Just curious, is this game similar to Silent hill?

Yeah.. and most of them are crap.

Burnout Paradise is great.. basically you cruise around a big city. Every stop light has a challenge like racing, road rage or trying to survive. It's easy to pick up and learn and not overly addicting, I usually play it when I got 45 mins to kill. But haven't played Battlefield yet, trying to get the Demo off the marketplace.