History YMMV / FiveNightsAtFreddys4

* BrokenBase: The jumpscares being extremely loud is one of the biggest points of contention surrounding the game. Defenders cite the loud jumpscares combined with the game requiring you to listen closely create a hellishly stressful experience that make the game the scariest in the series. Detractors hate them for being a cheap way to make the game artificially scary and make playing the a chore since the game simultaneously requires and punishes listening closely, with turning the volume up [[SensoryAbuse not being an option]].

* OneSceneWonder: There are around 5 kids that show up in the Night 3 minigame, and show up nowhere else in the game. The most popular of these kids is the girl in pigtails, mostly due to being decent theory material at the time and has gotten shipped with the Child for some reason ([[ShipsThatPassInTheNight despite their only interaction being her scaring the brunette with a rumor and laughing at his fears]])

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The mini-game where the child [[spoiler:is locked in the Parts room, with several animatronic heads]]. We are never given an explanation for this, who locked him in (it's implied to be the brother), what day or time it is, and it doesn't add anything to our comprehension.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Quite literally. The minigames in-between nights focus on a child called the Crying Child, but whether this is the protagonist of the nights themselves is up for debate, with the other most common option being his brother. [[spoiler: The game is usually interpreted as either the child stuck in a dying dream as he dies from his injuries, or his brother having a guilt-induced nightmare over what he did to his brother.]]

* FanDislikedExplanation: After the game's release, Scott had planned to allow a means of opening the mysterious box at the end of the game, which he claimed had "all the pieces [of the story] put together," but went back on those plans to avoid having it be one of these. Given later clues on his website heavily implied [[spoiler:the series was AllJustADream (as opposed to only the fourth, which had already been established as an extended NightmareSequence)]], the fans weren't too keen on this possibility. Notably, the next few games in the franchise completely ignore this twist, if it ''was'' what Scott had in mind all along.
* {{Fanon}}: Although it has yet for confirmation, some fans like the idea of the child from ''4'' being [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 Mike Schmidt's]] son due to [[GenerationXerox obvious]] [[LikeFatherLikeSon reasons]].

** [[spoiler: Nightmare Fredbear and Nightmare both laugh to signal that they aren’t in the halls and are either on the bed or in the closet. The issue is that the laugh can sometimes be a fake out and there is no way to tell if the laugh was real or fake from the laugh alone. While there are ways a fake laugh can be distinguished (such as footsteps still being heard after a laugh) there will be times where it is impossible to tell if a laugh is real or fake. While it is possible to check the bed, closet, and the hallway Fredbears footsteps were last heard in on Night 5 and 6, Nightmare is much less forgiving and a fake laugh on Night 7 or especially 20/20/20/20 can make survival a game of luck rather than skill.]]

* ScrappyMechanic: Before the v1.01 patch that increased the breathing volume to much higher levels, many people disliked the crucial game mechanic of having to listen for breathing to know an animatronic is nearby in the hallways, in order to close the door and wait for them to leave. It was previously very troublesome for the hearing impaired, and a fair amount of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] who were shown during gameplay videos to not actually be able to hear anything no matter how long they waited for the breathing to appear, due to the actual noises being rather inaudible if one didn't intently listen to it. Previously the only solution was to turn the volume up, [[EarRape which would only cause more problems if players were given the noisy jumpscare anyway]].

* SequelDifficultySpike: After a rather easy third game, this new installment cranks the difficulty back up to the hardest game in the series.

* {{Fanon}}: Although it has yet for confirmation, some fans like the idea of the child from ''4'' being [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 Mike Schmidti's]] son due to [[GenerationXerox obvious]] [[LikeFatherLikeSon reasons]].

* VillainProtagonist: If you interpret the game as [[spoiler:the PTSD-induced nightmares of the older brother, not the coma dreams of the child from the minigames.]]

* OneSceneWonder: There are around 5 kids that show up in the Night 3 minigame, and show up nowhere else in the game. The most popular of these kids is the girl in pigtails, mostly due to being decent theory material at the time and has gotten shipped with the Child for some reason ([[ShipsThatPassTheNight despite their only interaction being her scaring the brunette with a rumor and laughing at his fears]])

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* AlasPoorScrappy: While by no means hated by the community, people felt rather sorry for [[DiscOneFinalBoss Toy]] [[SuperiorSuccessor Fred]][[FatBastard dy]] when it was confirmed that [[AbsenteeActor he would not be in]] [[HalloweenEpisode the Halloween Edition.]]

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' | '''''Five Nights at Freddy's 4''''' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | ''YMMV/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\

* AuthorsSavingThrow: All of the format changes story and gameplay wise are almost certainly Scott invoking this trope to please the fans who were concerned that this franchise was becoming bland, repetitive, and by the numbers.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Getting jumpscared and bitten by evil animatronics? Not funny, unless you're watching someone react. Getting jumpscared by [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a homicidal cupcake with razor-sharp teeth]]? ''Hysterical!''

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsatFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' | '''''Five Nights at Freddy's 4''''' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | ''YMMV/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:The "Don't touch Freddy" rule in the first game now makes ''so much more'' sense thanks to this game.]]

** An odd case of this. One of the things that made the series unique was its average-looking animatronics as the monsters in the series, which is decidedly different from most horror villains/monsters. With the Nightmares, many are complaining about them looking like generic horror villains, to the point [[{{Narm}} it feels that Scott was trying too hard to make them scary]] and, in the process, just made them too generic to BE scary to some. In other words, they changed it and made it suck [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks by making the new animatronics look too similar to other horror monsters out there]].

** Nightmare Balloon Boy can be this to some, due to his NonStandardCharacterDesign among the Nightmares and his minor role in the games' timeline.

** Nightmare Balloon Boy can this to some, due to his NonStandardCharacterDesign among the Nightmares and his minor role in the games' timeline.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: An odd case of this. One of the things that made the series unique was its average-looking animatronics as the monsters in the series, which is decidedly different from most horror villains/monsters. With the Nightmares, many are complaining about them looking like generic horror villains, to the point [[{{Narm}} it feels that Scott was trying too hard to make them scary]] and, in the process, just made them too generic to BE scary to some. In other words, they changed it and made it suck [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks by making the new animatronics look too similar to other horror monsters out there]].
** Nightmare Balloon Boy is this to some members of the fandom due to his unscary appearance and minor role.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: An odd case of this. One of the things that made the series unique was its animatronics as the monsters in the series, which is decidedly different from most horror villains / monsters. With the new redesigns, many are complaining about their mostly looking like generic horror video game / movie villains, to the point it [[{{Narm}} feels that the creator was trying too hard to make them scary and, in the process, just made them too generic to BE scary to some.]] In other words, they changed it and made it suck for some [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks by making the animatronics too similar-looking to other horror monsters out there]].

* [[YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys Main franchise]]
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys1''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''
* ''YMMV/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator''
* ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach''