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Some will be more apparent than others, but there are over 30 references in the stretch of Layers Of Fear 2. Keep your eyes wide when you explore, as you’ll find hidden references to Horror Movies and Monsters of the past.

The humanity…what’s left of it…can be more frightening than the monsters in the dark.Īs you scavenge for clues and anything that can help your protagonist make his way through the story, don’t forget to enjoy the scenery. You learn more about them through the slides and photos you find scattered about the ship in its many rooms. The Actor and The Painter, again and again, these men haunt your vision. You hear more and more of this man, but every photo you come across with him has his face scratched out for none to see. Has it been a day? A week? More? The Ship is control of what you will experience and there is but one ‘man’ whose been freed of the Ship, but at a cost. Only the darkness can show you the way to the light. Will your fear make you choose? Or will you be in control of your fear? Strength has no meaning in a destitute place like the Ship. Good or bad…a choice is a choice that has to be made. The Calming Seas Can you tell the difference between reality and make-believe?Ĭhoices to be made…yet with no discernible proof for either choice, with nothing more than a perfectly poised question during your darkest moment…the choice will be yours to make. To escape your own madness, you’ll have to piece together clues that surround you with every step, every word of the stories told to you. Parts of the ceiling had collapsed, giving the actor a clear sense of madness as the rooms continued to change. Spiderwebs stretch across the halls and rooms as far as the eye can see. The food you had walked by, has now become rotten with time. Stories unfold, sadness and evil coming together binding upon the ship, trapping all those who enter its chambers. The ship, previously thought to be empty had signs of children and crew on the levels where you were told to explore. As you move through the chapters, the darkness starts to illuminate more than just some monsters waiting to pop out of the dark. The ship continues to toss and buoy in the oceans drift, this being shown by small glimpses to the deck, or through portholes along the hallways. Layers of Fear uses your own inability to quell the curiosity, to lure you further into the story. Shadows play in the halls, dancing in and out of rooms causing you to follow them as curiosity is one of mankind’s weaknesses. Chapter after chapter, the stories being written scratch at the back of your mind. Tony does well introducing the story to you, leaving you alone in silence just as the ship starts to turn. Tony Todd’s voice lulls you into a false sense of darkness, as Tony does, slowly making you comfortable with the horror you are about to experience. Welcome to The Show This Ship Is Not For The Weak CandyMan… Otherwise known as Tony Todd, is the voice narrator of this game which only adds to the intense darkness of ‘Layers of Fear 2’. A familiar, immediately frightening voice peers through the crashing waves against the ship. First quietly, almost taunting you into the next chapter of the game. As the evening goes on, and you have finally come to find that you are alone in this play, a voice can be heard.

#Layers of fear 2 ship full#

With no interruptions from the crew or any other passengers, you have full right of the ship. As you move through the game, exploring more of the ship, finding out that the play is to be conducted as realistically as possible. You’ll find yourself enthralled with the amount of history in the suite the art, the photos, the music… The Voice. Just the lone phonograph taunting you with a steel cylinder used to record sound. You were told to come for a play, yet you’ve found no stage nor any scripts. The 1930s style suite you landed in offers no help to your confusion. Welcome onboard the ship…this is where actors come to play, to cry, to die. What you thought was your story, has changed again and again into a dark hallway with the stories of those who have been trapped on board… The Candyman Comes To Play… Shadows played against the light in perfect tandem to the madness building in your mind, making you second guess what you thought was real. Between the lighting in the game, the music and the sense of never-ending mystery, this game offered more within its first chapter than most horror movies do in their entirety. Layers Of Fear 2 truly built upon their strongest points. Yet if it’s drenched in mystery and soaked with fear, the smallest of shadows can send one spiraling into fear. If one is lacking, then surprise and deceit can be seen from chapters away. As is with most horror, music and atmosphere truly make the game.