I wanna give a real review if the game that shaped me into who I am today.
If you ask me, this is the most tightly made FNAF game to this very day. Every mechanic is useful, every character does something, every secret is well-crafted, literally everything about this game works. Freddy is the best he's ever been. Maybe not design-wise since I feel he has better designs in later games, but as a character he REALLY shines here. He is THE biggest threat of the game and I love that. Later games just completely waste him. The other characters are all memorable as well. In terms of being a horror game, this one nails it with an unforgettable atmosphere and some of the best sound design I've heard in any game. If I have one nitpick about this game, it's the jump-scares. Freddy in the office is a brilliant one and while I don't care for the power-outage jump, the build up with the iconic music is nothing short of incredible. In a game that does a great job at creeping you out with the look and feel alone, ending it with a jump-scare is admittedly lame. But that's just one minor thing that I can overlook. It's just the penalty for failing after-all. This is an awesome game that really changed my life. I used to go back and forth on whether or not I preferred this one or the third game, but after thinking about it for a while and playing them both a bunch of times, 3 can't top the magic of 1. Freddy and the gang are all important characters to me and I'm happy they're all still going strong even if the games aren't what they used to be. Can't wait to see the film adaptation.