Five Nights At Freddy's

[Newcomer 42]

You could argue you kind of "fight" Afton in the third game... But you only learn about his identity long after the game is over, and the place is set on fire for no apparent reason. It's funny how Dayshift also makes fun of that. By the way, I discovered there's Killer in Purple, another fangame where you play as Afton himself. Is it any good?

 

[Powerhouse of the Cell]

This has honestly always been one of my issues with FNAF lore. I feel its hard to care because you rarely ever experience it in the moment.

Like, to compare to another evil robot maker... you actually fight Dr. Wily. William Afton is just some guy who is mentioned in books.

I remember seeing a meme about William Afton and his de-evolution as a villain which depicted William Afton in the 2014 side with his original pixel portrayal and then the next section was "William Afton in 2025" and it is a picture of Dick Dastardly who is a Saturday morning cartoon villain from Hanna Barbara.

I felt like it accurately portrayed his regression as a villain.

 

[skykiii]

then the next section was "William Afton in 2025" and it is a picture of Dick Dastardly who is a Saturday morning cartoon villain from Hanna Barbara.

So this line gave me an idea for a fangame:

Cassie has become the new Vanny, but every time one of Afton's plans fails she does the Muttley snicker.

I guess that means the armies of Music Man bots are the Ant Hill Mob in this scenario. What we need now is for someone to be Penelope Pitstop.

 

[AbduluCthuluZulu]

What we need now is for someone to be Penelope Pitstop.

Even this would be a better role for Vanessa than the absolute nothing she was given as a character so far.

 

[Lone Star]

Honestly, so far, it's looking better than the first movie, at least in terms of horror.

 

[Newcomer 42]

They are following the second game to the letter, even that stupid mask. Not bad. Even better, the first movie, which was sadly a bit average due to being too short and not developed enough IMO, DID have a confrontation with Anton, no matter how brief it was.

 

[Ace888Ace]

They are following the second game to the letter, even that stupid mask. Not bad. Even better, the first movie, which was sadly a bit average due to being too short and not developed enough IMO, DID have a confrontation with Anton, no matter how brief it was.

By the looks of the trailer, it looks like we get some Afton flashbacks, which is a good idea. Their solution to the timeline fuckery of having the FNAF 2 place be the original location was also a pretty sensible one

 

[Chin of Campbell]

As a franchise turbo oldfag, my issues with the first movie were that they rushed straight to purpleman like a virgin on prom night, and the lack of gore. The gore thing is understandable, this has become a franchise for the littlest tiniest pacifer-slurping infants, but I'm worried this movie is going to start rushing to other shit that appeared in way later games instead of giving the "current" stuff time to shine, like the dude that appears out of nowhere in the last real game to say "I was also here the whole time and now I'm going to end the franchise (not really)". That guy has apparently already been cast so we'll see how that turns out, but I dunno.

I feel like Golden Freddy really got shafted in the first one considering he was THE big mystery of the first game. It looks like the marionette is a really big focus of this one, being THE big mystery of the second game, which I like.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

but I'm worried this movie is going to start rushing to other shit that appeared in way later games instead of giving the "current" stuff time to shine

I mean the Sonic movies already do this considering Shadow is in the third movie and Knuckles was pushed hard in the second movie even though Tails also made his debut in the second movie.

Hollywood tends to have massive ADHD when it comes to plot and backstory, especially if it relates to video games. Going back to the 90's with the second Mortal Kombat movie, they had all these characters introduced from the third game only to kill them all quickly with either no or a very VERY brief explanation as to why they were even there in the first place.

Unless you have a director that's going to be 100% faithful to the games, this is the kind of trade-off you have to just accept if you want a vidya IP to be on the big screen. It sucks, but that's how it is. Not even anime is 100% faithful. Last vg anime series I saw that even came close to it was the Ace Attorney series.

 

[Lone Star]

Hollywood tends to have massive ADHD when it comes to plot and backstory, especially if it relates to video games

I mean, it makes sense. Like how many movies would you want before Shadow makes an appearance? He came well past a decade into Sonic, and if we're only introducing one major ally a movie, it'd take like, four or five for Shadow to finally appear.

As for Five Nights at Freddy's, it's sort of the same thing. If every movie focused solely on one game, it'd take six whole movies to get through the decent part of the franchise, and I don't think that'll work out at all. I'd like it if it took time to breathe a bit, but it's just not realistic.

 

[Newcomer 42]

To be fair, it's not like the games have a lengthy and extensive plot, so covering multiple games per movie makes perfect sense. I suppose all of the classic saga until SL might be covered by movies (a trilogy was planned IIRC).

 

[Lone Star]

I just hope the movies stop at Pizzeria Simulator at the latest. Ultimate Custom Night works as like, maybe a minute long epilogue at best.

 

[Ace888Ace]

I just hope the movies stop at Pizzeria Simulator at the latest. Ultimate Custom Night works as like, maybe a minute long epilogue at best.

Apparently Scott said in one of the Dawko interviews (I don't know if this is true and I really can't stand his voice, so I'm not going to check either) that the idea is a trilogy based on the first three games.

