Five Nights At Freddy's 3: The Freddening

[Kameken]

The first two were good, and the second differentiated itself from the first enough to stay fresh. As long as this one does the same, I'm all for it.

 

[GanguEevee]

There's a new teaser pic for Five Nights at Freddy's 3.
Now,I think it might be a bit obvious to me and everyone else,that there's a possibility that the animatronics from 2 are gonna be in 3.

However,after taking a look at TV Tropes,I found a brighter version of this pic,which shows......Something......Hiding in the background.

What could that thing be?! Obviously,it's another animatronic. Looks like Bonnie....But,due to the brightness level that the person put to make that thing appeared in the pic,it looks like Golden Freddy.

Anyways,speculation time! :3
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[Necrum]

Given that the other teaser also looks like Golden Freddy, and also looks very old as well, I think that's Golden Freddy hiding there.

Also, I see what looks like Toy Bonnie's head in the bin. I think this might be further confirmation that this is a future Freddy's rather than an older one. And the Top Hat has intrigued me... I think I will buy this one at release.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

One of the hidden messages for FNaF3 was written as "30 years later, only one remains," which could mean that this going to be a direct sequel to the first game, as everyone but one animatronic has been dismantled/scrapped, and it seems that Golden Freddy is that remaining animatronic. But where does the Puppet come into play, since he's revealed to be the one behind the haunted animatronics?

 

[Blade_of_darkness]

I just got news that Scott has released the teaser trailer for FnaF3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdHlIy0W4uU

Here's hoping that this works...

& that animatronic at the end...

Spoiler:

If that doesn't send chills down your spine, I don't know what will...

 

[Necrum]

YOU BEAT ME TO IT BY ONE MINUTE!

Okay I've been looking at the images posted on the Greenlight page, and I have a few theories. I'm gonna spoiler them in case you want to wait for the game to be released proper, in the event I am correct.

Spoiler:

First image gives us a clear view of the same box from the teaser poster. I think it's safe to assume a new meaning to this: all the FNAF 2 "Toy" Animatronics are out of commission now. We likely won't see them I would guess. We can also see Balloon Boy and Mangle in the box, and what appears to be Foxy's arm which could mean he is out as well. I actually have one more image to back that up.

More importantly, we are also shown an interesting pair of children's drawings. Both of them feature the inverted white pupil, on the left Bonnie, on the right Freddie. Bonnie appears to be giving the child a cupcake with a very weird, creepy look on his face. Freddie appears to be surrounded by at least 3 children, and also has a very weird look to him. I think we may be seeing the birth of new animatronics. Given that past lore featured 5 children and a sixth crying child, these new children surrounding something other than a Golden Freddie suit with faces of ill intent seems to indicate perhaps that we will have 4 new threats. Last thing I want to talk about is the environment. This location looks very old, which along with the old heads tells me that this is probably after the first game. Also we get another fan.

The only important thing I can make out here is what appears to be the original game's Bonnie. Other than that we have a quick view of the floor plan in this location. Noteably, there is no weird symbol that could lead to a music box, so no more stressing on the Marionette... at least not the way you would before.

This is important! We can see some of what might constitute the gameplay in this game. We have 3 systems to deal with: Audio, Camera, and Vents. The vents are very present in the first image, and we're sure to be stalked through the slits. Audio is interesting, because it seems to mean that sound will play a much bigger role this time around, perhaps to track certain bots. Camera is a given.

Here we can see the new animatronic, who I will go into much more on the last image. What I want to talk about HERE is the head of Foxy mounted creepily on the wall. I would say that this is pretty interesting, and to me says that Foxy will not be returning this time around. At least not as we know him.

I've taken to calling this Golden Bonnie, and I have a theory about just what it is. This is clearly a rabbit, like standard Bonnie, based on the footage in the trailer where you can see the ear on the left extends fully. It is my belief that this is a monstrosity made by grafting the old Gold Freddy suit onto Bonnie skeleton. As a result, it doesn't work right. This is because it knows it is wrong and can feel it. It's supposed to be Freddy, but it's been forced into an unnatural shape, and has even had its snout cut back crudely. This may be the most disturbing of all the animatronics for the torture it must feel in there. Driving it insane.

