Five Nights at Freddy's 4

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6.5

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  1. BrushedRed
    Jul 29, 2015
    2
    These games are so overrated. I played the first whenever everyone was ranting and raving about it. I never found it scary. I played the second when it came out.. Didn't find it scary. Gave up on this series. Skipped the 3rd one. Then I heard rave things about the 4th and reluctantly played it with one of my friends... Yep.. Same as the first one, and the second one.. And from deductiveThese games are so overrated. I played the first whenever everyone was ranting and raving about it. I never found it scary. I played the second when it came out.. Didn't find it scary. Gave up on this series. Skipped the 3rd one. Then I heard rave things about the 4th and reluctantly played it with one of my friends... Yep.. Same as the first one, and the second one.. And from deductive reasoning, the 3rd one. They're just overrated games that are titled the "scariest game ever made," yet I found more scary things in an M. Night Shymalan movie (and I don't find his movies scary, they're just pretentious.. as are these games).… Expand
  2. pikby
    Nov 2, 2016
    3
    while the jumpsacres are undeniably startling ,this cannot save Five Nights at Freddys 4 from its poorly executed gameplay,with a sound mechanic vital to the game completely broken because of garbelled audio, and story which is more convoluted than the matrix

    35%
  3. NicolasThe17th
    Mar 16, 2016
    4
    This game is very overrated. What makes it unique and original FNAF were the cameras, and in this game there is no trace of them. Half of the game are stupid and very low quality minigames. I can give some points for the scares, but after a while become boring and predictable. Scott had done something great, but get carried away by fame and created a waste of epic proportions.
  4. EpicGamer2002
    Jan 5, 2016
    0
    This game is mad overrated the jumpscares are the same thing they tried way to hard to make them scary. Oh yeah the game freezes a lot and this game looks ugly the sound is pretty much jumpscares.
  5. kuehnau
    Sep 19, 2015
    0
    If you've played any of the other three games in the franchise, you'll know what to expect from the fourth entry in the game, more of the same. FNAF's 4 has less gameplay and mechanics then it's predecessors and will leave you with more questions then answers.

    More importantly, the entire franchise makes an attempt to have some sort of weird, deep, twisting mystery behind it. It's a    If you've played any of the other three games in the franchise, you'll know what to expect from the fourth entry in the game, more of the same. FNAF's 4 has less gameplay and mechanics then it's predecessors and will leave you with more questions then answers.

    More importantly, the entire franchise makes an attempt to have some sort of weird, deep, twisting mystery behind it. It's a horror story to be sure and as you play the games, bits and pieces of the story get revealed through a number of ways. The rest of this is left up to the game community to speculate on what is actually happening.

    Many of us jumped on board with the game because we were intrested in the story, less of the actual game and we hoping that by the end of Five Nights at Freddy's 4, most of the story would be revealed. This couldn't beany further from the truth. The "final" game (and I use that term loosely) barely answers anything, while bringing up even more questions. Scott in all of his glory decided that since the community couldn't unravel the story, that he wasn't going to shed anymore light on it.

    That's right, the developer of the franchise, the one that used to be a failure in game development, that used to work at a dollar store, who was lifted from the dirt and pushed into the spotlight by his fan base now refuses to actually elaborate anymore on the story. Talk about a giant middle finger to the people who have financially supported Scott.

    Scott has already admitted the first game was supposed to be the only one, but it was so successful, he decided to continue pushing out more games. Given the fact he had no future plans for the franchise and he had to come up with a story, on the spot, I have a feeling Scott threw in a bunch of junk and then allowed the community to come up with theories for his game, essentially doing the writing for him.

    It's my opinion that Scott had NO IDEA how to wrap up the games, he had NO IDEA what he was doing and because of that, he bascially refused to explain anything, blaming it on the fans for not being able to "find" all of his clues.

    More of an insult, his latest game is simply a different game, using all of the old characters from the first four games. Scott doesn't even respect his fans enough to make an attempt to actually make anything new or unique. Scott is going to continue to milk the furry cash cow until it's all dried up and dead.

