Layers of Fear: Inheritance

Game Info

Layers of Fear: Inheritance expands the plot from Layers of Fear and tells the story of the painter’s daughter, who comes back to her childhood home to face her past. Lead the daughter through what’s left of the mansion and take part in the madness that her father bestowed upon the whole family. Can she forgive her father, or will she resent all that has happened?

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Companies

Bloober Team

Released

8/2/2016

Platforms

Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Engines

Unity

Type

Adventure, Indie

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Friday, February 23, 2024 5:37:54 PM

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GamingCentral

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The Painter's Daughter Returns Home to Find Her True Inheritance
After playing through the main game for Layers of Fear and getting every collectible and ending, it only made sense to play the DLC right after. Let’s see if insanity runs in the family.
As an expansion upon the plot of the main game, Layers of Fear: Inheritance puts players into the shoes of the painter’s daughter, who has returned to her childhood home. Here, she intends to face what she experienced in the past and stop the madness that runs in her family. Her childhood home is now a rundown and abandoned structure, but as she goes through each room, she will have flashbacks to various moments. She has a choice: forgive her father or resent everything that happened. What will you decide? The choice is yours. Relive her memories and learn the truth.
Honestly, this DLC was alright; it wasn’t bad, but I preferred the main game a bit more over this. I still had fun as I played, seeing her childhood from her point of view and getting a better idea of the story. One section I thought was cool was the drawn world, where we had to pick between crayons or paintbrushes to use on an easel. Everything looked like it was drawn by a kid. The music is still just as good, and the graphics hold up. Something else I found interesting about this was that it felt different, the horror aspect. There was more of a focus on the plot than the inclusion of jumpscares (though one did get me still). Finding the notes and puzzle pieces (drawings) isn't too tricky. However, I must to add that I experienced a glitch where they didn’t show the hidden secret required for the True Inheritance Ending when I assembled the pictures together. I had to quit to the main menu, go back in, shine my flashlight on the assembled image for a couple minutes, and then turn my flashlight off to see. That was pretty annoying. I can also see how getting the achievements may be annoying, but I didn’t have trouble there. There are three different endings in total, like in the main game.
The DLC is not too long or too short; it is an adequate epilogue to the first game in the series.

3 out of 5 ★★★☆☆!

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I’m home, Father. Time takes its toll on everything that surrounds us. It destroys what is physical, crumbling even the sturdiest foundations, and it destroys our minds—our memories—shaping and twisting them into something new. You are never ready to face the past, but the past never lets you go. And so I find myself at the door, the handle disturbingly cold to the touch. I pull it open and enter what was once a place of solitude turned nightmare. I’m home, Father. Layers of Fear: Inheritance expands the plot from Layers of Fear and tells the story of the painter’s daughter, who comes back to her childhood home to face her past. Can she forgive her father, or will she resent all that has happened? Relive her experiences and witness the full scope of the tragedy that has swallowed up the family. Lead the daughter through what’s left of the mansion and take part in the madness that her father bestowed upon the whole family. Face the memories of her past and shape them into the destiny that awaits her.

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