>>88693603Silent Hill is a seemingly abandoned ghost town in the middle of nowhere that is really misty for some reason and has a past involving occult shit that has cursed the town (it's actually a copy of the actual real town that still has people living there or something convoluted like that)
people with trauma/sins/guilt are drawn to the spooky town and when there are taken into their own plane/version of the town that manifests their trauma/fears
James, the protagonist of this game, has gone to the town to 'find his wife'
after murdering her when she was terminally ill and invented a letter from her leading to the town in his head as a coping mechanism for the guilt and the monsters he encounters are manifestations of things related to his sick wife
Pyramid Head is a manifestation of his desire to be judged and punished and is based on the old town's executioner he saw in a museum or something, Maria is a manifestation of his lust that couldn't be fulfilled as his wife was sick and a repalcement for herspooky shit ensues and most of what is described in this posts is never spelled out explicitly in game