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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a 2014 indie point-and-click survival horror video game developed by Scott Cawthon. It is the second installment in the series, following the original Five Nights at Freddy's. The game was released on Steam on November 11, 2014, earlier than its two planned dates of sometime in 2015 and December 25, 2014 respectively, with the latter due to issues with releasing the demo. The mobile port for Android was released on November 13, 2014. A version for Windows Phone, was published on December 05, together with the first Five Nights at Freddy's.

The player plays as security guard Jeremy Fitzgerald, instead of Mike Schmidt from the first game. It features six brand new enemy characters as well as redesigned versions of the original four enemy characters from the original game. Unlike the first game, there are no doors to close; instead, the player must put on a Freddy Fazbear mask to avoid being killed by most animatronics.

Gameplay

As in the first game, Five Nights at Freddy's, the player must survive a night shift at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, from 12 A.M. to 6 A.M. game time (usually 6-8 minutes), without being attacked by any of the animatronic enemy characters (10 in all) that wander from room to room. The player cannot leave the security office, but can track the animatronics' movements via a network of surveillance cameras placed throughout the building. The office has three entrances, a hallway and two side air vents; in a departure from the previous game, none of these can be sealed off to block enemies from entering. Each vent is equipped with a light that can be used to check for any characters that are about to crawl into the office.

The player character can put on a mask to ward off approaching animatronics, however this strategy will not work on all of the enemy characters. A flashlight is also available, used to check the hallway and darkened areas of the camera feeds, as well as to reset certain animatronics via strobing. Although the power supply for the cameras and vent lights is unlimited, the flashlight does have a finite battery life; if it runs out, the player becomes vulnerable to attack. In addition, a music box has been placed in one room and must be remotely wound up through the camera interface, to avoid being attacked by an additional enemy that appears should the music stop.

Unlike the first game, after the player is killed, there is a chance that rather than the Game Over screen one of four low-resolution minigames will appear, with instructions given at the start of each. These minigames provide insight into the backstory of the events that have given the restaurant its troubled reputation.

The game consists of five nights, increasing in difficulty. Completing all five unlocks an even more difficult sixth night, which in turn unlocks a "Custom Night" upon completion. In the Custom Night, the player can adjust the AI difficulty of the individual enemy characters or play one of 10 pre-set challenges.

Characters

Humans

Jeremy Fitzgerald-The main protagonist of the second game, who works as a security guard.He seems to be nervous, as you can hear his heavy breathing when wearing the Freddy Fazbear Mask.At the end of night 6, he is promoted to a day shift.

Phone Guy- He acts as a mentor for the first couple of nights. He seems to have previous knowledge of the pizzeria, also stating that he was a security guard there. He also hinted that he was the security guard at night 7,meaning his name is Fritz Smith. However this is most likely false.

Fritz Smith- he is the anti hero of the game, playing aa him in night 7 AKA custom night, but was fired for tampering with the animatronics and also 'odour'. He is unheard of again.

Animatronics

Freddy Fazbear- he is the main antagonist of the game. He resides in the parts/service room.He is also quite damaged. For some reason, the Freddy mask Fools him when he IS Freddy. He has a bow tie and top hat, as well as new buttons on his chest. He is a Brown Bear. He is also the lead singer in the Freddy Fazbear band. He has handprints on his forehead, making him a likely subject for the bite of '87. He always comes down the hallway.

Bonnie - Bonnie seems to be the most damaged out of the original four animatronics, missing his frontal head , revealing his exoskeleton and red glowing light like eyes. The reason is unknown why he is the most damaged. He also resides in The Parts/service room. He is a purple Rabbit and Guitarist of the Freddy Fazbear band. However, as he is partially destroyed, he was replaced with toy Bonnie.

Chica - Chica is Spanish and French for girl. She is also a singer in the band. She has an apron which says let's eat on it. She is quite dismantled, missing both her arms and her head seems to have been squashed at both sides, so you can clearly see her exoskeleton teeth. She starts in the parts/service room. She is a Chicken, proven by her two toes on each foot.

Foxy - Foxy ( full name Foxy The Pirate ) is a fox. He is also the only animatronic ( excluding the marionette ) in which the freddy Fazbear Mask. does not prevent him. Instead, you need a flashlight to make him go away. He has now lost his pirate guise, but still sports his hook on his right hand. Thus making him the hardest animatronic in the game. He always seems out of place, not being in the band. He is also a very likely suspect for the bite of '87. He only comes at you through the main hallway. He is brown in colour.

Toy Freddy - Toy Freddy Fazbear is the toy equivalent of Freddy Fazbear. He seems visibly different. Notably his rosie cheeks and plastic looks. He has a similar way around the pizzeria, and like the original Freddy in the First game. He also has longler eyelashes. He is also affected by the Freddy mask. He resides in the show stage. Like Freddy, he is a bear and brown.

