Is this better than the original games?

[𝓒𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓵𝓮]

Never played any game of the franchise before, it's good to play this remake or only the original games?

[Marmo]

just go play the bunker

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The original layers of fear (1) is better at psychological horror but is heavy on the jumpscares. The storytelling is also better but it requires reading notes and decoding everpresent symbolism. The original is also more immersive. It might depend on your taste but even as someone who isn't a fan of jumpscares I prefer the original due to the storytelling and immersion.

[StopItStepBro]

the remake does ambience better to a whole new level BUT the scares are less creative since they can tend to rely on said ambience. A lot of really creative scares from the first game were removed, gutted, or severely weakened in effect and they sure as hell aren't made up with chase sequences. My primary issue with the remake is that the writing on the walls feels so much less of an oppressive force because it either doesnt stand out or is barely as aggressive towards the player, instead now being something of an inner thought.

The second game and inheritance dlc, I cant speak on too much because I barely played them but they also have decent enough ambience to ignore those two titles.

The lighthouse is actually a really decent addition to the game but criminally underdeveloped as the supposed universal tie in for all the games.

[jeremyj621]

In my opinion, this is far better than the original Layers of Fear 1 and 2. The new character, the writer, ties together the original stories with new content added to all of them. In addition, you can play the role of the artist's wife, the musician, and choose an alternate ending for her.

[Yes'nt]

Originally posted by StopItStepBro:

the remake does ambience better to a whole new level BUT the scares are less creative since they can tend to rely on said ambience. A lot of really creative scares from the first game were removed, gutted, or severely weakened in effect and they sure as hell aren't made up with chase sequences. My primary issue with the remake is that the writing on the walls feels so much less of an oppressive force because it either doesnt stand out or is barely as aggressive towards the player, instead now being something of an inner thought.

The second game and inheritance dlc, I cant speak on too much because I barely played them but they also have decent enough ambience to ignore those two titles.

The lighthouse is actually a really decent addition to the game but criminally underdeveloped as the supposed universal tie in for all the games.

I think I agree with this, I didn't finish the first but I did play a fair portion of it. Switching to the remake I did notice scares missing and a difference in feel but the environment design was way stepped up. I found the remake to be more my taste as I am more drawn by the trippy environments and those are spectacular in the remake

And yeah, what was up with the lighthouse? The writer's story is damn near unfinished it's barely a presence and was a wonderful way to thread the two stories together from one and two. I wish they'd spent much more time there than anything else and is easily the worst aspect of the remake because of it's brief stay

[InFiniTos Danji]

My problem is that there are a lot of little quality control issues that add up to what feels like an overall sloppy experience compared to the first game. Lots of places where the captions don't match up to what's said or what's written on a note and a few places where you can see obvious gaps between assets (such as the books that spill out of the door in chapter three, there's just a black hole of nothingness that's not supposed to be there at the top) that the original game didn't have a problem with. So it just irks me, but they could technically fix those issues if they care to.