Also:
I dunno. SH2's story is probably the best, and for personal reasons I can relate to James, though I think all of us can to varying degrees. But there's something about the other two games that make me refuse to choose amongst them. SH1 I still think was the scariest game out of the three while SH3 to me as a certain charm to it despite being very short. It's not like MGS where I can easily say "MGS3 > MGS > MGS2 > MGS4." Maybe SH4 will break that fluidity, but who knows, maybe I'll be big enough of fanboy to love that as much. >_>