Silent Hill 2 Remake - All Maria Cutscenes (4K)

[@petruscapozzoli6262]

Sometimes I think people analyze Maria's character in a very reductionist way, just as a creation of James' subconscious to punish himself and nothing more. Well, she is something created by the city, but I believe she is aware of herself as a real person and not just a mirage. She fulfills a purpose that not even she understands, because she was born as a wish for what James would like Mary to be able to fulfill: a healthy and vivacious woman with the power of life, the complete opposite of a sick wife. It certainly also serves as a way for James' repressed memory to surface, but along with her image come punishment and sexual desires. I really feel sorry for her

[@alainmarceux6817]

Look at her expression when she was asking him if he did loved her ...I feel sometimes she is a reincarnation of Mary ..she knew Laura and her love for bears ...

[@jackmartin4657]

I think more people need to play born from a wish. It gives her so much depth, it really emphasizes how Maria isn't *just* a construct of the town. She is a real person with real thoughts and emotions, in a weird twisted way

[@El_Loc0]

Aye I agree, even looking at her clothes and such as a juxtaposition to his real wife. Sorta granny clothes, to a more night out on the town. Sickly brown tied up behind her head, to down blone hair with blue/green/purple (sorry I have a type of colour blindness xD) tips. This idea of her being vigourous too, and how the other lowly monsters look (especially seeing the sexy stripper nurse uniform at the bar before going to the hospital and seeing the nurses there; note also, the manequin monsters first appear after seeing a manequin of your wife (in the granny-sickly esque clothes), that we also witness and save Maria being attacked by one too), that he's repulsed by this freedom-vigour to some extent. As he kinda neatly wanted/s Mary to fit into an idealised box within his vision (or envisioning/darkest recesses of his mind). Or at least perhaps theres a conflict of mental representation and reality, which interlope with how he feels about Maria's presentation. Another alternate way of looking at it too... is like with surgeons, and killers (or even just watching over a palative person confined to their bed and slowly decaying-fading away), when you've operated on or killed someone, you may perhaps begin looking at people more like bags of meat. I wonder with the monsters, if this is something that is haunting him, mixed in with how he thinks about his desires/repulsions/idealisation of Mary. If you also then think about the (design-)manifestation of the Abstract Daddy for Angela. Idk just a thought. But I do agree, she's more than just a figment of his imagination, that their personality is living at least, she can interact with the town and monsters certainly albeit no evidence of her interacting with any of the other people (arguably Laura straight up ignores her when she runs past, of anyone Laura would of reacted to a Mary lookalike).

[@JimIBobIJones]

My reading of born from a wish was that she was a dancer at heaven night who was on the verge of suicide and wished to be someone else.

[@billybro1403]

yeah the whole game I felt more bad for her than anyone. She was the real tragic character, born again and again for a guy who wouldn't acknowledge her as anymore than a lookalike of a late wife to be killed over and over again.

[@saphire_flame]

Idk how people think this Maria is worse. The dialogue feels 10 times more natural. And James’s VA in particular does the whole “distant and confused” energy so well

[@blackred9571]

honestly I like some scenes in the remake and some others I like them in the og like the maria introduction was better in og also Anyway! What do u mean anyway! Scene the facial expressions in remake doesn't match the anger like the facial expression is not perfect while the og had a better facial expression however Maria is still likeable in the remake I like the elevator scene in remake more than in the og but maria should be behind james not in front of them

[@critical-thinker666]

they both look like they are around 40 tho 😂 Maria was supposed to be hot, this old hag have energy of the sloth.

[@Drannos99]

​@@critical-thinker666 so you want a 40Year old Dude be with a 20 Years old Girl ? You are creepy af... She Looks Like her Age and this is Not a Game wer you should Didi your Pipi

[@KarmaYKZ]

That man Jaw is distracting as hell

[@dondog3123]

Maria's dialogue is meant to have that "something feels off about her" that makes James uneasy The remake make her feels like another character instead

[@Finnd05]

I love the shot at 1:35 where the camera focuses on him when hes talking then part of her face when she starts talking.

[@sonyvegas9838]

That slight hint of jealousy... Subtlety is part of the essence of every scene in this game and I love it.

[@Ainknowhouis]

@@sonyvegas9838most sane Silent hill lore enjoyer

[@debiruhaato246]

idk where the lakeview hotel is from their place but since the OG James mentions the hotel but here he didn't, it feels like it's a cue that Maria might knew about how the hotel is supposed to be the special place (hence her looking to the lake, and maybe the hotel?) and quite literally "gets in the way" (notice how Maria slides in to James' view when he's so close to remembering where the special place should be?) and derailing him to the park about the legend of the woman with candle to basically get some time with him. That's my interpretation, at least.

