Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach

 PlayStation 5
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6.7

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  1. JohnBonj
    Dec 18, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where to start?

    Well first off, I'd certainly recommend maybe sticking to actual critic reviews for most games in the FNAF Franchise. As this fandom is notorious for its loyalty to Scott and the Games. This can be seen by reviews which gives "10s!" to the game but nothing in this game suggests so. I mean this fandom gave FNAF world overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam. A RPG so shallow and derived from anything good that Scott himself on 2 occasions has admitted to it being so. Yeah, but the FNAF Fandom didn't care, it's got scary bear on it so 10/10.

    Now I am a fan of the games, big part of my childhood. And Steelwools last game was good, even, great! But this one has no identity, no uniqueness and it's incredibly rushed.

    Firstly the gameplay. It has no identity. It has nothing that tells me "This is a FNAF game!" in the gameplay. It's any old cookie cutter horror game but with a coat of FNAF paint. Literally you could replace these characters, and the FNAF branding and nothing would suggest this is even FNAF. Most of the gameplay is run away from robot whilst grabbing something. Nothing unique. In terms if uniqueness, barely any of the robots are unique. For 90 percent of the game, they are the same robots except they are just different models. Only until you take parts do any of them have uniqueness about them however only Roxane the Wolf really has some as she's "blind". You might say, the cameras! Or the... Map? The cameras are so useless I never found myself using them. Mostly due to how big the place is that tracking these monsters would be irrelevant anyway. The cameras could be removed for 99 percent of the game it would be just the same. I saw this with YouTuber Dawko aswell as mine. So the cameras have barely any use to the flow of the game due to the scale of the map itself. Then you have a awful map which Dawko himself commented on being not that good either. Note: Dawko seems to like the game just using something's he didn't use that much or like.

    So the gameplay for the most part is shallow. Only the Weeping Endo part had me on edge and had me scared, but this experience was available with the Gmod FNAF Pack so it isn't ground breaking.

    Speaking on the scare factor it wasnt scary either. Seeing these robots move around removes any of the fear factor, you know they are just incredibly high tech robots that can run, any supernatural atmosphere is removed from the previous games. So instead of having the uncanny valley feel with the creepy old animatronics you are running from robots as at this point they don't resemble animatronics.

    Speaking on the designs, there isn't any creepy factor to them. They look too cute. The Toys in FNAF 2 atleast had a creepy look to them. Freddy's black out eyes and creepy dead stare, Bonnie's dead eyes peering right into the camera and atleast Scott recognized Toy Chica wasn't scary so removed her beak. Now they are just cute looking robots....

    Honestly, it's just very disappointing.

    Now to some of the major story beats:

    First of all Vanny. Vanny is hyped up as the new Afton, new Villian but she BARELY appears in game. She has barely any on screen development, barely any cool moments. She is just barely in it. And it's strange as she was a key focus on marketing. Then the game ruins the end of FNAF 6. Afton didn't die and Ennard didn't either...they survived? In cryo pods? So the FNAF 6 ending which was perfect to tie loose ends is now ruined, odd choice. I mean the cutscene was cool but in terms of logic it has 0. And the Animatronics also are down here? Spares? Well no they are also withered? So there is 0 explanation.

    So the story is poor, the true ending is rushed and the games mechanics are bland and not unique which is a insult to why FNAF was popular. FNAF was popular because it was against the norm, it was unique for it's time back in 2014 but now, this game Secruity Breach? Back tracks on that. It's a standard horror game with barely a thread of uniqueness. Now let's talk about Graphics. Amazing! Yeah something positive. The Pizza Plex has no much love and detail planted into it. I'll give the game that. The graphics and design for such a small team is sublime. So props for that.

    Overall seeing FNAF fans they will eat up especially ones who just watch it, they don't care about the quality and just want more FNAF so yeah. But if you are a horror fan or a FNAF fan who cares about quality pass on this. Or get it on sale. It's like a 4/10. Maybe 3/10. Eh.    … Expand
  2. Bzone
    Dec 21, 2021
    0
    I'm not sure about playstation 4, but on ps5 this game is very expensive, being nearly four times the price than on pc, and considering that the game is like 4 hours long, it's simply not worth it.
  3. Rockstar360
    Dec 17, 2021
    4
    A game whit many great design of enemies and scenaries, but the gameplay it asboluting disgusting. A lot of stupid bots and enemies around all the place, the enemies see you so far, the checkpoints some time are absourds and a lot of times its not clear what to do or where to go.
  4. Optinium
    Dec 23, 2021
    4
    As a game developer I rarely write about games... but felt I had to. Overall it was fun, but I have no idea how it passed certification as it is the buggiest game I've ever played.

    Graphical issues all over the place, poor performance in every mode, a ton of UI/prompt bugs, terrible menu system, VO bugs, awful lodding/pop, easily repeatable softlocks and an ending (the good one) you    As a game developer I rarely write about games... but felt I had to. Overall it was fun, but I have no idea how it passed certification as it is the buggiest game I've ever played.

