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Instead of carefully and deliberately hitting the right atmospheric notes, this experience just bangs on the keys loudly and frequently.","2025-03-26T08:09:30.122502-04:00",{"id":289,"logo":303,"name":304,"slug":305,"tags":16,"bluesky":16,"twitter":306,"youtube":307,"facebook":308,"mastodon":16,"muckrack":16,"claimed_at":16,"description":309,"website_url":310,"score_format":67,"average_score":311,"default_timezone":44,"last_review_date":16,"stats_updated_at":95,"headquarters_city":312,"news_editor_email":16,"platforms_covered":16,"claimed_by_user_id":16,"reviews_this_month":46,"active_authors_count":46,"headquarters_country":282,"reviews_editor_email":16,"editor_in_chief_email":16,"published_authors_count":46,"published_reviews_count":46},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgameinformer.jpg","Game Informer","gameinformer","GameInformer","@gameinformer","officialgameinformer","Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002F",79,"Minneapolis",{"id":314,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":315,"author":316,"original_score":171,"normalized_score":46,"review_url":322,"review_date":323,"summary":324,"created_at":325,"updated_at":325,"author_id":317,"last_edited_at":325,"outlet":326},151034,153,{"id":317,"bio":16,"name":318,"avg_score":319,"outlet_id":16,"created_at":320,"profile_id":16,"updated_at":321,"claim_token":16,"article_count":201,"claimed_by_user_id":16},12925,"Austin Paul Adamson",78.18181818181819,"2025-05-12T16:54:24.219952-04:00","2025-07-22T17:35:47.106431-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F2016\u002F02\u002Flayers-of-fear-review\u002F","2016-02-18","Layers of Fear uses environmental trickery to paint an unsettling creepy depiction of a crazy artist’s mind. Bloober Team puts their own twist on the changing, looping hallway concept from P.T. with it’s horrifying atmosphere and fleshes it out with interactive details, voice acting and a disturbing narrative. However the clunky interactivity and lack of meaningful story content left me disappointed. There is something special about this haunted house simulator, but it gets misplaced in one of the drawers in the back. Layers of Fear has a great atmosphere, but you may have to overlook a lot of design choices to immerse yourself in what ends up an experience just over three hours long.","2025-05-12T17:20:31.526336-04:00",{"id":315,"logo":327,"name":328,"slug":329,"tags":16,"bluesky":16,"twitter":329,"youtube":330,"facebook":329,"mastodon":16,"muckrack":16,"claimed_at":16,"description":331,"website_url":332,"score_format":42,"average_score":68,"default_timezone":44,"last_review_date":16,"stats_updated_at":95,"headquarters_city":16,"news_editor_email":333,"platforms_covered":16,"claimed_by_user_id":16,"reviews_this_month":46,"active_authors_count":46,"headquarters_country":282,"reviews_editor_email":334,"editor_in_chief_email":335,"published_authors_count":46,"published_reviews_count":46},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fmonstervine-logo.png","MonsterVine","monstervine","@MonsterVineOfficial","We Cover Video Game News, Reviews, Previews, and More.","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F","austin@monstervine.com","will@monstervine.com","diego@monstervine.com",{"id":337,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":338,"author":339,"original_score":346,"normalized_score":154,"review_url":347,"review_date":348,"summary":349,"created_at":350,"updated_at":350,"author_id":340,"last_edited_at":350,"outlet":351},77464,56,{"id":340,"bio":16,"name":341,"avg_score":342,"outlet_id":16,"created_at":343,"profile_id":16,"updated_at":344,"claim_token":16,"article_count":345,"claimed_by_user_id":16},5838,"Tuffcub",74.58333333333333,"2025-02-10T12:04:13.600748-05:00","2026-05-11T10:09:17.775864-04:00",87,"8.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F16\u002Flayers-of-fear-review\u002F","2016-02-16","Layers of Fear sits somewhere between the pejoratively classified ‘walking simulators’ and a full game experience, as for the most part you are simply wandering around and solving the odd puzzle. Despite the clichés and obvious jump scares, I rather enjoyed my time exploring the mansion and I’m looking forward to having another play through to see what I missed the first time round. If you enjoyed the Silent Hills teaser P.T. and want more of the same, then Layers of Fear is well worth a look.","2025-02-10T13:46:58.644889-05:00",{"id":338,"logo":352,"name":353,"slug":354,"tags":271,"bluesky":355,"twitter":353,"youtube":354,"facebook":353,"mastodon":16,"muckrack":16,"claimed_at":16,"description":356,"website_url":357,"score_format":67,"average_score":358,"default_timezone":44,"last_review_date":16,"stats_updated_at":95,"headquarters_city":16,"news_editor_email":359,"platforms_covered":16,"claimed_by_user_id":16,"reviews_this_month":46,"active_authors_count":46,"headquarters_country":16,"reviews_editor_email":360,"editor_in_chief_email":361,"published_authors_count":46,"published_reviews_count":46},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","thesixthaxis","thesixthaxis.bsky.social","All the latest videos gaming news, reviews, guides, and opinion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F",73,"aran@thesixthaxis.com","dom@thesixthaxis.com","teflon@thesixthaxis.com",{"id":363,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":364,"author":365,"original_score":108,"normalized_score":16,"review_url":371,"review_date":348,"summary":372,"created_at":373,"updated_at":373,"author_id":366,"last_edited_at":373,"outlet":374},49323,64,{"id":366,"bio":16,"name":367,"avg_score":16,"outlet_id":16,"created_at":368,"profile_id":16,"updated_at":369,"claim_token":16,"article_count":370,"claimed_by_user_id":16},4177,"Adam