LAYERS OF FEAR PAINTING FULL

Completing all the puzzles and tasks takes about five hours sometimes–but others have said they’ve taken as many as six or seven to make their way through some of those same parts. The game is 3-4 hours long, depending on how it’s played. This other reflection tells him about a whole new life and world beyond the canvas he needs to leave for good by finishing what’s already started, not knowing that there is no way back. In the main game he is voiced by Erik Braa, and in the Inheritance DLC he is voiced by Chris Nichter.The story starts with the painter finding out about another strange ghost-like reflection in his painting.

The Painter is voiced by two different actors.

It also has an excessive amount of booze bottles in the closet.

In Act 1 of 'Layers of Fear 2', there is a room with an easel, paint brushes, & other painting materials.

This would be another nod to the character's origins, as he was inspired by Dorian Gray. While the man doesn't look like the Painter to qualify as a self-portrait, it does suggest the possibility that the Painter is bisexual. After the kitchen area shows up, enter it and turn left, then look down the tar tunnel to see it. The painting consists of an-almost naked man sitting on a chair.

There is a suggestive portrait in the last segment of the game.

The game may begin just after he returns home from court.

Some time after his wife's death, The Painter kidnapped his own daughter from a care center and was arrested.

The Painter suffers from late-onset schizophrenia. This was confirmed in a tweet by Bloober Team. The Painter and his Wife have no official name, not even nicknames. This is an indication that he was a veteran of World War 1. There are medals scattered all throughout the house, a few that display '1914' on them. The Painter was involved in some unknown accident resulting in him wearing a prosthetic leg.

LAYERS OF FEAR PAINTING FULL

Full of regret, he brings his last work to a room full of his wife's portraits and sets fire to them, burning his house and himself in the process. He finally realizes it has all been for nothing, and that the painting will not bring his family back. In the Selfless/Wife & Child Ending, he paints his wife and daughter.

He fails to acknowledge his wrongdoings, believing that all of the suffering he went through was necessary for him to achieve true perfection in his art. In the Selfish/Self-portrait Ending, he paints himself. After discarding the painting in a room full of them, he goes back to his studio to begin it all over again. In the Neutral/Loop Ending, he fails at creating his Magnum Opus. His works were not well received by the critics anymore, and he would take his frustrations out on his family.įeeling abandoned by her husband and believing he was more in love with his paintings than her, the wife committed suicide, and his daughter was eventually taken by social services.īy the beginning of the game, he wanders the house trying to finish his Magnum Opus. With his sanity rapidly wasting away, he could no longer paint like before. Soon enough, he turned into an alcoholic and would lock himself in his studio for days, neglecting both his wife and daughter. This accident devastated them both, but the Artist became increasingly obsessed in 'trying to fix' his wife. She was partially disfigured in the event, and lost the ability to play instruments. For a while, they lived happily.Įverything took a turn for the worse however, when his wife was caught in a fire on a department store. They married, moved into the house in which the game takes place, and eventually had a child. He was a very well received upcoming artist who fell in love with a talented musician.

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