Was fnaf ever good?
>>340487005
First game's alright.
When it was a new concept and a nice indie game, sure
Then he just did the exact same shit for four games in the span of a year even after getting all that money
>>340487110
This. All of the disembodied noises and vague backstory gave it a pretty nice atmosphere. The fact that no one knew what to expect when they first played it ensured that it was going to be very spooky.
Then a billion sequels and autism occurred. Now I'll never be able to find these animatronics scary again.
>>340487567
There will never be a fnaf game like the second one. Why even live?
Yeah it was interesting seeing how it stuck out from the other "exploring" oriented horror games.
Also, on another note, how the fuck does this game attract kids? I was at church and I saw a little kid with his Ipad and it was entirely fnaf themed. Wallpaper, apps, etc. He spent his time watching the most cringiest fan made vids and I couldn't help but look from a distance. Fnaf seems like something that would freak kids out. Can someone explain this phenomena?
>>340487005
The lore is actually pretty good. Seems to be why most people actually like the series.
>>340487005
First game was not bad, fun little concept for a small little game
However, I have no fucking clue how this shit blew the fuck up and got popular
>>340488904
I work at a toy store and kids keep asking when we're getting in new toys or restocks. The plush go like hotcakes.
>>340488904
Youtube culture attracts kids, it's essentially TV nowadays.
They see their favorite youtuber (either Markiplier if their parents are more watchful, considering he doesn't swear often, or Pewdiepie if they can do whatever they want) playing it and reacting to it because it's too scary to play for themselves, but at the same time learning about it because they aren't the ones to be getting stuffed into animatronic suits. They learn the "characters" from fanmade theory videos
>>340489081
Same. I think it would have been far more interesting if he incorporated ARG time elements. Hell, at this point he has enough cash to open up his own pizzaria just to expand on the lore alone.
>>340488904
They see their favorite youtubers play it.
Maybe there's also appeal similar to being "Edgy", as in liking something that is supposed to be dark and violent.
>>340488904
What were you doing at church
>>340489125DEEPESTLORE
>>340489125
Lets Players
>>340489321
Fuck, Scott just might do it too. I mean, if the movie's already supposed to have physical, real animatronics, he'd basically just have to throw 'em in a Chuck E Cheese and that's that
>>340487769
The second isnt that good you cant even look through the cameras without foxy getting you
All you gotta do is watch the music box and then flash a light in the vents/door first was best
>>340489264
Didn't Pewdiepie hate the games and refused to play them? Fnaf kids are more into Markiplier since judging from the google results for markiplier five nights, he does a shit ton of them.
>>340489428
In a sermon. Kid's mom probably didn't want to deal with his shit so she just let him preoccupy himself.
>>340489428
He was probably listening to a sermon, what do you think
>>340487005
Yes. It has an interesting backstory, a genuinely creepy atmosphere (at least for some), and instilled a genuine sense of fear. The only thing I don't like about the first game is the jumpscare itself, mainly because I find those less scary than they are annoying.
>>340489882
This
I respect the game for what it is, but I'll take an ominous atmosphere over a jumpscare any day
>>340489463
Literal confirmation bias
Anyone who follows fnaf "lore" is fucking retarded
>>340489726
WARNING: SCARIEST GAME IN YEARS
Yes.
When you look at something and think "why didn't I think of that", that's generally a good sign of a true success. Scott picked up on creepy atmosphere many of us grew up with but forgot, and then built an interesting game around it. Props to him.
>>340490139
I think the lore was alright until the fourth game, which completely fucked up the canon and caused the lorefags to tear at each other's skins.
Scott should have stopped at the third game, it wrapped up the story pretty damn well.
>>340490139
>Anyone who follows fnaf "lore" is fucking retarded
Lol there's no other reason for it you idiot. Why else are there theory videos out the ass on what's going on in these games?
>>340487005
The premise is great, and I appreciate the idea on paper, but the games have never been able to hold my attention for long. They're basically glorified plate spinning simulators.
Then, you've got the cookie cutter rapid fire sequels, taking things further and further from the original premise each time, and the perfect storm of cancerous fanbases that it has attracted (LPers, over analyzing lorefags, furry degenerates, and children).