[@Liam-mv9zi]

They play a lot with camera focus in the cutscenes and I really think it’s a GENIUS tactic for a game like this. This game plays on your subconscious and instead of directly telling you something, you’ll often be guided to it through what you can perceive in the environment and cutscenes. A subtle “suggestion” like that of the camera focusing to another area really brings you into what they want you to pick up on in the moment.

[@zenxymes2]

I really don't understand how people think Maria's lines were considered "flat" in the first scene at all -- to me, she's extremely calm, cool and collected...and it flies right over James's head...even the way she walks around him...like a cheetah would a deer.

[@delighted2849]

She's not supposed to tho. She's emotionally unstable and manipulative, which is shown a lot more in range with the original. Even her body language is completely off.

[@afikanto4126]

This scene is a bit flat isnt it. I'm not even done with the remake and im enjoying it but we dont have to pretend everything is perfect. The first scene is quite lackluster.

[@Pulowski]

funny you pick cheetah as wording. check out her skirt's faint pattern

[@xavibabys]

i have to say the “do i look like your girlfriend?” line could’ve been done a little more flirtatious imo

[@saphire_flame]

@@xavibabys Yeah if I had to be completely honest, James’s VA sounded better in this scene. However I think they both did a fantastic job.

[@davidjackson5966]

What people don’t realize is that Maria is suppose to have something off about her that makes James feel uneasy, that’s why her calm and steady voice is almost considered “flat”

[@danielgeronimo5538]

And yet the more aggressive fits better because it ties in with James' slowly losing grip on sanity and insecurity he suffered with trauma on verbal abuse

[@gamingawesomeness222]

I never grew up with the original but I can see from videos her original ps2 render has her smile a little *too* big right off the bat

[@jackspedicy]

Exactly

[@shyvanadragongape3821]

Naw it’s just milquetoast 😊

[@diegomr6969]

modern games really sucks...

[@Bataowata]

9:39 i love how alluring she is.

[@deden77720]

“do I look like ur girlfriend?” “ashley!!” 😂

[@GeminibBorn]

At 55 sure

[@billybro1403]

​@@GeminibBorn where are you seeing 55 yr olds that look like this chick I wanna know😂

[@randahani8223]

Are you Mary or maria? ~yes

[@lenakingsleigh]

Listen to the old VA again and tell me that one is better than the new one 💀 There's just no way. Salóme Gunnarsdóttir did an amazing job at portraying Maria. Yes, I like the original and grew up with it but I'm not gonna get blinded by nostalgia, if it's clear how much improvement the remake has in regards to voice acting and mocap. Everyone working on this game is incredibly talented.

[@Bwagi]

Well Monica Horgan must be thinking about all these positive comments about Salóme, she really nailed it.

[@conspiracycaz23]

Girl, I agree 💯 I played it the first time round, but this Maria had me engaged! Her voice, the way she moves, her look, everything! Love this comment of yours! ❤ and btw, the new jacket just makes it!

[@Bwagi]

@@conspiracycaz23 Now you mention her voice is almost identical as Monica's when she starts reading the last letter, amazing performance!.

[@Bwagi]

I will always stick with the original since i´ve never been a fan of remakes but, i didn't think the new team would represent the original with such accuracy so i have to accept now i loved this new remake big time!.

[@conspiracycaz23]

@@Bwagi it’s for sure a favourite!! Haha yes, it’s all about the voice! It lures you in 😅🔥

[@maboilaurence8227]

That cutscene of Maria behind the bars is absolutely top notch, the lighting, James' expression, Maria looking at the camera while it zooms in... it's incredible.

[@Bwagi]

Yes it is even so, i stick to the Original :*

[@fwmdavid6944]

maria making me wanna act up

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I like the voice acting. The only part I'm less fond of from Maria is the scene behind bars, where i found the original more sinisterly playful. I don't get why people don't like this version, especially the looks.

[@blackred9571]

I like the new Maria but I think that og did better it's like for example comparing Heath ledger to the new Joker movie of course we can all agree that Heath ledger is the best joker but new one is good too but it is not like Heath ledger

[@V-u-l-p]

The Jail Scene is way to bright =/

[@limaniner34]

The jail scene is actually pretty damn good in the remake, the original aside from the "i'm not your mary" line isnt particularly well done. The one scene that fumbled in the remake is the "ANYWAY??" one, which was terrible, the one part that looks and plays exactly like most people thought the SH2 remake would turn out to be before release.

[@caffeinatedcaptcha]

No hate to the new actress. I think she did a great job, but the OG jail scene was just so well done.

[@maboilaurence8227]

@@thegreenmanofnorwich eh I think The remake's behind the bars scene works better due to how subtle it is, the og's felt way too in your face, it almost makes Maria look comically evil and cunning. +the lighting is top notch.

