Five nights at Freddy's Game Discussion

[Megaguirus]

CONS:

1: The whole game, as I predicted, feels like a fan game. (at least in the gameplay) Which to me is not a good thing...
2: The new designs are nothing special to me...
3: I don't feel like this game revolutionizes anything from the previous games but the audio thing he did.
4: The jumpscares just feel very dull at this point... I think if Scott altered each of the animotronic's kill screams drastically or designs then that might have redeemed it.
5: I really don't like the fact that there's DLC, that's pretty much saying that there's yet another game to buy, I'd be ok with it if it was for the first game, but any attempts for DLC for the others games just feels like a cash grab.
6: I still don't like the fact that it's in a house, yeah I sort of get it now that i know the story behind it, but it still feels weird and uncomfortable.

So in sort, I don't really know what to say about it, thoughts?

I strongly disagree with you on the cons.
1: How does it feel like a fan game?
2: True, they aren't "anything special", but I LOVE the new designs. I think taking the withereds from FNaF2 and giving them sharper and deadlier teeth is frightening. And Plushtrap, he's a mix between cute and creepy. Like, I want to snuggle him like I do my stuffed animals, but he might bite me, and those wide eyes, goodness.
3: There's only so much Scott can do to "revolutionize" FNaF without making a different game entirely. Especially when the only revolutionary factor in FNaF1 was the animatronics as the monsters and the use of cameras. And the backstory, of course, but there are many different games with stories that are just as intriguing, especially when it comes to indie titles.
4: Mixing the screams from all the previous games wasn't drastic enough for you? What do you want, them to roar at you like a freaking lion? And also, didn't you notice that the animatronics lift the poor kid up and scream at him? That's pretty drastic and scary to me. It was actually the only game (after the first one, of course) where I jumped from one of the jumpscares just by watching an LP.
5: I personally LOVE the idea of a DLC. Especially if Scott is patient and releases it one August 8th. It keeps the games alive. I don't think anybody wants FNaF to fade into obscurity any time soon. Which it will if it doesn't have new games or theories to go on.
6: Well, that's your opinion. I think it's quite frightening that it's in a house.

Personally, my opinion on FNaF4.

The gameplay is GREAT. Such an improvement from FNaF3. The graphics are pretty great too, and I like that the minigames have more of a story based approach, what with the text boxes and such. The running mechanic is another awesome and different thing from the first three games. The story, however, I have the mixed feelings about. There's still so much that doesn't make sense, and I've made countless of theories and watched countless of LPs. But I'm still confused.

So in short, everything about the game, except for the story, makes it much better than the previous games. But the story seems to be the worst one from the previous three.

[Zitface]

I'm pretty sure the only reason for DLC is because Scott couldn't be bothered to fight his trigger happy impulses with this franchise enough to release it at the intended date and thus, with a fairly unfinished and ambitious game, he severed the unpolished and unfinished parts, cauterized and shined and polished the stumps, and will release the severed bits as DLC because he can't be bothered to actually finish the game on schedule.

Like, I respect him, I love his work, but I'd love it more if he were more patient and put more effort into making it the best thing is can be, not releasing it as early as he can while it still presentable and mostly playable [which he's done for the last two games, counting this one].

[- ; bonk!]

I'll admit, I was very strongly against a fourth game- two seemed like plenty to me, and I thought three was pushing it. I also thought the third game was awful compared to the first two, and the worst game in the franchise with the only redeeming factor of it being the ending it gave us, which still holds true in my opinion. So when a fourth game was announced, all I could do was go "No. Stop. Please."
I went to watch some lets plays of the fourth once it was released, and I was actually pleasantly surprised. The gameplay looks great and actually fairly difficult, and to be honest, I didn't mind the story, though I've noticed a few people seem to dislike it.
I like that the game seemed to go back to the first game's style. The mechanics were better than the third game's by far, and less overwhelming than the second one's, as Frozen said.
I don't mind the idea of DLC, so long as it's cheap and actually adds relevant and important info to the story.

[livsoccer02]

I,for the most part, think the game looks.... nice.

PROS:
1. The Jumpscare actually made me jump. Besides the first game this is the only time I've jumped.
2. Gameplay is very decent. You can move around and most importantly you HAVE to listen.
3. The noises are actually relevant this time, instead of just having random ones.
4. It has a very scary air to it.
5. It solved why and WHO did the bite of '87
6. I think the story was good.

CONS:
1. I think it could LOOK better. I think the graphic design could be a bit better
2. Some things can be confusing especially how to deal with Foxy
3. I would have liked to see the puppet


If anyone would like to shoot me a pm about the game go ahead!

[marmoris]

Update me please... Did 4 REALLY come out this early... :C

[Skrooker]

Update me please... Did 4 REALLY come out this early... :C

It did indeed.

Like many, I personally think Scott ahould have waited a bit longer to spruce things up before releasing the game, but as a person who gets scared pretty easily and whose existence these games have been the bane of since the beginning of the year I think it's scary enough as it is.

[marmoris]

Update me please... Did 4 REALLY come out this early... :C

It did indeed.

Like many, I personally think Scott ahould have waited a bit longer to spruce things up before releasing the game, but as a person who gets scared pretty easily and whose existence these games have been the bane of since the beginning of the year I think it's scary enough as it is.

Haven't really gotten what the real goal in it is.. I don't know if I'll play it or not.. I saw a photo of some stuff from it.. very creepy >_>

[vinny.]

Game is not so good these games started going downhill after second for multiple reason's
-Most fanbase is horrible
-Way overhyped and overated
-Milked
-Same games diffrent mechanics
-Wasnt scary after first it turned in Jumpscare Sim
-Rushed releases
Many More things I could point out but would take all day
Overall these last two games ruined the fanbase and franchise

[leah-]

im not sure what to think about this.

[i<3 wolves678]

I just realized something.
after watching tons of let's plays, I have worked this out.
I belive we play as the crying child, who is abused by his older brother (and possibly father as well, who most people seem to belive is purple guy) and the game itself is basically the nightmares the child has.
Now I'm sure virtualy everyone knows that part, but to extend on this, in one lets play I saw, foxy was in the closet, so the door was closed, when opened again, foxy was further back. They closed the closet again, and waited, and when it was opened, foxy was no longer there, but a foxy plushie instead.
In first minigame, when you walk over to the animatronics, the child says "these are my friends",
And I belive these are the plushies, and he is having nightmares about them turning into the animatronics.
Also, the animatronics lift you up in their jumpscare, and I belive this is the child having nightmares about how his brother and their friends lifted him up and threw him into the jaws of fredbear.
I belive that the Freddy plus hie on the bed is nightmare Freddy, and that when all the little Freddy's reach the bed, he attacks.