Every one of the main segments is wildly different. Pound for pound, I found the sequences in Inheritance to be better versions of those in Layers of Fear. Most importantly, it actually adds a layer of depth to the story of the original. The daughter’s troubles are unique, and just as crucial as her father’s. I don’t want to hear about Stalin’s life story from the perspective of his next door neighbor. I tend not to like alternate perspective narratives, as they usually just present the same story from a less interesting perspective. Inheritance tackles the same questions of loneliness, loss, and tragedy, and explores how that affects the child. Seeing the story from another perspective was very effective. News flash: you don’t become a Dread Central video game reviewer because you lived up to your parents’ expectations. We all live with familial expectations, and when the father yells at you during a flashback to stop using crayons because they are childish, it makes me remember the expectations put on me in my youth. What I can understand is what it’s like to be a child and not knowing why mommy and daddy are fighting. As I said in my previous review, I don’t really know what it’s like to be a tortured painter haunted by the memories of his disfigured suicidal wife. On the flip side, I found the story to be much more relatable than the first. It’s rare that DLC stories are as compelling as the base game, but if Inheritance is even half as good as Layers of Fear, it’s a cut above most.
More walking through spooky surreal hallways, more fantastic visual effects, and most importantly more exceptional storytelling. For a strictly single player title, it takes some massive endeavor like The Witcher 3 to make me take notice of a new paid chunk of content.īut hey, I liked the original a whole lot, and it’s only 5 dollars, so what the heck! I expected more of the same, but that’s not always a bad thing. Maybe my opinion is too heavily influenced by multiplayer lifespans, where games can sometimes still have active communities a decade after release. It’s hard to imagine anyone that picked Layers of Fear up at release still playing it, no matter how great the storytelling was. The indie game market, especially for horror, is as fickle as it is oversaturated. For more Info go to the Paintings.I’m surprised to see a DLC pack hit the store almost half a year after the initial release. Some of the pictures are even cuttings of bigger paintings, like the picture of the dog in the daughter's room which belongs, actually, to a portrait of a man. Many of the pictures are from known artists like Francisco Goya (»Saturn Devouring His Son«) or Rembrandt (»The Abduction of Ganymede«). The paintings with which the artist surrounds himself are all his real works. The game features the Painter exploring the warped and twisted version of his house, searching room after room despite always returning to the Workshop, collecting mementos, The Rat Scrawlings and delving into The Locked Cabinet as you go.Įvery year around Halloween, an event unlocks in the basement. Layers of Fear saw its full-release in the "Masterpiece Patch" on February 16, 2016. Layer by layer uncover the visions, fears and horrors that entwine the Painter and finish the masterpiece he has strived so very long to create. Heavily inspired by classic paintings from centuries past and the architecture and décor of the Victorian Era, Layers of Fear is a truly unique experience where each move of the camera can change your surroundings. Delve deep into the mind of an insane painter, and discover the secret of his madness as you walk through a constantly shifting house.
Layers of Fear is a psychedelic horror that will keep you on-edge for the remainder of the game.
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