What is your FAVORITE Silent Hill game? (Question of the Day 8-21-10)

Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 3, mainly because it's the first one I played. I've really enjoyed the entire series though, I can't even pick one that I dislike (yes, even Homecoming.)

2.

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2. Preferably the Director's Cut on the PC.

I was thinking of buying either Silent Hill or Dino Crisis from PSOne Classics on PS3. Does the first SH hold up? Is DC any better? General thoughts would be most appreciated!

Silent Hill 3. Heather's my favourite SH protagonist and SH3 easily has the best gameplay, for me, out of them all. I really liked the character of Douglas Cartland, aswell. 
 
@nickux said:

" I was thinking of buying either Silent Hill or Dino Crisis from PSOne Classics on PS3. Does the first SH hold up? Is DC any better? General thoughts would be most appreciated! "

" I was thinking of buying either Silent Hill or Dino Crisis from PSOne Classics on PS3. Does the first SH hold up? Is DC any better? General thoughts would be most appreciated! "

Guess i'm kinda the odd man out cause i actually really liked Silent Hill 4.  It's definitely an easy game that you can beat in a day if you just sit and grind though it but i liked the story and the connections to the other Silent Hills.  Plus i liked the little first person segments in the apartment and the opportunities they took with that setting to creep you the hell out. 

" Guess i'm kinda the odd man out cause i actually really liked Silent Hill 4.  It's definitely an easy game that you can beat in a day if you just sit and grind though it but i liked the story and the connections to the other Silent Hills.  Plus i liked the little first person segments in the apartment and the opportunities they took with that setting to creep you the hell out.  "

" @Abyssfull: Then or the creepy two headed monster with the baby faces that doesn't say anything.  Also...Giant head in the hospital! 
 
"

It's a toss-up between 2 and 4 for me.

" @jaymorgoth said:

" Guess i'm kinda the odd man out cause i actually really liked Silent Hill 4.  It's definitely an easy game that you can beat in a day if you just sit and grind though it but i liked the story and the connections to the other Silent Hills.  Plus i liked the little first person segments in the apartment and the opportunities they took with that setting to creep you the hell out.  "

I really enjoyed SH4 too, though it isn't my favourite of the series. Henry being a fat piece of bland is what hurt the game the most. But otherwise it's one of the best, certainly. Those ghostly victims are still some of SH's most terrifying enemies. "

2 all the wayyyy

" @Abyssfull said:

" @jaymorgoth said:

" Guess i'm kinda the odd man out cause i actually really liked Silent Hill 4.  It's definitely an easy game that you can beat in a day if you just sit and grind though it but i liked the story and the connections to the other Silent Hills.  Plus i liked the little first person segments in the apartment and the opportunities they took with that setting to creep you the hell out.  "

I really enjoyed SH4 too, though it isn't my favourite of the series. Henry being a fat piece of bland is what hurt the game the most. But otherwise it's one of the best, certainly. Those ghostly victims are still some of SH's most terrifying enemies. "

Henry came off as being borderline alexithymic to me. His super stoic persona seemed complimentary to the whole isolation theme. "

Wow, no love for 1, I guess because 2 is the best. James you old dog you.

none of them are good.

ha ha, this thread and finding out Silent Hill 4 is backward compatible with the 360 have made me start playing SH4 again. Woo!

" ha ha, this thread and finding out Silent Hill 4 is backward compatible with the 360 have made me start playing SH4 again. Woo! "

" @jaymorgoth said:

" Guess i'm kinda the odd man out cause i actually really liked Silent Hill 4.  It's definitely an easy game that you can beat in a day if you just sit and grind though it but i liked the story and the connections to the other Silent Hills.  Plus i liked the little first person segments in the apartment and the opportunities they took with that setting to creep you the hell out.  "

I really enjoyed SH4 too, though it isn't my favourite of the series. Henry being a fat piece of bland is what hurt the game the most. But otherwise it's one of the best, certainly. Those ghostly victims are still some of SH's most terrifying enemies. "

This thread, it was made for me.

Silent Hill 3, hands down.  Heather, Douglas, Claudia, Vincent- all awesome, excellently motivated characters in their own ways, no matter how much you may hate them.  And it does so much for the story- playing it and Silent Hill 1 make for, in my opinion, one of the best personal stories in gaming.  By which I mean, the whole demons/possessed town/world saving aspect of it may not be your thing, but on a personal level, the characters in Silent Hill 1 and 3 are so emotionally connected with both the events that happened in the town and each other that it's hard to not love every second of it.
Also, I've recently been able to like Silent Hill 4 because of a theory I came up with- Henry isn't actually a Silent Hill protagonist.  He's just some dude who accidentally walked his way into a Silent Hill game and rolled with it.  Somewhere in the world of Silent Hill, a quiet, introspective guy with a troubled past and a deep-seated personal link with all of the Silent Hill 4 cast is sitting, patiently waiting for a phone call to go save the world, and he'll never understand what's taking them so long.

" none of them are good. "

Nobody's declared their love for Shattered Memories yet? I know it has a lot of the fan communities split on it, but as someone who's a relative outsider to the series save for some time spent with the original game and 2, I have to go with the Wii redux as being my favorite. It's got its problems, sure, but that game played with psychology in some pretty interesting ways. And that ending... my god, that ending. Hell, even the alien ending. Just... my god, that game's ending.

Silent Hill 2 for me is the best of the series. I always felt the structure of that game was incredibly solid. I would love to see some-type of Silent Hill Collection with trophies thrown in because I never saw every ending in Silent Hill 2 but each one I did, save for the dog/ufo ending, made sense within the context. There was a bunch of endings for that game, some serious time and effort was put into making the game quite the interpretive affair. 
 
