Silent Hill 2 VS Silent Hill 3!!! GRUDGE MATCH!!!

[LaughingMAN.S9]

FUCK THE EXPOSITION, lets get straight to it, which do you prefer and why???



SILENT HILL 3 all the way for me, i'll explain why later lol

[maxlords]

Silent Hill 2, no question about it. IMO the best of ALL Slient Hills.

Silent Hill 2 really captured the essence of horror for me. Yes, the first one played with sound to create terror....the second one mastered it. The first game played with reality a bit...the second one went several steps further, creating unexpected metaphors, tying the shifts in reality to a cohesive storyline, etc. The main character is SO human that it's almost impossible not to identify with him....a rarity in games.

And it's a DAMNED good story (pun intended). Also one of the few games where the real payoff doesn't come until the ending! And one of THE most memorable endings in gaming...no exaggeration.


Silent Hill 3 by comparison is a sequel to the 1st game with no real sense of self. Yes it does continue the story of the first game (bypassing the second completely as well it should) and it does a good job for what it is, but it just doesn't have the emotional punch that the second game does. There's no real sense of identification with the main character, the story feels more like a game, the characters less real. It's just not nearly the game Silent Hill 2 is....and honestly MOST games are not nearly the game Silent Hill 2 is. It's easily in my top 10 games of all time.

[Robocop2]

Silent Hill 2 for me. don't get me wrong 3's just fine but I really kind of liked the concept of what different individuals experience in the town rather than a sequel to the plot from the first which honestly I never really got into. This same also holds true for SH homecoming which I thoroughly enjoyed personally.

[pseudonym]

Silent Hill 2. I'll have to explain later; I'm busy right now.

[eskobar]

Fuckin SILENT HILL 2 for me, no doubts about this. The atmosphere is unmatched, very well designed.

[fahlim003]

Fuckin SILENT HILL 2 for me, no doubts about this. The atmosphere is unmatched, very well designed.
Fuckin-A. Silent Hill 2 by a mile.

[mobiusclimber]

Silent Hill 2, definitely. It was creepier (tho not quite as scary necessarily) and had a way better plot. Got you thinking, analyzing and discussing all the different angles to the game. SH3 is very good, but not great. I'd even take the first before SH3, but the only other "good" one is SH0. And that one is only "good." (Which, if this wasn't Silent Hill, would be enough.)

[megasdkirby]

I've yet to play part 3, so poll option 3 it is for me! LOL

Seriously though, part 2 was excellent. I just hope part 3 is as good. I've tried to start playing it on several occasions...just never continued with it.

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Silent Hill 2 really messed with me both mentally and emotionally, while Silent Hill 3...I didn't really like.

[calistarwind]

Silent Hill 2 had the such a creepy atmosphere and overall a better storyline.

[Robocop2]

So far this looks more like a clobbering than a grudge match.....

[G-Boobie]

Allow me to add to the clobbering here: SILENT HILL 2 FOR LYFE.

Silent Hill 3 was a pretty straight forward story, whereas Silent Hill 2 played with unreliable narration, psycho-sexual perversion, self-flagellation and damnation, and had Pyramid Head. I'd argue that every Silent Hill game since 2 has been desperately trying to recapture the magic that made 2 so special, and most of them have failed. Especially that crap ass fan fiction Homecoming.

3 was good, 2 is a bona fide classic.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

so im seriously the only one on the internet who prefers 3 to 2???





































.....FUCK YOU GUYS

[maxlords]

That was mature :P

I'd like to hear your reasoning for putting SH3 about SH2....you said you were going to say why......

[Enigmus]

I like bacon, although your mother is a close second.

[Robocop2]

I'd like to hear your reasoning for putting SH3 about SH2....you said you were going to say why......

Seconded. I'd like to know what makes you prefer it as well

[incubus421]

I am hurt that there is no love for Silent Hill 4.
2 is great and definitely more of a mess with your mind type.
But from a straight scare factor 4 has easily been the best one.

[G-Boobie]

I am hurt that there is no love for Silent Hill 4.
2 is great and definitely more of a mess with your mind type.
But from a straight scare factor 4 has easily been the best one.

