u/Apprehensive_Owl8124

Spent 5 days/about 19 hours of ingame time on recording every change in all 74 versions in one word file

My back hurts asf and i regret every decision i've ever made in my life

just askin cuz aint see any rule abt it

I've always considered LOF (2016) a masterpiece of gaming indusrty.

From the music to the visuals, from the characters to the plot, from the impossible fantasy to the terrifying reality, this game was, for me, an example of superb mastery of pen and brush.

I can't count how many times I've replayed it, talked about it, and recommended it to others.

But LOF (2023)... is... wrong?

It doesn't give the same feeling.

More specifically, it feels like a poor knockoff, as if someone was told to make a game solely from memory.

LOF (2016) is a game about the horror of reality and irreversibility, where there is no real threat, but the danger of your own madness.

LOF (2023), in turn, is like an attempt to transfer the same idea into an action movie. The constant danger in the form of your wife doesn't bring the same hopelessness when you CAN and NEED to defend yourself from her, like a weapon, with an oil lamp.

Speaking of the character himself, while in LOF (2016) he's portrayed as a jerk, but a lost jerk with a soul, in LOF (2023) he's simply a jerk without reason, both to his wife and his daughter.

Although the music from the original game remains in the work, it's given way to "tension" themes, which also don't fit in with the original concept, just like constant threat from his wife.

I really don't know how to end this... thread of thoughts; I just wanted to share my feelings about the reimagining (NOT a remake) of the game.

What to you think about this?

Nobody asked, but i did cuz im a freak.
Full list of changes(not include old audios, writings on the walls, or moving notes from one room to another) in one Word file.
dont know if i missed something, but i think thats already enough, cuz it took me about three days.

is there any possible way to download early version of Layers of fear(2016)? never knew it exist, but saw it while rewatching Markiplier.