Today, developer Bloober Staff is maybe finest recognized for its fantastic work on final yr’s stupendous Silent Hill 2 remake, however the studio’s horror oeuvre goes a lot farther again. And it is bringing its first large hit – and its ship-bound sequel – to Change 2 very quickly. Layers of Concern: The Last Masterpiece Version involves Nintendo’s platform on nineteenth December.
Introduced again in October, Layers of Concern: The Last Masterpiece Version is a model of Bloober’s 2023 Layers of Concern remake, with just a few added extras thrown in. The remake, in case you’re unfamiliar, was a little bit of an uncommon proposition, taking each Layers of Concern video games (plus new story bits and previous DLC) and weaving them collectively right into a single, interlinking narrative.
Which means you bought Layers of Concern 1 and its surreal first-person horror journey by means of the ever-shifting mansion of a tortured painter; its Inheritance DLC and a brand-new chapter that includes the painter’s spouse; its 2018 sequel – impressed by the golden age of Hollywood – which adopted a brand-new protagonist on an avant-garde journey by means of the innards of an ocean liner and their troubled previous, plus a brand new framing gadget specializing in a lighthouse-bound character often called The Author, tying the entire thing collectively. All with enhanced visuals and new gameplay parts, together with a lantern to beat back shadowy terrors.
Change 2’s The Last Masterpiece Version consists of all of the above, plus the remake’s Last Prologue chapter which initially launched as post-launch DLC. It additionally guarantees HDR, ray tracing, and dynamic lighting, alongside help for touchscreen and movement controls. It is a complete lot of Layers of Concern, in different phrases – which is okay by me. The sequence is likely to be just a little tough across the edges in comparison with Bloober’s more moderen stuff, however I am a sucker for any recreation that goes all-in on the sheer hallucinatory spectacle – and Layers of Concern’s ever-shifting areas make for a splendidly disorientating, gleefully surreal time.
Layers of Concern: The Last Masterpiece Version involves Change 2 by way of Nintendo’s eShop on nineteenth December, the place it will value $39.99. Its arrival follows the launch of Bloober’s sci-fi horror Cronos: The New Daybreak on the platform, and the studio has additionally confirmed an unnamed Change 2 unique is on the best way.