    Graphical issues all over the place, poor performance in every mode, a ton of UI/prompt bugs, terrible menu system, VO bugs, awful lodding/pop, easily repeatable softlocks and an ending (the good one) you can't get on consoles yet as they didn't implement console controls into the mini games. It needed more time in the oven... pun intended.

    I would say it's a good buy, but only once the bugs are rectified.    … Expand
  5. tuvecino
    Feb 4, 2022
    0
    Unfinished, buggy mess, bad endings, theres no horror and dont get me started with the jumpscares. Even with the patches is not worth it. Also make the animatronics stop reapiting the same 5 lines over and over so frequently which breaks the tension and its annoying.
  6. ScorchedHam
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    This game is awful. PS2 games look better than this. Graphics are bland and bad, levels are boring and tedious, missions are mostly just dumb fetch quests, the AI is stupid,story is boring, characters are bland and annoying and the game is not scary at all. Its also extremely buggy and unpolished. This series used to be good horror, but now it's a dumb kids game.
  7. SuperMarioMario
    Dec 19, 2021
    3
    This game is a glorified point-and-click "quest", but without any rewarding story bits to motivate you to progress.
  8. Owen20
    Dec 18, 2021
    2
    I was really hyped for this game ever since it got announced back in 2019, and I’m disappointed to say the least. Finished it last night and while i liked the Daycare part with Moon, My ending and how incredible the game looks, that’s the only positive things i have to say. The game overall is a huge disappointment. It’s full of fetch quests, running, hiding. The Pizza Plex feels way tooI was really hyped for this game ever since it got announced back in 2019, and I’m disappointed to say the least. Finished it last night and while i liked the Daycare part with Moon, My ending and how incredible the game looks, that’s the only positive things i have to say. The game overall is a huge disappointment. It’s full of fetch quests, running, hiding. The Pizza Plex feels way too big and i feel it suffers from that, and it’s only as big as it is for the sake of being big, especially since some of the bigger rooms are near empty. I can appreciate and see the passion and care Steel Wool put into Security Breach, but they’re a small team and are not capable of making a game of this scope in just two years. There’s a reason game development from even some of the biggest studios takes 3-4 years and sometimes longer. Now onto my biggest complaint, the game really could do with more checkpoints(especially when you can’t save or a save point isn’t close by) a good example is the endo area where they move when you’re not looking at them, it took me 3 hours to get past that part and i had to restart from the very beginning of the area every single time i got jumpscared. Checkpoints would be great for longer areas where you have to start from the very beginning if caught. Vanny was also supposed to be this pursuer of the game, and i only saw her two or three times and she’s easy to escape from and loose her. That being said, i would have delayed this game to scale parts of the game back so it’s within the limits of what a team the Size of Steel Wool can make. Like the size of the Pizza Plex, Vanny could and should have been of a threat showing up more often at random spots and make it so you could run into her while she was wandering around looking for you with a knife(like she was pictured with in teasers) and have it so she chases you and not just skip. She didn’t feel like a threat because i could easily outrun her the two times i saw her… Expand
  9. 320Galo
    Dec 18, 2021
    3
    Pésimo, es decepcionante como trataron de venderlo como un juego AAA y terminó siendo tan mediocre a pesar de los retrasos, está lleno de bugs tanto visuales como otros que dañan completamente tu partida hay demasiados puntos durante el juego en los que te puedes quedar atascado por un bug, el modo Visual es completamente injugable e incluso en el modo rendimiento la caída de frames es muyPésimo, es decepcionante como trataron de venderlo como un juego AAA y terminó siendo tan mediocre a pesar de los retrasos, está lleno de bugs tanto visuales como otros que dañan completamente tu partida hay demasiados puntos durante el juego en los que te puedes quedar atascado por un bug, el modo Visual es completamente injugable e incluso en el modo rendimiento la caída de frames es muy notoria. La historia es pobre, si te interesa recomiendo mil veces más ver algún resumen en YouTube será mucho más disfrutanle. Lo único destacable del juego son sus buenos escenarion, pero eso no es gracias a la desarrolladora
    Si igualmente te interesa el juego espera los parches.    … Expand
  10. WeetBread
    Dec 21, 2021
    4
    Do not be blinded by the reviews praising the art style, setting, or characters in the game. The game is an unfinished buggy mess. No, not a few bugs here and there. Constant hiccups, and for some, game breaking bugs. I literally died during the end credits. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?! I’M WATCHING THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE GAME SCROLL ON BY AND THEN I DIE AND IT MAKES ME CLICK RETRY, SPAWNSDo not be blinded by the reviews praising the art style, setting, or characters in the game. The game is an unfinished buggy mess. No, not a few bugs here and there. Constant hiccups, and for some, game breaking bugs. I literally died during the end credits. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?! I’M WATCHING THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE GAME SCROLL ON BY AND THEN I DIE AND IT MAKES ME CLICK RETRY, SPAWNS ME BACK IN THE GAME, AND MAKES ME START THE ENDING OVER AGAIN. Even on PS5 the frame rate suffers. Not as bad as PS4, but still has its moments. It’s playable, but it’s annoying.
    I’m giving it a 4 because the game has its moments. Several stages I enjoyed were the Daycare, the DJ room, and the entire opening. Other than that enjoy just mindlessly walking around wondering what to do next, as well as collecting random trinkets and collectors items. Every now and then you’ll stumble upon an upgrade for something like your flashlight, but it seems so thrown to the sidelines.
    As I mentioned early, yes the art style, voice acting, and setting are all wonderful. The entire art team did a wonderful job, but that doesn’t save this game. The visuals did not distract me from the game breaking and falling apart around me. During the Day 1 release I visited the Reddit page to see if anyone else were experiencing bugs. And I was shocked to see that when people were expressing their experiences with bugs, game breaking glitches, and that honestly they wished they would’ve held off on the game, they were bombarded with downvotes. From my point of view there is a lot of denial happening right now in the fan base. People are latching on to what’s good and trying to pass it off as a 7/10 game. I’m sorry but it’s just not. I love the previous games, and I’m sorry if the development period had some bumpy moments, but that doesn’t automatically give a game a handicap for a hiring rating. If you’re a diehard FNAF fan then I guess I would recommend, but do know that the FNAF charm alone cannot and never will save this game.    … Expand
  11. marmo123
    Dec 22, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly, I expected more from this game, it has a lack of horror and tense, I really missed the tense moments of the game, and at the same time, what they have done with this game, it's amazing..like, bro, you spend 70% of game time walking around looking for your goal. and even more the very poorly used characters, like, the guys filled the game with staff bots and the vanny, who was supposed to be the game's antagonist, had minimal importance, and even more so william afton, who showed up and died, like. .what did they do with the game? Another thing that needs to be said is about the false promise of the game, as in the first trailer of the game having presented as much suspense as possible, but in reality, none of that happened, really disappointing...so much hype, for nothing.

