Elise is the bold, confident elder sister whilst the younger James is very much her sidekick, not having much of an identity of his own. From the scattered clues left around, it became clear I was following in the footsteps of James and Lily, two child stowaways on the ship, trying to scavenge for food and survive. I appeared to be a passenger on some sort of ocean liner from sometime in the early to mid twentieth century.
When entering the sea bourne world of Layers of Fear 2 for the first time, I was immediately struck by the feeling of not knowing who I was playing or what was going on – and what makes this game so distinct is how these feelings never entirely go away. Layers of Fear 2 is not only just as scary as the most chilling first person horror games, it’s also even more psychologically punishing, profoundly testing the player’s sense of morality, self worth and innate will to live in a world where living has become a nightmare. However, when embarking on Layers of Fear 2’s nautical adventure, it quickly became clear that I was playing something designed with a far more articulate vocabulary of human phobias and neuroses.
Many of the horror titles I’ve reviewed more recently seemed to make frustratingly fundamental errors in creating good scares, from tiresomely meandering gameplay to overexposed monsters that become humdrum all too quickly. For many years I’ve wondered what horror games could match the mind-warping terror of the Amnesia titles.
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