SO YEAH those are my thoughts about the images.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

So here's the plot of FNaF3:

Spoiler:

The hidden messages were right that only one animatronic remains, but what I want to know what the heck that monstrosity is. Is that Golden Freddy in a new body or Bonnie wearing new skin? And where is the Puppet?

 

[Necrum]

I didn't even notice that there was an actual plot description, lol. This sounds fun!

 

[Cay]

I've been poking around YouTube/Greenlight theories, and apparently The Rot (I'll just refer to him as that as I like that name x3) and apparently, it's a hybrid of all the animatronics. The people at Fazbear Fright looked around for things they could use (the current pic on scottgames where it shows the shells in a box is actually titled whatcanweuse.jpg) and basically created satan.

About the "remarkible discovery", I think they're referring to an endoskeleton to make it work. As for the "we have a place for him", my theory is that they're referring to the phone guy/purple man (based on MatPat's analysis). On scott's website, there is purple text that reads "he always does", so that's a tiny piece of evidence.

I'm hyped and terrified at the same time.

 

[Necrum]

I like the idea of only tracking one animatronic. When you lose track of it, it's sure to be very panic inducing, especially since unlike previous games, the route it takes to reach you will become unpredictable.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

I like the idea of only tracking one animatronic. When you lose track of it, it's sure to be very panic inducing, especially since unlike previous games, the route it takes to reach you will become unpredictable.

I've been hearing having only one animatronic would make the game too easy unless they amped up the A.I. pattern.

 

[Necrum]

I've been hearing having only one animatronic would make the game too easy unless they amped up the A.I. pattern.

It would be easy... if they acted like they did in previous games. We've already seen more movement from this one animatronic than any of the others, bar Foxy. So perhaps it won't just stalk around in front of a camera in one place, but rather be only seen for split seconds before it moves off and you have to follow it again. ALSO the cameras appear to be on a power system again, so I'd say the challenge will come more from monitoring your systems than actually tracking the one animatronic. Maybe Golden Bonnie will go find fuse boxes and stuff to screw with your ability to monitor it. This is clearly already very different in a lot of ways so who knows.

 

[GanguEevee]

Welp, seems like nobody was able to post the third image before the teaser trailer ever came out, so I'm gonna post it.......As a link! Cause it's just some purple text on a black background.

https://www.scottgames.com/always.jpg

Now, the line "He always does" in the image above did appeared in the teaser trailer. I am now wondering why I even put it there now. Anyways, here are my thoughts on the trailer and screenshots. I was being a chicken/pussy when I watched it, by the way. Gonna be in a spoiler tag, since I know people don't really want to get spoiled, if any of the stuff I say here becomes true.

Spoiler:

First of all, goddamn it Necrum! You said mostly all the things that I wanted to say in my post! I won't blame you though. I'll blame my internet provider. Anyways, the thing that made me laugh in the trailer is the fact that the animatronic faces in the children drawings are very similar to the awesome face. I know there's a possible chance one of you are not gonna agree with me, so I'll just say that it's okay if you don't agree.

The next thing I want to talk about is Golden Bonnie. Necrum has already stated a lot of things I wanted to say about this eldritch abomination. This thing MUST be Golden Freddy, stuffed into a new suit that really doesn't suit it well. It knows damn well that this new body is unnatural, making it go insane. I have nothing new to talk about it. And if I did, it would have been hard to talk about because.....Seriously, LOOK at that thing. It's creepy as fuck!

Necrum has beat me to the thing about this new system reboot and errors, although I do have some new things to say about it. This thing might make this game hard. Although it looks like we can be able to turn the cameras, sound and vents back on if you just reboot, there's something else that bothers me.....What if the system has power, and it could just shut off at some point?

There's also the fact that the animatronic might just....Ya know, try to tinker around with the cameras, sound and vents. Which might explain why all three sections say "error". It might turn off the cameras, so you can't see it. Destroy the speakers(or something else that might make sound), so you can't hear it.....do stuff. And the vents? Obviously, it's gonna destroy whatever protecting the vents, so it can get inside them and bite your head off when he gets to you!

Man,there's a lot of stuff I want to talk about, but I'm starting to get bored of writing this thing.

EDIT: AND just when I finished writing this, Necrum has already gotten the idea that Golden Bonnie might screw with the system and stuff, while also thinking that there's a power system again. Two minds think alike, I suppose....Also, HOW COULD I FORGOT TO MENTION THE FAN?! Fan is best character.

