d19b9501_Googleshng_s_Page_of_Rantings__Silent_Hill
[0] Appropriateness of Atmosphere [Resident Evil] You're trying to escape from a big place full of zombies, constantly finding notes from people as they were turning into zombies, and seeing how a monster will kill a person before you find the monster. [Winner] Resident Evil. When you call yourself a horror game, it's good to focus on being scary. [Silent Hill] 
The first game is semi-incoherent, but there's an evil cult to stop and reality to question. SH2 is just focused on being bleak and depressing, and talks your ear off about suicide.