    Limited gameplay, shallow game mechanics, poor writing, it's almost embarrassing how little effort Scott put into this game, he should be ashamed at how much he has not only milked this franchise, but his "fans". I'll never spend another single penny in support of Scott and none of you should either.    … Expand
  6. Annoymous1
    Aug 15, 2015
    0
    Dubbing this game the "scariest game ever made" is a joke. This was so poorly executed, and offered nothing to the table. The lore, although good, wasn't that special. BioShock had a better story, and games such as Amnesia and Outlast deliver more scares than this. Trust me, it's not worth it.
  7. Lyserg1260
    Aug 23, 2015
    0
    First game was bad, but this is even worse, much worse. This game just deserves to be called "Worst horror game ever". There is nothing interesting in this game. This game is just disgrace to horror genre. It's sad. Don't waste your time.
  8. gogetaxvegeto
    Aug 6, 2015
    4
    The intro to the night looks bad compare to FNAF 3, the jumpscares might be better but the dependant of sound makes it really hard for people without headphones and a quiet place.
  9. MaxTheCritic
    Nov 27, 2015
    3
    I'm not a fan of Fnaf. This game changed a lot than other FNAF games, now you can move door to door. I think that the way to avoid the animatronics is very original and smart, you have to hear low breathing, and it makes that you increase the volume and it scares more. but sincerely, it's that boring, same that others game.

    So, it's a 3 for me.
  10. Duskycarp116
    Sep 9, 2015
    0
    This game is hands down the worst video game sequel ever made in video game history. This game isn't scary at all, the gameplay is the same and is this time boring, the story makes no since, and to top it all off this game tries to be realistic even though THIS IS A HORROR VIDEO GAME WITH LIVE ANIMATRONICS!!!!!
  11. Zulgot
    Aug 8, 2015
    0
    This has to be joke right now - the developer is milking this thing to bones. Pure cashgrab, zero effort put into making this even slightly appealing to audience older than 10.
  12. Crappy
    Jul 27, 2015
    4
    I'm still somewhat unsure how I feel overall about this one. As someone who played the first three and could enjoy them despite their flaws (the third being the least flawed and formulaic/repetitive to play), I just don't know if I can recommend this one.

    I'll start by saying that I came out of the third game impressed with how much the creator had improved in game design. You see, one    I'm still somewhat unsure how I feel overall about this one. As someone who played the first three and could enjoy them despite their flaws (the third being the least flawed and formulaic/repetitive to play), I just don't know if I can recommend this one.

    I'll start by saying that I came out of the third game impressed with how much the creator had improved in game design. You see, one of the major flaws with the first two games was that on harder nights it threw away the mechanic of checking the cameras just to be able to survive. They weren't even necessary in the first place, and those harder nights made it so that you couldn't use them at all without likely dying. So in the third game, he made it so that the cameras were the main gameplay mechanic. Defending against a single animatronic, you had to use the cameras to lure him into different rooms using sound effects. He could also go into vents and then you'd have to close them from the cameras as well. This game and it's mechanics were hands down the best thing in the series. The scares were weak, and you know what? I'm glad they were. Because that's not what it was about. The gameplay was rewarding, tense, and it was probably the game out of the series to do subtlety best.

    The fourth one completely threw away the cameras, something great and unique to the series, and replaced it all with one bland and unchanging mechanic: listening. That's basically all you do. Listen closely or screw up and be greeted with an overly loud jumpscare. In the first three, there were audio cues all the same. They helped you. Basically this game just removes everything surrounding the audio cues and leaves you with nothing but them and a couple of other time sinks. Aside from the animatronics which at one point replace the others and behave slightly differently, the core gameplay just doesn't change. Listen for the same sound over and over. If it's there close the door. Check your time sinks. Repeat.

