![]() ![]() Its most horrific moments are also its most delicate and atmospheric: hands slowly reaching across a hallway towards you as the music builds, a boiler room filled with droning humanoids. Layers of Fear 2 doesn't go for the easy jump scare either. The solve became obvious upon replaying the section, the horror less formidable. While the "Game Over" screen wasn't a common occurrence in the 5-hour of so playthrough, when it did appear it felt earned. One such great puzzle involves shifting the light in a projector to create a door, another requires the player to fire a cannon and follow the light the projectiles create. ![]() But in their form and as a function to the largely story, they are works of near genius. Even the most cryptic of riddles generally has an obvious solution. The gameplay is simple and the puzzles a never challenging enough for Layers of Fear 2 to be considered a difficult game. Each step forward alters the path, creating a quest rooted in player choice that revels in the macabre. In this game, that takes the form of running through hallways filled with formless mannequins, returning to a childhood home, and playing pretend with the memory of a sister. From Hamletto The Tempest, there's a persistent idea that those who are broken must rebuild themselves through confronting what they have done. The story is broken up into 5 Acts, similar to the Shakespearean tragedies it proudly touts as references. In Layers of Fear 2, that is just what the player must do. While acting in real life has its fair share of complications, it cannot be said that actors must literally solve puzzles and navigate a hellscape of their own making. Though the game is cryptic, it can be surmised that this role is deeply rooted in the actor's past, and only by confronting their demons can they play the part. They are guided by The Director, voiced by horror legend Tony Todd as they work to uncover their character through a process that can only be described as horrifying. ![]() Here, the player works to finish a similar magnum opus their performance in a movie being filmed on a moving vessel. Some of these scenes are easier to decipher than others, but Layers of Fear 2 players will always know that they're coming up on a key scene by a RECORDING sign over the doorway.Layers of Fear 2 is a sequel only in the spiritual sense to Bloober Team's 2016 hit about an artist finishing his masterpiece. When obtaining either the Flame or Forever ending, however, players can make a mistake during 1 scene, and it will not derail the ending. While this sounds simple and straightforward, these scenes do not have clear instruction, so it's not always obvious when obeying and disobeying the director. For the last one, the Formless ending, players have to obey and disobey the director twice. The Flame ending requires players to obey the director during each of the aforementioned scenes, whereas the Forever ending requires players to disobey the director in these key Layers of Fear 2 scenes. Each ending is dependent upon the four key scenes that take place during each of the first four story acts, a fact that should not be surprising since the last Layers of Fear 2 trailer confirmed that players would be playing an actor. ![]()
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