Coupled with Lily’s doleful lyrical poetry and the earnest performance of her younger brother, Layers of Fear 2 has some of the sharpest writing I’ve seen – not just in horror games, but across all genres. That’s perhaps the greatest strength of the story: its prowess for making me believe, if even for a moment, that the crazy words coming from the void are the stuff of genius. The obtuseness can be a tad much at times, but the delirious diatribes of the director, which are riddled with contradictions and philosophical tangents, frequently border on the profound as well. Each of these superb arcs entwine to create a whole that is both disorienting and, yes, satisfyingly layered.Steeped in such madness, it’s no surprise that a significant portion of the dialogue borders on the nonsensical. And then there’s the tale of you, the actor, who somehow wound up on this ship for this strange role. There’s also the mystery of the crew and passengers who once occupied the vessel.

Picking up objects such as a monocular or empty cans of food cues interesting audio logs of the siblings’ own experiences that took place there. One of the main storylines follows Lily and James, siblings who pretended to be pirates on the ship.

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