Wow, it seems there's not a bunch of Silent Hill fans in this forum ._.
Sorry for the gravedigging =P but someone's got to give life to the SH forum, and besides, I'm relatively new and it's my first time I see this section =P
The first Silent Hill is my favorite of all the SHs, probably because it's the only one I've beaten, I was planning to play the others, but then I bought a lot of RPGs, and the SHs sank into oblivion

But I really enjoyed the story of the original SH. Someone spoiled the ENTIRE story in SH2 for me, so I know it's pretty neat too, but I'll know for sure when I play it. Still, I like better the SH1 characters, especially Lisa, I felt so sorry for her ;_;
I still remember when you play SH1 and you suddenly hear those awful sounds and everything changes, it gave me goosebumps all over me, for a game to give those chills to me, I gotta love it