Fortunately for them developers don’t live in a vacuum, and there’s been a surge of what could be unkindly termed ‘imitators’ aiming to emulate the success of the pleasingly terrifying ordeal of that ‘Playable Teaser’.
PT was intended as a demonstration of what was possible under this creative duo, and it left fans and newcomers alike wanting more. Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro had big plans for the beloved but notoriously diminished IP, until relationships with Konami sadly entered freefall. The demise of the Silent Hills project is still a sore point for fans of the franchise, particularly for those who played the PT demo. Layers of Fear is one such game, and it’s a damn effective one at that. is in fact most relevant to discuss when considering horror’s current evolution, as its clever manipulation of perspective and disorientating world shifts are the backbone of a new breed of psychological horror-led games that play tricks with the player.
The resurgence of horror as a videogame genre has been predominantly down to indie developers simplifying the process and taking horror back to the basics whilst using the strength of interactivity to play on players fears in more cerebral ways instead of chucking body parts at them, something the mainstream looked to have finally harnessed with games like Alien Isolation and the now infamous P.T.
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