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Subtitle beneath Five Nights at Freddy's

It is not a cute game for kids or a kids GAME! It is a horror game with Freddy Fazbear's Pizza and jumpscares! Also the Chica from this game is not Chica from The Chica Show on Sprout! 172.58.6.140 (talk) 15:35, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Five Nights at Freddy's (video game)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Editoneer (talk · contribs) 14:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. Editoneer (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well-written

We need words that would be understood by any reader. pastiche it's not a common word.

Changed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 03:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that Golden Freddy is an actual character that can be active at night as they're an easter egg. For example Phantom Chica (FNaF 3) does something similar to Golden Freddy but she's not an easter egg.

I removed Golden Freddy from the animatronics “inhabiting the facility”, but do you think he’s still worth a mention somewhere in the page? If so, where? GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 03:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I added a line on Golden Freddy later on in the gameplay section, what do you think? GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 13:39, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What about the 1-9-8-7 code from the custom night? Editoneer (talk) 14:54, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, the game has many easter eggs, is it necessary to mention every one? GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:18, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This type of easter egg probable has something regarding golden freddy or that bite of '87, is it important or not? And I didn't said to mention every easter egg out there. Editoneer (talk) 13:08, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is there somewhere specified why they're using electric doors instead of mechanical doors with a lock system? And also why is that guy recording only at night where those animatronics can get him?

Neither of these questions are answered in the games or by Cawthon himself. It’s probably to make gameplay more exciting. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 03:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There's an unnecessary space between internationally and [45].

Fixed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 03:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Verifiability

[17], [18], [19], [20], I suggest instead of referencing at which level it occurs, it's better if you write mot-a-mot what it says on that pink slip and more details like this like you did with the phone call references. Or probable another article documenting these?

[17] is a reference for animatronics making a garbling noise, and I’m not sure how I’m meant to quote this. Also, writing what the pink slip says mot-a-mot doesn’t seem appropriate in my opinion. For example, for night 5, this would be “DATE: 11-12-XX PAY TO THE ORDER OF: Mike Schmidt $120.00 One Hundred twenty dollars MEMO: Valued employee Fazbear Entertainment”. It just doesn’t seem right to quote it in this way. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 03:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As I think most methods, yeah... I feel is right to the game itself. Editoneer (talk) 07:37, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t understand what you mean by this, can you clarify? GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:15, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I don't think it wrote completely. I feel is right to cite the game itself. Editoneer (talk) 13:08, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I played this game before I'm going to require a second opinion, but meanwhile I want you to fix the errors above. Editoneer (talk) 11:03, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well that went rather fast, time for a second opinion. Editoneer (talk) 07:37, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from second opinion

I'll add some of my comments below:

"(reminiscent of restaurants such as Chuck E. Cheese's and ShowBiz Pizza Place)" I'm not sure this is needed.
- Fixed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"after hours" when you say this I presume you mean "at night", but you've already mentioned that it's a night security guard so this is redundant. I suggest it is changed from takes the role of a night security guard who must defend themselves from the restaurant's animatronic characters that become mobile and homicidal after hours. to takes the role of a security guard who must defend themselves from the restaurant's animatronic characters that become mobile and homicidal at night.
- Fixed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You mention in the lede that it gained a cult following, but I see no mention of this in the body of the article (unless I'm not seeing things right).
- Added. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"resulting in a game over", I would suggest changing this to "resulting in the game ending".
- Fixed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure of the need to mention easter eggs from the game as these aren't too relevant but that's just my opinion.
- I think Golden Freddy is worth a mention because it is the most well known and he is sometimes considered the "fifth animatronic" of the game, but other than that I agree. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"(hence the game's title)" not sure there's a need for this.
- Fixed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"If he survives the seventh "customizable" night with all the animatronics set to "20" in difficulty," not sure there's a need for the speech marks here for customizable and 20.
- Fixed. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In the "Legacy" section, you might want to be more specific. Try and give examples of adaptations of the game and give the title of the film if possible. The example Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes springs to mind.
- Added. The film doesn't have a title yet as far as I know. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Try and include more photos and media if they are available.
- Added a photo. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll also just comment on the sources. The article for Joystiq says the site is a blog which questions the reliability of this reference as blogs aren't generally considered reliable. I'm also looking at this website, from which you took this reference. It's quite hard to judge the reliability of some of these sources as the sites look user-generated, but may still have an editorial side. I'd generally say be cautious and stick to more of the mainstream sites.

I've removed both of the sources you've mentioned. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's all my comments. I hope you can understand what I am trying to say. Kind regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 08:57, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Willbb234: I've tried to address your concerns but let me know if I missed something. GenericWikiUser1 (talk) 09:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@GenericWikiUser1: thanks for this and nice work. I'll ping the original reviewer, Editoneer, to see if they have any more comments and let them pass the article, however, they haven't edited for three weeks so I'll leave it a couple of days then pass the article myself. If I forget (I'll try my best not to!), please let me know. Kind regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 17:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Because I haven't edited in a while that doesn't mean I'm not looking at Wikipedia, well if you think it's ready then I can pass it, so what do you guys think? Editoneer (talk) 19:15, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Editoneer, that should be fine, thanks. Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 17:44, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Custom Night Should be Mentioned in Gameplay Section

This is a shoutout to The Night Watch, who has been watching this page frequently and made notable contributions in order to make the page eligible to be featured. Congratulations for getting the article featured.

However, I believe that the Custom Night should be mentioned not just in the plot section but the gameplay section as well. I have been trying to find sources that are reliable, which has been a notable struggle for both me and Night Watch (how there are sources which are not user generated and never mention custom night is quite beyond me). However, I was wondering if BigBug's YouTube video of the first 4/20 mode completion should be a source. I know YouTube videos are generally unreliable, but I think an exception should be made because Scott Cawthon himself commented on the video, stating that he added a third star to the title screen as a result of that run. In a way, that video is very significant to the history of FNAF.

I would also suggest trying to cite the game itself as a source, because that's the most reliable source you could possibly ask for. My gripe has simply been that I want consistency (mentioning custom night in both gameplay and plot), the fact that custom night has had such a tremendous impact on the series as a whole, and that the 0-20 A.I. system is actually implemented throughout the game, that I feel its mention is 100% warranted given how it's the player who gets to adjust the A.I. levels in custom night.

I'm not here to impose a "I'm right, you're wrong" type of argument to anybody, nor am I here to convey any hostility towards anyone who has frequently edited this page. I am simply trying to give suggestions to improve the article so custom night is mentioned in gameplay. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts as well. RainbowRunner2000 (talk) 05:31, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FNAF movie

you should add at least something of the movie (why not?) or a citation to the article itW!kipedista (talk) 20:48, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is information relating to the film within the article. Andrzejbanas (talk) 00:28, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Unnamed coworker's" name has been revealed

In a new interactive novel, The Week Before, the "unnamed coworker's" name was revealed: his name is Ralph. LocalOhioCitizen (talk) 18:08, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]