Okay, I've changed my mind

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I just finished the game and the extra Maria mission.  The second-to-last boss fight was terrifying.
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So answer me this: How come the protagonist could see all those monsters while Laura saw none?

Doom3 isn't scary, but it's intense.  Try playing it at night with the volume all the way up, on Nightmare difficulty :)
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Doom 3 was too predictable to be scary. Whenever you'd hear a noise, you knew a secret doorway had opened up behind you and reveled some horrible-looking creature. I swear, you see more monsters walking backwards through the game than you do facing the direction you're moving.

Thanks for mentioning the movie, I had no idea one was in production.
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Don't mention it. Hey, did you know Boromir is in it?

I just finished the game and the extra Maria mission.  The second-to-last boss fight was terrifying.
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I forget; who was the second to last boss again?
The lake creeped me out.. A lot!

There seems to be a lack of high-powered weaponry in the town of Silent Hill.  Besides, the only thing I want to do when I run into Pyramid Head is run the other goddamn way as fast as I can.
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You'll be hard-pressed to find any BFG9000s, rocket launchers, plasma rifles or other weapons of mass destruction in a quiet resort town like Silent Hill. :)

Well, I'll have to take a look.  I'm currently playing Deus Ex (cost me $US4), and it is much better than I thought for such an old game.  Unfortunately I think I have come to a dead end by using a rocket launcher on a guy who has the only key out (at least I think I was supposed to poison him instead :-(  )
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Best game ever!

Hmm, I don't remember that guy. What level are you on? Have you been to Hong Kong yet?

The scariest game I've ever played was the original Resident Evil back when it first came out.  I would still have the jitters long after the console was turned off.  RE2 introduced the guy that was stalking you, but lost some of it's effect since Capcom didn't use live action for the movie sequences anymore.  RE3 had Nemesis.  Code: Veronica was actually a bit disappointing on the fear scale...  Haven't played any of the others yet, so we'll see.

Unfortunately, by the time I started Silent Hill, I had become sedated by th RE series so it really didn't scare me.  Spooked and grossed out a few times, but nothing that's made as lasting of an impression as when that first time a dog jumped through a window at me in RE1.
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The original Resident Evil came out in 1996. I was 14 years old then, and this game scared the *crap* out of me. I still tremble at the thought of that gigantic snake. Also, who knew big-ass mutated frogs could be that scary?

I've said this a bunch of times, but I'll say it again: While both RE and SH are scary games, they're scary in two very different ways. While RE relies on freaky terror-moments of having monsters and mutated animals/people suddenly jump at you from through walls and windows, SH creates an eerily freakish atmosphere with sound and graphics. It's not so much the monsters gnawing at your legs, it's more "what is that thing in the fog making that noise?!" Take the lake-thing in SH2. All you do is row a boat from one place to the other. No gigantic sea-monsters or people rising from their watery graves. Just a nice little boatride.. but it's still scary as hell, because you know what's been rotting in that lake for the last centuries, and that misty fog isn't making the experience any more relaxing.

In short: RE vs SH = Terror vs atmosphere
(They're both great game series though)

Also, if you haven't already, fans of Silent Hill might want to check out one of the biggest influences in creating these games, Twin Peaks

Additionally, and I cannot emphasise this enough, Deebye, please do read the plot guide when you get the chance.