Five Nights at Freddy's. The indie horror game where animatronics from a pizzaria try to murder you
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It's part of an art [del]project[/del] thing I'm working on that includes [sp]songs re-titled to make incredibly bad pizza puns.[/sp][/QUOTE]
Who are you, Macaulay Culkin all the sudden?
I think the actual story is much simpler.
First you are lead to believe that the AI in the animatrons is fucking up. They are robots that either because of a short circuit, or just general misunderstanding of what their job is, see you as an animatron without a suit.
It's when things get really freaky with endoskeletonless yellow Freddy when you realize that what's actually going on is some paranormal haunted shit. Just when you think you know your enemy, the enemy makes sure you know you don't know shit.
At least that's what I think the author of the game was aiming for
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And yes, my download speed is pretty shitty. Crappy wireless adapter that's dying, got a replacement coming in the mail.[/QUOTE]
If that's what a pretty shitty download speed looks like then my internet is absolutely atrocious.
[QUOTE=Magikoopa24;45752092]...I think I realized something else about this theory. This goes way into "headcanon" status so I'll spoiler it.
-theory-[/QUOTE]
To be fair, the Phone Guy does say something along the lines of, "Amazing how someone can survive without their frontal lobe, huh?" So whoever was bitten, kid or adult, lived by some sheer miracle.
[QUOTE=Raptors!;45752190]I think the actual story is much simpler.
First you are lead to believe that the AI in the animatrons is fucking up. They are robots that either because of a short circuit, or just general misunderstanding of what their job is, see you as an animatron without a suit.
It's when things get really freaky with endoskeletonless yellow Freddy when you realize that what's actually going on is some paranormal haunted shit. Just when you think you know your enemy, the enemy makes sure you know you don't know shit.
At least that's what I think the author of the game was aiming for[/QUOTE]
Pretty much what I bet the dev created, yeah. Keeping everything vague allows for silly headcanons like mine to exist and not be discounted.
Really, the whole [sp]"You're the kid who was bit in 1987."[/sp] thing is just a small thing I came up with a friend. Adds in some weird continuity, though is in no need needed.
[QUOTE=Datsun;45751145]Despite the trouble I've been having the last few days regarding sleep, I just can't keep away from looking and keeping track of this game. Oddly enough, I kind of feel sorry for the animatrons concerning their erratic/spooky behavior. Not sure if it's due to their uncared for state (smelly, old, and in the case of foxy, dis-repair) or what.[/QUOTE]
It's very unclear, and the way the story's told and made, it doesn't really matter.
Part of the appeal is that you have to adapt to a completely new and terrifying situation in a matter of minutes, and in that situation, the reason of why that shit is happening isn't relevant.
If the game was an adventure game like amnesia surely the focus would be put a lot more on the exact story, but since you're limited to this one chair in a rundown office, it's all about survival and pragmatism.
[QUOTE=Magikoopa24;45752092]...I think I realized something else about this theory. This goes way into "headcanon" status so I'll spoiler it.
[sp]The bite didn't kill the kid. He's taken to a hospital, able to be saved. He leaves it alive, though without a functioning frontal lobe and some sort of PTSD. Because of this, his judgement is impaired, but otherwise he functions like any other human being. Years pass, he grows up estranged from everyone else because of the change, likes being alone where he can have his fucked up thoughts (since, ya know, without his frontal lobe, he makes decisions that don't play well with others.). He grows up without much support from those few who stuck around him, and desperately tries to find a job...and one comes up. At a local animatronics pizzeria.[/sp]
[sp]That's why yellow freddy appears before you- the stress of seeing Fezbear again causes him to hallucinate and die/pass out/etc.[/sp][/QUOTE]
We sharing headcanons now? Because I've got a bit of a crazy one.
[sp]Basically, Freddy himself is possessed by a lovecraftian monstrosity that has only recently gathered enough comprehension of human fear to know what pushes our buttons. And it found out that people really aren't comfortable around animatronics.
So it takes control of Freddy first and begins to spread its influence across the pizzeria. It corrupts one guy into thinking he's Freddy who then proceeds to kill several children until he's caught. Then the entity realizes that it can takes its antics up a notch and not just make people think they're the mascots, it can MAKE them the mascots by way of stuffing them into the suits and binding their souls into them in the process.
Management is well aware of all this, but management can't do anything on account of dealing with an incomprehensible monster with an uncertain level of otherworldly influence. If the authorities catch on to this, who knows what would happen once the secret's out. So they let it have its 'fun' killing and torturing people after closing, because the alternative can't even be considered.[/sp]
It's a bit out there, but it's probably a more creative theory than "KID'S GHOSTS ARE HAUNTING YOU". It's obvious that that this kind of stuff is never what the dev came up with while making the story, but there's enough details left unsaid that it's all possible.
