MysteeriousGuy
Already dead
Interesting and detailed post you got there.Alright, I'm gonna let out my constructive criticism over this topic. Don't start a flame war over this. Act maturely, as well. Here we go...
[Game]
I don't like the game for many reasons. First of all, the game just doesn't have the appealing look/feel to it. It is, on a practical level, the equivalent of a flash-browser based horror game. This basically means that it has so little that you can practically play it straight from a browser. Second, not scary. You sit in a ''box'' room, and look left and right. You have 4 buttons that you need to tend to, and the worst parts are the jumpscares. It's repetitive and just gets incredibly boring after short periods of time. Third, the game is overrated. Compared to other ''higher-quality'' horror games that have been released over the years, this one has received the most attention for some apparent reason.
[Fandom]
*facedesk*
Stuff like this is a HUGE no-no. I see this type of stuff everywhere I go, and considering that the majority of the fandom consists of kids, it's kind of disturbing to think that kids are thinking of these kinds of things. I do understand that most fandoms have these types of things, but I've noticed an excessive amount in the FNAF fandom.Oh, boy.^^
This, and there are kids nowadays who don't know the first thing about horror-gaming. For example, I remember this one time I went to my taekwondo class and all these kids around the age of 9 were huddled around one kid who was playing FNAF on his phone. He was talking about how he was brave and all that and acting ''cool'' in front of his friends. I asked all of the kids if they knew any other games like Amensia/Outlast/Silent Hill. All of them just said ''what's that'' while laughing. *facedesk again*
[YouTubers]
Oh, boy. Again.
YouTubers are just getting carried away with the whole thing. I haven't played any horror games in AT LEAST 2 years, yet I didn't even flinch the slightest when a jumpscare occured. The YouTubers, who play horror games almost everyday and for a living, practically scream at the top of their lungs over the smallest jumpscares. There was even one guy who FELL OUT OF HIS CHAIR, and his channel was practically FILLED to the brim with horror games. I've played horror games as a kid for a long time, and I've gotten used to horror-related things by the age of 10/11. These YouTubers are grown adults who play horror games all the time, but I kind of find it suspicious that they don't get used to them in the SLIGHTEST. They obviously seek subs/views/comments/likes/fame. One person said that it's just different people and their preferences, but isn't it kind of ironic that pretty much every POPULAR YouTuber gets scared this easily?
That's all. Feel free to agree/disagree with my post, but don't reply just to call me a ''hater'' or whatever. Put up a decent discussion, please. Thank you.
For the first part, this game is not a normal horror game (except part 3 have more elements of stress and horror), it belongs to the indie genre, so the experience of definitely different from any others.
The goal of the game is not exactly to scare you with the jumpscares, like many horror games and movies, it rather focus on horror element to make the jumpscare surprising and somewhat scary.
The biggest plus for this game is the story and the interesting lores behind it, also the simplicity and the main element is fun. So it easily became a trend, and of course, youtubers do trends. Love it or not, they do earn more popularity.