[quote name='-Never4ever-']IMO SH2 was the dissapointment, It made SH3 all the more enjoyable.[/quote]
SH2 was a huge disappoint for me initially because I expected more of the same from the original Silent Hill (which 3 turned out to be, in a way). I tossed SH2 away for years before I went back and finished the game to realize what a masterpiece it was. The depth of its story and characters were easily the best out of the entire genre. The game's only problem was that it was too slow-paced initially and took its time to let things build, unlike other SH games that drop you right in the middle of the action.
If SH3 came out before SH2 did I'd probably like it more. As things stand, 3 was a mere graphical improvement over 2 but failed to live up to the standards of plot and character development and music set by 2.