Last week we came to the conclusion of the SNES / Sega Genesis odd debate brackets, with NBA Jam heating up and Donkey Kong Country on a banana and balloon filled rampage. Each side made their way to the semifinals by doubling their competitors' vote totals along the way, and by keeping true to that same pattern, so did the winner of last week's debate. Here is the one who came out on top:
- Donkey Kong Country -- Winner!
This week we move on to the PlayStation odd debate brackets, with four more games battling with other games they've rarely been compared to. With Silent Hill and Tomb Raider we have two third person shooters that were just as memorable as they were frustrating to control, not to mention they both became movies many years later. However, aside from that, their genres and plots were completely different.
How will you make your decision this week? Will the action of one game separate it from the other? Did the lead role of one game trump the other game's lead character of the other gender? Or will it all come down to story and character development? It's up to you to decide!
Which game do you think is better, and why? Give it some serious thought, get some PlayStation friends to share their opinions as well, and check back next week for the winner and two new PS1 contendors.
Bonus Questions: Which series overall have you enjoyed more? All of the Silent Hill games, or the Tomb Raider franchise? Also, which movie did you enjoy more?
Contest:
10:55 PM on 09.30.2008
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But Silent Hill Wins it.
Pyramid Head FTW.
But yeah. Silent Hill all the way. It was ten times better if you turned off the damn radio. That way you never knew when monsters were around.
Does Silent Hill 4 count?
Silent Hill.
silent hill, the nurses were sexier than lara croft anyway
Even though I honestly don't enjoy horror-survival games, I have to admit that Silent Hill's story -- it's entire world -- is far far more imaginative, intriguing, and fascinating (not in a good way) than Tomb Raider's was.
I think the reasons why each series got turned into films should speak for themself on this debate. For Tomb Raider it was some excuse to look at Angelina Jolie for an hour and a half while hoping it would tap into the inner-nerd of the gaming industry. And for Silent Hill it was some adult who was so obsessed with the elaborate story and game world of Silent Hill, that he coughed up large amounts of his own money to turn it into a full film.
VOTE: Silent Hill.
With the movie adaptations, I couldn't even finish watching the first Tomb Raider movie. It was so god-awful. I enjoyed the Silent Hill movie though, and thought it was probably the best video game to movie transition I've seen.
For playing it now, It's not even a debate, Silent Hill all the way. Though Silent Hill's controls are dated, so are Tomb Raider's. The difference really lies in the fact that Silent Hill is still a fucking scary game now, which is what it's meant to be. That aspect of the game hasn't deteriorated much over time. Tomb Raider, on the other hand, is in a genre of games that has excelled far and above what was done 10 years ago.
Now if you're talking about how much I liked them when they were first released, it's a much harder decision. I'd still go with Silent Hill though, since I really enjoy horror games.
Bonus Question: Silent Hill series trumps Tomb Raider series, the Tomb Raider games really went to shit for a while, and although Silent Hill seems to be now too, they haven't been constantly shovelling the steaming piles onto our plates the same way Tomb Raider does. For the movies, I can't really say since I still haven't watched Silent Hill.
Silent Hill of course wins.
While i enjoyed tomb raider, it can't even begin to compare to the story and atmosphere of silent hill.
I have only liked the previous two Tomb Raider games. Hopefully, Underworld will be good as well.
And could we compare games that are... I don't know, similar. It seems like these debates are getting more and more ridiculous.
I've enjoyed the Tomb Raiders Series more, mainly because I actually played them unlike the Silent Hill games that I'm too afraid to play.
The Silent Hill Movie is leagues above the Tomb Raider movies. The Silent Hill Movie is the best video game movie so far.
My Vote: Tomb Raider
Less frustrating parts, more rewarding play and a happier feeling. Tomb Raider is more fun.
Silent hill still awesome but I gotta vote lara~
Both a prime exapmples of everything wrong when games went 3d at that time and nobody had any damn clue what they was doing and have at least one of everything wrong about games at that time.
and the sin they both commit to video games.
the controls are sloppy it is like controling a tank by remote control.
hell even to this day both series still cant even get anything decent to control but at least you can kinda live with it and it seems liek you are controling a wild mouse in a cage on drugs.
hard
core.
Can anybody use a Tomb Raider game to argue that games are an artform?
Thought not.
There is no doubt Silent Hill will beat Tomb Raider... unanimously.
I vote SILENT HILL
The Tomb Raider games, especially the ltest two, have great puzzles, solid controls, nice graphical design, funny, albeit campy storylines and a charismatic lead lady.
And yes, I did enjoy the hell out of the PS1 games, all five of them, but let's just forget Angel of Darkness ever happened, m'kay?
Number of times I replayed silent hill? I lost count... Number of times I replayed Tomb Raider? Never.
Also, I have confidence that Silent Hill 4 will show us all that you are all wrong to say that it has gone to the dogs, and win GOTY in 2007, 2008, and 2009 respectively, causing judges to revise previous decisions and make future decisions due to its brilliance.
Tomb Raider on the other hand is about exploration. I love exploring tombs, caves, jungles. I don't really like the combat parts. I just wanna explore a virtual world.
TR was the first game that really delivered that for me. So TR ftw.
pyramid head would kick laras ass no sweat
So my vote goes to Tomb Raider (both game and series). I never found the controls awkward and it was my first experience in a game that focused on exploration mixed with gun combat in 3D. It also kicks arse!
In contrast, Silent Hill has consistently blown me away. The complexity of the characters, and the heavily emotional narratives, not to mention some of the greatest art ever to grace a game, the Silent Hill series has been a masterpiece of storytelling.
Such a shame that #5 is looking like rehashed, badly westernised SHIT.