i voted for dead space, but i feel like i cheated on gears of war :(

i dont like gears too boring for me afrer a while

DEAD SPACE!!!!!

Im watching my bro play Fallout 3 and I cant imagine even starting that game. Its like a whole life you have to start - forget the real world. It's incredible.

left for dead ! that game never gets old plus the witches getting up all in your face could be annyoing but its so much fun

Dead Space was incredible. Sci-Fi mixed with horror... Got my vote.

MR.CLARKE is my very top choice a month ago but after playing Tranquility Lane in Fallout 3 and just imagining what happened to all the children and people that didn't make it into the shelters(Only 1% of the American population accounted for made it into the vaults you can imagine in other countries beside the USSR,their bunkers are godly)

i voted for left 4 dead because when you play it, it feels like a zombie movie

I went with Dead Space.

Altho fallout 3 is probably the best for most hardcore gamer's my vote goes to left 4 dead simply because its a game i can play with the missus instead of her saying "turn the f*****G xbox off!!!" : )

silent hill homecoming got my vote

Shit was a hard one between Dead Space and Silent Hill and the winner for me is..... Silent Hill

Fallout 3 or Dead Space. I didn't like Silent Hill: Homecoming at all. It was too . . . forced. Gears of War 2 was exactly like Gears of War, so makes the difference?

In terms of story...silent hill, and in terms of gameplay and monsters it will be Dead Space every time.

DEAD FUCKING SPACE for sure

So all the games on the list are the only real ones to come out this year? Atleast all the high profile ones. Thats what I hate about game of the year stuff, its always the high profile big sequel games that get picked. But come on, gears of war 2? Aside from monsters what in the hell does that have to do with horror? Its just a mindless shooting game with a equally mindless, roided out macho asshole 2d main character.

i didn't find dead space scary enough, i found it predictable, but i like the looks of red siren!

red siren? i mean siren blood curse...

My vote had to go to Dead Space. Never was one for these types of games,now I can't get enough! Silent Hill looks awesome.

Blood curse is wicked scary. As far as gears 2, cutting disgusting monsters in half with chainsaws, stomping and smashing their heads, blood everywhere, whats horror enough for me.

Left 4 Dead all the way . I'm addicted to it :D

Gargus, what low-profile games would you like to see on this list?

left 4 dead was good, however very predictable and just really repatitious, dead space was great i rather enjoyed playing that,a little too short for a brand new horror franchise but the animated flick that was released based off of the game made it alot better. i am having a little difficulty picking what i would determine to be the best of 08. Silent hill homecomming was fucking awesome!!! gears 2 was as well. i am going to have to really go out on a whim here and say that condemed 2 bloodshot would be my pick!!! cant wait til resident evil 5 comes out its going to be the SHIT!!!!

The only game that has come close to actually scaring me was Fatal Frame. And that came out years ago. This year I'm going to choose the game that was the most fun. And killing zombies with a homeslice is grade A goodtimes in my book. Left 4 Dead all the way.

So many zombies.... L4D FTW!

Silent Hill : Homecoming The creepy factor and great addition to the Silent Hill history storyline won me over.

I voted for Dead Space, but this wasn't a good year for horror games. I have yet to see a game beat the ps1 Silent Hill or any of the Fatal Frames...Those were classics.

No Bioshock?!?! I thought that was creepy and clever... Wait, nevermind that came out in 07 right? I must've barely played it in 08. Sorry.

I felt Dead Space got old pretty fast, had a couple really, REALLY annoying moments, and had no replay value. Left 4 Dead on the other hand actually FELT like (and was themed into) four separate horror movies. Tons of replay value, the best controls (imo, I don't think Dead Space even almost came close to RE4 (at least on the Wii's) controls), best gameplay, and hands down my vote. I've played all the others except Siren (want to, no PS3 though =X), and don't think any others come close. GOW2 and Fallout 3 (while both great games, Fallout 3 one of the greatest) shouldn't even be on this list.

Yeah BioShock won our contest last year, it did come out for PS3 this year, but I couldn't have it win again haha

I think this is a great list, but I really like Left 4 Dead. Not the greatest graphics, but the mindless killing more than makes up for it. It's one of my favorite X-Box 360 games. I got Fallout 3 for Christmas and I can't wait to play it.

Silent Hill 5 is garbage. It's very obviously made by the sort of people who think Silent Hill is "totally sick, man" and in trying to recreate the experience by just making everything rusty, totally missed the point. It's basically a game version of the movie, which is similarly lacking in subtleties, and has the same mentality to it. Dead Space is a great time, though. Action-packed with great graphics and animations. Definitely the best horror game this year.

"and improved game play from the 1st game makes this a great game" Condemned: Criminal Origins kicked the crap outa Bloodshot BUT I LOVED BLOODSHOT!!! Very hard choice between that and Dead (as sum1 else sed) FUCKING SPACE!!!! both totally awesome :D next year will be easy thou resi 5?

Left 4 Dead 8)

left 4 dead

again, when the fuck did Gears of War and Resistance become "horror" games?!

dead space next is gears of wars

get over it BC boo fucking hoo

Fallout 3 raised the bar from it's predecessors? WTF?

The black and white Matrix part from Fallout 3 where you're a little kid in a Leave it to Beaver neighborhood was the gaming moment of the year.

Dead Space for sure. Downfall was a cool movie too.

dead space is a cool game better