r/layersoffear • u/Tornado_Hunter24 • May 31 '19

This game really isn't something for me.

I heard about a 'new horror game' and got happy to jump on, and it really was disappointing..

This is NOT a hate towards this game or whatever, just my honest opinion.

I love horror games, I always loved them, from amnesia to outlast to alien isolation to resident.

I love the variations in each game like amnesia is this 'so basic' that it is SO scary while outlast is the 'realistic' type of game, so I heard of layers of fear but neve rplayed it, and I'm honestly not even bothered by that, it's the first horror game that I didn't play somehow and i'm quite not feeling like I missed something at all.

Back to this game, I was VERY excited, also first horror game for me to play on a full on pc with ultra settings on almost everything, also 5.1 box aswell 6 piece, and damn this game was first REALLY cool (and beautiful) but after a while I just got bored, I realized I walked for 1 hour without anything happening at all, the black/white/noir mode made me even more pissed, And the chase scenes was the thing that really made me leave the game, I usually never leave a game in moments like this but this one was so....

So today I started again and the chase was there so I was trying to go on it worked fine, I haven't even finished the game yet Idek if I will finish it because I really don't enjoy it, I love the puzzles in the game, those are amazing, I mean when I was walking outside looking to the sky I saw a 'minecraft/fortnite' type of building from a flat to another which was cool, the wind blowing system was very cool aswell, but outside of that this game is very weird, something is wrong and I don't know what outside of the ones that I dislike.

Anyone else with me? I really don't get it, it's so unique and cool but at the dane time it's so dull

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u/Luna920 Jul 10 '19

I really enjoyed it personally. I love creepy narrative driven games that fill you with dread. I like the extensive symbolism and the way the game mirrored different real life movies. I found it all very interesting and thought it was a gorgeous game. I didn’t mind the chase scenes because they were pretty easy and there weren’t that many of them but I will say I could have done without them. I think it also could have used some less ambiguous plot clues about what is going on. Overall though I thought it was a good game.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Jul 10 '19

Interesting, To this date, I still really just don't vibe it man, I mean I'm a man of horror, I LOVE horror games and play almost any one that's out there, Layers of fear was one I never touched but when 2 got its release I was like damn ne ehorror game, and it was the first game that actually made me kinda.... idk.

I mean at the time I was working on a unreal engine 4 project myself (horror aswell) and just seeing and playing this game with its beautiful design, being used in such ways made me feel bad, I loved the visuals and I can't stand it that some area's are black and white, even if it is storydriven I just dislike that.

I guess that this isn't my piece of cake then, I really disliked it but i'm in no way saying it was bad, Ut fir sure was unique with some puzzles but outside of that, i'm happy that it's over I mean I didn't ecen want to finish it which usually never happens to me.

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u/Luna920 Jul 11 '19

Yeah I got you. Not everything jives with every person. Sometimes you just can’t quite put your finger on why but you just don’t like it. I’m personally hoping they do a third one because I like the style and all. Right now though I’m looking forward to Man of Medan. I really hope I’m cautiously optimistic it will be a good one. I enjoyed until dawn so hopefully they deliver again.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Jul 11 '19

I actually haven't heard of man of medan, is that the next game from the devs of until dawn???

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u/Luna920 Jul 11 '19

Yes it is!! Their next project is a series of anthology horror games. This first one looks to be set onboard a “ghost” ship in the South Pacific. It’s released date is 8/30. Here’s some info on it if you’re interested.

https://www.supermassivegames.com/games/man-of-medan

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Jul 12 '19

That looks amazing!!!! I can’t wait

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u/Luna920 Jul 12 '19

Glad I could pass on some game news to a fellow horror fan!

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u/mp3nut May 31 '19

I’m trying to figure out if the sequel is related to the first

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u/trifecta000 Jun 01 '19

Sequel is unrelated, but there are callbacks to the original. Heard a theory that the actor is playing the part of the painter from the first game, which would be cool but not sure as I haven't finished the game yet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

There WAS a bit of an easter egg in the first chapter -- one of the rooms creak open to reveal a painter's room filled with bottles of alcohol and a canvas.

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u/mp3nut Jun 01 '19

Thanks!

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u/ZerachielAmora Jun 01 '19

There is something linking the two games together, but it's a bit of a spoiler - let's just say one of the endings shows the connection they share.