Hard to say. To me, the Silent Hill series wins out for its creepy atmosphere and pyschological nature, the latter of which SH2 really excells at. On the other hand, I like the story and gameplay of the classic RE games(no comment on the modern ones), as well as a couple of scary moments. I'd say that SH wins out for being consistently frightening, but there are one or two exceptionally frightening moments in RE. One is a short section in RE2 with Sherry Birkin, where the player is unarmed, and is pretty much dead if spotted. The other has to be all throughout RE3, with Nemesis. That Tyrant is overkill. It even has missiles attached to it, but it would still be exceptionally frightening without them. An honorable mention goes to Mr. X from RE2, but he doesn't have anything on Nemesis. RE2 and 3 deliver from a gameplay perspective too, with RE2's scenario system, and RE3's slight combat enhancements(like the ability to counter zombies, and the gunpowder mixing system). Game wise, an honorable mention goes to the first RE, for its "so bad it's good" dialogue, as well as the simple pick up and play nature of this title. If I want to kill zombies and complete puzzles with a decent story and a semi-creepy atmosphere, and don't want to spend too long getting too the end, I'll probably go with that game. It's hard to describe what makes it so engaging, but it has a kind of charm to it that keeps me coming back. Itchy. Tasty.
Outside of RE and SH, there's a game that I've played in the past 6 months that I like a lot. That game is Corpse Party for the psp. It has less action, but it puts more emphasis on what I think is really important in a survival horror title, and that's horror. It starts off with a group of 9 people(who get separated), and there are different chapters that focus on a different party. It doesn't end well for everyone either(that's not a major spoiler). There's a feeling of hopelessness and despair while wandering the halls of Heavenly Host, and the story is great IMHO. The game has that psychological edge to it, that really works well in a game of this nature, and it takes itself just seriously enough. By that I mean that while it's a serious horror title, there's a little bit of dark humor mixed in for good effect that doesn't overstay its welcome. It has Japanese only voice acting, but I don't mind that one bit, as someone who has taken 4 semesters of the language, and the Japanese voice cast really did a fantastic job. There's a sequel called Book of Shadows coming to the NA psn soon(not to be confused with that Blair Witch sequel). Needless to say, I'm really looking forward to it.
eefantasy812 wrote:Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 is more action-oriented that most horror games, but the scare factor and near death experiences is amazing
Seriously? Dead Space 2 wasn't that scary,only scary part was when he was still in that mental hospital and once you're almost done with the chapter a pipeline pops open,the necromorphs weren't anything new from Dead Space 1,and the eye examination one was pretty scary from the fact I didn't know what the hell to do.
5. The Suffering (I loved this PS2 survival horror game. Great gameplay. Great story. Never played the sequel.)
4. Dead Space (great space horror that oozes with homages to "Event Horizon.")
3. Eternal Darkness (a gem from the GameCube)
2. Silent Hill 2 (it was scarier than the first.)
1. Resident Evil (the game that made me buy a PS1)
I have to agree with the apparent majority, Silent Hill 2. It's great in so many ways. I haven't played much of Fatal Frame series yet, though I have the first 3 - I only play my PS2 rarely these days - but it's really good so far. The first few Resident Evil games were scary for me mostly because of the fear of running out of ammo 
. I prefer the type of scare that these other games gave me, more due to the atmosphere. Dead Space was creepy but not particularly scary for me, but sometimes the "jumpy" kind of scares can be fun, too.
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