I've always wondered why I do this to myself haha. I recently bought the first Dead Space, (having already played and beaten 2), and I cant finish it. The second one had some jump scares, and it was a pretty creepy game most of the time, but the first one... I can't handle it haha
That's not to say I don't like scary games all the time. I enjoyed Slender very much, but jump scares are what do it to me. In Slender, it's not jump scares as much as it's just the fact that it's always quiet until he gets close, and you have no way to defend yourself when you see him. But it Dead Space, I have a gun, but the fact that it's so dark that I can't really see them coming until they have jumped out and stabbed me kills me.
I like jump scares sometimes, but that game is persistent. All in all, I would say that I like scary games that are more psychologically scary, than jump scares