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2016 video game
| Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location | |
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| Developer(s) | Scott Cawthon |
| Publisher(s) | Scott Cawthon |
| Composer(s) | Leon Riskin |
| Series | Five Nights at Freddy's |
| Engine | Clickteam Fusion 2.5 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS |
| Release | Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location is a point-and-click survival horror video game created by Scott Cawthon. It is the fifth game in the Five Nights at Freddy's series. The game was released on October 7, 2016. A mobile port for Android devices was released on December 22, 2016, and an iOS port was released on January 3, 2017.
Sister Location distances itself from several key gameplay and storytelling mechanics used in previous games, instead featuring walking access to any area in the game, each with its own differing objective the player must carry out. Throughout the game, the player interacts with a new cast of animatronic characters, central to which is a seemingly benevolent animatronic named Circus Baby.
Additionally, Sister Location is the first core game in the series to feature professional voice acting and an original soundtrack.
Gameplay
The bulk of the gameplay in Sister Location does away with the survival aspect of previous games. Instead of remaining in one place and preventing the animatronic antagonists from attacking, the player must move from room to room in order to fulfill a series of objectives that change during each of the five nights. For example, Night 2 requires the player to sneak across a dark auditorium and reset a group of circuit breakers, while for Night 4, the player is placed inside a costume suit and must keep its spring locks wound up while shaking off the animatronic dolls that climb onto it.
As in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, when a game ends, the player may be given a chance to play an 8-bit minigame, in which Circus Baby must give cupcakes to children and then bring an ice cream cone to a little girl. Completing this minigame grants access to a secret level during Night 5, a near-recreation of the gameplay in the original Five Nights at Freddy's. Here, the player remains in a security office and must prevent a hybrid animatronic called "Ennard" from entering it by watching surveillance cameras and closing electric doors, all of which consume a limited power supply.
Clearing all five nights unlocks a gallery of extra features: pictures and blueprints of the game's animatronics, their making-of, a map of the facility and automatic access to Circus Baby's cupcake minigame. As of the December 1, 2016 update, clearing all nights also unlocks the non-canon Custom Night mode, which is set in a modified version of the Night 5 secret room. The player can choose from several modes and difficulty settings, facing new animatronics, and must conserve both power and oxygen supplies in order to survive. Completing these modes allows the player to view a series of cutscenes that have been declared as part of the series canon; all except the last scene are in 8-bit resolution.
An achievement system exists in the form of four stars, obtained by unlocking both of the game's endings, completing the Circus Baby minigame, and completing the hardest difficulty on each custom night preset.
Like in all Five Nights at Freddy's games, failure to defend oneself from the hostile animatronic characters will result in a jumpscare, ending the game.
Plot
The player character, named Mike, mistakenly referred to as "Eggs Benedict", is a new employee of the underground Circus Baby's Rentals and Entertainment, a sister company of Fazbear Entertainment featuring animatronics that are rented out to children's birthday parties; they were originally intended for use in a pizzeria called Circus Baby's Pizza World, but the pizzeria had been shut down shortly before it was supposed to open due to "gas leaks". Both locations are owned by a certain British-accented individual called Mr. Afton. It is also implied in the source code of teasers for the game that both locations are part of a robotics company going by the name of "Afton Robotics".
Mike is instructed by HandUnit (an AI that helps the player throughout the game) to watch and 'motivate' the animatronics by electrocuting them so they may be used during the day. Mike is also guided by the voice of Circus Baby, a female, clown-like, animatronic and the star of Circus Baby's Pizza World, who gives instructions sometimes contradictory to those of HandUnit. Baby's instructions help Mike survive the nights from the hostile animatronics: the ballerina Ballora and smaller ballerinas known as Minireenas; miniature animatronics known as Bidybabs; and 'Funtime' versions of Freddy Fazbear and Foxy the Pirate Fox. It is implied via monologues throughout the game, as well as the ending of the 8-bit-style minigame, that Circus Baby houses the remains of Mr. Afton's daughter, who was previously killed by her in a freak accident.
In between nights, the voice of a young British Girl, whom is presumably Mr. Afton's daughter, is overheard, asking her father if she can go and play with Circus Baby. This is further elaborated on during Baby's third night speech and the mini game, both of which imply the girl went against her father's wishes.
