Yes, ever since a few days ago (July 13, 2015), Scott Cawthon gave us the Five Nights at Freddy's 4 trailer, which has been getting a lot of reaction by Youtubers. And now, people are making their own analyses on the trailer itself. Now here are some of the theories that I'm hearing:
1. We might be playing as either the "Victim of '87," or someone else. Either way, we won't be playing as a security guard this time around, like we've been doing for the first three games.
2. Seeing a purple fan, purple robot, and toy phone in the bedroom at one point in the trailer, there's speculation that the Phone Guy, the Purple Guy, and one of the security guards may be the same person. (Possibly, but I'm not too sure about that one.)
3. We don't have a camera system, telling by
the time display,
and the number 50 and 49 at the scene where Plushtrap is sitting back down in a chair.
4. (Going back to #1)
We might be playing as the green-shirt-blue-jeans kid from the minigame "Mangle's Quest." One piece of evidence would be the green shirt that's sticking out of the drawers in the bedroom in one scene. (I'm already starting to believe in that theory, because it makes sense. I was wondering about the significance of that kid running around in "Mangle's Quest."
5. Some people are speculating that this could be the Purple Guy's house, due to the symbolism found in the robot with a badge and the color of that and the other two items: the phone and the fan.
Anyways, those were some of the theories that keep hearing ever since this trailer came out. So, seeing that this is said to be the last game of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, what will happen to it afterwards.
Well, I can't really answer this question, because I keep hearing different sides to this: people say that it's going to be over soon; other people are saying no, it's not over.
Now, if we wind the clocks back to April 2015, word had gone out that there was going to be a movie adaptation of the video game, which is really cool to see happen. About a month later, it turns out that Scott Cawthon, the guy that conceived Five Nights at Freddy's, was going to be involved in the writing. So with that being said, there's so much concern to make the movie not suck, as most movie adaptations go when it comes to video games- people are literally trying to write the screenplay themselves by coming up with possibilities for the plot, ranging from
being in the Purple Guy's POV,
or that of the animatronics themselves.
-Personally, I would like to see the animatronics' perspectives.
Anyway, what would happen after Five Nights at Freddy's 4? And after the supposed movie adaptation? Would this game stand the test of time?
Well, for some people, they just want this franchise to die. But others defend the franchise, saying that it revolutionized the video game realm with its cleverness, uniqueness, and exploring what we people take advantage of every single day: places like Chuck E. Cheese, characters that kids would look up to as friendly, and... the list can go on, but that's just it. In fact, if you do a quick Google search on the franchise, you'll see that there are a lot of fan art, fanfiction, theories, and fan-made mumbo-jumbo. However, the franchise may run the risk of fading away, since it's been nearly a year old already, and some people are calling FNaF fans (and I quote) asshats for having such a fanbase.
If I had learned anything from the Nostalgia Critic in his review on The Lorax, he says that "FAD is one letter away from FADE... they fade away." He said that the movie was likely to fade away, because it was a product of the times, it tapped into the mainstream, and it seemed too modernism to be timeless and tasteless to have a strong message. Here, Five Nights at Freddy's may seem to people as a "fad," because it was creative. original, and it was something really good to come from the indie game developer industry; and it's only a year old, coming to a close with its 4th installment underway.
So, for the million-dollar question: what will be the fate of Five Nights at Freddy's?
I think the fate of this franchise can be determined by fate itself. I can't say "Oh, it'll last forever" or "Nope. Nope. It's dead after Game 4." I'm going to let God decide where this will go.Or perhaps, think of this as the Frozen of video games, where it's popular for over a year, and then it's still memorable... I don't know.
Also, let's not forget: this was what brought people together in social media- from the Let's Plays to the comments made on social networks.
So, whether you love the franchise or not, just go with it. Who is to legislate fandom? Who is to legislate what to like and dislike? Otherwise, legislation stuff like this would be a violation of the First Amendment. Again, just go with the flow, whether FNaF is or isn't for you.
Whatsoever Critic
Sources:
Five Nights at Freddy's franchise
Nostalgia Critic
Courtesy: Scott Cawthon & Channel Awesome
