Okay, I have some major revelations to reveal about the first and second game. If you do not want the very clever story of the game spoiled for you, I don't know, go put a pot on your head or something.
Five Nights at Freddy's is one of the most brilliant horror games that I have played in a long time. Despite not being as good as the Silent Hills, SCP Containment Breach, Amnesia, or Condemned, it certainly would make my top five if I ever would make a list featuring my personal favorite horror games. One of my all time gripes with horror is that I do not think the genre can be effective if combat is used too often. Sure it can be used sparingly to pull off good horror, but Triple A development never seems to get that memo. Most large budget games in recent years such as all of the Dead Spaces and Alone in the Dark have disappointed me tremendously. Mostly because they never give me a moment to breathe because things are too busy being as subtle as a train wreck on a boat.
When I played Five Nights at Freddy's the first time, it already had two things down pat: subtly and a feeling of complete vulnerability. However, when I really started paying attention to the things on screen, I really began to noticed the messed up undertows within the game.Truth be told, some of these really disturbed me deeply.
Here are some of the things that could completely slip by you if you do not pay attention:
All of the empty heads along with the endoskeleton in the back room will look into your camera if you look in the back room too much. The posters along with the list of rules in the west hall will change to pictures of distorted, crying children and newspaper articles describing brutal murders that took place in the pizzeria. (I will go into detail later) If you look at the animatronics on the show stage as soon as five or six starts, if all the animatronics are still present, then they will be looking directly into the camera. On the Freddy poster in the east hall, sometimes it will change to a picture of Freddy tearing his own head off. Also prints left by this can be seen on Freddy's head if you look closely enough.
Creepy as hell am I right?
When I looked even deeper I discovered the actual story line. If you keep your eyes on the list of rules in the east hall corner, then newspaper articles revealing the disgusting acts of heinous violence will appear to you. They are hard to read in game, so take a screencap of it.
(Continued in next post)