Story started out good, then Scott had no idea what he was doing and ruined the story. Now it's a giant mess with no possible explanation.
it's the only game my nephew my nephew ever talks about...i remember looking over at him playing fnaf world on my computer and it was just a complete mess
>>340490210
I hate videos titled like this.
It's the most obvious clickbait shit ever. Just looking at my reccomendations I keep getting shit like GTAV EPIC STUNT MOD BEST MOD EVER (GTA5 Funny Moments!)
And then it's a 15 minute snorefest with no editing and the first 3 minutes are him doing fucking nothing while talking about what you already deduced from the title.
And then they don't even play the game in a fun way. They'll be on a mod that puts like a 500 foot ramp or some shit and they pussyfoot around and try to go down it "correctly" or something.
Nigga go down that ramp at full speed fuck you.
>>340487005
Mediocre.
Now recycled mediocrity.
>>340490372
>Why else are there theory videos out the ass on what's going on in these games?
Because it becomes a vicious cycle for the youtuber to continue to put out content so they can still get paid which in turn makes them rely on pulling complete utter bullshit out of their ass just so they could fill their youtube video for the day quota?
>>340489428
Enriching his, my brotha.
>>340490517
but the thing i dont understand about kids...is that they'll sit there and play fnaf for like 5 minutes and then go straight to youtube for markiplier or that diamond minecart guy and watch them play it for like hours
>>340490516
Until Mat Pat fixes that
>>340489726
He was just butthurt Markiplier got to FNaF before he did.
>>340490842
>Mat Pat
>>340490820
Honestly if I was a kid in this day and age I would probably be doing the same thing.
I spent a lot of time on Newgrounds watching parodies of games I had. It's in a similar vein.
>>340490820
Their attention spans can't handle FNaF on its own, it's too dull for them with few interesting bits (I.E Jumpscares) whereas an LPer basically cuts it down to only the highlights.
>>340488904
I work atFUCKING Gamestopand we seriously only attract little children and the most handicapped children I've seen come in go straight for it. The parents talk to the kids about it and know it too.
>>340490425
I liked the first game since it was really refreshing, in games at the time you had the options of running or hiding, usually both. But in Fnaf you couldn't move and couldn't hide. A shame that it got turned into what it is now.
>>340490842
>Makes theory on FNAF 4
>Scott himself comes out and says that Mat is wrong
>Blocks comments, pretends nothing happened, becomes passive aggressive towards Scott while his fans throw a shit fit.
>>340491258
>true
>true
>false
well 2/3 ain't bad.
>>340491378
Isn't that what happened though? I wasn't around for it but I heard either him or his fans got into a huge uproar about it.
It was great, a simple game that was unique and spooky. Honestly I don't mind the sequels, more of the same but it's still fun. There was like one or two good fan games, that humpty dumpty one was funny.
I mean the dude cashed in like hell and boy do I wish I made old christian games that nobody liked
>>340490842
Wasn't that the guy who said the whole series was a dream or something?
>>340491478
matpat said in one of his 18 fnaf videos that he never deleted scott's comment and that scott himself must have taken it down, probably to fix a spelling error, because i saw it there a few days later.
>>340491258
>>Blocks comments
But that's wrong, and I don't even like GT or MatPat.
It's Youtube's shitty Comment Organizer somehow knocking Scott's comment down in favor of newer comments with nowhere near as many meme points.
>>340491615
>>340491619
Oh, fair enough then.
>>340491562
I believe that was 8-bit gaming whom, sadly, I watch from time to time. It's a guilty pleasure.
>>340491097
>the parents talk to the kids about it and know it too
fuck i wish I had anyone older in my life who was cool when I was younger. I'm just glad I share interests with my brother so he doesn't have to feel like a weirdo when he talks about all the shit he's into. but honestly parents who do this are so good and nice I love when parents try to be interested in things just for their kids' sake
>>340491758
>Sister sees me playing Bloodlines one day
>Asks if she can play
>Let her, she enjoys it.
>Later get the idea of introducing her to the older Fallout games
>She really enjoys them
>Am now currently easing her into the Ultima series.
I'm saving her /v/, she will understand why I hate modern vidya.
>>340491929
>Ultima
That's a tough cliff to climb. Good luck, anon.
>>340491929
>be a younger me
>start telling my sisters about some crazy thing I did in rachet in clank or something
>"haha yeah anon that sounds cool"
>can tell they don't actually care
>never talk to anyone about vidya again
I basically always try to genuinely engage kids who are talking about their interests bc of experiences like that. Idk im dumb and kids scare me and I also just get sad when I see kids sad.