Smith","2025-01-21T07:06:10.049837-05:00","2025-01-21T07:11:03.584088-05:00",43,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002Flayers-of-fear-review","Layers of Fear is an effective scare 'em up but the sense of dislocation and the lack of character development left me feeling as if I'd enjoyed a thematically messy series of shocks rather than a cohesive horror story. It's a collection of scary things that are tangentially related to the idea of creative blocks and familial cruelty rather than an exploration of the artist or his personality flaws. By the time the credits rolled, I knew very little about this particular painter that I couldn't have learned by reading a brief synopsis.","2025-01-21T07:09:17.59983-05:00",{"id":364,"logo":375,"name":376,"slug":377,"tags":378,"bluesky":379,"twitter":380,"youtube":381,"facebook":380,"mastodon":16,"muckrack":16,"claimed_at":16,"description":382,"website_url":383,"score_format":108,"average_score":16,"default_timezone":44,"last_review_date":16,"stats_updated_at":95,"headquarters_city":384,"news_editor_email":385,"platforms_covered":16,"claimed_by_user_id":16,"reviews_this_month":46,"active_authors_count":46,"headquarters_country":386,"reviews_editor_email":387,"editor_in_chief_email":388,"published_authors_count":46,"published_reviews_count":46},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRock-Paper-Shotgun-Logo.jpg","Rock Paper Shotgun","rock-paper-shotgun","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","rockpapershotgun.bsky.social","rockpapershot","@rockpapershot","We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002F","London","edwin.evansthirlwell@rockpapershotgun.com","United Kingdom","ed.thorn@rockpapershotgun.com","graham@rockpapershotgun.com",{"id":390,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":391,"author":392,"original_score":398,"normalized_score":399,"review_url":400,"review_date":401,"summary":402,"created_at":403,"updated_at":403,"author_id":393,"last_edited_at":403,"outlet":404},90215,130,{"id":393,"bio":16,"name":394,"avg_score":395,"outlet_id":16,"created_at":396,"profile_id":16,"updated_at":397,"claim_token":16,"article_count":370,"claimed_by_user_id":16},7696,"Sarah Marchant",75.11627906976744,"2025-03-15T20:35:22.210852-04:00","2025-03-16T15:59:53.466727-04:00","90",90,"https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com\u002Freviews\u002Flayers-of-fear-review\u002F","2016-02-14","Layers of Fear is an incredible, mind-bending horror game. The gorgeous environments are both detailed and terrifying, and the story will captivate you as you work to unravel all the threads. What it lacks in polish it makes up for in how obsessed you’ll become with finishing the masterpiece.","2025-03-15T20:35:59.538118-04:00",{"id":391,"logo":405,"name":406,"slug":407,"tags":16,"bluesky":408,"twitter":406,"youtube":409,"facebook":406,"mastodon":16,"muckrack":16,"claimed_at":16,"description":410,"website_url":411,"score_format":412,"average_score":311,"default_timezone":44,"last_review_date":413,"stats_updated_at":414,"headquarters_city":16,"news_editor_email":415,"platforms_covered":16,"claimed_by_user_id":16,"reviews_this_month":233,"active_authors_count":416,"headquarters_country":16,"reviews_editor_email":417,"editor_in_chief_email":418,"published_authors_count":198,"published_reviews_count":419},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamingTrend-Logo.jpg","GamingTrend","gamingtrend","gamingtrend.com","@GamingTrendVideos","From the table to the screen, and everything in between!","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com","100","2025-07-14","2025-07-16T19:33:01.762266","news@gamingtrend.com",8,"reviews@gamingtrend.com","rburke@gamingtrend.com",805,{"id":421,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":422,"author":423,"original_score":430,"normalized_score":431,"review_url":432,"review_date":401,"summary":433,"created_at":434,"updated_at":434,"author_id":424,"last_edited_at":434,"outlet":435},73819,69,{"id":424,"bio":16,"name":425,"avg_score":426,"outlet_id":422,"created_at":427,"profile_id":16,"updated_at":428,"claim_token":16,"article_count":429,"claimed_by_user_id":16},5673,"Chloi Rad",79.4,"2025-02-06T10:45:50.459049-05:00","2025-02-06T22:00:43.951345-05:00",25,"5.8",58,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F14\u002Flayers-of-fear-review","Layers of Fear lacks the surprises and subtlety needed to keep things interesting all the way through. It makes a strong first impression, but quickly exhausts its best ideas, making it hard for them to really shine as scary or meaningful moments. It’s hard to be terrified when you can see what’s coming at the end of every long dark hallway.","2025-02-06T21:50:14.109802-05:00",{"id":422,"logo":436,"name":437,"slug":438,"tags":378,"bluesky":439,"twitter":437,"youtube":440,"facebook":437,"mastodon":16,"muckrack":16,"claimed_at":16,"description":441,"website_url":442,"score_format":67,"average_score":443,"default_timezone":44,"last_review_date":16,"stats_updated_at":95,"headquarters_city":444,"news_editor_email":16,"platforms_covered":16,"claimed_by_user_id":16,"reviews_this_month":46,"active_authors_count":46,"headquarters_country":282,"reviews_editor_email":16,"editor_in_chief_email":16,"published_authors_count":46,"published_reviews_count":46},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","ign","ign.com","@IGN","We're all about video games, movies, TV, and comics!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F",76,"Los Angeles"]