Want to see more videos? Subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out the First 15: Fe, Monster Hunter World Beta: the Insatiable Nergigante, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Star Wars Battlefront II, Sonic Forces + Episode Shadow, and Super Mario Odyssey !ĭon’t forget to tune in every Friday the Pixels & Ink Podcast to hear the latest news, previews, and in-depth game discussions! Liked this article and want to read more like it? Check out Pedro D’avila’s latest reviews of Mercenary Kings, and Payday 2 for the Nintendo Switch ! You can find additional information about CGMagazine’s ethics and review policies and procedures here. When fantastic audio, graphic, and level design are bundle with repetitive gameplay and a price tag that is hard to justify, Layers of Fear goes from a must buy experience to a game that may only be for Switch owners in dying need of a horror experience.Ī retail version of the game reviewed was provided by the publisher. For this same price tag, the Switch’s current eShop library simply has many other complete experiences to offer, such as Sonic Mania, and Steam World Dig 2.ĭespite being the switch’s current best horror game, Layers of Fear never had a notable competition to begin with. Although it has a lot to offer in the first couple of hours, playing through the entire game can sometimes feel like a drag, leaving me hoping that more horror-focused experiences come to the Switch in the upcoming months. It has incredible narrative content, but lacks in the one task it had: to leave a scaring impression on the player. Despite the fact that all these issues could easily be fixed through a patch, it is worth a notice when the game’s price tag is taken into consideration.įor about $25 CAD, players are getting roughly ten hours of content. While problems are rather rare, players can expect a multitude of errors ranging from frame rate stutters to game breaking bugs. Layers of Fear’s horror experience is occasionally made even scarier by the game’s lackluster performance. Layer of Fear: Legacy (for Nintendo Switch) – image for this review provided by Nintendo. The Nintendo Switch version changes some of this by bundling in the game’s extra dlc, which offers some extra exciting perspective on the game’s narrative, but I personally felt as if the base game should’ve delivered by itself if it really wanted to warrant its “best switch horror game” spot. Repetitiveness haunts Layers of Fear as an experience overall, as finding clues, and facing the same jump scares quickly make the experience feel dull.
For the first hour or so of my journey, I was rather scared by the game’s impressive audio and visual capabilities, but after facing the same jump scares and the same sound effects, I quickly knew what to expect. Because the game does not have a monster as is seen in many games within the genre, Layers of Fear relies purely on sound and visuals in order to terrify the player. The names, designs and logos of all products are property of their respective owners and used by permission.Īll other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.Regardless of having an intriguing experience, to truly be considered a great horror game, Layers of Fear needed to deliver pure fear, and it does so, but not refreshingly enough. 2018 Bloober Team, the Bloober Team logo, Layers of Fear 2 and Layers of Fear 2 logo are trademarks of Bloober Team S.A. Gun Media™ and the Gun Media™ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Gun Media Holdings, Inc.
You push those memories down but let the experiences drive you into who, or what, you must play.ĭarkness surrounds as you stand silently in the spotlight, the only sounds to be heard over your heartbeat are the distant breaking of waves against the hull and the sound of cameras pointed in your direction preserving this moment for eternity.Ī deep and commanding voice rises from the distance. That same past has scraped deep furrowing scars into you, not on the outside where the world can see, but in a place buried so deep within that it has become shapeless. Your past has helped to mold you into what you are, forced upon you the skills required to hone your craft. The demand to act fills your mind, but the script pages hold no words. No call to action that you need to become this version of yourself.
Written just for you.You are met with silence. Not just in character, you are the character. The cameras are all focused on you the center of the scene.