They are barely the same genre. Silent Hill 2 is psychological horror where the combat is deliberately bad and the story is the point. Resident Evil 4 is an action game with horror trappings and excellent combat. Pick by whether you want to be unsettled or entertained.
Both are landmark survival horror, and both have modern remakes that are worth playing.
One of the few games whose writing genuinely earns comparison outside the medium. The fog, the sound design and the restraint do the work. Fighting is not fun and is not meant to be.
Tight, generous, endlessly replayable, and the pacing never sags. Horror as a setting rather than a feeling.
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They are barely the same genre. Silent Hill 2 is psychological horror where the combat is deliberately bad and the story is the point. Resident Evil 4 is an action game with horror trappings and excellent combat. Pick by whether you want to be unsettled or entertained.
Better is the wrong question for these two — they are close enough that the answer depends on what you want from the next twenty hours. Pick Silent Hill 2 if you want the story. Pick Resident Evil 4 if you want to play.
No. There are no scores anywhere on this page. This is a written opinion about what each game is for, so you can judge whether it matches what you are after.