His deep voice sets a good tone which is not surprising given his role in numerous horror movies over the years. Tony Todd voices the director and he talks about instinct and sacrifice. A director is there to guide you through the process of becoming a character, whatever it entails-walking through narrow hallways and solving the odd puzzle, mostly. Still, art demands sacrifice and we must push forward. This twisted home marks a turning point in the story Since everything is jumbled, there is no world to immerse yourself in like in Observer, so you’re just along for the ride. Even when a strange monster gives chase, it can actually get boring. Some of the early scares are ineffective too, either due to poor timing or misdirection. Starting with rats scurrying into view and bottles rolling across the floor, it all begins too tamely for developers who have demonstrated such a high talent. In these early stages, the scares and twists are rather sparse and bland. Corridors get blocked off, doorways are removed, and strange things happen. Their ability to render great-looking 1930s ship interiors will probably go unnoticed when they can twist them about with such ease. Here we get a first glimpse at the technical skill of the level designers. For the most part, these early levels match ship interiors-cabins, corridors, crew quarters, and kitchens-but everything is jumbled. To become the character you will need to put a film reel on a projector and be transported into a world where everything outside your cabin makes little sense. Your goal is simple but vague: become the character. Those damaged corridors must have been part of the movie, or from a dream, or perhaps something more sinister. Based on notes scattered around, it appears it is your cabin and you are a Hollywood actor that has come aboard this transatlantic ship to film a new movie. After stumbling through damaged bulkheads, you come across a cabin in pristine condition. Players are dropped into the corridors of an ocean liner that appears to be taking on water. If you enjoyed Layers of Fear 1, then this game might be for you? Expect nothing different from the first game.In this nightmare, not everything is shipshape Now they did improve this game by adding in some sort of creature that will chase you every so often, but that's all they added to this game. That's really all this game is, so many jump scares that it will just make you feel numb to it and not give a shit for the rest of the game.

There are CONSTANT jump scares in this game, sure it scared me the first few times but it got old so fast. The story isn't suspenseful, I didn't care about the characters that were introduced, nothing seemed at stake to push me to keep going. Just like the first game, the story is all confusing until you get to the end when all the pieces are put together and it just feels lazy. I loved that but they sure did recycle the hell out of that formula in this sequel to where it becomes no surprise.Īs per last game, the story is mediocre, borderline bad. Just like the first Layers of Fear, it had the mind fucky transitions in settings you could be staring at a wall and you turn around and the location changes.

I'm a lover for great horror games with good story telling and eerie settings. I have just about one thing to say about this game.

Layers of fear 2 metacritic