[@Glum_Reaper]

I liked the OG Maria’s condescending “bitchier” tone in her voice a million times better, but this stoic (ish) Maria I guess fits the overall tone of the remake better.

[@blackred9571]

Yeah i don't think that the actress in the remake was bad i think she was good but wasn't like the og which is why i prefer the og Maria

[@Polomance862]

I think making her bitchy makes her less unnaturally soothing to James. If Maria is more calm, cool, and collected despite the dangers around. It doesn't do well to build this temptation for James to fall into old habits. Maria is James' lust and desire for sex and affection. If she doesn't come off as seductive but also feel something is "wrong". she doesn't serve as a good trial for James.

[@MC_Hammerpants]

Theres a relationship between stoicism and that jawline

[@blackred9571]

@@MC_Hammerpants what Jawline Maria looks perfect💯. And the actress did a pretty good job with her charracter however, I prefer the og maria but the new isn't bad at all

[@MC_Hammerpants]

@@blackred9571 perfect if shes trying to have a big ass head and a man's jawline. That goes against the seductive temptress archetype we got in the OG

[@eternus154]

She moves like she don't care Smooth as silk, cool as air Ooh, it makes you wanna cry She doesn't know your name And your heart beats like a subway train Ooh, it makes you wanna die Ooh, don't you wanna take her? You wanna make her all your own? Maria You've gotta see her Go insane and out of your mind Latina Ave Maria A million and one candle lights

[@ericabbey1863]

Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name Will never be the same To me. Maria! I've just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've found How wonderful a sound Can be. Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing- Say it soft and it's almost like praying- Maria . . . I'll never stop saying Maria!

[@lnd4va]

I always think of Maria when I hear this song 🤣

[@LiquoriceBish]

Ok

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

What song is that?

[@eternus154]

@@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711 1999 song Maria by Blondie.

[@jerrodimus]

Born from a wish...James' deepest secret wish

[@TemporaryRain]

Mad props to the sound design team, James hand running down the rusty bar, or Maria touching his face. They nailed it!

[@alemonkiki]

13:30 I finally understand the story. If mary and james had never visited silent hill Mary would not have died. The woman who was a "saint" actually was a witch, probably from the cult and indeed got cast out. Died of starvation after her undyingly devoted lover drowned while trying to find her in the storm. Her spirit probably awoke once she sensed the love james held for Mary so she cast a curse as a ghost on Mary so she would die and Lure James not so long after in order to appear as Maria and keep him to herself. She dies in the maria ending because she cannot exist/haunt outside silent hill. In the drown ending James dies just like the old lover and in rebirth James doesnt know It but if sucessful he will bring Maria/the witch back to life through Marys corpse. Only good ending is LEAVE. James literally frees himself from so many things.

[@mateblaga]

That's a very good idea if we lean into the mythical side of the story - What I read that Mary probably got sick from the poisonous gas coming from Toluca Lake she visited with James

[@DavidAbisaiGomez]

Hell no haha

[@DavidAbisaiGomez]

Well Mary became ill bc of sile t hill. But maybe related to that desease that was a pandemyc bsck then.

[@OkayContent]

I absolutely think Salóme Gunnarsdóttir utterly crushed this performance, I’m fixated every time she’s on screen. She’s so cool and confident, it’s like her very nature is enticing James to stay in the dark-i mean obviously that’s a big part of her role here but it never feels forced, it never even feels constructed, it’s like they just got video of a woman who’s had a very interesting life and just fit it into this game These moments especially: 2:49 7:09 18:47 22:25 And how she’s suddenly a little more stiff behind those bars as the line between Maria and Mary really begin to blur, and like Mary before her, she’s trapped yet acting like everything’s fine when she’s already dead: 25:50

[@Jenartik]

shut up bot

[@OkayContent]

@@Jenartik i’m not a bot 😭😂

[@fuzeshore1988]

She’s pretty in this remake.

[@MC_Hammerpants]

Bloober gave her a man's head and a woman's body

[@MagnumBullets47]

Except for the man jaw

[@MikeNapoli1989]

Yeah, she is.

[@kiraproxy4569]

Old remake I don't care I like this woman

[@hyrulemythology6055]

@@MagnumBullets47never met a real woman I see 💀

[@Moonlight-x5z]

"im not your mary" 27:14 mary wedding ring meaning she is mary. Damn there good

[@inkajoo]

A ring is a ring. She's not Mary, it's just another trick.

[@Liam-mv9zi]

Notice that it’s not on the ring finger though… just that little bit off of REALLY being Mary

[@Spartain14]

@@Liam-mv9ziwhoa. Nice catch! I didn’t see that at all. The developers really put a lot of thought into her character

[@AnnaKin]

James's actor is AMAZING. I loved him in this and that's saying a lot

[@DrFunk98]

I think, regarding the cell scene. The vibes are both unnerving, for two different reasons. For me, in the original it feels like Maria is a creature mimicking casual conversation. While the remake, feels like she's a puppet. She's artificially saying things that come off as casual conversation. Both times to entice James. I would have liked to see more venom in the deliveries of that scene. But ultimately I like what they tried here.

