • @SilentHillside
      @SilentHillside  Месяц назад +5

      Wait people DO make it that far!?

    • @boonski
      @boonski Месяц назад +1

      @@SilentHillside I do. I'm of a rare breed.

  • @facundogutierrez4747
    @facundogutierrez4747 14 дней назад

    Haha, good outro, didn't spect that XDDDDD

  • @emerald_sustrai2002
    @emerald_sustrai2002 Месяц назад +2

    Do silent hill 4 noob guide those vids are so funny

  • @jdunne6953
    @jdunne6953 Месяц назад

    i cant wait for the new ones in the remake love the sh2 phead

  • @user-fl9te5ur2n
    @user-fl9te5ur2n Месяц назад +2

    Imagine pyramid head in real life coming after you ps welcome back

    • @SilentHillside
      @SilentHillside  Месяц назад +1

      Have you heard of that hypothetical with the snail that is constantly following you? I imagine it would feel a lot like that!
      Thanks! I appreciate it a lot

    • @user-fl9te5ur2n
      @user-fl9te5ur2n Месяц назад

      @@SilentHillside yes I have if pyramids head is the snail he might want to stay away from France in case they want him for dinner with garlic butter

  • @a-yam943
    @a-yam943 Месяц назад

    Personally Pyramid Head behind bars is my favorite scene, but the labyrinth is almost as scary. I’ve spent so many hours in SH2, I know exactly where every Pyramid Head encounter is, and yet when I’m running around the labyrinth I’m STILL scared that he’s going to somehow break out of the code and show up behind me.

  • @pootsiii8178
    @pootsiii8178 Месяц назад

    The Corridor and Dual Pyramid Heads on Hard Mode annihilated my enjoyment of those sections of SH2, I think playing on hard was a massive mistake literally just because the bosses become complete sponges and get stupidly fast and James just is not equipped at all to deal with it unless you cheese the Dual Pyramids, or know the gimmick for the Corridor (although I ended up brute forcing by learning the turns in the hallway so I could go fast enough, so it was a pretty unique experience, Marie also despawned for some reason once?)

  • @koloss85
    @koloss85 Месяц назад

    So.....I'm gonna need you to go ahead and rank EVERY Pyramid Head encounter ma boi. Well go on.

  • @KavytonHiisseli
    @KavytonHiisseli Месяц назад

    Liked mostly because of the "ou

  • @brandongosselin
    @brandongosselin Месяц назад

    the ph gag was good 😅

  • @chadharger9323
    @chadharger9323 Месяц назад +1

    So PHead does horrible things to corpses and fellow creatures. . .and is the darkest part od James' psyche. . .
    1) James should've been the MC of Shattered Memories, not Heather.
    2) James and his wife were known to be extra frisky & kinky.
    3) . . .what else did James do to her corpse besides hide it?

    • @GamblerOfFate777
      @GamblerOfFate777 Месяц назад +1

      Ayo damn bro I don’t think James was that horrendous of a person 😂

  • @PastorJustinWade
    @PastorJustinWade Месяц назад

    Running out of ideas for videos?

    • @SilentHillside
      @SilentHillside  Месяц назад +3

      Nah but we appreciate the concern! See you in the next one 😁

  • @silent-hills
    @silent-hills Месяц назад

    let’s gooo, i’m glad you’re back : )