Maria, The Definitive Final Girl

The disappearance of Maria Flores set off a string of tragic events. Learn more about our definitive final girl here.

Maria Flores, voiced by the talented Stephanie Panisello, is the heart and soul for our cast of Victims. Her disappearance sent shockwaves across central Texas and her sister Ana’s life. As a lover of art and nature, Maria’s fateful trip (head to her Instagram page here) to explore the vast Texas countryside during wildflower season put her in grave danger with the Slaughter Family. Having caught the attention of ‘Pretty Boy’ Johnny, she was stalked and abducted by him. Maria seemed lost to the outside world.

However, deep within the bowels of the Slaughter Family’s property, Maria was alive and fighting like hell for her survival. Amidst the horrors, she began to realize that something strange was happening. She was being kept alive because of Grandpa. His affinity towards her was perhaps some sort of past connection. All she knows is that she has to use this vulnerability against Grandpa to escape the nightmarish hell she’s living in and escape for good!

Maria’s Star Sign Ability is called Sweet Talk. She causes Grandpa’s Sonar ability to highlight Family members, instead of Victims, to gain an advantage on them. This major gameplay shake up reverses Grandpa Sonar ability to allow for more strategic play. Maria’s Sweet Talk can be modified through her ability tree such as having Grandpa highlight Family members in close proximity to him, reduce Grandpa’s level by 1, and reduce cooldown times. A perk we wanted to highlight is Pep Talk, which grants Maria the ability to heal by a certain percentage after sweet-talking Grandpa. Due to consistently placing herself in danger, her ability rewards the bravest and the toughest of players in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Upping the stakes in this dangerous game of cat and mouse, will you have what it takes to ensure Maria escapes the clutches of The Slaughter Family?

“Getting into Maria’s headspace was definitely not a happy place to be in but finding the strength and resilience to push further when all odds of survival were stacked against her, was a treat to discover. Her desire to live is incredible. She had me pulling from my own Latin upbringing that taught me to create possibility where there may not be and to always find the beauty in life- though it’s the very thing that got her in this position, I’d like to think it’s also what’s kept her alive. I can’t wait for the world to finally experience the character that started the whole search.”

- Stephanie Panisello, Voice Actor

Maria will be arriving to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on June 11th, 2024.

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