    Which game would you rather play: one where you're trapped at the end of a maze and are forced to track down the zombified murderer coming after you so you can lure him away and prolong your death.. all the while having to make sure your systems that allow you to do so stay functional, or one where you just run around in a room doing the same repetitive and uninteresting tasks over and over?    … Expand
  13. griffey546
    Aug 1, 2015
    0
    The game is so innovative, I can click in so many more places, and have a .gif pop up on the screen and go, "BOO" at me! Seriously though, this game is about as good as "The House", which is a god awful horror flash game. SERIOUSLY WHY IS THIS STILL NOT ON A FLASH GAME WEBSITE?
  14. wickedsonic1
    Aug 1, 2015
    2
    Laziest cash-grab on the market right now. Don't waste your money on this over rated trash. There's no substance at all here, the gameplay is boring, the scares are lazy, and its overall a cheap experience. Exactly the same a the last 2 games. I'm sorry fanboys but adding one or two changed mechanics doesnt make a game a very different experience from its predecessor. This scot guy needsLaziest cash-grab on the market right now. Don't waste your money on this over rated trash. There's no substance at all here, the gameplay is boring, the scares are lazy, and its overall a cheap experience. Exactly the same a the last 2 games. I'm sorry fanboys but adding one or two changed mechanics doesnt make a game a very different experience from its predecessor. This scot guy needs to up his game and stop milking this cash cow.… Expand
  15. Anthonymora
    Aug 22, 2015
    0
    I know i'm not an expert on fnaf, But this is my opinion, I think this game is horrible because it has a fandom and you guessed it rabid fans, Also it get's really repetitive after a while, Which is why it has less points than the original.
  16. CoryInDaHausFTW
    Aug 30, 2015
    0
    This is game series is so over-rated. Scott Cawthon, please stop making these games. They are all the same piece of garbage, pl.us you make them so frequently. These games are not even scary. Do not buy this game, instead buy Cory in the House. Cory In the House is the best anime of all time.
  17. STROKESs1997
    Jul 30, 2015
    1
    There’s nothing about this fourth game that begs for you to return. Instead spend the cash on a bag of snacks and some drinks, and watch someone else shriek loudly into a microphone for you.
  18. thejzboy
    Jul 18, 2016
    0
    what a horrible game in the worst video game franchise of all time the fanbase thinks its so good its horrible why did they make a 4th one in less than a year since the first fnaf came out
  19. Inf1inite
    Aug 6, 2015
    2
    This game is a money printer.
    This is bad.
    Scott made a great game back in 2014, But he took it so far it became SOOOO BAD!
    I don't like this game at all, SAME GAMPLAY, with less fun and horror!
    So why scott keep making those up? CUZ he a total Jerk who cares only about money.