    Resume: This game is for Fnaf fans that loves everything that they made in the game, if you're a fanatic fan of fnaf, buy this game, otherwise, stay away.    … Expand
  12. p1stachio
    Dec 29, 2021
    4
    So theirs a lot of plot hols in the games, and this is because they most likely took out a huge part of the game (or we haven't found it yet). we know this since in the trailers they had fully finished cut scenes, which cost a lot especially for small producers, meaning most likely they took out a huge part of the game and had to start a lot of the plot over, in 8 months, this wouldSo theirs a lot of plot hols in the games, and this is because they most likely took out a huge part of the game (or we haven't found it yet). we know this since in the trailers they had fully finished cut scenes, which cost a lot especially for small producers, meaning most likely they took out a huge part of the game and had to start a lot of the plot over, in 8 months, this would explain why the game is terribly rushed and theirs plot holes all over the place. it also explains why its so buggy… Expand
  13. Mikhail123
    Jan 7, 2022
    4
    Okay game, but very very very poorly optimised. I dont get how the higlight of the Sony's State of play can run so bad on the PS5. It literally crashes every 30 minutes if you play on the "visuals" setting (4k 30 fps rays). It doesnt even maintain a stable 30 fps, literally plays like an early alpha. Sorry but i paid fullprice for this **** and i would like my money back because it isntOkay game, but very very very poorly optimised. I dont get how the higlight of the Sony's State of play can run so bad on the PS5. It literally crashes every 30 minutes if you play on the "visuals" setting (4k 30 fps rays). It doesnt even maintain a stable 30 fps, literally plays like an early alpha. Sorry but i paid fullprice for this **** and i would like my money back because it isnt worth even half the price i paid. And the story isnt explained anyhow.… Expand
  14. Theusarts12
    Feb 8, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fnaf precisa acabar!
    O jogo deveria ter parado na UCN
    Não precisava do Help wanted nem desse security breach
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  1. COGconnected
    Jan 3, 2022
    73
    Security Breach does a great job of continuing the FNAF legacy while also paying homage to the previous nine FNAF games. You can tell that the developers really put everything they could into this game. There are even some fun mini-games including a very good mini golf game. However, this game is not without its flaws. The game has already received one patch and more are on the way. I’m hopeful more patches will come to reduce the number of glitches – and maybe even tone some overly challenging sections down and add a few more much-needed checkpoints. The visuals are outstanding and the audio is brilliant. This is easily the best FNAF game and hopefully, the direction they choose to make future FNAF games.
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  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Dec 24, 2021
    55
    Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is not a game that revolutionizes survival horror. By taking up the codes of the genre without particularly original ideas, the title is intended above all for fans of the franchise who wish to learn more and more about this horrific universe filled with animatronics and secrets. Unfortunately, the many bugs, the technical issues, the lack of finish and the rather too visible tricks used by the developers to scare people make the experience difficult for others. It is nonetheless a classic horror game with some interesting sequences that will be able to please survival-horror lovers who lack titles to be consumed.
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