As the week passes, the animatronics are taken to the Parts and Service room one by one due to apparent malfunction, later to be taken to the "scooping room". At the end of the third night, Circus Baby reveals that she kidnapped Mike, and on the fourth night, hides him in a spring lock suit just outside the "scooping room", where the animatronics' endoskeletons are forcibly removed by a machine Circus Baby refers to as "The Scooper" (designed in a way similar to an excavator), and has Mike watch as the machine tears Ballora's endoskeleton out. On the final night, two agents sent to fix the animatronics are found hanged in the Ballora and Funtime auditoriums, respectively. After reaching the Parts and Service room, Mike is told by Circus Baby to take her to the scooping room. From there, the player can heed Circus Baby's instruction and obtain the normal ending, or sidetrack to the hidden "private room" and get into the alternate ending after completing Circus Baby's minigame, where the player needs to clear a survival mission modeled after the first game for the alternate ending.
In the normal ending, after entering the scooping room, Circus Baby, who is now the consciousness of Ennard (an animatronic formed out of the other animatronics), reveals that she and the other animatronics have been attempting to escape the complex, but without a human guise, they are unable to. However, now that they have gained Mike's trust via Circus Baby, they have merged into a single animatronic called Ennard to take his body. Ennard then locks Mike inside the scooping room and uses the machine to disembowel him and take his body. The final scene of the game's canon area shows Ennard inspecting itself in the mirror while inhabiting Mike's body.
In the alternate ending, after surviving inside the security office, Mike escapes to their home and watches the season finale of the animated series The Immortal and the Restless (whose previous episodes are shown in-between the nights and whose plot lampoons the series). After the show ends, however, Ennard appears in the room and slowly advances towards Mike. This ending has been confirmed as non-canon.
Completing the various Custom Night modes on the hardest difficulty setting unlocks a set of 8-bit cutscenes that have been confirmed as being canonical. These scenes show Ennard walking down the block disguised in Mike's skin - appearing normal at first, but gradually decaying and deteriorating from one scene to the next. Neighbors initially wave to him, but later become concerned and hide as his outward appearance worsens. In the last of these scenes, Mike vomits Ennard into the sewer and collapses, presumably due to the lack of innards. However, he rises to his feet again as Ennard repeatedly says, "You won't die."
The cutscene that follows the most difficult mode ("Golden Freddy") is rendered in the same resolution as the game itself. This scene depicts the burnt wreckage of the Fazbear's Fright attraction from Five Nights at Freddy's 3 and is accompanied by a voice-over narration by "Michael"/Mike(?), addressed to his father. He states that he has found "her" and put "her" back together, adding that he should be dead and that he will seek out his father. Just before the scene ends, Springtrap steps into view.
Development
In April 2016, Cawthon released a teaser image of the game on his website, entitled Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, featuring a clown-like animatronic, revealed to be named "Circus Baby". Several teaser images followed, revealing different characters and hints at their origins.
The trailer for the game was released on Cawthon's official YouTube page featuring new animatronics and a new location. The release date was later confirmed to be October 7, 2016.
In August, a teaser image was posted on Cawthon's website with the words "Cancelled. Due to Leaks." This was initially taken to indicate that the game itself had been cancelled, due to one of the game's animatronics' voices being leaked, namely Ballora's. However, it was quickly revealed to be a part of the story line, as a fictional news article was found when the image was brightened, discussing how the in-game location had been closed due to "gas" leaks.
On October 4, 2016, Cawthon posted on the Steam Community forums, stating that the game has a very dark story line, and that it might not be kid-friendly. For this, he said that he might work on the game for several more months, to make the game and its story more suitable for younger players, which, however, turned out to be a hoax. The game was released on October 7, 2016.
On October 17, 2016, Cawthon announced on his website and the game's Steam page that a non-canon Custom Night will be added to the game in December, and that an update for it will be released prior to its original version. It was released on December 1, 2016.
On December 22, 2016, a mobile port for Android devices was released on the Google Play Store.
On January 3, 2017, a mobile port for iOS devices was released on the App Store.
