"It wasn't their first game, but exactly ten years ago the world was introduced to the Polish studio Bloober Team through Layers of Fear . On the heels of the heartbreak, 2016's Layers of Fear was a pared down, first-person psychological horror game concerning a painter suffering from a bout of Poe-inspired madness. Effective visuals and novel jump scares put Bloober Team on the road to a buffet of projects, including the 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2 ."
"The new teaser is live action, featuring a man who splits the difference between Peter Stormare in Constantine and Jeff Daniels in The Martian (but dubbed like a Disneyland actor's Hannibal Lecter). At first it appears we're back to basics. A man huffing roses, reading William Blake poems and enjoying the fireside company of spooky paintings from previous games. A lunchtime alarm from a smart watch betrays the fact that we're currently set in the present, whereas previous games lingered well into the past."
"In the original Layers of Fear you played as a painter, whose descent into his rat-infested estate and collection of grisly paintings suggested your antagonist did some not-so-nice stuff to the people around him. It featured impressive visuals and made frequent use of Bloober Team's trademark 'the room changes like crazy when your back is turned' thing. Layers of Fear 2 stuck the formula in a new setting, a cruise ship where your mysterious character recounts the cursed production of a 1940s film."
Bloober Team emerged prominently ten years ago with Layers of Fear, a first-person psychological horror about a painter descending into Poe-inspired madness. The original used strong visuals and inventive jump scares and established the studio's signature shifting-room mechanic. Layers of Fear 2 relocated the formula to a 1940s-film-set cruise ship but suffered from a tangled plot despite novel setting details and notable voice talent. The studio has since broadened its portfolio, undertook larger projects like the 2024 Silent Hill 2 remake, experimented with dark sci-fi, and has now revealed Layers of Fear 3 via a live-action teaser set in the present day.
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