The way he's looking at the glass at 3:28 did he use to be a heavy drinker to cope with Mary being gone and he's resisting the urge? Maybe I'm over thinking but it's fun to speculate.
@@ButteredToastHero one of my problems with the remake aswell. Her outfit is suppose to have a wild look to it and it being covered up contradicts the point of the story. I see no point in them not giving her original appearance. So James perfect version of Mary is a cute office worker? Doesn't make sense.
@Butteredtoasthero because the original fans had a misguided notion she resembled James list when she was actually just the idealized and healthy version of Mary that’s James wanted her to be That’s why they made her look like a seductive escort instead of a gas station hooker
I was watching my friend play it and its incredible I was gonna pre order it but I'll probably wait until it releases $60 for a standard edition game tho and yes I get it we're on the ps5 now games are gonna be more expensive it makes sense.
This comment section has some wild takes-seeing people complain that Maria has 'lost her beauty' or 'looks like a man' (one comment even said her jaw is too masculine) is really off. To me, the point of her character was never just about how sexualized she was. Personally, I've always seen Maria as a representation of the present or future, while Mary symbolizes the past. James' neglect of Maria throughout the game-because he's too focused on finding Mary-shows how he's unable to move on from the past. His obsession with Mary blinds him to Maria's presence, which could represent James' refusal to accept the present or imagine a future without his wife. It’s more about psychological depth than physical appearance, and I think that’s where the remake should keep its focus.
I think Maria looks fine in the remake but her being sexualized is part of the games narrative and what she’s supposed to represent essentially her being the ideal version that James wanted Mary to be
What made sh2 so memorable was how odd the characters talked and acted. It gave the game this beautifully weird tone that was unique to sh2. Seeing them talk and act like normal people is just odd and makes it feel like every other horror game. The VAs are great tho.
They did a great job! I'm rather pleased after playing the original. Anyone complaining is either a kid who can't help themselves because their brain is still developing, or it's just someone bitter because their lives are shit after how many years since the original released, lol.
Most of it's just whiny, pretentious nimrods who love to pretend that the original's some untouchable, flawless work of god when it was really full of awkward/bad acting and characters with weird looking faces.
God forbid that we abstain from.laying lips on corporate c*cks, and eating up whatever regurgitated product they repackaged. God forbid we recognize the original artists that were shunted to have a corporation parade their work's empty shellm
There's some speculation, some say it's to make her look less like a sex worker to appeal to more people and others who speculate it's to make her look more like the original concept sketches of her. Probably a mixture of both.
bc that wasn't what she was originally supposed to look like. if u look up maria's original concept art by takayoshi sato, her design is much more similar to this one and her outfit in the remake is the one she was originally SUPPOSED to have in the original before it was changed to the christina aguilera look (which is still super iconic, but this one is equally as nice)
@@snatchr2451this design is actually more faithful to the original since THIS IS the original concept art for maria in the original game. No meaning has been changed just a nod to the first director at team silent. It's just nitpicking at this point
Many people love complaining. I thought they did a great job with Maria and the remake in general. I just see this as a different interpretation, and people seem way too focused on comparing it to the original, which I get because it's a remake, but different doesn't mean bad.
The initial route from the entrance to the city center was boring, while the first path already indicated that you were entering purgatory. Lower opacity and sharpness of the environment and background objects compared to the avatar (you notice that some trees in the background are less sharp and this takes away the effect of contrast. and depth -- which is what makes us feel lost and abandoned and afraid). Lack of tricks and scenes with very subtle and insightful psychological effects (such as very specific and mystical locations and an inspiration here or there, for example, moans or noises in the closed bathroom, that scene with James listening to a radio quiz program, etc. ) They could have made James see some canonical character wandering around from afar. Angela with a "delicate" and "rational" appearance, while the original had a small physiognomy and altitude and tone of voice that generated some distrust about her mental consistency. Very "teen friendly" game, a bit of a "yellow flag", removing the brutality, bloodletting, latent sexuality, suspense and desperation of the original 4. In many moments there is more action than suspense, it is even tiring, to the point that it seems predominantly Resident Evil 4. James with a gun didn't win me over. I still think an ordinary, sedentary citizen with schizophrenia and in a symptomatic state uses weapons and avoids them. He looks like a different person... almost athletic. Did they polish? but I still feel that modeling clay effect in the graphics, which for me takes away part of the naturalness and realism. For me, the Remake still rings in my ears that in many moments it is something generic and more of the same.
I always thought Maria was supposed to be an embodiment of James’s lust and slightly troubling sexual desires. Hence why she acts the way she acts and why in the original game she was dressed to look somewhat like a sex worker. Why have they made her look like she’s on her way to the office of an insurance company?!