Voice acting
On May 16, 2016, it was announced that Sister Location would feature professional voice acting on a Steam post by Cawthon. The actors were hired from Voices.com, several of which having starred in Scott's previous game, FNaF World. The cast included:
- Heather Masters as Circus Baby
- Andy Field and Jesse Adam (briefly on Night 2) as HandUnit
- Michella Moss as Ballora
- Kellen Goff as Funtime Freddy
- Zehra Jane Naqvi as Bidybab
- Julie Shields as "Female Computer Voice"
- Becky Shrimpton as the "Mascot Response Audio", thought to be the voice of Funtime Freddy's hand puppet
- PJ Heywood as Mr. Afton, and "Michael"/Mike(?) in the Custom Night update
- Christopher McCullough as "Vlad" from the Immortal and Restless soap opera
- Amber Lee Connors as "Clara" from the Immortal and Restless soap opera
- Bob Barnes as the narrator for the Immortal and Restless soap opera
Reception
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| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 67.50% |
| Publication | Score |
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| Destructoid | 6/10 |
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location received mostly positive reviews. GameRankings aggregated a score of 67.50% for the game. Destructoid rated the game 6/10, while GameCrate rated it 7.50/10. The game's Steam reviews are currently 93% positive, with the Android version receiving a 4.5 star rating on the Google Play Store. The iOS version of the game currently holds a 4.5 star rating, also making it as the top paid app on the App Store shortly after release.
References
- Hernandez, Patricia (7 October 2016). "Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location Is More Than Just Jump Scares". Kotaku. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- Scott Cawthon (7 October 2016). Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location (PC). Scene: Night 3 dialogue.
Baby: Did you know that I was on stage once? It wasn't for very long, only one day. What a wonderful day, though. I was in a small room with balloons and a few tables. No-one sat at the tables, though, but children would run in and out. Some where afraid of me, others enjoyed my songs. Music was always coming from somewhere else down the hall. I would always count the children, I'm not sure why. I was always acutely aware of how many there were in the room with me. Two, then three, then two, then three, then four, then two, then none. They usually played together in groups of two or three. I was covered in glitter. I smelled like birthday cake. There were two, then three, then five, then four. I can do something special, did you know that? I can make ice cream, although I only did it once. There were four, then three, then two, then one. Something happened when there was one. A little girl, standing by herself. I was no longer myself. And I stopped singing. My stomach opened and there was ice cream. I couldn't move at least, not until she stepped closer. There was screaming for a moment, but only for a moment. Then other children rushed in again, but they couldn't hear her over the sounds of their own excitement. I still hear her sometimes. Why did that happen?
- Scott Cawthon (1 December 2016). Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location (PC). Scene: End Cutscene.
Michael/Mike(?): Father. It's me, Michael. I did it. I found it. It was right where you said it would be. They were all there. They didn't recognize me at first but then they thought I was you. And I found her. I put her back together, just like you asked me to. She's free now. But something is wrong with me. I should be dead. But I'm not. I've been living in shadows. There is only one thing left for me to do now. I'm going to come find you. I'm going to come find you.
- Groux, Christopher (23 April 2016). "'Five Nights At Freddy's' Sister Location Game Revealed With New Animatronic Teaser!". Design & Trend. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Groux, Christopher (30 August 2016). "'Five Nights At Freddy's Sister Location' October Release Date, Map Confirmed In New Teaser". International Business Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- Cawthon, Scott. "Sister Location Trailer 1". YouTube. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- Santos, Jerome Delos (18 September 2016). "Five Nights At Freddy's Sister Location Release Confirmed To Release In A Few Weeks?". TheBitBag. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- de Lacy, C. (29 August 2016). "'Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location' Far From Cancelled; True Release Date October 7, 2016 Revealed". Mobile & Apps. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- Hernandez, Patricia (4 October 2016). "Five Nights at Freddy's Creator Gives Worst Reason For Possible Delay [UPDATE]". Kotaku. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- Usher, William (6 October 2016). "Why Five Nights At Freddy's Sister Location Has To Be Delayed... Kind Of". Cinemablend. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- Santos, Jerome Delos (19 October 2016). "Five Nights At Freddy's Sister Location Custom Night DLC: How To Unlock, Release Window, And What To Expect". TheBitBag. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- "'Five Nights At Freddy's: Sister Location' Custom Night Mode Revealed".
- "Voice acting in Sister Location?". Steam. 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Yes, there will be voice acting in Sister Location! ;)
- ^ "Review: Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location". Destructoid. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Review: Sister Location isn't FNAF...but it is terrifying". GameCrate. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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