In recent years, horror films in the field of computer games have become very popular. Previously, the horror genre was represented mainly by such projects as Resident Evil or Silent Hill, in which you had to fight various monsters in a frightening environment. However, now everything has changed a little, and from shooter-horror games, games have turned into horror films. The bottom line is that you are not given any weapons, you do not need to kill monsters, ghosts or zombies. Your goals may be varied, but you will have to go to them in constant fear, and usually you are not just scared to put pressure on the psyche - your character may actually die. In general, now the genre of psychological horror thriller in the field of computer games has become extremely popular, and one of the most striking examples is the game Layers of Fear, the passage of which will be discussed in this article. This project is relatively fresh and extremely attractive for those gamers who like to pat their nerves with pleasure. In the game Layers of Fear, the passage is not prolonged, it is rather short, but it is extremely saturated, so its completion will leave you with a storm of emotions.
The essence of the game
What is the essence of the Layers of Fear project? The passage takes place in a rather unusual way, you find yourself in the body of an artist who returns to his home in an awesome-looking mansion, where he begins to work on his masterpiece, and you have to help him with this. How? The whole game is divided into six stages, each of which corresponds to a certain stage in drawing a picture. Each of them will be filled with hallucinations of the protagonist, his memories of a terrifying past, as well as the search for necessary items and solving puzzles on the territory of the mansion, reminiscent of the habitat of all evil spirits from any horror movie. This guide will guide you through each of the six stages of the game Layers of Fear - passing in places may seem rather difficult, but you can be sure that there are no impassable moments in this game.
Canvas
You should immediately pay attention that this article is devoted to the original game, and not to the Layers of Fear: Inheritance project, the passage of which describes further events on behalf of the artist’s daughter, whom he left to make a career in art. Inheritance has its own storyline and tells a completely different story. As for this game, it all starts with “Canvas” - this is the name of the first stage. The main character returns home, and you immediately need to start managing him. Go to the second floor to your office and take the keys from the table with which you can open the door to the workshop located on the first floor. Once inside, look around - you will see an easel covered with a cloth. Stretch this fabric to reveal a blank canvas that you have to work on. When you leave the workshop, all the fun will begin, your character will have hallucinations, and the mansion will be transformed, turning into a real house of horrors. Despite all the nightmares around, get to the room with the chest, open it using the numbers that appear in the pictures. After that, a new passage will open between the two busts - use it to get to the room with a picture that depicts an inverted doll. When you stand next to her, then fail. You will need to turn on the light and get to the office, where suddenly all the furniture will turn upside down. Then you need to go to the door to the kitchen, which will not open. Wait until the lights go out there, and go to the big picture, from where you pick up a piece of leather - after a while you leave the room and you will immediately find yourself in the workshop. The time has come to use the skin on the easel, so that it begins to transform - this will end the first stage of the game. As you can see, in Layers of Fear: Inheritance the passage will be very different from the one described here. So for now, you need to focus on the first part of the game.
Paint
The passage of the game Layers of Fear continues at the second stage, here you will need to exit the workshop and take the elevator up. There you will not have much choice - all rooms will be closed. Get to the end of the corridor, and one of the locked doors will open. Go inside, take the key and go another floor higher. On this floor there will be several closed doors, one of which can be opened with the key found. There you can climb the stairs again and exit into the corridor. Go to the far door and open it - instead of the passage you will see a picture, and another door will open behind you. Come inside, take the key and light the candles, you will see that the walls turned into a real nightmare. No matter how scary you are, do not leave the room until the walls take their normal appearance. The key you found is from the bedroom, go there and turn on the gramophone. Again, the problems with the walls will begin, but this time you do not need to wait, but twist the handle of the gramophone again. When everything is settled, you will see a vial of blood on the floor. Take it and go to the workshop, where you need to use it on canvas. Already at this point, you could see how intimidating the game Layers of Fear is. Full walkthrough will scare you even more, so continue only if you are ready for it.