Because the original game has nothing to do with sexual desires and lust, those are things that people made up and kept pushing further. Maria is nothing more than what james wanted mary to be again, healthy and beautiful, she is a perfect version of mary, so the design do not destroy the original symbolism. IMPORTANT EDIT: I dind't make myself clear in this comment, the game game has a sexual subtext, it deals with your psych, specially with freudian theories, the game has sexual connotations yes but is far from being the most important part of the main plot, and james as a character, people keep pushing further that james is just a sexual frustrated guy that killed his wife because of lack of sex (a complete misunderstanding) every emotion and feeling is connected, even more in james case that felt a lot of emotions during the last 3 years, one thought pulls other, but the sexual side of james is FAR from being the main point of the character and the story.
Insurance company lol but yeah you are correct, she is literally born out of James mind and what he would imagine what Maria would be like if she is never sick. In the Directors cut go play "Born from a wish" it gives more insight in Maria and she magically shows up out of nowhere searching for somebody.
@@tomasrio1981 Well... that PH scene with that nurse... yup. It has everything to do with sexual desire.. where do you think those faceless sexy nurse come from?
she looked like a stripper and that could of explain to James how she got the key to the doors ;) In the new one they might of be afraid to go with that kind of clothes on her. They played "safe".
They didn’t haha and it shows in all her scenes. People say the VA is bad but she did a marvelous job unfortunately was misguided and misdirected by someone who does not understand Maria at all. So much for Born from a wish DLC
@Xammie98 that's what I've been saying too. The script changes cut scene angles, and some environments were also changed...which has a massive impact for the worse! No hate for any of the acting, they all did a great job.
@@Xammie98 yup, not v/a issue but more of a direction overall. I'd say that all of the characters in comparison to original ones feels flat, no expression, almost like taken from some cheap tv show and it hurts cuz graphics are great, especially locations surroundings.
@@jarret45briefly, i always felt like she played into James character more, the way she gets inside of his head and adds to his suffering and desire while still yet being tortured herself. Both needing yet not meant to be able to save each other. The original used the same model for Mary and Maria. For example one major difference which I didn't care for was when he talks to her in the cell. She touches his face and the shot is change from behind James looking at her with her hand on his face to just a close of of James face with her hand there. I also think that some of the odd delivery lines, uncanny nature, and abstract rooms add to the personal hell like state that all of the characters seem to be in without realizing it. The original was really yet surreal making the characters and player feel lost and confused, trying to make sense of everything. The excellent acting acting takes all of that away, which you could argue takes a way a huge psychological aspect. Just my take, which I also think is great about the original. More room for interpretation and discussion. Anyway I'm still happy with the remake and the great reviews, the more eyes on Silent Hill the better.
why do they both resemble melted potatoes? all this tech and this is what they do with it? i mean even the face movements look like ps2/3 era. im not even thinking about the redesigns which are meh. feels like they lost a lot of the character in them.
She looksso dumb.... old Maria had natural Charisma but this new Version is just....cringe. To me personally anyways. Happy a lot of people enjo this Remake...sadly i am not one of them. Gameplay ruins it mostely for me so far. This clunkyness makes me motion sick and is just so annoying. Can't believe i got hyped up and spend 80 Euros on this 2012 Game lol
@@Kaori_artzs Then they did a terrible job at rendering the faces because these new character models somehow look less realistic/human than the (cinematic) versions from the OG game.
@@tylertruthseeker4034 do you know the difference between reboot and remake in gaming, dude? It still have OG story and characters tho. Why dont you see google for comparassion?
OG Maria vs Remake Maria Comparison here: ruclips.net/video/DqL69_m11jI/видео.htmlsi=HcLQtQ1KXgE796fX
The consequences of increased graphical fidelity is gamers finally understand how real women look like,
And yes, women have jaws too.
They be nitpicking everything cause the remake is actually good
Im a woman and i dont have a jaw that can be used to drive snow…
@@Chihiro-Kikuchi Okay but who asked?
@@Chihiro-Kikuchi if you took 3 seconds to Google the face model, you would realize how dumb you sound right now.
To me this Maria has more of a emotional side and that makes her look more manipulative
I think thats the point of her change in the remake…in the original she was filled with red flags with her voice her behavior its so obvious!
3:55 God she’s like me.😌😏
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
@@Fallout-w9z Someone doesn't have friends they're comfortable joking around with
@@Fallout-w9z Prude over here watching a Maria clip😐
@@EdalynAnarchy 🤢🤢🤢
@@toshio1334 🤢🤢🤢🤢
The way he's looking at the glass at 3:28 did he use to be a heavy drinker to cope with Mary being gone and he's resisting the urge? Maybe I'm over thinking but it's fun to speculate.
