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While the first Layers of Fear ran poorly on the platform, their other Switch game, Observer, ran surprisingly well, often achieving a better framerate than the PS4 version. James and Lily tried to escape the ship, however only one of them. I was actually curious to see how well Bloober Team would port this game to Nintendo’s system. There are three endings which are dictated by the players decisions in the key scenes. Layers of Fear 2 was originally released in 2019 for every single platform but the Switch. Clearly not the game’s highlight, even if it’s when it’s at its most tense. Finally, Layers of Fear 2 sometimes remembers it’s a horror game and randomly forces to run away from an amorphous monster in some bland chase sections. It focuses less on the annoying “ever changing corridor” mechanics from the original Layers of Fear, often resorting to a more linear level structure, with the occasional (and very obvious) puzzle for you to solve, such as unlocking a safe with a combination you had acquired literally in the previous room, or avoiding spotlights in order to reach the end of a corridor.

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The game’s “narrator” sounds an awful lot like Snoke from Star Wars…Īs a game itself… Layers of Fear 2 is still, by and large, a walking simulator with small doses of puzzle solving sprinkled throughout its duration. Jump scares are still present, but they aren’t as prevalent as before, with the game occasionally managing to pull off some well-deserved scares by combining its excellent (but compressed) binaural audio with a bit of tension and buildup.

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We’ve got our full review ready for your consideration, but if you’ve already dived into the game’s psychedelic horrors, you’ll want to consider our guides to help navigate the labyrinthine ship. Once you know how the game will try to subvert your expectations, and how it will try to make you feel unsettled, you’ll basically run on cruise control up until the end of the final act. Bloober Team’s much-anticipated horror sequel, Layers of Fear 2, is out today and ready to boggle your mind once again. Of course, you will experience many strange scenes during your exploration. The game is comprised of five acts, with the first one being by far its most interesting, not because it’s immensely better than the rest of the experience, but because the game hardly changes its plot, puzzles and surprises throughout your entire gameplay. On this page of our guide to Layers of Fear 2, we describe the journey through the sunken ship in act 5. It doesn’t exactly pay off very well in the end, but I have to commend Bloober Team for making Layers of Fear 2‘s plot less dumb than the one from the original. Sometimes their appendages move as you inch closer. Keeping with the film theme, creepy mannequins are scattered throughout the ship as if they are acting out scenes.

Layers of Fear 2 also has more traditional scares than the original. One thing I immediately liked in Layers of Fear 2 over its predecessor is that I did not figure the entire plot out in the first fifteen seconds, with the game managing to hide and unveil its mysteries in a slightly more interesting pace. Layers of Fear 2 has some seriously splendid puzzles that often help inform the events of the story. It’s still a game about an artist slowly descending into madness, but instead of playing as a painter inside a mansion, you now play as a struggling Hollywood actor from the first half of the 20th century, while being trapped inside the most confusing ship I have ever seen in a game.

Layers of Fear 2 isn’t a direct sequel to the original, but follows some similar patterns. So maybe this game gets a bit obscure at times for those who don't know the 'theory' (I've written essays on this stuff, as I suspect at least one of the game's WRITERS has, lol).These graphics are quite impressive for a Switch game.

There's plenty of other stuff in there, like all the 'identity' stuff, but it's basically things like that. Basically the guy is haunted by his past, etc.and has perhaps gone a tiny bit crazy from his thespian endeavours (as many actors do, lol). So, in essence, The Formless Man is your own guilt about your lack of preparation for an acting role, chasing you down. If an actor doesn't do their 'homework' properly, their character will theoretically emerge into the world not fully formed. 'The Formless Man', for example, represents a piece of art that hasn't been properly 'researched', and thereby properly 'formed'. I'm not gonna blot it out, read on at your own risk: Could you elaborate? I'm trying to make sense of the game but my cultural references are limited. As someone with both a film AND drama degree, trust me, almost every metaphor in the game relates to it: not least of all the 'formless man' stuff. Originally posted by rjmacready:I might add: the whole thing is drenched in acting and film THEORY.