I'll tell you what game I didn't like though: Silent Hill 4. No, that's too strong of language. Silent Hill 4 is a commendable entry (has my favorite soundtrack too) but I got the feeling Team Silent didn't really know where to take the series at that point. I thought the combat was pretty poor, and hated the escort portion of the second half. There was a bunch of complaints about combat in general at that point, which is kinda why I liked Homecoming because it felt like a game trying to address fan complaints at the time. It seems though that nobody likes to talk, or remember about how people complained about that anymore. Whenever Homecoming comes up people complain how the horror aspect was negated (which is kinda true) due to the fact that the main character knew what to do with a knife, versus flailing it haphazardly. The whole game was pretty solid, but thematically played it too safe. While Team Silent kinda gave up on having story's directly taking place in Silent Hill with 4, at least it felt they were still doing something strange and new...ish.
 
So yeah, I would probably put in order in terms of favorites: 2,1,3-5,4. With 3 and 5 tied. (Although 3 probably had the most interesting characters)  
 
How was origins? I never got around to playing it. Shattered Memories is on my long-term-to-do-list.

" Nobody's declared their love for Shattered Memories yet? I know it has a lot of the fan communities split on it, but as someone who's a relative outsider to the series save for some time spent with the original game and 2, I have to go with the Wii redux as being my favorite. It's got its problems, sure, but that game played with psychology in some pretty interesting ways. And that ending... my god, that ending. Hell, even the alien ending. Just... my god, that game's ending. "

I really did enjoy Shattered Memories, but I'm adding to the majority and saying 2's my favorite. Amazing storyline, great (if not frustrating) characters, and PYRAMID HEAD. 
 
I never played 4 myself, but I watched a playthrough online, and it seems the scariest of the bunch. Those ghosts look hard as hell and I'm probably not skilled enough at this genre to actually beat it, ha. 
 
@Jeust: My man friend and I played through Shattered Memories on Valentine's Day last year, and we both just about fell out of our chairs when we got to the end, ha. I wouldn't say it's completely out of left field, but it surprised us enough that it really raised our opinion of the game as a whole. That and it was a little easier for me to play than the older ones, because I get scared too easily and can't attack the enemies. So, having hardly any enemies made it a lot easier for me to get through.

" @Ashby: Yep, but you should try Silent Hill 2, 3 or 4. When you reach the end, you'll see how great the experience really is. :D "

" @Jeust said:

" @Ashby: Yep, but you should try Silent Hill 2, 3 or 4. When you reach the end, you'll see how great the experience really is. :D "

In my post I said I voted for 2. : ) I have beaten 1, 2 and 3 and seen an entire playthrough of 4. I love the SH franchise, just wanted to mention that I really enjoyed the ending and different gameplay of Shattered Memories. "

" @jaymorgoth said:

" @Abyssfull: Then or the creepy two headed monster with the baby faces that doesn't say anything.  Also...Giant head in the hospital! 
 
"

I found that bit hilarious ;P. Used to run around watching her eyes follow me. I still don't understand wtf it's meant symbolise exactly as anything more than a slight mindfuck. What was creepy, though, is her breathing from that bit being apart of the OST for Silent Hill 4 @.@ lol "

" I was thinking of buying either Silent Hill or Dino Crisis from PSOne Classics on PS3. Does the first SH hold up? Is DC any better? General thoughts would be most appreciated! "

" @Jeust: Gotta agree with that. It lacked that horrific Silent Hill flair to the end. Neat way to end it psychologically though.   Speaking of hopeless, every time I play 2, I can't avoid getting the "In Water" ending for 2, ha. Guess I can't keep from reading the journal and examining that knife. : ) "

the original and shattered memories

" @adoggz said:

" none of them are good. "

Infidel! "

" @Jeust said:

" @adoggz said:

" none of them are good. "

Infidel! "

well, i guess to be fair I've not played any of them. that is because they all suck muahahahahahaha "

Just like in the Resident Evil question, I have never played a Silent Hill game. Which ones should I add to my list of greatest games that I've never played but should? Which game should I play first if I ever do play one?

Definately two for me because I loved the story. three as a close second because it had the best gameplay in my opinion.
@mosespippy:
You could start with either one or two as two's story isnt directly related to one's.

" Just like in the Resident Evil question, I have never played a Silent Hill game. Which ones should I add to my list of greatest games that I've never played but should? Which game should I play first if I ever do play one? "

" Silent Hill 2 "

I love them all, but the original Silent Hill holds a special place in my heart.

Silent Hill 2. Playing that game not that long ago it held up pretty well and was still able to be creepy and cause a nice feeling of wtf is going on. Great game.

" @Abyssfull said:

" @jaymorgoth said:

" @Abyssfull: Then or the creepy two headed monster with the baby faces that doesn't say anything.  Also...Giant head in the hospital! 
 
"

I found that bit hilarious ;P. Used to run around watching her eyes follow me. I still don't understand wtf it's meant symbolise exactly as anything more than a slight mindfuck. What was creepy, though, is her breathing from that bit being apart of the OST for Silent Hill 4 @.@ lol "

Henry watched her from his apartment.  Now she's watching him.  Hence why they made the eyes follow him around.  The reason they bounce around in her head, if you've ever seen someone who just got a concussion... "

2. 

" @mosespippy said:

" Just like in the Resident Evil question, I have never played a Silent Hill game. Which ones should I add to my list of greatest games that I've never played but should? Which game should I play first if I ever do play one? "

Silent Hill 2, and then if you like it, you give Silent Hill the original a shot.  Homecoming and Shattered Memories are alright, but very different from the classic Silent Hill experience. "