James says in the original game that he used to drink to cope.
I'm about to be come a heavy drinker myself. Why exactly did they change her appearance?
@@ButteredToastHero one of my problems with the remake aswell. Her outfit is suppose to have a wild look to it and it being covered up contradicts the point of the story. I see no point in them not giving her original appearance. So James perfect version of Mary is a cute office worker? Doesn't make sense.
@Butteredtoasthero because the original fans had a misguided notion she resembled James list when she was actually just the idealized and healthy version of Mary that’s James wanted her to be
That’s why they made her look like a seductive escort instead of a gas station hooker
@@ButteredToastHero // Because they know you´re a w*nker
The graphics are amazing, can't wait to play on Tuesday
I was watching my friend play it and its incredible I was gonna pre order it but I'll probably wait until it releases $60 for a standard edition game tho and yes I get it we're on the ps5 now games are gonna be more expensive it makes sense.
She's so beautiful
This comment section has some wild takes-seeing people complain that Maria has 'lost her beauty' or 'looks like a man' (one comment even said her jaw is too masculine) is really off. To me, the point of her character was never just about how sexualized she was. Personally, I've always seen Maria as a representation of the present or future, while Mary symbolizes the past.
James' neglect of Maria throughout the game-because he's too focused on finding Mary-shows how he's unable to move on from the past. His obsession with Mary blinds him to Maria's presence, which could represent James' refusal to accept the present or imagine a future without his wife. It’s more about psychological depth than physical appearance, and I think that’s where the remake should keep its focus.
I think Maria looks fine in the remake but her being sexualized is part of the games narrative and what she’s supposed to represent essentially her being the ideal version that James wanted Mary to be
You fail....Maria is about James's sexual frustration desire
Don't bullshit your way out lol
Makes a good lick of sense to me, especially when it comes to symbolism in Silent Hill
You're allowed to think that, but people are also allowed to think she is what she actually is - a sexualized version of Mary
I think Maria looks great
Maria is the greatest gaslighter in gaming history.
What made sh2 so memorable was how odd the characters talked and acted. It gave the game this beautifully weird tone that was unique to sh2. Seeing them talk and act like normal people is just odd and makes it feel like every other horror game. The VAs are great tho.
This is a dumb point, must it be shit to be good? Play the original
For stupid people.
They did a great job! I'm rather pleased after playing the original. Anyone complaining is either a kid who can't help themselves because their brain is still developing, or it's just someone bitter because their lives are shit after how many years since the original released, lol.
Amen to that.
Most of it's just whiny, pretentious nimrods who love to pretend that the original's some untouchable, flawless work of god when it was really full of awkward/bad acting and characters with weird looking faces.
God forbid that we abstain from.laying lips on corporate c*cks, and eating up whatever regurgitated product they repackaged.
God forbid we recognize the original artists that were shunted to have a corporation parade their work's empty shellm
cope
lol at 4:00 James grabs his gun like hes offended
The music is amazing
A lot of people say she looks old but no lie she is still looking like a snack the older the berry the sweeter the juice🥰
Bro, no.
@@jarret45 Bro yes I would knock the phantoms out of that haunted house😏
@@jarret45 BRO YES
@@jarret45Bro Yes indeed, the oldest tree in the woods is usually the sturdiest😂
@@StrangerINC Stop talking like you're 15. Grow up.
Now maria is a cougar😂
Yup, only difference is she's not attractive and looks over 40
JAWguar
Why was the og look changed that was an iconic Christina Aguilera look
There's some speculation, some say it's to make her look less like a sex worker to appeal to more people and others who speculate it's to make her look more like the original concept sketches of her. Probably a mixture of both.
Because blooper team hired a DEI firm to make decisions on what is apporpriate.
WAAAAAAH. @@tylertruthseeker4034
bc that wasn't what she was originally supposed to look like. if u look up maria's original concept art by takayoshi sato, her design is much more similar to this one and her outfit in the remake is the one she was originally SUPPOSED to have in the original before it was changed to the christina aguilera look (which is still super iconic, but this one is equally as nice)
Blame the woke communist feminazis
Her head is disproportionately big.
Modders where are you? Give her an outfit based on OG SH2.
Gooner no gooning
@Stopitreacts96 some people just respect the og
@@Got_Issues and some just goon
All I hear is “wahhh wahhh why is her outfit changed” dawg go take your fantasies somewhere else
that's
the whole point of maria's outfit tho.
