Layers of Fear will also be on the Switch [VIDEO]

The still somewhat rickety Switch catalog is taking shape that until today was essentially a skeleton made up of strong, solid and necessary bones such as Nintendo's games, but around which a little bit more meat and muscle were missed. One game that has just added up to a particularly meaningful catalog area is Layers of Fear, the remarkable Polish horror game from Bloober Team that flirts with the first person walker but has the jump scare - the not-so-cheap scares – as well.

In this case what comes to the hybrid Nintendo console is a Legacy edition of which it is not yet known exactly what differences will have with the original of last year’s title. The game seemed to be somewhat lacking in mechanics, but if one is captured by his story - that of a Victorian painter with a life marked by fatality - and is stimulated by the type of softcore exploration he proposes.

It is like one of those independent horror films where the script could be summed up in a line, but the true load of its value lies in the setting and the way of posing in front of the viewer. (A recent example: It Comes at Night.)

In any case, it is a phenomenal addition to the console even if it is an experience that benefits little from the portable concept: the Switch catalog needs variety and packaging, and for the moment only Vaccine and Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 are out of terror genre.

This week Layers of Fear: Legacy will be available to play at the Tokyo Game Show opening Thursday, and by then we may already have an approximate release date, more data on possible new content compared to the original. We’ll see, how this game is shaping up on the console of Nintendo…