Probably won't be how it shakes out, given that the games themselves were supposed to wrap up with 3, 4 and then 6. Honestly, I find the idea of the Freddy Fazbear Cinematic Universe funny enough that I'd like the films to continue indefinitely

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Honestly, I find the idea of the Freddy Fazbear Cinematic Universe funny enough that I'd like the films to continue indefinitely

FNAF 4: The animatronics kill everyone in summer camp
FNAF 5: Animatronics In Space
FNAF 6: Animatronics haunts people's dreams, special Freddy Krueger cameo

 

[Lone Star]

Apparently Scott said in one of the Dawko interviews (I don't know if this is true and I really can't stand his voice, so I'm not going to check either) that the idea is a trilogy based on the first three games.

Probably won't be how it shakes out, given that the games themselves were supposed to wrap up with 3, 4 and then 6. Honestly, I find the idea of the Freddy Fazbear Cinematic Universe funny enough that I'd like the films to continue indefinitely

I mean if they'd insist on making more and more after the third, I'd at least hope they wouldn't follow the game plot beyond Ultimate Custom Night. I'm actually still hoping (in vain) we may get a game set at Fredbear's Family Diner or the pizzeria that the Withered Animatronics came from. Something like that could maybe be a movie thing, I dunno.

I have this autistic fascination with how Scott keeps skirting around having Fredbear himself make a real, non-minigame appearance in the franchise. Ultimate Custom Night was basically his one and only time to shine, and we was an obscure, meaningless secret. This isn't counting stuff like Nightmare Fredbear or Golden Freddy. I mean the real, actual, physical Fredbear.

 

[Buster Scruggs]

I think Scott’s biggest mistake was shifting the universe into a more “sci-fi” vibe. The occult/supernatural shit worked really well in the first four games, in that it was spirits attaching to these characters and manipulating them from “the other side”. Sister location was the moment I dropped off and anytime I look at the modern lore it seems like it was worth it. It’s just not a world I care about anymore, and I find the first four to really be a complete story. The “pizzaplex” is something I particularly dislike, the concept itself doesn’t work in my mind as it would have to rely on parents taking their kids to a place they heard rumors about children getting massacred at. It’d be like if someone opened up a columbine themed amusement park and expected nothing at all to go wrong, while making loads of cash… it just wouldn’t happen.

 

[Newcomer 42]

pizzaplex” is something I particularly dislike, the concept itself doesn’t work in my mind as it would have to rely on parents taking their kids to a place they heard rumors about children getting massacred at.

Isn't Pizza Plex from the Security Breach game? That one should have been a reboot, not a sequel, things changed too much, which fits as it's meant to be the near future.
As for the rumors, supposedly children were going missing, but the plot is so incoherent and broken that it's hard to make sense.
I think the biggest mistake was adapting the stuff from the books, these are way too crazy.
SL is stretching it a bit, but it still was about murderous robots (this time intentionally programmed to hunt people). I wonder how Afton got the time and money to work as a security guard multiple times, fabricate super advanced robots meant to capture and kill children and the occasional adult, then experiment with his victims, then spend zillions in PR so that the private eyes don't start snooping too close. All of that at the same time

It’d be like if someone opened up a columbine themed amusement park and expected nothing at all to go wrong, while making loads of cash… it just wouldn’t happen.

After the events from 2020 to the Eternal Current Year (TM), I realized people would do anything you want if you spin it right. Selling shitty, cheap masks that will totally protect you from the cough as long as you wear them 24/7, even if you're a furry wearing a full body suit? Of course! So anything from Fazbear doesn't sound too far-fetched in comparison.
For what's worth, the Pizza Plex is meant to be a jab at consumerism, but it's actually a cool place, with racing cars, theater, arcades, shooting galleries, sport sections, cool looking robots that will interact with you... It's like OCP from RoboCop done right, and you actually get what you pay for!
Much better than say Starbucks.

 

[Lone Star]

I think Scott’s biggest mistake was shifting the universe into a more “sci-fi” vibe. The occult/supernatural shit worked really well in the first four games, in that it was spirits attaching to these characters and manipulating them from “the other side”. Sister location was the moment I dropped off and anytime I look at the modern lore it seems like it was worth it. It’s just not a world I care about anymore, and I find the first four to really be a complete story. The “pizzaplex” is something I particularly dislike, the concept itself doesn’t work in my mind as it would have to rely on parents taking their kids to a place they heard rumors about children getting massacred at. It’d be like if someone opened up a columbine themed amusement park and expected nothing at all to go wrong, while making loads of cash… it just wouldn’t happen.

I really do miss the ghosts and creepy happenings. The small things from the earlier games like the animatronics twitching or scenery having a chance to change really made things spooky. Also I know Fazbear Entertainment isn't meant to be taken seriously but how the fuck do they keep affording to stay in business after all this time anyway? And the "Haha evil corporation" bit went from pretty amusing to just getting really old and is just beating the dead horse at this point.