If you don’t have a certain frame of reference it’s all lost-seemingly random changes in tone, in color versus black-and-white, in setting. But more than that, they convey elements of the character’s personality and history by drawing on the audience’s knowledge. Layers of Fear 2’s film homages certainly make for unique visuals, and a surreal journey. The Trip to the Moon segment adapts the iconic rocket-hitting-the-moon sequence so it also reflects the father’s wartime injury, which left him with only one working eye. As you walk from a sepia-hued kitchen into a facsimile of the Emerald City, the implication is that the actor took refuge in both film and in their own imagination, an escape from their abusive home life. The Wizard of Oz sequence, for instance, dovetails with details about the actor’s bleak childhood. Others follow, from Melies’ Trip to the Moon to The Wizard of Oz, Psycho, Nosferatu, Casablanca, and so on. Both the iconic factory scene and clock make an appearance, the first time I realized Layers of Fear 2 was borrowing scenes from film history directly. I started to understand around the time I saw Metropolis, or “Mechanopolis” as it’s called on the in-game poster. Or don’t, as may be.Īnd there are so many references to catch. The escalation-the increasing detachment from reality-mirrors the actor’s process, as they lose their identity in favor of digging deeper into the character. A normal suburban kitchen opens onto woods, with a glimmer of opulence in the distance. An elevator opens up onto a city block, skyscrapers stretching into the mists above.
A door projected from film onto the wall turns into a real doorway. These parlor tricks continue through the entire game, but they gradually grow more ambitious. You start Layers of Fear 2 on an ocean liner, but as with the first game the ship is an impossible Escher space where you exit a room and find yourself back inside, or double back to find a new hallway’s replaced the old. It builds, and at first the constant changes in tone and location seem random. All the glimmers of recognition, the moments where you thought you noticed a pattern? You did. Bloober Team has also spent the past few months deflecting rumors that one of those games is a new Silent Hill project.Layers of Fear 2 is building towards this moment where you realize it’s all intentional.
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While they weren’t the most universally beloved titles (read our reviews for Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2), the series certainly has its fans and hopefully, Bloober Team has learned valuable lessons to apply in the third entry.īloober Team also reiterated that it has two unannounced AAA games in development, which the studio previously stated were larger in scope than its last title, The Medium. The sequel puts you in the shoes of a Hollywood actor cast to star in a film aboard a cruise ship. In the first game, you control a painter struggling to complete his latest masterpiece. Each tell psychological horror stories set in haunted areas that constantly change shape, messing with the players’ sense of perception. The first two Layers of Fear games were released in 20, respectively.
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