Release Date: February 16, 2016
A first person psychological horror adventure game inspired of 19th-century paintings and architecture. It was created by Polish developer Bloober Team, known for such titles as BRAWL, A-Men and Music Master: Chopin. The game is set in an ominous manor, while you assume the role of an insane painter striving to finish his masterpiece at all cost.
Layers of Fear is a first person horror game created by Polish developer Bloober Team (known for games like A-Men 2 and BRAWL) with the view of Windows PC. The game creates a dark, psychedelic experience combining themes of madness and classical paining. The creators mixed up elements characteristic to classic horror movies, as well as solutions used in Amnesia series and games like Antichamber, Dear Esther, or Gone Home.
In the game you take on the role of a 19th-century painter striving to finish his masterpiece. In order to reach that goal you have to explore his manor in search of needed items. However, the protagonist struggles with mental problems, turning exploration into chaotic travel through the artist’s troubled mind, during which you learn of his past and the history of his family. The story is non-linear, and you unfold it by witnessing strange occurrences, reading notes scattered across the house, or listening to the hero’s memoirs.
You explore the game’s world and interact with various objects in first person perspective. This pattern resembles what was used in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, where seemingly simple tasks (e.g. open the door with a key) turn out to be long and terrifying journeys. Bloober Team further enriched gameplay with logic puzzles and short action sequences.
In the game you can use various objects (grand piano, chains, levers, buttons), open cabinets, drawers, or doors, and read notes left here and there. You cannot use a weapon or any other self-defense tools, and the game features no HUD bars (like a sanity bar), although confronting visions haunting the hero may lead to his “death”. Occasionally, sudden bogeys come out from nowhere, raising the tension. Gamplay tempo is also increased by dynamic environment, whose appearance, state, and set-up constantly change in ways that contradict logic, often making it necessary to change your direction.
Layers of Fear is built on Unity 3D engine, whose potential was used to create richly detailed locations. In order o make the game even darker, the developers created a network of claustrophobic rooms and narrow hallways, and properly used scarce lighting and specific color saturation. The protagonist’s house – a vast Victorian-style manor – is filled with disturbing paintings, most of which were created specially for the game. The game engine proves its worth especially when rooms are shifting their shape or laws of physics are diverted. Such occurrences are often accompanied by impressive particular effects and evocative visual filters.
The proper atmosphere is further enhanced by soundtrack made up of many classical pieces, as well as characteristic piano tunes and 19-century popular music.
Platforms:
PC Windows February 16, 2016
PlayStation 4 February 16, 2016
Xbox One February 16, 2016
Nintendo Switch February 21, 2018
Developer: Bloober Team
Publisher: Aspyr Media
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System Requirements for Layers of Fear (2016) Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 550 Ti or better, 3 GB HDD, Windows 7.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5 3470 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 3 GB GeForce 660 Ti or better, 3 GB HDD, Windows 7.
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August 2, 2016
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Layers of Fear: Inheritance is a full-scope story-driven DLC for the first-person horror game, Layers of Fear, by Blooper Team. The expansion, called Inheritance, does not introduce any changes in the game’s mechanics, offering instead a brand new story, whose action takes place many years after the story of the original. Players don’t control the painter himself, but his daughter – she learns that after the death of her father, the house now belongs to her. The testament also states that a part of the heritage is the most valuable thing her father ever had, but the girl has to find out on her own what it actually is. Before that happens, the girl will have to face the abnormal nightmares that have haunted her father years before.
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