@@MentoOzzy gooner no gooning
Thats the whole point of her lol
@@snatchr2451this design is actually more faithful to the original since THIS IS the original concept art for maria in the original game. No meaning has been changed just a nod to the first director at team silent. It's just nitpicking at this point
Its James fantasy not ours fake fan.
james lost his mind lol
Many people love complaining. I thought they did a great job with Maria and the remake in general. I just see this as a different interpretation, and people seem way too focused on comparing it to the original, which I get because it's a remake, but different doesn't mean bad.
The initial route from the entrance to the city center was boring, while the first path already indicated that you were entering purgatory. Lower opacity and sharpness of the environment and background objects compared to the avatar (you notice that some trees in the background are less sharp and this takes away the effect of contrast. and depth -- which is what makes us feel lost and abandoned and afraid). Lack of tricks and scenes with very subtle and insightful psychological effects (such as very specific and mystical locations and an inspiration here or there, for example, moans or noises in the closed bathroom, that scene with James listening to a radio quiz program, etc. ) They could have made James see some canonical character wandering around from afar. Angela with a "delicate" and "rational" appearance, while the original had a small physiognomy and altitude and tone of voice that generated some distrust about her mental consistency. Very "teen friendly" game, a bit of a "yellow flag", removing the brutality, bloodletting, latent sexuality, suspense and desperation of the original 4. In many moments there is more action than suspense, it is even tiring, to the point that it seems predominantly Resident Evil 4. James with a gun didn't win me over. I still think an ordinary, sedentary citizen with schizophrenia and in a symptomatic state uses weapons and avoids them. He looks like a different person... almost athletic. Did they polish? but I still feel that modeling clay effect in the graphics, which for me takes away part of the naturalness and realism. For me, the Remake still rings in my ears that in many moments it is something generic and more of the same.
I always thought Maria was supposed to be an embodiment of James’s lust and slightly troubling sexual desires. Hence why she acts the way she acts and why in the original game she was dressed to look somewhat like a sex worker. Why have they made her look like she’s on her way to the office of an insurance company?!
Because the original game has nothing to do with sexual desires and lust, those are things that people made up and kept pushing further. Maria is nothing more than what james wanted mary to be again, healthy and beautiful, she is a perfect version of mary, so the design do not destroy the original symbolism.
IMPORTANT EDIT:
I dind't make myself clear in this comment, the game game has a sexual subtext, it deals with your psych, specially with freudian theories, the game has sexual connotations yes but is far from being the most important part of the main plot, and james as a character, people keep pushing further that james is just a sexual frustrated guy that killed his wife because of lack of sex (a complete misunderstanding) every emotion and feeling is connected, even more in james case that felt a lot of emotions during the last 3 years, one thought pulls other, but the sexual side of james is FAR from being the main point of the character and the story.
Insurance company lol but yeah you are correct, she is literally born out of James mind and what he would imagine what Maria would be like if she is never sick. In the Directors cut go play "Born from a wish" it gives more insight in Maria and she magically shows up out of nowhere searching for somebody.
Because it’s 2024 and women are not allowed to be sexualized.
@@tomasrio1981 Well... that PH scene with that nurse... yup. It has everything to do with sexual desire.. where do you think those faceless sexy nurse come from?
she looked like a stripper and that could of explain to James how she got the key to the doors ;) In the new one they might of be afraid to go with that kind of clothes on her. They played "safe".
I really think they did not understand maria, unfortunately.
They didn’t haha and it shows in all her scenes. People say the VA is bad but she did a marvelous job unfortunately was misguided and misdirected by someone who does not understand Maria at all. So much for Born from a wish DLC
@Xammie98 that's what I've been saying too. The script changes cut scene angles, and some environments were also changed...which has a massive impact for the worse! No hate for any of the acting, they all did a great job.
@@Xammie98 yup, not v/a issue but more of a direction overall. I'd say that all of the characters in comparison to original ones feels flat, no expression, almost like taken from some cheap tv show and it hurts cuz graphics are great, especially locations surroundings.
How is your interpretation different from the remake?
@@jarret45briefly, i always felt like she played into James character more, the way she gets inside of his head and adds to his suffering and desire while still yet being tortured herself. Both needing yet not meant to be able to save each other.
The original used the same model for Mary and Maria. For example one major difference which I didn't care for was when he talks to her in the cell. She touches his face and the shot is change from behind James looking at her with her hand on his face to just a close of of James face with her hand there.
