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What complements and reinforces the scares in the game is the ever-changing environment you’ll find yourself in. Serving both as a means to disorient you and keep you off-balance the environment is almost constantly playing tricks on you, with rooms and objects changing the moment you take your eyes off of them. Many times this is just a function of creeping you out a bit but in specific instances this results in puzzles you’ll need to work out in order to proceed. While some of the solutions were more aggravating than others to get just right, in general the solutions are available to you. It’s just a matter of being patient, observant, and perhaps engaging in a bit of trial and error. These scenarios do help a great deal in breaking up the otherwise passive nature of your interaction with the house and they’re an appreciated extra effort. Once you complete the story the add-on content allowing you to experience a little more through a different perspective is also a nice value add. All said if you’ve been looking for something on the scarier side for your Switch, Layers of Fear: Legacy serves up a grim story with some disturbing images and jump scares along the way. While it gets off to a very slow start once things begin to change and the truth of what has happened begins to reveal itself in general it’s a fun ride from that point on. In general terms the sense of dread and the feeling you get while walking through the house reminded me most of the classic Eternal Darkness, to the point that I was waiting for a bust to turn and watch me as I went by. While it’s certainly lacking in action the quality of the presentation helps to compensate nicely. There’s currently nothing else as chilling on the Switch.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.5]