[@inkajoo]

Not a puppet, a slave

[@damiannova5207]

Maria’s VA does a great job in this game. With the exception of the scene behind the prison bars, where I think her performance feels too authentically compassionate and not menacing enough, and the scene where Pyramid Head kills her, where her silence isn’t as impactful as the original’s horrified screaming, she nails most of the lines she’s given, replicating the emotion of the original while making it sound more natural. She also bounces off James super well, whose own voice work is fantastic in the remake.

[@davidines6846]

26:00 this chage scene is weird, the way he is touching the bar and then he disappears.

[@jeanzinc739]

This... what?

[@davidines6846]

@@jeanzinc739 change of scene sorry

[@DrFunk98]

It can feel odd yeah. But I like to think playing with shot continuity can add to a scene. Sometimes you gotta sacrifice logic for art.

[@maboilaurence8227]

I personally quite like it, it's probably a mistake but it makes it look like Maria is talking directly to the player, it's more Shining like surreal.

[@iceicebabie]

100% intentional. It's all basically a living nightmare/personal Hell for James. Logic does not exist here the way it does in reality, stuff like that just reinforces how otherworldly the entire experience is

[@cpgxy]

22:30 this scene alone enhances the time loop theory

[@murderycatdoll1380]

The VA did fantastic! They all did!

[@PotatoFarmer656]

Grew up with the OG. Some people are annoyingly gatekeeping the hell out of this game. The acting is fine for what it is. The whole game itself is fine for what it is. It's the best possible version of remaking something with basically a cult following. Bloober thankfully understood what Team Silent did with the OG and it shows. They were really careful in how they add and change some dialogues between James and Maria. The new Heaven's Night scene is a good example of showcasing their dynamic, how delusional James is, how manipulative Maria really is. It's a passable remake and is more than enough to get the attention of a new generation of players.

[@aapddd]

I’m glad they remade this. I never got to play the OG. It’s the best horror game I’ve played, even better than Alan Wake 2. Improved graphics and gameplay make it more enjoyable for a casual gamer like myself.

[@iceicebabie]

Same here man, I'm actually floored with how faithful of a remake this has been. They knocked it out of the park if you ask me, many of the differences are great fuel for discussion and bring new layers/aspects to the entire story. The plot is the same, but the story is fresh.. A good middleground between just rehashing what's already come before, and changing so much that it isn't even reminiscent anymore. My biggest gripe hands down is just the inconsistent performance of the game honestly (PC)

[@MATAX5]

Well maybe all the people complaining about Maria should probably try getting the Maria ending from the OG more rather than ‘In the Water’ all the time? Hm?

[@blackred9571]

what,does this have to do with Maria in remake? I like the Maria in remake but og was better

[@bagaskarahadjarputra6070]

01:10 I like James' "oh" reaction. so natural in his self-realization . This overall cutscene's dialogue and acting is also even more 10 times better than original for its more grounded acting.

[@tilaNmanx]

I like the new Maria. She's supposed to be hot but also James' age range. Mary's image corrupted by James' thoughts. I think she looks perfect.

[@maiafay]

She’s fine in the remake. More realistic facial expressions and movements. There’s some intense nostalgia for the original, I get it. But some are being too critical for critical sake.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I actually think all the voice acting is rather strong. The only two I don't really like as much are Maria behind bars (I thought the original was more sinisterly playful, and I thought the lighting was more effective) and Angela on the staircase (I liked the mood swings, the mockery, and the bitterness)

[@KarmaYKZ]

That man Jaw is distracting as hell, bro 💀

[@sgttater2313]

bro what expressions LOL the "anyway" scene her face is so flat it's funny.

[@GazingTrandoshan]

Yall would be calling Ripley a man , grow up

[@Unsaelig]

@@KarmaYKZWe already know you’re insecure about your girly jaw and you’ve never been up close to an actual woman. You don’t have to keep telling us.

[@hallowseve5801]

19:40 They should have kept a pause from Maria before she shouts "Anyway!?"

[@blackred9571]

yeah that is true

[@NECO2926]

that whole scene is bad, there is 0 emotion on Maria's face

[@elkados2818]

2:51 That subtle change of expression in her, shows how manipulative is her character

[@Hachidiego]

So haunting. I love this version of Maria!

[@MikeNapoli1989]

So, when I was exploring the area with Maria around the motel, I hear her say “James” in the tone as If trying to get my attention. Next thing I know one of the monsters comes out of nowhere and scared the crap out of me. I think what made it so scary was the way she said “James” as if trying to get your attention in the sense of someone mishearing what you said, as opposed to a normal person would yell, “look out!!! What is that thing?”

