Bloober Team reveals more of one of the game’s story threads in a video for Gamescom.

New content is the focus of the trailer embedded below. The Final Note focuses on Painter’s Wife, a desperate musician. So this isn’t Layers of Fears reimagining the original Layers of Fear story, as we haven’t heard this story yet. There’s also a hint of a new location in the video embedded below. This location will help to tie the story of Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 together as it dives deeper into how the two seemingly separate events are connected.

Here’s the game’s overview: “Layers of Fears is a first-person, psychological-horror game set in the early 20th century that explores the lives and tragedies of a madness-engulfed family and their slow descent into insanity. This is a journey heavily influenced by the many lenses of art, starting with Victorian painting and slowly unravelling into the worlds of music and film. This game builds on the foundations of the franchise’s previous entries and works as a re-imagination of the overall narrative structure connecting them all. Layers of Fears will serve as a nexus where the revised stories of the original Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 merge into a single unified experience that is expanded with the addition of new original chapters.

A chronicle of the Layers of Fear franchise (Layers of Fear, Layers of Fear 2) enhanced with Unreal Engine 5’s improved technology. This version offers a more immersive horror experience with the addition of Ray Tracing, HDR, 4K resolution, and the Lumen system. Explore the environment to uncover the chilling tales of the Painter and the Actor and discover new, expanded plot lines that delve deeper into the fear. Your world may change with the slightest of provocations. You must decide what is real.

The mansion and ocean liner are inspired by masterpiece paintings, architecture, cinema and décor from the 19th and 20th centuries. Numerous pieces of original art and music flesh out the story and environment, including an original score composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski, conducted by George Strezov, and performed by the Sofia Session Orchestra.”

Layers of Fears will be released in early 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC (Steam).

Source: Gematsu