Primer
What else has prepared for you the passage of Layers of Fear? The full version of the game has many more different surprises that will make you afraid. So, to continue the passage, you need to leave the workshop and proceed to where the piano went. From there you will need to return and proceed to a room from which you cannot get out when you are there. Do not stand still - move and look around, and then the exit will appear itself. Go down the stairs after that - a ringing telephone will appear on each table in your path, which cannot be picked up. Ignore him until he falls under your feet yourself - then pick up the phone and answer. Go to the room with the furniture turned upside down - as soon as you turn on the light, everything will fall into place. Head to the elevator and go down the floor below. Next, you will find a small linear path, which does not greatly color the passage of the game Layers of Fear. A board, a box and other items will block your path - it is best to get rid of the pallet. Pass into the formed course and get down to the basement. Press the keys of the piano, and objects will begin to fly around the room, and the light will turn off - try to exit the basement, but nothing will come of it, the door is locked. You will have to search the basement in the dark to find a box inside which there are bones. After that, you can already leave the room, return to the workshop and apply the box on canvas.
Brush
In this part of the game you have to meet not only with the ghost of his wife, but also with the ghost of his daughter. In the process of passing, you will find yourself in a children's room, from where you will need to pick up children's shoes. You will need to open one of the doors that are locked. A few attempts - and the door suddenly opens. Look at the picture - and again the terrifying madness begins. When it ends, go on until you get to the place where all the turns will begin to repeat. Just turn around and go the other way - you will again find yourself in the nursery, where you will need to find the key to the toy carousel and ride on it as part of another hallucination. From the bed, take a piece of hair that you need to apply on the canvas when you return to the workshop.
Final touches
So gradually comes to an end in the game Layers of Fear walkthrough. The safe at this level is opened using a special code that you can find out if you play a children's game when you are in the room, by entering into which you find yourself locked. When you get access to a huge room with a large picture on the wall, go into it. Go to the picture and examine it until the world goes crazy again. This time, you won’t be able to get off so easily, so your character will lose consciousness. After waking up, go to the closet, opening the doors of which you will find a passage. Go inside and wander along the corridors until you can get into the office. There you will hear the phone ringing - it is heard from somewhere in the bookcase. Find the phone and answer the call - after that, take a look at the picture on which three numbers are written, which are very important in order to complete the passage in the game Layers of Fear. The code for the lock? No, many players believe that using these numbers you can open the lock, but in fact they need to be dialed on the phone. This will happen several times - in the last call, the hallucinations will be so strong that you will need to make your way to the phone along the pallets. When you answer the call, start the road back - you will fall down. There you need to collect what is left of the phone, as well as a cut off finger, which you can use in the picture in the workshop.
Critical eye
“Critical look” is the last stage of the passage of this game, so you have very little left. Now you need to go to a room where an ugly picture will hang in the very center. Look at her - suddenly all the pictures in the room will fall to the floor. There will be no exit from the room, so you need to stand in the very center and wait until it appears. Go into the corridor, wander around the house, glancing into a room with a burning bed, where you need to get bandages. Head to the bathroom with a full bathtub. Dip your head several times into the water until you can find a can with the eye lying in it. After that, go to the room, which will be the last one you need to visit in order to complete the passage in the game Layers of Fear. A spiritual board is what many gamers see for the first time when they get there. But in fact, it turns out that this is an ordinary chessboard, and you need to collect pieces that will appear in different rooms that suddenly appear out of nowhere. When you collect all the necessary figures, the final demonic madness will begin. If you survive it, you will immediately find yourself in the workshop. Use the last item to complete your masterpiece.
Various endings
The game has three different endings, which depend on what exactly you did in the process of passing. Each of them deserves to go through the game anew, because each gives you a new perspective on the story that happened to the artist. In this project, it is rather difficult to define the endings as “good”, “bad” and “neutral”, however for convenience they will still be so classified.
Good ending
With this ending, the artist’s wife and daughter appear in the picture - he realizes that he ruined everything and that his life will never be the same, therefore he will burn all his paintings and die with them in the fire.
Bad ending
The ending shows that the artist worked on a portrait of his wife, but each time he saw a good picture as a disgrace. As a result, he finally lost his mind and continued to paint pictures to infinity.
Neutral ending
In this ending, the artist draws a self-portrait, is satisfied with what he will do, and hangs it on the wall, despite the fact that he used parts of the body of his own wife to work on this “masterpiece”.