[@aidarosullivan5269]

Maria might be my most favorite secondary character in videogames

[@cigoLxeL]

The "I'm not your Mary" line sounds a lot less venomous than it used to.

[@iceicebabie]

Sounds really melancholy and sympathetic this time around. I like how Maria was handled a lot, I think moments like that add even more nuance to the character, and what she's supposed to represent. She's more of her own being this time around, something that needs James to exist yet still exists outside of him (as her being is very much a result of Silent Hill's influence), it's insidious but oddly compassionate... They really did something phenomenal with this remake IMO

[@Bwagi]

I find The "Lakeview Hotel" a more fitting special place for two lovers but, since they cut off that line well, "Heaven´s Night" works for me on these days.

[@lynxfang3352]

Don't forget the alternate scene where instead of Mary sitting there it's Maria and she reprimands James over the confusion and he fights her instead.

[@GimmickMemes]

idc what anyone says, i LOVE this Maria and I think the actor, script and game devs did an awesome job

[@z.startedafire]

we all had a moment of silence

[@Saruva_Eduardo]

I watched these cutscenes without the nostalgia glasses and they nailed the uncanny valley with Maria, specially in the first meeting with her and the cell scene, both key scenes to her character. Of course somethings are not perfect, for example the american movie style silent death just doesn't disturb you enough like the original where Maria is screaming.

[@sgttater2313]

The 'anyway' scene facial animations were bad. The cell scene direction was bad, though I can tell this was probably the director's fault and not the VA. It's clearly an intentional change, but I couldn't tell you why.

[@PaulaNaBussa-x1n]

​@@sgttater2313 ok Grandpa

[@willemdaenemy]

27:19 I would fold immediately

[@MartianOrion]

I've never played Silent Hill before and just beat the remake. Maria truly gave me the creeps. I never felt like I could trust her. The scene at 25:30 really gave me an uneasy feeling with the way she gaslights James and her general looks and mannerisms. I wanted James to ask her why she left the room that she was resting in in the first place.

[@blackred9571]

It's good that u enjoyed the remake Maria honestly i played it too but I prefer the og sound

[@FrapsDirector]

Dude how about the end of that scene where the door is closing? :)

[@blackred9571]

@@FrapsDirector she lookwd evil from her pose i know

[@blackred9571]

@@FrapsDirector iam not saying that the remake maria is bad she is actually good but i think og had that switch between maria and mary which led to a high effect of confusion than the remake so i prefer the og

[@Kujociel]

Maria is so tempting😥

[@THE_REEEE_KING]

So few complaints, and few positives. The new scenes the VA for Maria delivers really well. Felt like she had more freedom. 1. The hallway scene she teleports behind James even though she was running ahead of him 0.5 seconds ago 2. Missing the dialogue of her crying for his help before being killed really takes away the tension. 3. James getting up so quickly afterwards, even with his body sway, looks too soon 4. I can’t tell if it’s edited, but the “aren’t you Maria” and the “I’m not your Mary” feels again too soon. Like there needed to be one more second of tension. 5. I really wish the lights in the jail scene gave more shadows over her. The OG nailed it. Especially her like “eye roll” when he got upset by asking her for a straight answer. Now that’s missing. I can live with it, but I hope we can mod a few of the things I pointed out. I’m sure a patch or two from Bloober could fix it, if they actually think it needs to be fixed, just like the stutter everyone is having on PC.

[@MrHubba9bubba]

Yeah I agree with the pauses not being long enough in a lot of the cutscenes. Especially in the video tape cutscene with Laura. Everything just needs a couple more seconds to breathe.

[@Liam-mv9zi]

I actually like that’s she’s well lit. The uncanniness that comes from Maria comes from what you CAN see, how much she resembles “his Mary”. When she starts talking about these things only Mary should know it starts to feel like James has been gaslit to the extreme… to the point that something that looks and quacks like a duck isn’t a duck to him. How she looks is a focal part of what makes her scary, obscuring that I think would be counter-intuitive

[@buddyzf]

Maria is the most vibrant character than others in Silent Hill.

[@jtg9210]

I like the pause at 13:26 when James looks at her, knowing that's not Mary after he says, "She's not here." It's like he's annoyed because all he can hear and see is Mary in Maria, that he almost mistook her as his wife again.

[@jtg9210]

Also, at 27:24, I just notice the sigh in her voice after she says, "Don't you wanna touch me?" Like she's hoping James would say yes and touch her too. Love small details like this!!!