-actualy no it is that bad-
I thought knowing as much as I do about this game would help me be ready when I actually got round to playing it.
I wasn't ready.
I personally subscribe to the idea that [sp]Freddy alone is/was possessed by something supernatural, which gave him sentience. He reprogrammed all the robots to be his evil pals, but they're not as smart as he is. He can still fuck around semi-supernaturally, such as the changing posters. Golden Freddy could be the manifestation of that power, since it only appears as Freddy and none of the other bots.
I don't like the idea that he's actually possessed by ghost kids or whatever, but something like the guy who killed the kids while wearing the Freddy suit caused the Freddy character to "come to life" by all the deaths at the same time, if that makes any sense. The Bite of '87 could've been the result of Freddy's early attempts to reprogram the bots.[/sp]
This way, it isn't strictly supernatural and it isn't strictly repurposed murderbots.
I like the idea that, whatever they may be, they just don't know any better and want to "help you" by putting you into one of the suits. They don't understand and think you're in pain being outside of one.
It makes them some kinda sick twisted sympathetic thing that you almost feel bad for, like the Stalkers from Half-Life 2.
To be honest I think that after the first couple of nights or so, the animatronics are more than aware of your presence and are playing a game with you. At first they're just wandering and curious (hence why on the first night they wander around before blundering over you) and then it turns into Terminator.
Actually if all they want to do is stuff you in a suit, what if you wore a mascot costume or a fur suit or something? Would they just ignore you?
I think we've been over this, like they'd suspect something was up, or it wouldn't adhere to dress code.
Besides there's probably more to it than merely wanting to get you dressed.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;45752552]Actually if all they want to do is stuff you in a suit, what if you wore a mascot costume or a fur suit or something? Would they just ignore you?[/QUOTE]
One of the recordings says that the animatrons would stuff a robotic endoskeleton inside of you iirc
[QUOTE=ironman17;45752557]I think we've been over this, like they'd suspect something was up, or it wouldn't adhere to dress code.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Katatonic717;45752552]Actually if all they want to do is stuff you in a suit, what if you wore a mascot costume or a fur suit or something? Would they just ignore you?[/QUOTE]
You're hired to be a security guard, not a fursuiting weirdo.
Besides, if you do that, there's no challenge and therefore no game (they ignore you, you get paid to sleep in a fursuit for 6 hours) or they just kill you anyway and it doesn't matter what you're dressed as.
[QUOTE=Tau;45752564]One of the recordings says that the animatrons would stuff a robotic endoskeleton inside of you iirc[/QUOTE]
Wait but if they think you're an endskeleton, and you're in a su-
Fuck it I'm trying to question a duck robot with human teeth. It aint worth it.
Plot twist: You ARE a metal endoskeleton
DUN DUN DUUUN
[QUOTE=Tau;45752564]One of the recordings says that the animatrons would stuff a robotic endoskeleton inside of you iirc[/QUOTE]
That was regarding the phone guy's suggestion of going limp to fool them into thinking you were an empty suit - which he quickly retracted upon realising that could result in an endoskeleton being shoved into you.
why is everyone spergin out over the story behind a little indie game
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;45752775]why is everyone spergin out over the story behind a little indie game[/QUOTE]
I bet you're fun at parties.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;45752552]Actually if all they want to do is stuff you in a suit, what if you wore a mascot costume or a fur suit or something? Would they just ignore you?[/QUOTE]
This isn't a furry simulator
[QUOTE=StolenArc;45752835]This isn't a furry simulator[/QUOTE]
The ungodly amount of rule 34 says otherwise
[sp]jesus fuck why is there so much make it stop[/sp]
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;45752848]The ungodly amount of rule 34 says otherwise
[sp]jesus fuck why is there so much make it stop[/sp][/QUOTE]
Christ sake. I don't care if you're joking, but what mentally-unstable fans fanart of a game doesn't make the game that. It's a ridiculous notion to even joke about.
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;45752775]why is everyone spergin out over the story behind a little indie game[/QUOTE]
Let them have their fun, what's it to you aside from putting people down and childishly elevating yourself?
So I don't really get this game. Didn'y play it either because I don't understand how it's played. It seems to be based on pure luck, because you just sit and watch a little tablet, managing cameras etcs. How do you "play" it?
I tried to draw Mike Schmidt. Couldn't come up with one hairstyle that I liked more.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/W3NtBSx.png[/img]
He's not very pleased with his job.
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