10 Video Game Villains That Don't Say A Word
1. Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2)
Whoa boy, where to begin with this piece of work? Pyramid Head, like all the monsters protagonist James encounters in Silent Hill, is a projection of his psyche.
Pyramid Head is a boss who repeatedly emerges to attack James throughout Silent Hill 2. First glimpsed sexually assaulting other Silent Hill monsters, Pyramid Head is James' guilt over his murder of his terminally ill wife, and all of the resentment and sexual frustration he felt over the course of her long deterioration. Feeling a subconscious desire to punish himself for his actions and feelings, James "creates" Pyramid Head.
Pyramid Head's role as a silent, invincible boss who comes and goes throughout the game is appropriate, then. It doesn't need to say a word to torment James. Its brutality is fully displayed in its actions; its desire for penance in the pyramid-shaped cage covering its head; its refusal to be repressed in its repeated appearances.