[@08.chjara]

I do like her new look but i miss her old outfit tbh 🥲

[@cloudhearts20]

Maria looks like The Waitress from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

[@invadersoul8267]

Have you noticed when we visit Maria at the first time music playes really mysterious but then maria talks the music gets soft

[@AlirezA_H.M_G]

So , basically she is a creature of silent hill and she really didn't die in those sections and is just there to torture james by drying in same way that his late wife does , so he will return to silent hill? I say if james were gonna learn nothing form all that , so why not just pick maria early in game 😅

[@Hydrocannon]

She felt real up until getting stabbed right before the elevator, the next one we see is a copy Silent Hill made for James.

[@AlirezA_H.M_G]

@@Hydrocannon well , she died 3 times , i think no woman act that way with a man for the first time they meet.(life's so cooked for me...) And be like and sound like just his late wife.

[@Revan-eb1wb]

@@Hydrocannon not a copy. She just gets ressurected, every single time by the town

[@MrMctakahashi]

3:58 the way the camera goes to the horizon of the Toluca Lake and shows the light of the Hotel... Almost like the game is telling James is getting lured away from Mary after meeting Maria

[@DinossaurodaAmazonia]

Not necessarily Mary, but the truth

[@hainhatphung1371]

I feel even more depressing when knowing this Maria craves for attention "way better" than the OG bright-side Maria. Her voice and action might be subtle to some in this remake, but they are very tempting for this James who is already heart broken...and confusing. He doesn't know if he should treat her sub par or closer to what his heart already wants - a better Mary prehaps. Or maybe I drank too much.

[@Sorcerollo]

Maybe you shouldn't drink when you try to give people your opinions. You're basically saying that you could have said, "I love ducks," but somehow, you decided to talk about Silent Hill, and we shouldn't take you seriously.

[@Toxic_Panda97]

I had to check this again because I've just finished the game and I never saw her a second time in the labyrinth, I walked down the "creepy corridor", turned around and all the arms were back then I left to tulca lake, no idea what happened there

[@ryanb4940]

I love this remake but it’s suuuuper funny he immediately is in front of her in that cutscene she needs to die in lol. LOOOOVE the remake still btw

[@DinossaurodaAmazonia]

I loved this Maria. I feel so concetraded every time shes on the screen.

[@alamtya9410]

I don't understand... So, is maria real or not? I mean there is ending where he and maria going back, but maria seems have same illness like his late wife

[@ajeshtantri9816]

Maria is a being created by Silent Hill. She is not real.

[@EvanHill01]

Maria and all the other monsters aren’t real. They’re created by James’s subconscious. Maria specifically is created to torment James and remind him of his wife’s death over and over, reliving his worst nightmare, in a way he’s in purgatory paying for his sins.

[@thomasbarbosa625]

She exists ONLY in James’s Silent Hill

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

She sort of is, but only to the extent to which Silent Hill can make anything. She's more of a person, and has more personhood than most of the things in Silent Hill, but she's ultimately a tool the town creates so James can torment and punish himself. The implication of the Maria ending is that James will be back again, as he hasn't learned, accept, or atoned. Perhaps on future visits he'd meet Myra, Mariah, or Malandra

[@alamtya9410]

@@thegreenmanofnorwich lmao... Does that mean we gonna hearing new female VA reading letter again at the beginning and the end of series?

[@ELEKTRA_LUXXX]

Marias silent death was too funny! 😂🤣🤣. In the original it actually had huge impact on me when she was screaming JAMES!!!! JAAAAAAMESSSS!!!!

[@_Makii_]

I know right??? I feel like the new one is awkward

[@Mr.Kingen]

@@_Makii_ the new game is beautiful, james acting is good and everyone else is also good, but why couldn´t they just have kept the original script through the whole game, and also the same screenplay? don´t care about anything else, they can change the puzzles, areas, boss fights but not the acting. This game is a 10/10 in terms of environment, 4/10 in terms of story, they did not respect the original according to me.

[@iamvoicelessmusic]

@@Mr.Kingen considering you're the authority on the story and not the original team who was brought back in to work on it 😂

[@Mr.Kingen]

@@iamvoicelessmusic only two of the originals, and they had nothing to do with the screenplay lol

[@iamvoicelessmusic]

@@Mr.Kingen fair point. still, I think all things considered the remake is overall quite faithful, but to each their own

[@zzraven362]

I like this woman.And Jameses character aswell.

[@FireyTheAlienDragon]

14:53 *larua just pops into existents*

[@elkados2818]

24:02 why she run like that? xD

[@alanlee67]

Yea. I thought the same thing. I guess it's a default running animation but nobody would run like that in that situation.

[@Joseph.YoRHa-5H]

I wish I'll meet a girl like Maria, she's kind and generous. But I've been searching for a long time, all I've met are either rude or impolite

[@gishigoshi]

The new acting doesn’t quite hold a candle but to be fair the old va for Mary/maria is maybe one of the best voice acting performances of all time

[@Superschemer34]

Man the motion capture is great. UE5 is amazing

[@MGOFor3ver]

You probably didn't add the scene where Maria is lastly killed by the two Pyramid head. But that's on another ending.

