Silent Hill 2 Remake Mod Swaps Pyramid Head for Thomas the Tank Engine

Key Takeaways

• A new mod swaps Pyramid Head for Thomas the Tank Engine in the Silent Hill 2 remake, providing a humorous experience for players.
• The Silent Hill 2 remake received positive reviews for graphics, atmosphere, and combat.
• Thomas the Tank Engine has been added to various other games through mods in the past.

A new mod for Silent Hill 2’s remake swaps Pyramid Head for Thomas the Tank Engine, continuing a long tradition of turning game villains into this weird children’s cartoon character. Pyramid Head is one of the most iconic villains in the Silent Hill franchise, but this mod ditches it to provide a hilarious Silent Hill 2 experience, which may be fun for some players.

Released for PS5 and PC on October 8, Silent Hill 2 has received mostly positive reviews so far. While some gamers were initially skeptical of the developer Bloober Team’s ability to remake one of the greatest horror games ever made, critics have praised Silent Hill 2’s graphics, atmosphere, and combat. While there’s no public sales information about Silent Hill 2 yet, it seems like a successful title, and its first mods are already starting to appear online.

Now, a modder called xZombieAlix has created “Pyramid the Tank Engine,” an ingenious mod that replaces Pyramid Head with Thomas the Tank Engine in the Silent Hill 2 remake. The mod, which was recently shared on Nexus Mods, is pretty straightforward, and it will not likely interact with other Silent Hill 2 mods unless they also affect the same villain.

New Silent Hill 2 Remake Mod Turns Pyramid Head Into Thomas the Tank Engine

The meme character Thomas the Tank Engine was initially created in 1945, participating in a few cartoons for kids over the years. Thomas’ appearance in games dates back to a memorable Skyrim mod, which replaced the dragon Alduin with Thomas the Tank Engine. The mod became so famous that other gamers continued to add the character to new titles, turning this into a popular meme. Over the years, Thomas the Tank Engine was modded into several games, replacing villains such as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village, Mr. X in Resident Evil 2’s remake, Flying Dragon Agheel in Elden Ring, and more.

This is not the only joke mod to come out for the Silent Hill 2 remake recently. Earlier this week, another gamer created a mod that gets rid of the fog in Silent Hill 2, completely ruining the game’s oppressive atmosphere. While not very useful, the mod was poking fun at the infamous Silent Hill HD Collection, released in 2012 for PS3 and Xbox 360. The collection was heavily criticized for several performance issues and for diminishing the game’s iconic fog. Hopefully, the Silent Hill 2 modding scene will continue to be active in the future, delivering even more interesting mods for fans of the horror game.