All of the resident evil games up to 4 were awful. 4 was one of the best games I have ever played and 5 was good but not as good as 4. I just got silent hill home coming to give the series a try. So i cannot make a judgement on that yet but so far so good.
they are both different games and how resident evil is now witht the over solder camera remind me a bit of the old silent hill games.
Silent Hill is better because you feel that you are the main character yourself. and it is very scary. but resident evil i feel like it is an arcade and action game. all what you have to do is shooting heads
I'd say Resi... as I've played most of them and they seem to be the 'so far' pinnacle of Horror on any console... ground breaking too!!! Any one still playing R4? I know I am on the GC
I am definitley a fan of Resident Evil. They have some pretty creepy moments, and there's plenty of good challenge to go around.