Anyways, I'm gonna be happy when this game comes out, so I can watch all of the many Let's Players playing the game get scared by it! >:3

 

[mew_nani]

Aww man I'm so dang excited. We have Golden Bonnie, but will we have any other threats dealing with the old parts from the Toy models? Seems weird they'd just have them all in a box... given this is a horror house now instead of a regular pizzeria we might have static animatronics that just remain in one place, or have a limited range.

 

[Altius]

The Golden Bonnie kinda reminds me of that super freaky game crashing Bonnie.

This actually looks fun, though I never dared to play FNAF myself.

 

[Palkia]

I'm really tired of these "youtube bait" games that only seem to exist for people like PewDiePie to make LP's of. That, and the fact that this game's horror seems to be just based on jump scares (the laziest kind of horror) I won't be checking it out.

 

[mew_nani]

I'm really tired of these "youtube bait" games that only seem to exist for people like PewDiePie to make LP's of. That, and the fact that this game's horror seems to be just based on jump scares (the laziest kind of horror) I won't be checking it out.

I've actually played the first game, and the game's horror isn't about the jump scares. It's the dread. You're not capable of moving, and if these things find you, you're a goner. The real horror isn't in when they get you; it's when the camera fizzles out and you can't find them. It's that panic you feel when they could be right outside your door, you have no idea if they are, and you're frantically trying to find them. It's that dread when you look at your power meter draining faster than a bowl with holes in it, and you want to hold both doors down all the time but you can't because if you do the power drains and the lights go dark and you see Freddy's face glowing and leering at you through the open door and knowing you're a half second away from being shoved up an animatronic costume leaving only your eyeballs and teeth. The game itself is genuinely scary, and the jump scares are the simple payoff, not the main attraction. I can't speak about the second game though as I haven't played it yet but the first game is pretty dang scary.

 

[SnowpointQuincy]

On the surface it is all jump scares, but the real horror is in the newspaper clippings and other bit of information that tell the story of something horrible happening.

It does make for good theory videos, though.

 

[Necrum]

And let's not forget the creepy ass atari style games. Those add some weird stuff to the game's atmosphere.

The game has a plot and that's what sets it apart from YT Bait. The plot is very veiled but it's there and really intriguing.

As for the Shadow Bonnie, I didn't even know about it til just now, lol. I looked it up and yeah it's similar, but I don't think it's completely the same one. For one this is a really long time before the 3rd game takes place. It's plausible that this mystery shadow is the source of the chassis, and Golden Freddy is the source of the suit. Which together would make a very deady animatronic. Or perhaps this is a harbinger of what is to come in the future, a mere echo rather than an actual presence in the restaurant of the second game. Considering its rarity it seems pretty possible. The only thing is that Golden Bonnie is lacking the gap in its lower teeth.

 

[mew_nani]

And let's not forget the creepy ass atari style games. Those add some weird stuff to the game's atmosphere.

The game has a plot and that's what sets it apart from YT Bait. The plot is very veiled but it's there and really intriguing.

As for the Shadow Bonnie, I didn't even know about it til just now, lol. I looked it up and yeah it's similar, but I don't think it's completely the same one. For one this is a really long time before the 3rd game takes place. It's plausible that this mystery shadow is the source of the chassis, and Golden Freddy is the source of the suit. Which together would make a very deady animatronic. Or perhaps this is a harbinger of what is to come in the future, a mere echo rather than an actual presence in the restaurant of the second game. Considering its rarity it seems pretty possible. The only thing is that Golden Bonnie is lacking the gap in its lower teeth.

Ah, the voiced mingames... which were not only creepy as fudge but also a subtle hint the game takes place in the 80s. There's actually a console that can produce distorted voice overs like that: the Intellivision, and it was one of Atari's competitors. The Angry Video Game Nerd did a special on it, and it had a module called the Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module, which added voice overs to certain games like Bomb Squad or B-17 Bomber.

As for Golden Bonnie... I have no freaking clue what it is. And I'm not sure it's entirely a fusion of Bonnie and Golden Freddy, because we can see an earless Golden Freddy animatronic in the background. (Or at least it look like Golden Freddy. Might just be regular Freddy.) But I can almost guarantee that he's not the only threat there. We have all kinds of props from the Toy models, we have some pieces of scenery based on Foxy... there's gonna be way more than just looking out for one animatronic.