>>340488904
Youtube culture, as said.
Also remember the mass appeal Freddy Krueger had in the 80's and 90's. Everyone knew him, to the point he got a tv show from it.
>>340491081
and also this. Most of the game's about building up tension, with jump scares as a small part of it. The actual quietness and build-up's pretty great for a five dollar game.
Let's Plays skip out all that boring shit like "atmosphere" and goes straight to the jump scares and their favorite youtuber fake-screaming.
>>340487005
Yes. Community made it bad.
>>340492156
I'm thinking of starting her off on Ultima 4 since you can't really die in the game and it's rather easy in general. Teaching her the key bindings are gonna be a bitch though. I'm hoping this will teach her how to appreciate old vidya and the stories they tell whereas nowadays video games are on the same level as popcorn movies.
>>340487005
>be me
>a few weeks ago
>I was hanging around my grandparents' house, which is located in a village outside of my home town
>go outside on a back alley that looks over the fields
>look at the fence of a neighbouring house
>kids scribbled the words "Fnaf", " Bonnie" and "Markiplier"
>kids from the countryside
This shit is fucking disgusting, it's the worst form of cancer.
My 10 year old niece is fucking obsessed with these games and has never played any of them
Fucking YouTube cancer.
Kids also don't know how to hide their power level.
>>340487005
Not really.Spawned some surprisingly nice porn though
>>340492361
Eugh. I wouldn't know how to feel about a fnaf tv show. What would the plot even be?
>>340492361
that's fine i suppose not having the patience to play the actual game..but who the hell has the patience to watch some douchey person play it
>>340492492
kids don't really have a power level they just do whatever they think is cool. It's only a problem if they get older and still act like that
>>340492543
It would probably be the same fanfiction-tier bullshit that the book was
>>340490690
Sounds like AssCreed
>>340492703
...There was a book? Pray tell, what was the plot?
>>340492703
Idk when I was 10 you'd get picked on for playing Pokemon. I was so autistic I'd bring both my gameboys with Pokemon blue and red so I could work on my pokedex at recess.
>>340492845
Basically, none of it even matters in regards to the game lore, it's in its own universe.
>>340491929
don't forget to let her play some good indie shit with simple fun like Spelunky or Nuclear Throne
>>340492845
I think it was like some girl moves to the town with an abandon pizzeria and it turns out its the fnaf one and then she goes on a spooky adventure with a cute boy and some old man scares her.
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Nights-Freddys-Silver-Eyes/dp/1522771565
>>340492958
Maybe I just lived in a bubble, everyone talked about yugioh and you were hot shit if you brought ur gba on a field trip.
>>340492845
Typical shitty story with brave teens entering a haunted place. Unrelated to the game.
>>340493123
>GBA
Think I figured it out. 5th grade for me was 1998. Maybe attitudes changed.
>>340492974
>>340493123
>>340493160
How horrible, I wonder if the movie will be decent, I heard the guy who made Monster House is directing it. I might see it just to see if the animatronics they use are any decent.
>>340493116
I got her fucking hooked on Beat Hazard.
>>340493540
>The movie
You fucking what?
>>340493638
No, see, I intend to see the movie, and then spoil any possible twists or major plot points to kids after it so I can annoy them.
The third one was good because of the dingy design, fuckin good shit senpai.
>>340493792
I'm just surprised that there is a movie
>>340493638
They're making a movie. Right now.
>>340493638
http://www.polygon.com/2015/4/7/8367607/five-nights-at-freddys-movie-warner-bros
It's gonna be shit, and likely to do very well at the box office.
>>340492543
Best case scenario is it doesn't aim for children and instead focuses on being an actual good horror show.
Covers a different time period with each season, and each season tells it's own story that's independent. No decompression. Given leeway to change things from the games that don't make sense or are retarded (such as the third and fourth games)
>>340493540
>I wonder if the movie will be decent
Are you kidding me?
Why did so many of you guys play this youtuber bait? Christ, the first people I saw playing FnaF were my younger sister and her moe weeb, "quirky" tumblrite friends.
Self-contained, the first game is genuinely very unsettling and pretty cool. 4/20 mode is basically just muscle memory though which kinda ruins the atmosphere if you try it.