[@hazeeqrazak]

Ashley and maria would probably love to go for shopping,if maria is ever real

[@eldrickneilguevarareyes2475]

Maria looks like Caroline from The Vampire Diaries

[@conspiracycaz23]

Omg yes!!!!

[@mahmamia5100]

I think she overall does a great job, but the problem is just poor voice direction in some scenes (like the "ANYWAY?!" scene, the jail scene, and the letter reading). The VA herself is very talented, though. Especially meeting Mary up at the top of the hotel for the Maria ending. Her performance was heartbreaking.

[@justinfisher4766]

This is my home.

[@CoolPunko]

How does one get the interaction with brown-haired Maria on the bed at the ending area of the game? When I played she was standing by the window, not sitting on the bed. Is that a New Game+ thing?

[@eyzonm3]

Not all cutscenes. Missing a lot of memorable ones e.g. In the Inn and Red Pyramid Twins just two examples

[@Pandallum001]

What is the song playing when he first meets Maria?

[@PaulaNaBussa-x1n]

Beneath the Null Moon

[@_Makii_]

The death scene of the elevator is so lifeless compared to the original

[@urtypicalfemboy-nm3fx]

Isn’t that the point though? She’s dying after all.

[@nycolastss6557]

​@@urtypicalfemboy-nm3fxthey want fireworks to happen

[@THE_REEEE_KING]

@@urtypicalfemboy-nm3fx James witnessing a near look-alike of his late wife dying and almost like shrugging it off 4 seconds later feels lackluster. I look forward to the mods on PC that fix some of the criticisms we have.

[@_Makii_]

@@urtypicalfemboy-nm3fx I know, but compare the silent hill 2 remake and the original scene and tell me which one has more emotion to it, in my opinion at least, they could've done much better in that scene ;-;

[@highwind9984]

​​@@_Makii_Still better than Angela last scene at least

[@NECO2926]

i think Maria is fine in the remake, in some ways better than original, but i really don't like how sceene at 19:30 looks. the voice actress delivered it well but there's just no emotion on her face. it's like she's chastising him for not putting down the toilet seat or something idk. it's kinda uncany watching her furiously screaming at him and not really seeing it on screen at all.

[@OVERGORGED]

god i cannot wait to play the retelling 😩

[@dominiquewilson1315]

Did they ever reveal or show how Maria died in the labyrinth in this version? In the original I don’t think they ever did

[@SundayLocke]

From the disease that Mary had

[@Erixisluv]

What’s the music @ 4:16

[@r4wrxq]

i think white noiz by akira yamaoka

[@Erixisluv]

@@r4wrxqI found it finally it’s called Phantasmagoria

[@r4wrxq]

@@Erixisluv yay

[@Bwagi]

You better do something about that cough. (Anyway i bought two pillows last time so, there´s one still left for you).

[@DarlingDreadful]

My friend never played the original and kept saying “get away from me, I know this is a test. I love my wife!” And I would just say “yeah…..it’s a test alright😬”

[@mustafakonca6102]

what's the first background music?

[@Uricles]

“Beneath the null moon”

[@mustafakonca6102]

@@Uricles thank you so much!

[@r4wrxq]

@@Uriclesugh thank u i was looking for it as well

[@whoisyouranime]

I will admit, I didn't like this version of Maria from the start. But as I kept watching, I could tell that this version of Maria is toying with James. She secretly wants him to suffer for what he did. She acts all emotionless when she was in that jail but I could tell that she was torturing him. The only moment I felt sorry for her was just before she entered the "Lady of the Door". The way she was so scared to go in. She knew once she goes in, she becomes a part of James's torment.

[@DavidAbisaiGomez]

I waiting for moders to change her clothes.

[@cronotose8]

the only thing i dont like about maria in the remake is her voice. in my opinion, even if her old dialog might have seemed less natural it was her VOICE that did it for me. i cant desctibe it but her last voice actress was just perfect for the character while this one is fine but something is missing. i loved when video game characters had very dramatic voices, like ada wong in the re4 original. now maria just seems sounds and looks like a girl you could see walking down the street which might be good but i guess its just not it for me

[@justaguy8654]

I follow the powerpyx guide and got the maria ending which I aim too in my first playthrough 😂 definitely going to get a different ending on my new game plus with a chainsaw tbh I think maria ending fit so well to my personality instead of just being sad & broken hey at least I got a new waifu definitely a plus 👌😂😂 & kudos to bloober to recapture that's atmosphere back just like re 2 remake cheers 🥂

[@William-l8d]

Forgive me ,but this version of Maria actually looks old and weary , original one was younger looking.But okay,James could be the son of the SH 2 James

[@KillRideMasterJ]

James has always been middle aged. It would only make sense that Mary would be in her late 30s 40s as well.

