gaming Five Nights at Freddy's 2: A Prequel?

[LollyCorn 33]

*Warning! This post contains heavy spoilers! If you have not played the game or are intending to try it, I would not recommend further reading!*

 

 

 

 

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So for the last few nights I have been closely following a topic that is blowing up surrounding Scott Cawthon's recent release of Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

I myself have just begun playing the game and am getting mixed signals from the game itself to whether or not it is a prequel or a sequel.

 

 

Now, starting out on Night 1, Phone Guy returns stating that "you have no doors but at least you have power, right?" This implies that Scott is referring to the previous game where Mike had doors to close and limited power voiding the fact that the game is indeed a prequel. How can it be if it makes references to aspects of the first game.

 

Also, there is a statement in regards to moving Foxy from Pirate's Cove, re-making him to be more kid friendly because the "old one was kinda too scary for the kids" and that the new "Foxy" simply known as The Mangle had to be put together following each night at closing. How could Foxy be moved and re-modeled if the game is a prequel?

 

The fact that the old models also exist and have fallen into such dis-repair also eludes to the theory that it is a sequel. Also the modern setup of the building and the fact that the new models have been "outfitted with state of the art facial recognition software" voids the fact that it is a prequel.

 

Then there is the mention of how the old night guard complained about the animatronics trying to get into his office and had been moved to the day shift.

 

The fact that Phone Guy supposedly died in the first game brings up a lot of speculation in and of itself. He appears again in the second one advising the new night guard and telling him to check the cameras and asks if Foxy appears in the hallway.

 

However, as the game progresses there is more and more evidence stating that it is a prequel such as the screenshot of the check made out to Jeremy Fitzgerald, the new night guard on duty.

There is also the statements by Phone Guy to where someone had stolen a Golden Freddy suit and that one of the animatronics had bitten someone's frontal lobe off.

 

The police investigations point further to the prequel theory.

 

So my question is this, do you all think the game is a prequel or a sequel?

Feel free to provide evidence?!

[Proton 565]

The creator was probably planning to make it a sequel, but decided that it would be a prequel when he was halfway done with it. This explains the major plotholes from the first night, at least.

[LollyCorn 33]

The creator was probably planning to make it a sequel, but decided that it would be a prequel when he was halfway done with it. This explains the major plotholes from the first night, at least.

 

See that's what I thought could have been the problem.

I think in an effort to release it to shut people up, Scott didn't double check what was going on in the game.

Because it wasn't until the 4/5 night that it started becoming more of a prequel than a sequel.

[Castle_Cross 332]

I like more the prequel theory, and for me it makes more sense, with the sixth night stating that will be a birthday party and with phone guy telling you to watch closely the animatronics (the bite of '87??)

[BastementSparkle 20,335]

It's a prequel. I haven't played it but just watching an LP of it, it makes the most sense. The phone guy mentions calling the previous owner of the original restaurant at one point, referring to it as "Fredbear's family diner" or something along those lines. The one in the first game was "Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria". The original diner was shut down and probably bought by some other company who decided to rebrand it.

 

 The original animatronics were part of the family diner, but were used as spare parts to create the new ones in order to improve their image. The night guard phone guy mentions at the start isn't Mike, he never calls him by any name, he's just a random guard. The paycheck at the end of the game shows that the year is 1987, the year the bite happened. What's likely is that one of the "New" animatronics actually caused the bite, and for that reason the new ones were taken away/destroyed/whatever. Probably used as spare parts to help put together the old ones again.

 

 This makes sense. If the bite and the missing children incidents happened in FNAF 2, then they would be losing lot's of money. They likely had to go back to using the old animatronics to save money, since new ones would be more expensive than just repairing the old ones. Foxy is probably still torn up in the first game because they didn't have enough money to put him back together again. The building from the first game is the third "Freddy's" not the first.

