![]() ![]() The story most people associate with Van Gogh is the incident when he cut off his ear. Indeed, madness and the creative process are often closely linked. The process of artistic creation, in any field, is a sublime one, requiring such a complete focus and commitment that it can begin to distort the way that we view the world. ![]() Layers of Fear 2’s seed comes from a similar place, only this time around it’s exploring how cinema is created. The original Layers of Fear explored the intense experience of artistic creation through the eyes of the visual arts – i.e. It’s “terror” that developers struggle with, and pundits struggle to even recognise as horror within video games. The like of Silent Hill would sit within this particular sphere. There have been some impressive efforts as King’s second “horror” category, too. Most horror games belong there – including popular franchises like The Evil Within and Resident Evil. Video games have been particularly effective at the gross-out over the years. It’s when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there’s nothing there…” And the last and worst one: Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it’s when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arm. If you think about the implications of what is depicted in Layers of Fear 2, and pay attention to the narrative, this game works as both a beautiful homage to classic cinema, and as a genuine work of horror.Īs the great Stephen King himself once wrote, in exploring the basic foundations for how horror functions (King is actually a superb theorist to go with his novel writing skills): “The three types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it’s when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. But is it scary without that? Yes, it resoundingly is so. Aside from some ill-conceived but blissfully brief moments where an apparition chases you around, there’s no sense of physical danger in the game. ![]() In a sense Layers of Fear 2 is one very brave horror game in that it lacks the physical sadism of more base horror films. It's a busy time for Bloober Team, of course alongside Layers of Fear, the studio - which also developed The Medium, Observer, and Blair Witch - has a new survival horror IP in the works in conjunction with Take-Two's Private Division, and is also remaking Konami's seminal horror classic Silent Hill 2 for release at a later date.Related reading: Lindsay’s review of the original Layers of Fear There's no exact release date for Layers of Fear's arrival yet, but it'll be launching for PC (via Steam and Epic), Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. It's still not entirely clear how all this will come together - whether Layers of Fear will consist of discrete spruce-ups with some new material on the side, or if everything will be reworked into a cohesive whole - but we do know all will be revealed in June thanks to Bloober's latest announcement. More specifically, Layers of Fear includes a "new story chapter", titled The Final Note, in which players take on the role of The Painter's rarely seen wife from the first game. Layers of Fear - Release Time Reveal Trailer. Bloober's remake(s) will revisit each protagonist's respective unravellings, bringing new visuals, gameplay, and expanded plot lines said to "cast a new light on the overarching narrative". The first Layers of Fear game, which released back in 2016, charted the story of a painter on the verge of completing his masterpiece, while 2019's Layers of Fear 2 told the tale of an actor making a movie onboard a labyrinthine ocean liner. Layers of Fear is being co-developed with Anshar Studios, and sees the original Layers of Fear, its Inheritance DLC, and Layers of Fear 2 rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 for a spot of new-gen shininess, and reimagined as a single, generations-spanning "psychedelic horror chronicle". Bloober Team has announced a June launch window for Layers of Fear - the Layers of Fear 1 & 2 remake formally known as Layers of Fears - and shared a new trailer to coincide with the news. ![]()
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