An artist gets high and everything goes bad ¯\_⚆ ͜つ⚆_/¯

Story	Pros	Cons
Main Story	You are a painter who is trying to finish his greatest work
Collecting... the script!	Gather items and letters to understand what is going on
Endings	There is multiple endings you can get depending on what items you picked up on your wild adventures!	It's pretty vague how close you are to getting one ending over the other

Concept	Pros	Cons
Mind Games	The environment is constantly shifting, unlocking and locking doors, and you are scrambling around to find out what to do
Suspense and Horror	Everything about the game tries to lure you into a very focused state so that it can smash you with a jump scare	A bit too heavily reliant on jump scares...

Gameplay	Pros	Cons
Interaction	You move doors and other handles by moving around your mouse while holding left click down	Winding up some stuff felt a bit weird to do with a mouse
Puzzles	Puzzles relay on paying attention to the environment to figure out the key to the solution

Overall, absolutely brilliant. The jump scares will certainly make you jump in the first half of the game, the later stage you tend to get used to it. Some of the sequences and effects in the game are truly breathtaking. As for length of the game, I got 3.7 hours out of it. but didn't see everything so a bit of replay in it, plus still need to do the DLC. An absolute must to have a good pair of headphones, can't beat having that jump scare sound booming in your ear. the rest of the sound effects are great too. If you like horror this is a no brainer, enjoy it for what it is, t it's an amazing experience.

Absolutely loved this game. Did not think I would be so into it. The atmosphere and sound are top notch. playing in a dark room in the middle of the night, especially on a stormy one, you will have chills down your spine just from the sounds.

Without spoiling anything the story is weird but it fits the bill, if one would like you can take its meaning a little deeper. I think the developers left alot to the imagination on purpose because it adds your own personal level of terror to the situation.

The scares are of a psychological nature, ones that are jumpy fade in and out, you never really get a chance to get used to them or tire of them which makes playing through the entire game easy without dragging it out. Game length is perfect for the situation.

Game ran great in ultra on a AMD FX 8580 and an nvidia gtz 780. little choppy at parts and some frame lagging but otherwise perfect,

Cant wait to see what else these developers have in store for us. I'm not too keen on walking simulators but this one definitely has the ability to change my tone. give it a shot!

The quest for an equal to Amnesia: The Dark Descent continues.


However I did find the "game" , if you can even call it that, quite enjoyable. I see a lot of quips about it being a walking simulator. Unfortunately that is not far from the truth. I will start off with where the game succeeds before I will list its failures.

The graphics for a B game are actually very nice. I had a fun time checking out the paintings. They also did a very good job with the atmosphere. It did indeed create a very creepy feeling. I also found the story somewhat enjoyable and intersting enough for me to try and get to the next step which is all you really need. Could it have been better? Definitely, but it was good enough. The music was decent and the jump scares were good (although few).

Now where the game utterly fails is it's description of it being a game at all. There really isn't anything to do as far as puzzles are concerned. There isn't any way to fail really unless you just stop "playing" . There is no tension where you must hurry and do this or that will happen or hurry up and collect this before that happens or hurry up and figure out this or else you will go no where in the story. It also lacked quite a bit of VO which could have made the story a bit more intriguing. I think these are important elements not only to a horror game but to a game in general. I mean, can you really call it a game if there is nothing to figure out? Now before anyone starts to whine I will say that yes, near the end when you collect the last two pieces of the six that there is something that you can sorta say are puzzles but they are so inane that I probably would have put something like that at the very beginning of the game rather than at the end.

So my search continues for a horror game as well put together as Dark Descent. The only one that has come close in the last few years is Outlast. I am not sure if I could say this game is worth $20. I got it for $8 and if you can get it for that then I think it is worth it. I did like the overall effort though, so I will get it a thumbs up although I wish Steam went to a star rating system to be more accurate.


6 outta 10 stars

A great psychological horror game with a great story. The gameplay, music and graphics were stunning. Overall, a great game.

Layers of fear is an exploration of a deteriorating mind of a once genius painter. He had (or maybe still has) a wife and a daughter, but his main focus is not the family, but his yet-to-be-completed best painting - his Magnum Opus. You delve deep into the everchanging coridors of an old mansion to finish the masterpiece and simultaneously uncover hints to the tragic story of this man's life.

Pros
replayability value of this game is high.
3 different endings
Excellent voice acting
music and sound effects
Graphics is a beauty
jumpscares right at the moment and NOT MUCH

Cons
- The game was confusing at times

For what it is, outstanding. Very creepy, unsettling and beautifully detailed environment. Music and sound effects are top notch. Engaging story. Yes there are some cheap jump scares and the voice acting isn't the greatest but I think it's well worth the $20 price tag.

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Very nice horror specific and trippy game, but there is not much room for individualism, expect of the discovery and finding a solution for everything...