The Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise has been on a real rollercoaster in the past ten years. We’ve had an assortment of games full of jumpscares that took YouTube by storm. Then we had a really strange RPG in FNAF World that no one can decide if it’s good, bad, or should even be remembered. There have been VR games that really push the envelope for what the series was, and then Security Breach came out letting you run around a big mall with a lot of lore questions. Above all this though for the people following the story of FNAF, we had the books. What’s important, and what’s not?

Well, the general rule of thumb was that the books are a separate continuity, but can be helpful in understanding the story the games are trying to tell. NOW THOUGH, we have Five Nights At Freddy’s: Into The Pit, a game based on a short story that throws everything most people knew to the wayside because this franchise doesn’t care what anyone else has to say. Side note, before I go into the rest of this, I know there is also a movie. It’s decent enough, and if you like the franchise, you should watch it.

My dad, what big ears you have.

Into the Pit is a retro-style, adventure-puzzle game with horror aspects. Honestly, the first thing that needs to be pointed out is just how beautiful the animations are in this game. There is absolutely no reason that everything in this should look as good and as smooth as it does when it looks like a game that could have been released on the SNES. Secondly is the sound quality. The use of sound makes it easier to gauge where Golden Bonny/Springtrap (whatever name you want to give the enemy) is, and can help affect the way you move around your house specifically. On top of that, the atmospheric sounds are great, they do an excellent job of adding to the tension, without covering up any important sound effects that could lead to problems for you.

Yeah, you can leave thanks I don’t like this.

On the note of the house, this leads into one of the best puzzle sections. Given the name of the series, you can probably work out how many nights you need to get through to finish the game. Each night involves escaping from your house without being caught through different means because each way you leave gets blocked off for the next night. It’s basically what Hello Neighbor promised it would have.

After escaping, you’ll return to Jeff’s Pizza and go back in time to try and figure out what the hell is happening and how to solve it. Now, if you’ve played anything Five Nights At Freddy’s before, there will be a lot of things you recognise as you go through the game. From Easter Eggs like Trash and the Gang hanging out, to the fact there are secret minigames, multiple endings, and a lot of confusing lore.

IT’S TRASH AND THE GANG.

That is basically the long and short of it without going too far into spoiler territory. Five Nights At Freddy’s: Into The Pit is a great standalone game for anyone who’s into retro horror, even without understanding all of the additional throwbacks, it’s a fun game that pretty much all ages can enjoy, just be ready for jumpscares. If you are into Five Nights At Freddy’s as a franchise, get ready for a whole lot of questions that will never be answered because that’s exactly how this series works, but that’s just a review. A GAME REVIEW. Thanks for reading.