[@William-l8d]

@@KillRideMasterJ I actually am talking about Maria,but yea,Mary was like middle-aged,

[@KillRideMasterJ]

@@William-l8d same physical body though. Same actress and voice actress for original AND remake. Maria and Mary are interchangeable as far as looks and voice "just the clothes are different"

[@William-l8d]

@@KillRideMasterJ Yeah,I guess it's just the looks and the graphics that has changed.Personally I like the original Maria better,but each to his or her own

[@GeminibBorn]

Agreed! She a grandma

[@jeffreakii]

I feel maria needed just a tiny bit more sass & flirtyness to match her character. She's all dressed sexy & her style has a loud vibe when u look at her. But when she talks she's a bit too calm. Maybe keep the calmness, but add a lil more spice with some flirting, sass, maybe give a lil more of those evil smirks.. Idk that's just me🤷🏻 I feel like the jail scene in this remake was perfect. She was calm but she was slightly creepy & slightly flirty

[@HadesHatredEdge]

UGH Why is Maria so damn seductive!!!!! She's so wrong but I don't want to be RIGHT.

[@snurrohmh]

Does anybody know the theme song name in first scene?

[@SergeyDragan]

Beneath the Null Moon - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3rLdoWBntZonMU

[@snurrohmh]

@SergeyDragan Thank you!

[@flowrepins6663]

Wish they kept original voices and dialogues

[@BoyInGreyWasTaken]

just mod them back

[@VMKjelly]

James VA killed it. But I prefer the old VA and also the livelier movement almost everytime

[@YamiIsUsagi]

she so pretty ❤

[@herdiansyah9982]

Why maria here seems less.... alpha?

[@PaulaNaBussa-x1n]

?

[@hossainashhab4405]

To be honest Mary looks more beautiful than Maria in the remake

[@paisley0z]

hi 🎉

[@eliwoodnguyen1505]

I dont think they understand Maria section. Making Maria lively, sluty, actively flirting with james would delete the blurr line, thin line between Mary and Maria. In the OG even characters r confuse, sometimes Mary, sometimes Maria and the cutscene make Maria more like a specter or sth and then she is full flesh Maria In the remake, it is Maria, she is active, she is not just flirting, she sometimes come off slutty. More active, more direct, more lead. Like there is nothing confusing about Mary n Maria anymore

[@eliwoodnguyen1505]

@@adamrudin8241 i played it 4 times I know how many times old Maria touch james. I know how old Maria act. How Maria moves. So shut up

[@saphire_flame]

Have you ever even played the original? This Maria is so much less flirty than the original. (Which is fine.)

[@onlinegirliee]

so loud and so wrong. replay the game again, you didn't get her character at all lmao

[@pooshelly]

@@adamrudin8241 This argument is so tiring. What does playing the games have to do with anything here?

[@PaulaNaBussa-x1n]

​@@pooshellybecause they don't show the Full Picture on KZbin videos. You have to play it to understand

[@camilovargasgarrido7492]

It could've been a perfect remake but the phrase "modern audiences" was included...

[@PaulaNaBussa-x1n]

The Remake is basically identical to the original. Or you can just play the original. It's not like it has vanished or something. And people are praising this Remake. Go see the reviews.

[@camilovargasgarrido7492]

Nah, I'll pass on the reviews. It's a good remake... that's all.

[@critical-thinker666]

19:30 my eyes were rolling out of their sockets 🤣 So you keep Maria in room to rest, you than proceed to clear 3 floors of normal hospital and 3 floors of hell hospital than you take elevator to the basement where you take ring and Maria casually walks in and starts tripping... what the actual fuck is this writing? 5 mins later she dies and sad music starts playing (bcs James liked her so much) 0/10 cartoon writing. (In remake characters still don't talk about anything that happens in the game.... like i just killed 50 nurses without face but lets just find elevator... ok... you seen those walls made out of human flesh?.. no? ok lets just walk around town)

[@blaine5109]

The voice acting took away from the cell scene so much. She’s like “see James I’m real 😐”…love the remake but the voices leave much to be desired.

[@sillylittlesheepjax6009]

she has weird voice in og too, thats the wohole point of her. she is not a real human

[@MC_Hammerpants]

​@@sillylittlesheepjax6009thats irrelevant stop making excuses for a subpar performance

[@sillylittlesheepjax6009]

@@MC_Hammerpants how angry are u boomer that new gen will like this more than og

[@MC_Hammerpants]

@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 the new gen praising this game are largely neurotic musical theater kids. It's natural for them to prefer watered-down down experiences