It's starting to occur to me that I might be a weenie. The avid FNAF fans, whom I might add are much younger than me, regard this one as NOT that scary. Look, whenever the yellow thing moved I smashed escape like it was the Mfing Like Button.
I also have so far liked this series quite a bit! I know a lot of backloggd are Too Cool For School to like Five Nights Freddy, but I am a big fan of this crap. I still absolutely fucking love Phone Guy's cheerful company man persona even while he is describing some truly grisly stuff, like a springlock failure suit and that you should go bleed out in a different room if it happens.
Really, if you have ever worked a shitty service job before, this series really hits different. Like I said, this could almost be mistaken as a left-leaning series if we knew the guy who made it wasn't donating 100,000 dollars to right-wing politicans who want to kill homeless people for being an eyesore next to McDonald's.
Speaking of eyesores, this Springtrap fella! Yikes! Seen better days! Scared the crap out of me, he is much more of a predator than the last 2 games' animatronics, and the way he looks at you through the window...look I really don't get the reputation this game gets as not-scary. The way he just approaches you in the jump scare really seems like he is just going to KILL kill you. Like, beat the piss out of you. None of this shoving you in a vending machine shit, he is going to murder you.
My only real issue is that Scott really lost the plot in regards to the door. Slamming the door in these bastard's faces really feels good, it had such a great sound effect attached to it. I really do think you lose something when you don't have something that works 100% of the time in halting them in their path. The mask was delightful in how it really never felt like a great solution, and the audio cues to lure him away are nice here, but man I think Scott peaked too early in regards to the design of these things. He got it PERFECT from the word go and had to work backwards from there. Although I do think he was onto something by making the cameras in this game REALLY shit, and Springtrap much more careful at hiding in darkness so you lean in closer to the screen. His horror instincts are totally there.
Anyway, I would safely now call myself a fan of these games. I like the creativity on display here, the dedication to slick world-building, and wonderful audio design. Even though the guy who makes these would vote for General Greivous if he ran on the GOP ticket, I still think he can design a cool horror game!
I also have so far liked this series quite a bit! I know a lot of backloggd are Too Cool For School to like Five Nights Freddy, but I am a big fan of this crap. I still absolutely fucking love Phone Guy's cheerful company man persona even while he is describing some truly grisly stuff, like a springlock failure suit and that you should go bleed out in a different room if it happens.
Really, if you have ever worked a shitty service job before, this series really hits different. Like I said, this could almost be mistaken as a left-leaning series if we knew the guy who made it wasn't donating 100,000 dollars to right-wing politicans who want to kill homeless people for being an eyesore next to McDonald's.
Speaking of eyesores, this Springtrap fella! Yikes! Seen better days! Scared the crap out of me, he is much more of a predator than the last 2 games' animatronics, and the way he looks at you through the window...look I really don't get the reputation this game gets as not-scary. The way he just approaches you in the jump scare really seems like he is just going to KILL kill you. Like, beat the piss out of you. None of this shoving you in a vending machine shit, he is going to murder you.
My only real issue is that Scott really lost the plot in regards to the door. Slamming the door in these bastard's faces really feels good, it had such a great sound effect attached to it. I really do think you lose something when you don't have something that works 100% of the time in halting them in their path. The mask was delightful in how it really never felt like a great solution, and the audio cues to lure him away are nice here, but man I think Scott peaked too early in regards to the design of these things. He got it PERFECT from the word go and had to work backwards from there. Although I do think he was onto something by making the cameras in this game REALLY shit, and Springtrap much more careful at hiding in darkness so you lean in closer to the screen. His horror instincts are totally there.
Anyway, I would safely now call myself a fan of these games. I like the creativity on display here, the dedication to slick world-building, and wonderful audio design. Even though the guy who makes these would vote for General Greivous if he ran on the GOP ticket, I still think he can design a cool horror game!
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@LarryDavis Scott is one of the most interesting indie game devs to exist. i don't know what games he likes, i'm not sure he plays other games, i know this man has never seen an anime in his life. all i know is he made some truly hideous christian cartoons and toy chica so he is not to be trusted.
LarryDavis
8 months ago