I've been quite confused by Layers of Fear, the latest entry in Bloober Team's wildly successful gothic horror series. I thought it was a straight remake of the not-that-distant 2016 original, given it sports exactly the same name. Yet the developers have been pitching it as the series' "crowning work", which smacks of arrogance for a remake. Having delved into it a little more, I now understand that it's a remake of both Layers of Fear 1 and 2, plus a bunch of extra bits including a newly created chapter designed to wrap up the story... Read more.