Silent Hill 2 Digital Art Book Reveals Major Change In Character Designs

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  • Many people criticized the Silent Hill 2 remake for changing the character designs. 
  • While the developer tried to improve, the concerns regarding Maria and Angela’s character designs remain. 
  • The digital art book reveals the character designs for each character, and fans think that the Bloober Team made the characters ugly for the ‘modern audience.’

The Silent Hill 2 remake was criticized on a major scale due to the tweaks in the character model. Many fans pointed out how the Bloober Team ruined Maria and Angela’s character design, which led to the game being labeled as ‘woke.’

This hurts the game’s reputation and, of course, sales. However, given the original game’s greatness, the remake managed to live up to the legacy. The launch was pretty decent, but a new controversy has begun now.

It seems that the Bloober Team made some major character design changes in the remake.

Why it matters: Gamers like to see good-looking characters in video games, and a legendary game creator seems to agree with this take. So, fans don’t like it when the developer forcefully makes the character ugly. 

Hypnotic, a YouTuber, recently uploaded a video detailing how the character designs in the digital art book differ from the remake. The first character he talks about is James, and the digital art book version doesn’t look like the in-game one at all.

Don’t get us wrong; James looks pretty good in-game, but his actual artwork is even more impressive. 

However, as the YouTuber points out, the real problem is with Angela and Maria’s character design. In the digital artbook, Maria’s character design is so good. She has that spooky vibe all over her that really complements the setting of the Silent Hill 2 remake.

So, it is hard to understand why the developers changed the design. Regarding Angela’s character model, the Bloober Team did improve it, but it is still not close to the one in the art book. 

Angela's Model
Angela’s Character Model From The Silent Hill 2 Digital Art Book

That design really portrays her as looking young and traumatized. For reference, Angela is 19, and fans believe she doesn’t look like a teenager in the game. Many believe that the character model from the digital art book is the perfect representation of Angela, which has caused some controversy.

Fans argue that the developers intentionally made the characters ugly for the ‘modern audience.’ 

Regardless of that, we think the Silent Hill 2 remake is an amazing game that definitely deserves to be a GOTY contender. Still, if Bloober Team hadn’t changed the characters this much, the game might have attracted more players. 

What do you think of the characters’ designs in the digital art book? Do you think they are better than the ones in-game? Let us know in the comments section or join the discussion on Tech4Gamers’ official forums.

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