battle of the horrors..silent hill vs. resident evil

so which is better?

IMO silent hill is better...the lighting is disturbing and just gives you the creeps for the whole game.

Silent Hill story and character wise and even gameplay wise (1-4). Can't say either series is scary though.

Silent Hill games arescarier, but Resident Evil games are better overall.

Silent Hill games arescarier, but Resident Evil games are better overall.

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Took the words out my mouth :P

I'm guessing the people that are saying Resident Evil is better have only played RE4 and 5. 1-3 are basically garbage. Terrible translations, awful story/plot twists....They just aren't any good. Even for their time, they were sub-par. Silent hill destroys RE in the horror survival genre, as Resident Evil could hardly be called horror survival anymore. It's action.RedDraco66

Resident Evil had a good amount of action and jumpy moments. The third by far was my favorite for the Nemesis factor. But the series overall was not that scary.

Even Fatal Frame was scarier than Resident evil in my opinion.

Silent Hill takes the genre up a notch by captivating the players with it's surreal enviroments and chilling effects. Add some pretty disturbing scenes, wierd scenarios/characters and you got yourself a pretty good horror game..

I don't think either are scary but I like Resident Evil better.

Silent Hill has the psychological horror which Resident Evil fails on. That's what makes a horror game to its name. Resident Evil doesn't have that horror feel. From playing the remakes on GC, it's more an action zombie jump out of the closet game compared to how Silent Hill messes with your mind in horror.

Resident Evil every day, silent hill is dull

Silent Hill 2 (It's the only one I've played and beaten) is a game that's genuinely creepy. The story is wonderful and the survival horror gameplay (which I usually find boring) is fairly well done. And all around the storytelling is brilliant and that makes it one of the shining spots in the genre and video games as a whole.

Resident Evil is usually found more enjoyable because I think some people find it more interesting and fun. Instead of being dark and disturbing, RE is focused more on quick thrills, icky monsters, and cheesy dialogue. This gives it a B-horror movie sort of feel. Something you could play and enjoy by yourself or with friends.

In terms of horror, Silent Hill 2 is Jacobs Ladder, while Resident Evil is more like Evil Dead or Drag Me To Hell.