You know what I have always told myself, that I would never play a Silent Hill game till I played the first one but I cant find it any where.But if you want some scary stuff try out Eternal Darkness.And playing fallout 3 as a noob really didn't help much when I shot at a figure that was far away and didn't know what a deathclaw was, all I remembered was havening like 50 stimpacks, and by the end I managed to make it into a building and only had about 5 of them left.
I played eternal darkness and loved it. Im still waiting for the squeal (since supposedly silicon knights is still interested in making one...eventually). The first silent hill is for PS1, so I suggest either reading the story online (if thats why your waiting, though its kind of point less, since even the story is made to be a puzzle and is open to interpretation), or finding an emulator and downloading the game (not recommended, since its a massive pain in the ass to get one working).