I also think that some of the odd delivery lines, uncanny nature, and abstract rooms add to the personal hell like state that all of the characters seem to be in without realizing it. The original was really yet surreal making the characters and player feel lost and confused, trying to make sense of everything. The excellent acting acting takes all of that away, which you could argue takes a way a huge psychological aspect. Just my take, which I also think is great about the original. More room for interpretation and discussion. Anyway I'm still happy with the remake and the great reviews, the more eyes on Silent Hill the better.
2:29 Its like a fucking table leg with a hand on it, eyy lmao!
I pretty much like this scene❤
Poor James he just want to live with Maria
Okay definitely playing this
I love this scene!!!!
Maria's outfit is gone.. why?
Because go woke go broke.
Ooo Maria mariaaa.... 😂
Blooper Team shouldn't have changed the dialogue so much
Lots of haters because the game become successful lmao.
Original maria is better. This new version is just way to subtle in her performance.
Shut up
Disagree
Why is her head so big?
Actress's head is originally big. You can take a look at her ig.
@@xbiohazardx7312 The main actor does not have a big head
Silent hill fans completely missing the point of the original game body shaming characters
Hope Metroid Prime 4 is this good.
2:31 why she's hand looks like that😅
Omg, looks like she aged along with game. 😅
She looks off lol
Kinda hard to take her seriously with the giant head and man haw they gave her.
Anyone know the name of the song in the OST?
Silent hill 2 Remake OST - Lament of Heaven's Night
@@Saint_248 thank you!
No.... Please don't.. I'm a.. I'm a virgin.. :(
maria SD
why do they both resemble melted potatoes? all this tech and this is what they do with it? i mean even the face movements look like ps2/3 era. im not even thinking about the redesigns which are meh. feels like they lost a lot of the character in them.
The Devil Version of Mary
Granny Maria
Finally somebody else said it Maria looking like some body drunk aunty
we love a good gilf
gilf
Granny?
i have yet to see a granny with a chocker and a skin tight black leopard dress. lets bffr
Game Looks so good
Wallmart Leon and Ashley
Toluca mall Leon and Ashley
They predate Leon and Ashley by years
She looksso dumb.... old Maria had natural Charisma but this new Version is just....cringe. To me personally anyways. Happy a lot of people enjo this Remake...sadly i am not one of them. Gameplay ruins it mostely for me so far. This clunkyness makes me motion sick and is just so annoying. Can't believe i got hyped up and spend 80 Euros on this 2012 Game lol
lol natural charisma
If you think og mars charistma is natural you need to speak with more women
@@pinkfly01 damn...thought i am one. 🤣🤣🤣
What is with that man jaw? lol
ITS MA'AM!
One joke. Rent free… Oh well. Guess you can’t expect much else from chuds who have never been beyond mom’s basement.
I know, right? 😂 And no one talks about her jaw 3 times bigger than an adult male has.
i can’t take her seriously with that outfit she looks like a secretary 💀
Bye bye subtly.
They uglified the women.
Dumbass
WHAT THE FUQ IS THIS LOOOL
Jesus the character models look so off putting and disproportionate, what a shame.
Bestie, you do know that the mocap actor has those right?, and you know how mocap works right?
@@Kaori_artzsNigg4 shut up
Like real people?
@@Kaori_artzs Then they did a terrible job at rendering the faces because these new character models somehow look less realistic/human than the (cinematic) versions from the OG game.
@@madamefluffy4788I’m sorry I get having issues with the remake but your straight up lying saying that the OG cutscenes looked better then this
Ruined by DEI Firm Hit Detection, remove that stupid jacket.
First of all, this game is made in poland, so no DEI included. Second, its fockin remake, not remastered
@@ByzAsian45 ???
@@ByzAsian45 no its a reboot more then a remake since they like adding and removing stuff.
@@tylertruthseeker4034 do you know the difference between reboot and remake in gaming, dude? It still have OG story and characters tho. Why dont you see google for comparassion?
Remake maria is too old, she looks like 40 years old...
40years was toooo old?
Horrible demake.
Horrible spelling
@@JPP123horrible comeback
@@guitarspud1723Not even a horrible comeback when its true.
@@JPP123 Have to missspell to avoid scensorship.
@@guitarspud1723
Cope
Wow this is just awful
Ofc she has a man jaw…
Huh?
Did ya even see the actress at all?
@@SeriousDragonify Get a different actress then we don't want an ugly Maria
Yall male gamers act like you only discovered women have a jawline in 2024
@@koshetz stop acting as if they haven’t been giving women in video games massive jaws lately
@@SeriousDragonify yeah, and did you see what Maria looked like in the og game?
This game sucks.
Man, that jawline is very distracting to me
40대 아줌마네 그냥