The ocean liner is more of a central hub than a confining setting, and visiting other locations keeps it from becoming too familiar. Layers of Fear 2 kept me on the edge of my seat by constantly toying with environments the moment I looked away.Įven though the spoken and written story excels, the brunt of Layers of Fear 2’s magic lies in the environments you explore. Unfortunately, you cannot revisit a previous acts of the story, so you’d have to do a New Game+ run and likely know what you’re looking for ahead of time to ensure you get a different ending. Though these moments work well thematically, it seems easy to miss the actual, subtle moments that trigger alternate endings. Some junctures are presented as critical choice-based moments, but most of the time you don’t actually have a choice at all. Multiple endings exist as possibilities in Layers of Fear 2, but the process for seeing each isn’t exactly clear.
On multiple occasions, I loaded the most recent checkpoint to listen to the words again to try and fully absorb their meaning. Coupled with Lily’s doleful lyrical poetry and the earnest performance of her younger brother, Layers of Fear 2 has some of the sharpest writing I’ve seen – not just in horror games, but across all genres. That’s perhaps the greatest strength of the story: its prowess for making me believe, if even for a moment, that the crazy words coming from the void are the stuff of genius. The obtuseness can be a tad much at times, but the delirious diatribes of the director, which are riddled with contradictions and philosophical tangents, frequently border on the profound as well. Steeped in such madness, it’s no surprise that a significant portion of the dialogue borders on the nonsensical. Each of these superb arcs entwine to create a whole that is both disorienting and, yes, satisfyingly layered. And then there’s the tale of you, the actor, who somehow wound up on this ship for this strange role. There’s also the mystery of the crew and passengers who once occupied the vessel. Picking up objects such as a monocular or empty cans of food cues interesting audio logs of the siblings’ own experiences that took place there.
Some of these scenes are easier to decipher than others, but Layers of Fear 2 players will always know that they're coming up on a key scene by a RECORDING sign over the doorway.One of the main storylines follows Lily and James, siblings who pretended to be pirates on the ship. When obtaining either the Flame or Forever ending, however, players can make a mistake during 1 scene, and it will not derail the ending. While this sounds simple and straightforward, these scenes do not have clear instruction, so it's not always obvious when obeying and disobeying the director. For the last one, the Formless ending, players have to obey and disobey the director twice.
The Flame ending requires players to obey the director during each of the aforementioned scenes, whereas the Forever ending requires players to disobey the director in these key Layers of Fear 2 scenes.
Each ending is dependent upon the four key scenes that take place during each of the first four story acts, a fact that should not be surprising since the last Layers of Fear 2 trailer confirmed that players would be playing an actor.
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