    Final verdict:
    FNAF Fan: You get a fine story, you WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.
    Not a FNAF fan: Bad game! Do not play!
  20. StoopidPingas23
    Oct 18, 2015
    3
    FNAF has basically exploded on the Internet thanks to music videos, Montages and Not Scary videos, but does the series leave up to all the hype? Nope. It still tries the same cheap tricks to try and get a dumb scream out of you with it's dumb jumpscares even in the 4th installment. Scott, just leave this series to rot and die.
  21. GamecubeLover
    Jul 3, 2016
    3
    This game is not scary but it is to youtube idiots and kids. The story is so bad and doesn't make any sense. The jumpscares are again ugly! This game is annoying as usual. Scott stop milking the series!!!!!!!!!!!!
  22. Vindelisal
    Jul 24, 2018
    0
    Shovelware deserves no review. But they're totally trying to make me **** on it by having to type more than 75 characters.
    It's just garbage.
  23. Tokosan
    Feb 11, 2016
    1
    This game is a disapointment, cheap jumpscare's, and game play mechanic's that just rip-off the 1st game, the franchise itself isn't even good, i hate this game, literally!!
  24. reviewfrom19842
    Sep 25, 2016
    1
    really this is still a thing five nights at Freddy's 4 is the same game as the three other games and it's just the same game over and over and over and it's a terrible story is badly written and stupid.
  25. Greenhunter17
    Oct 2, 2017
    4
    Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is easier to know what is going on, but its frightening tale and game play isn't anywhere near enough to save it from complete disappointment.
  26. LedgerDraven
    Sep 21, 2019
    1
    I played this game, and it's the worst in the series. The FNaF series has mostly gone downhill ever since the second game came out. The story isn't that great (you're a little kid running around your house while getting piked on by your brother), the gameplay is meh and the game is WAY TOO HARD!!!!!! Buy it if you're a really hardcore FNaF fan, but if you dislike the first three games,I played this game, and it's the worst in the series. The FNaF series has mostly gone downhill ever since the second game came out. The story isn't that great (you're a little kid running around your house while getting piked on by your brother), the gameplay is meh and the game is WAY TOO HARD!!!!!! Buy it if you're a really hardcore FNaF fan, but if you dislike the first three games, then don't buy this game!… Expand
  27. Lucas_t
    Jan 2, 2020
    4
    I think this game generic, it tries to be the conclusion of the mystery behind the murder of children, but instead of answering questions, he asks even more questions.
  28. izzymango
    Oct 15, 2020
    0
    its a nice game, but much easier if you have a normal headphones, fnaf communty haters not understand game making very hard, every fnaf hater dont make any game, because they very stupid
  29. FantaOrange
    Jul 12, 2021
    4
    Pathetic:
    To start with the positives, i did like the mini games after each night, it felt i was actually being told a story rather than just some cryptic scene of implied child death and the ending to the mini games i thought was quite refreshing for the series because we had never actually seen one of these robots kill somebody, it's always just been told to us but i'm not going to give    Pathetic:
    To start with the positives, i did like the mini games after each night, it felt i was actually being told a story rather than just some cryptic scene of implied child death and the ending to the mini games i thought was quite refreshing for the series because we had never actually seen one of these robots kill somebody, it's always just been told to us but i'm not going to give the game too much credit for just SHOWING a death and besides the death itself happened in 8-bit cut-scene so it wasn't even really a on-screen death.
    That is about it for the positives, as for everything else it's pretty mediocre or downright bad, the gameplay i feel is the worst in the series, this franchise has a history of having some pretty unfair challenges but this game takes it too far. listening for breathing is incredibly difficult thanks to the gargelled audio and while i did like the mini games this is the game that started the trend of Scott just adding a bunch of none-sense to his story for no other reason then to make it more confusing, the sound design this time around feels like it did back in fnaf 2, just random **** This game relies on the most basic tricks to scare the player. just silence, darkness and the anticipation of a jump-scare, this game is lazy (a common theme i notice throughout the series) and that is not even to mention the outright pathetic designs of the monsters in this game, not scary and very clearly rushed. The setting of this game is a child's bedroom which completely strips the game of all the personality and originality that it had in the previous entries.    … Expand
  30. TheLinkgirl
    Apr 12, 2022
    3
    I love the Five Nights at Freddy's series, but honestly, FNaF 4 really is where the series started to go downhill for me, and slowly went in a direction I found to be unenjoyable. While the previous games had focused on balanced mechanics and a genuinely creepy setting, FNaF 4 went for the absurd and convoluted method of trying to frighten the audience. The story fell apart, and frankly II love the Five Nights at Freddy's series, but honestly, FNaF 4 really is where the series started to go downhill for me, and slowly went in a direction I found to be unenjoyable. While the previous games had focused on balanced mechanics and a genuinely creepy setting, FNaF 4 went for the absurd and convoluted method of trying to frighten the audience. The story fell apart, and frankly I found the game to be exceptionally easy because I'm an audio designer and listening to little things is easy for me. I completed this game in less than half the time that any of the previous entries had taken me.… Expand
  31. Andrei234
    Apr 18, 2022
    3
    This game is bad. all the nights are the same except they get slightly harder each time. i dont like the fact that you have to rely on sound to win, this just makes the game about listening to footsteps and breathing and if you arent able to hear the right thing you die. the only thing that is interesting about this game is the lore.
  32. LisekLucian
    Apr 19, 2022
    4
    This game uses the mechanic "make the volume louder to hear breathing so jumpscares work".
  33. Littleejder
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    .....................................................................................foxy im gonna kick your a-
  34. Killervoid
    Mar 28, 2023
    3
    Not scary as usual best part is were the kid dies lmao no story confusing **** storm better than third still boring overly easy do not buy.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 17, 2015
    55
    FNaF4 differs from the previous games and that’s good. I had a bit more fun with it but it’s still based on jump scares and that’s the least refined technique of scaring. [10/2015, p.73]
  2. PC Gamer
    Aug 5, 2015
    70
    The biggest frights of the ever-expanding series without quite the same unease and variety.
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  3. Vandal
    Aug 3, 2015
    50
    FNAF takes a step back, and relies on sound to scare you. It still works, but now your biggest fear would be going deaf because of its loud scare jumps.
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