Toy Bonnie - Toy Bonnie is Bonnie's toy counterpart and redesigned version of him. He resides in the show stage. He has more of a feminine look, and also the most drastically changed toy animatronic. His face is more of a triangle. He appears to have cream eyeliner and longer eyelashes, as well as rosie cheeks. His torso is cream, unlike the bright blue/grey of the original Bonnie. In his jumpscare, he seems to be leaping towards your forehead. This is where your frontal lobe is located, and also the place in which an animatronic caused the bite of '87. Thus making him a suspect of it.

Toy Chica - Toy Chica is the redesigned and toy version of Chica. She resides in the show stage. Unlike her counterpart, she has a more Feminine body. When leaving the show stage, her beak and eyes mysteriously disappear. On her head, there is what appears to be four pieces of grass sticking out her head. Instead of saying ' let's eat ' on her apron, it now says ' let's party'. She has round rosie cheeks, and a 'cute' look to her face

The Mangle - The Mangle is the equivalent of Toy Foxy. Its gender is uncomfirmed, but there is evidence which supports that it is male but also evidence that it is female. It, quite after start, it moves to the play room. It has an extra head, possibly representing a parrot on a pirate's shoulder as Foxy was pirate based. In the day, it is taken apart and put together by the children. It is also a likely suspect for the bite of '87. This is supported by that in the jumpscare, it heads for your frontal lobe.

Balloon Boy - Balloon Boy also known as BB is one of the newer animatronics who resembles a male child and does not actually jumpscare you instead the way he attacts you is by disabeling your flashlight, making you completly vonarable to foxy. Balloon Boy is also one of the most hated animatronics in Five nights at Freddy's 2. There is also an alternate version of Balloon Boy who many people dub as "Balloon Girl", who seems to resemble a famale child, and sometimes appear under your desk.

Plot

The player character, who is later revealed to be named Jeremy Fitzgerald, has started working as a night watch security guard at the family restaurant Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. One of the other employees calls the player on a phone in the office to explain both gameplay and the story. The animatronics, which have special facial recognition software to protect the children from potential harm, were not programmed with a night mode, so when they do not hear any noise, their programming tells them that they are in the wrong room and they seek out the nearest source of noise to find people to entertain, which happens to be in the office. As in the previous game, the animatronics' programming also tells them that there should not be people in the restaurant after hours, so when they encounter the player character, they believe he is an animatronic endoskeleton without a costume and stuff him into a spare Freddy Fazbear suit, killing him in the process. The man on the phone also explains that this restaurant has an unlimited power source at night, unlike the previous location, but there are no doors blocking access to the office, requiring the player to use either a spare Freddy Fazbear mask to trick the animatronics into thinking he is not an endoskeleton. The player is also informed their flashlight will cause certain animatronics to reboot and leave the room. As more enemy characters appear as the player advances through the game, the man on the phone informs the player of the characters' presence, their movement patterns, and some background information on their presence in the sequel. For example, the man on the phone explains that the older animatronics are in the new restaurant, and have been retrofitted with the new technology, but as they did not work properly they are kept for spare parts.

On the game's fifth night, Jeremy is informed by the man on the phone that the restaurant has been put on lockdown due to an event that he will not describe, but is in place to make sure no employees, present or former, can come in or go out. He also mentions that the position of the restaurant's day shift security has a vacancy and Jeremy may be promoted to it, and that the owner of the older restaurant named "Fredbear's Family Diner" will be contacted for more information on the animatronics. On the sixth night, the man on the phone informs Jeremy that the restaurant has been closed for undescribed reasons, but he does mention that someone used a "spare yellow suit" for the animatronics and now none of them work properly. He also tells the player that he will be taking over as night shift security guard when the restaurant reopens. If Jeremy is successful in surviving the sixth night, he is promoted to day shift to cover a birthday party on the next day to make sure the animatronics do not cause any problems. A newspaper that is shown in the winning screen of the sixth night says that the restaurant will close down and the newer animatronics will be scrapped, but the older ones saved for when the restaurant reopens, hinting at the events of the first game. The year the game takes place is also revealed to be 1987, and the man on the phone is the same character as the previous game.

In the custom night level, Jeremy is replaced by a new player character named Fritz Smith due to Jeremy's promotion. If the player manages to win the custom night, they discover Fritz has been fired for "tampering with animatronics" and "odor".

Reception

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 received generally positive reviews from critics. Omri Petitte for PC Gamer gave Five Nights at Freddy's 2 a score of 70 out of 100, commenting that what he wanted in the sequel "was more mind games and more uncertainty. I wanted the plodding animatronic suits to find me and rip my face off in new and interesting ways. I wanted working legs. What I got was a horror game dipping heavily into deception and subtlety, a wonderfully cruel cocktail of supernatural mystery and jolts of panicked adrenaline. Enjoying the good parts, though, comes with a cost of a frustratingly steep difficulty."

Sequel

On the 5th of January 2015, Scott Cawthon officially announced that there will be a Five Nights At Freddy's 3, and released a teaser image, possibly of Freddy, saying 'I am still here'. Also earlier, If you highlight the page, a little message comes as followed : 30 years later, only one remains. Scott also stated that no questions will be answered about Five Nights at Freddy's 3.

References

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External links

• Official website
• Five Nights at Freddy's 2 on IndieDB

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