The sequels add just enough to not be total rehashes, but they're still pretty samey. Having said that, I like the story and I think when you take all four together, it tells a surprisingly heartwarming story.
But, that decent little story came at the cost of the story. Very little in 2 or 3 is scary and there's only like, one animatronic (Nightmare) in 4 that's genuinely unsettling.
>>340493985
Krampus was a PG-13 horror film and it bombed.
Which is a shame because it was actually pretty damn good.
>>340494161
No, the BEST case scenario is they make a super shitty Goosebumps-style kids show. Shit would be hilarious.
The first game is honestly really good. It's got some damn good atmosphere going on it.
>>340494240
I'd say the Nightmare Puppet's also unsettling,but the creepiness is spoiled by the fact it doesn't actually matter since it isn't "real".
I'd have much rather had the unsettling, cosmic horror undertones of the first game than the generic dindu nuffin ghost story it all turned out to be.
The simple imagery of the hollowed Freddy suit staring at you, or Freddy tearing his jaw off on the poster for a split second have far more impact and memorability than the hordes of generic destroyed robots the sequels churned out.
>>340494462
But then the series was ruined with the rapid sequels and dozens of headcanons.
It's hard to believe that the series is not even two years old, yet we almost have SIX games.
>>340494734
>cosmic horror undertones
Pardon me?
>>340492451
kek, glad it's a fad, if i ever have kids it will be when this shit blows over
>>340494734
Springtrap had a pretty creepy design and a fucking metal backstory, it's a shame it wasn't actually capitalized on in the gameplay. His jumpscare might legit be the most limpdick in the entire series.
>>340494243
Yeah but now we have movie that has spawned MILLIONS of rabid fans anxious to solve a non-existent mystery, who love these characters to death, despite them not really having character whatsoever.
>>340492543
It would be a CUH-RAZY COMEDY!
>>340494209
Because the first game was actually decent and refreshing for the horror genre. That is, until Scott traded in his cross for a yamaka.
>>340494161
>>340494352
Either of these would be pretty good.
>>340493905
Yeah, the guy who made Monster House is directing it, and they're going to use a mix of CGI and Animatronics which I think is a smart move, since if done right it could look really damn good like Jurassic Park or LOTR.
>>340494986
>his jumpscare
wow i've never played this series but i already can already tell it's more cancerous than i originally thought
>>340495156
You weren't aware that FNAF involves jumpscares?
>>340493123
>ur
Leave.
>>340495250
that was pretty obvious, but i didn't know each "character" has their own themed meme-ass jumpscare, that's cringe
>>340495156
They aren't bad games, just dull if you've been following them since late 2014. You'd know what to expect, it's very samey yet we play them any-- Zzzzzzz......
>>340495327
The screamer changes with each game. It's the same for all the animatronics, the only difference being their movement, and the way Springtrap moves during his "jumpscare" isn't scary in the slightest. Due to the fact that he's actually a human zombie that happens to be wearing the cosmetics for one of the animatronics, and not an ACTUAL animatronic, he moves like a human as opposed to an uncanny-valley-ass robot.
>different characters having different jumpscares is somehow cancerous and cringey
No, jumpscares in GENERAL are cancerous and cringey. How the flying fuck would different characters having different jumpscares be "cancerous" on its own?
Is it weird if I really hate jumpscares and they scare me? Like I know lots of people are like "jumpscares are so dumb they don't scare me" but they really freak me out. Like I know they're the cheapest scares but they really fuck me up.
First game was fun when it was new and had a shitton of lore behind it. It felt unique and fresh.
Has anyone ever "solved" the story yet?
>>340498179
Game theory guy got the lore pretty much down as good as it can possibly get. Even then some things are never answered
>>340498416
>Game theory guy got the lore pretty much down as good as it can possibly get.
>thought Phone Guy was Purple Guy
Nope
>>340497564
I don't think anybody hates jumpscares because they DON'T scare them, anon
1>3>2>4>Autism>World
I have some hope for 5, since you're actually moving now, but I'm sure I'll be disappointed.
>>340498416
Game Theory was BTFO'd in every single video.
>>340498503
I'm not talking about his old videos, dumdum. Watch his most recent fnaf video and he has a detailed timeline of the events. He pretty much figured everything out
