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.)

[Enigmus]

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

[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.