Layers of Fear: Legacy is, as you might expect, a new version of the 2016 horror game that put us squarely in the Victorian mansion of a painter whose mind played a horrible pass and ended up totally unbalanced to the point of who, during the process of painting a portrait of his wife, lost the roles completely. Maybe this legacy edition is not more of the same, but if you have not played it and you have the hybrid, keep reading …
About The Game
Layers of Fear is, in the opinion of the subscriber, one of the best horror games of recent years. A game title that took the best of the idea of that missing PT . (Silent Hills) and took it to a different terrain. One more introspective, more intimate. The darkness of a house, furniture that moves, that break. The madman and his thoughts are the only necessary players to get the player is overwhelmed, he sees how slowly the sanity is disappearing, in a sort of tribute to those effects that made history in Eternal Darkness, the title for Nintendo Gamecube. Switch does not have much terror in its catalog beyond Resident Evil.
Gameplay
First of all: we are not going to fight . This is not a combat game, or "survival". It is a piece with a lot of potential at the mental level, an authentic past when it comes to puzzles because of the infrequent content. In fact, the character has mobility problems in one leg, so if we run, he will start to show lameness. All this in the first person, of course, so we'll see how the floor and the walls move irregularly. A simple detail, but showing the good general taste.
In this case, the game (of about 5 hours) is expanded with Inheritance, a complementary experience that adds a couple of hours to the game in general, and shows us everything from the point of view of the daughter of the painter protagonist of the main adventure. This, in addition, usually reminds all of the stage in which she was a girl, so the perspective changes abysmally and we are much more overcome by the environment and the dangers that surround us, that reach a new point in what what a supernatural feeling is.
The Classic Screamers
Layers of Fear is not exempt from any of that, but there are also a kind of situations that put us in tension, the horror of inanimate objects that observe us, of paintings that move, of rooms that become infinite voids and of lights that They blink and make us have a hard time, starting with the disorientation they cause. In addition, there are messages written with paint (perhaps blood) on doors and on canvas, some of them a real wonder to reflect real works of art, all of them dark and sordid.
The title has already gone through the other desktops and PC. And of course, Nintendo Switch always requires more moderate versions in terms of technical aspects. And indeed, if we have played the other versions of the game, we will notice a graphic cut that is as evident in portable mode as in television. Layers of Fear now seems a title with less "dirt" on the walls, less details of those that make each environment something unique.
But everything is said: it does not blur the experience , it continues to provoke tension and continues to impress with its quality. In addition, they have achieved through all these modifications that the fluidity is not affected. And this, in neither of the two ways of playing. The Unity motor moves comfortably in Switch, it is already indisputable at this point, and our interaction with the environment is extraordinary. As for the sound ... it is clear to only say good things: disturbing music and sound that accompanies all the action and that also makes us jump every time it strikes an unexpected stridency.
Additional Info
Layers of Fear is still as interesting as it used to be . It would have been something more striking if they had decided to add a function more exploited the capabilities of the Nintendo Switch. But the truth is that the game does not feel bad to turn "to take", so we can go to bed, put on the headphones and live a good scares. And if not, we will always have the opportunity to test it on television, where we will repeat an experience more similar to that of the original, despite the small differences, which, after all, do not matter once they are on paper and in full tension to overcome the various puzzles. That some ... can leave us hours without ideas.
Game Details
Developer-------------------Bloober Team
Publisher-----------------Aspyr Media, Inc.
Programmer---------------------Eryk Dykiel
Composer------------Arkadiusz Reikowski
Engine-----------------------------------Unity
Platform---------------------------------Linux
Microsoft Windows,
OS X,
PlayStation 4,
Xbox One,
Nintendo Switch,
Genre------------------Psychological horror
Mode-----------------------------Single-player
Conclusion
We are facing a reissue that we could classify as necessary. The same great product of horror, with its DLC included, several hours of tension and the option to take it with us. Maybe Layers of Fear is not new anymore, but it is probably the most scary game that Switch can give us today. That if we are open to its mechanics and its system of puzzles, totally without the presence of combat.
Happy Gaming!!!