 

 It's actually pretty clever. Everything on the first night hints towards it being a sequel, but they never explicitly state anything that would make it have to be one. So the twist that it's a prequel is pretty surprising, but makes a lot of sense once you think about it.

Edited November 14, 2014 by BasementNopony

[Snow Frostflame 3,570]

yes I noticed it was one but the only thing that doesn't add up is why are the Anamatronics from the first game all screwed up and why does this restaurant look like it was inspired off of the first one

 

either there is a missing puzzle piece or this plot was overlooked

[GenderIsAnIllusion 2,178]

During e story of fnaf2, the bite of 87' occurs, and when you beat night 5, this is proven when you see the date on the check.

 

My game theory is that before coming under new management, the characters where made rather crudely (this is seen is old China's design, who head is much bulkier than in the first game) and that they where programmed with the same rules that the employees would have to follow (no endoskeleton is to be left unsuited outside of the parts and servise room.). The characters were not being taken care of, and eventually started to malfunction and attack the night guards. The characters started to stink because of their neglect, and eventually they had to shut down.

 

Fast foreward to the time of fnaf2:

New management moves the restraunt to a new location, builds all new animatronics with state of the art tech. They use the other, now very poor condition characters, for spare parts to save on money. The night watchmen who you took his job, has tampered with the animatronics (old and new), and is trying to lure kids to their deaths, and kill you. His tampering eventuall causes the mangle to bite the head on a child that playing with him. On the fifth. Ight, that same guard is in the golden freddy suit, and has already committed his heinous crime of luring kids to the pizzaria, molesting and murdering them. he hides the bodies, and flees the restraunt.

 

Fast foreward to the time of FNAF1:

 

The night guard from fnaf2 has hidden the bodies of the children in the 4 remaining animatronics. They never were fixed from the tampering, and still try to kill all the weight guards... Most likely you play as that same guard that killed the children. The changing poster of freddy, the crying children on the wall, and the news paper clippings are all hallucinations. ITS ME!!! Refers to his own guilt, as he knows he's the one who done it. Golden freddy to him represents his murderous side, and is seen from time to time,

 

So yeah, that just my theory tho....

[Barbaloot 198]

The reason why it's a sequal is thus: The game is dated at 1987. This is reffered to in the past tense by the Phone Guy in the first game.

 

Now there's one thing that kind of hurts this; the old Animatronics. However, it's clearly stated that there was another restaurant before this one, and that it ISN'T called Freddy Fazbear's Pizzaria. It's called Fredbear's Family Diner. This is where the old animatronics come from.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638]

I want to say prequel, but you got some good evidence that it can be a sequel. I mean, if you beat the game, the ending does say about "Bringing the old animatronics back and lowering the budget" which explains why in the first you have limited power.

 

But, maybe they're just doing it again? Like maybe the first one was like that, they tried to fix things, did not work out, and then want to bring the old ones back and lowering the budget again?

 

I mean, the phone guy is somehow alive and maybe this is a prequel and the "previous guy" might not be Mike, maybe this is an ongoing thing about people getting that job and having those troubles. Idk.

 

I honestly have a theory that the Phone guy is up to all this and sets the players up and tries to kill them, but malfunctioning the animatronics. It is very confusing those. The game could very well be a prequel,but also a sequel? I dont know. It is very confusing. I mostly head towards a prequel though, if I have to choose a path.

[Countess Noodle 607]

It's a prequel. Why? Because I said so. 

Edited November 14, 2014 by NoodleBrony

[MLPFanatic34 3,241]

It's a prequel, even I knew that from watching and listening to the calls for nights 1 and 2.

[Larkybird~ 734]

 

It's pretty much considered prequel material given night 5's(I think it was night 5) call from phone guy.

There's no other way to put it really. Everything just points to it being a prequel from that and the fact that the check says 1987. You know the year the place shut down. As for why the lineup from the first game is broken down, well maybe they came first and just fixed em up later on.

 

Edited November 15, 2014 by GhostlyMelodies