I've got love for Silent Hill 4. It did some really great stuff, and the apartment/hub switcheroo really got to me. I played through it once and loved it. Silent Hill 2 is one of those games I break out and play once every year or so, though, and it holds up to this day. It has better graphics than Homecoming does too.

[SpaceHarrier]

I like bacon, although your mother is a close second.

yes, but.. crispy or chewy?

Another vote here for Silent Hill 2. I think I prefer 4 to 3, even if the second half of 4 is ...um. yeah.

But 2!! Those lighting effects, man they are awesome..

[Enigmus]

yes, but.. crispy or chewy?

Chewy with a slight crispness to give it a nice, robust integrity.

And where does Silent Hill 1 fit into this madness?

[Emperor Megas]

Definitely Silent Hill 2; it's not even close, really. I could probably write a book on why Silent Hill 2 is the best in the series, and one of the greatest games of all time.

[The 1 2 P]

I can't really decide since I haven't played my copy of Silent Hill 2(on Xbox) or Silent Hill 3(on PS2). Both of them are still sitting on my shelf factory sealed.

[kupomogli]

I've never played either game. I've only played Silent Hill 4 and Origins.

[maxlords]

I can't really decide since I haven't played my copy of Silent Hill 2(on Xbox) or Silent Hill 3(on PS2). Both of them are still sitting on my shelf factory sealed.



I've never played either game. I've only played Silent Hill 4 and Origins.

These are the saddest sentences I've read all year :(

[Emperor Megas]

These are the saddest sentences I've read all year :(Seriously. Just...wow.

[fahlim003]

These are the saddest sentences I've read all year :(
This is MADNESS!

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These are the saddest sentences I've read all year :(

I've said it before and I'll say it again, everyone owes it to themselves to track down a copy of SH2 and play through it at least once.

[Haoie]

Despite liking them both a lot - They're both overrated.

What's even more overrated? Fatal Frame.

Yeah, despite loving survival horror the most, I'm the most fickle with it.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

lol i havent written why i like silent hill 3 over 2 yet mostly because i cant even remember why, i played both games back to back like 10 years ago in highschool, im currently tryin to go through both games


i do remember liking 3 alot more than 2 tho, but i can only name a few reasons that might not stand anymore, 1 being i enjoyed the fact that it was a direct sequel to 1, when i bought the game i walked in not knowing that and i also felt the soundtrack and story were alot darker and grittier, lemme see what else, i do remember sh2 being a really good if not great game and the ending was one of those m night shymalan "wtf!" moments for me, but i never really felt scared, i think 3 had me a little more on edge


im not going to give a final judgement until i beat both of these, but for the time being, from what i do recall, i still stick by my story and say sh2 is a little overrated and 3 underrated

[G-Boobie]

Despite liking them both a lot - They're both overrated.

What's even more overrated? Fatal Frame.

Yeah, despite loving survival horror the most, I'm the most fickle with it.

What survival horror game trumps Silent Hill 2 for you? I love the genre, and the only games that I like more are Siren 1 and Amnesia: Dark Descent.

[maxlords]

So you got all pissy when everyone didn't agree with you and you don't even really have a solid reason for putting SH3 above SH2? Yeesh.


lol i havent written why i like silent hill 3 over 2 yet mostly because i cant even remember why, i played both games back to back like 10 years ago in highschool, im currently tryin to go through both games


i do remember liking 3 alot more than 2 tho, but i can only name a few reasons that might not stand anymore, 1 being i enjoyed the fact that it was a direct sequel to 1, when i bought the game i walked in not knowing that and i also felt the soundtrack and story were alot darker and grittier, lemme see what else, i do remember sh2 being a really good if not great game and the ending was one of those m night shymalan "wtf!" moments for me, but i never really felt scared, i think 3 had me a little more on edge


im not going to give a final judgement until i beat both of these, but for the time being, from what i do recall, i still stick by my story and say sh2 is a little overrated and 3 underrated

[LaughingMAN.S9]

So you got all pissy when everyone didn't agree with you and you don't even really have a solid reason for putting SH3 above SH2? Yeesh.


when did i get pissy good sir?