Which one do you think is better, and why?


Me, personally, I like Silent Hill just a TAD bit better. It has nothing to do with the voice acting either(but don't get me started)
I believe RE and SH are both scary and suspenseful, but they are two different kinds of scares/suspense. Silent Hill seemed a bit(LOT) more violent, which is what I prefer in the horror genre.

So how bout you guys?

edit: i just realized this was probably posted before =/ and SOMEONE'S gunna say so

Oh hey, haven't seen you here for a while.

I used to get irritated when some people put SH against RE in the sense that the other one HAD to be better and the other one HAD to suck compared to the other. Not the case here, but the reason why I left a certain Silent Hill forum once.

Aaaanyway, I must say that for me they are equal. Both do certain things better than the other and that gives them a great balance. Silent Hill has all that mythos and mystery surrounding the cursed town, grotesque and nightmarish enemies, a really scary atmosphere, the fact that sometimes your best weapon is a lead pipe and it gives the player a certain sense of freedom when you roam around the foggy streets. Resident Evil on the other hand has great characters, an interesting and fun storyline (spanning a whole lot of games), zombies and other such creatures, a big array of weapons and I like the biohazard threat that could appear anywhere.

Btw, you were the first one to post this

Silent hill was a very horrific game. The violence is so intense..
on the other hand RE is a very awesome game, characters and weapons and enemies are sooo AWESOME!!

both are good games but i spent most of my gaming life in RE....

well if u wanna know my answer watch until the end...



i love the city as well as the game!!

Gameplay and story-wise, I'd say RE is better. In terms of scariness, SH has the upper hand (unless we're talking SH2, which is almost 0% scary with it's insanely easy difficulty).

The thing is, there are more really good RE games then there are SH games. That's how I see it anyway. Basically every RE game delivers in gameplay, while some of the SH games don't.

Silent Hill just isn't as popular, or "mainstream". The games have more like a cult following. No pun intended.

Silent Hills have this kind of sticky gameplay, but as I've played the games quite a bit I'd say it doesn't bother me.

Yeah, the interesting thing in Silent Hill is that the characters are just regular people unlucky enough to end up in the town. Well, everyone except Alex Shepherd who just happens to be a Special Forces soldier.

Those who died had it so much easier...

I wouldn't want that kind of a fate, I'd rather just stay dead than become a walking corpse..