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Whats wrong with Fnaf
Recently there has been quite a lot of people who have been asking for Fnaf to be added into the game. However I would say there has also been a equal amount of hate towards the idea. Most of the people dont say a reason why they hate the idea, so if anyone shares this opinion could you please expand the argument and explain your points why you dislike the idea?
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Personally I don't think FNAF would fit.
This is because I feel like they appeal to two completely different forms of horror. FNAF is more atmospheric, jumpscare form of horror. DBD is more slasher, supernatural forms of horror (i mean yeah, haunted robots, but at least fnaf 2 was actually based on tech being hacked). Basically I don't think it'd fit perfectly, and good lord please don't bring the majority of the FNAF fandom to DBD.
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You got Clown in an elephant suit. That's basically what a FNAF killer would be.
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Wow, as if scott cawthorn or behaviour couldnt design a springtrap to fit dbd's aesthetics. Springtrap btw only fitting animatronic because spolier.
Fnaf deserves as much to be in this game as SAW-stuff. If torture porn can get in, then popular jumpscare horror can too. Most modern horror stuff is jumpscares, so why not fnaf.
People who dont want fnaf here are just salty *their favorite wasnt implemented* instead. Reference the pennywise/candyman etc crowds when Pyramid chad was addd.
Some complainers are sick of seeing new threads for fnaf too, wxcept irs all "no fnaf" threads lol
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You must not read many posts. There's plenty of reasoning coming from people who dislike it. If you don't ever see it, it's because you aren't reading the posts.
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The Saw chapter was based off the best saw movies being 1 and 2 when they didn’t just go down the torture porn route, you can’t really compare Fnaf to Saw 1 and 2, 3 maybe and anything after 3 sure idc i pretend those films don’t exist. Personally I would be against Fnaf coming to dbd because the common argument of it just wouldn’t fit in, also there are just better slashers and characters to be out in way before a Fnaf killer
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People don’t like it because they consider the series childish based of the majority of the fan base. Apparently we’re just a bunch of boomers here who look down on new horror franchise.
Then reach out for any plausible excuse. If you don’t like FNAF, then fine, but saying it doesn’t fit puts a chill in my soul. So child murdering killers are out? You know that’s Freddys whole shtick? You think it’s too cute to be scary? Ya know we got silly costumes and the contrast of “cute” with murder is a huge scare that’s used all the time.
The series isn’t scary enough? So Ghostface, Myers, and Pig, three people in a mask (2 being a Halloween mask) are more terrifying then strengthened mechanical monster with a devils heart and some supernatural powers. Gotcha lol.
My only gripe with this FNAF stuff is everyone’s fixation of Springtrap. I get why people may not want one of the others based off the lore but I prefer somebody else personally.
Lastly, despite saying all this, I’m in the camp that doesn’t want FNAF in this game, but that’s not because of the usually mentioned reasons. I feel if the sound team finds the right sounds then I’d be too horrified to enjoy playing against a Animatronic. Sounds of metal scraping metal and tick tacking of gears moving has always given me the creeps.
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I'm not salty cause my killer wasn't put into the game. I don't think a CHILDS game belongs in DBD.
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haunted animatronic suit possessed by a child murderer, with said child murderer's body rotting in that suit till the end of time
that sounds like a child's game to you?
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I mean, just imagine the thing below charging at you with loud heavy steps or suddenly ambushing you with that FnaF3 screamer noise. I was against fnaf while ago too, but the more I think about it, the more it (Springtrap in particular) sounds appealing to me. He would certainly fit in roster of dbd murderous freaks.
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Yes, because it was marketed towards a younger audience...
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Sure, but the first few Saw movies were more like gorey thrillers lol. They certainly weren't slashers.
I mean I don't even care about FNAF (I'm not for it or against it, I just think the backlash is silly) but I just don't think that's really a reasonable argument. The Saw/FNAF comparison is a reasonable one if someone is going to use theme/genre as a gate to inclusion in DBD.
And sure, there might be better killers they could add imo. But that's all a matter of opinion.
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I think a lot of people hate the idea of fnaf in dbd because :
- Some think it's wouldnt fit in dbd (with or without valid arguments
- It's a popular game and you know when something is popular it's hated only because of it (just take fortnite as an example)
- A lot of people ask to the devs if they Can add this and it's become kinda annoying when the chat of stream of devs is full of "Add springtrap please" you just want to hate this because you see it everywhere and do no logical reason
Honestly of they had fnaf, I just Hope it's gonna ba a fun dlc and Not something they Add just for have fnaf in dbd.
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If they were to add a killer toy to the game, I would prefer Chucky.
If they were to add a killer robot to the game, I would prefer a T-X, T-1000, or T-800.
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Why do you think this game is a "childs" game if half of it is aimed at making you feel uneasy at least and other half is nightmare fuel, starting from "too real for a game" company that "cares" about its employees enough to put their lifes at risk for nothing and finishing with a lot of gore, murders and springlocks failure.
You may not like, I get it, people can have different taste, but for the love of god, stop saying the game is "for children" because it didn't scare you, bc that's the most childish behaviour possible.
Besides, people think Springtrap is creepy EVEN from a few "notveryrealistic" screenshots and short animations from FnaF, imagine how detailed and scary he would be in DbD, knowing how much effort does BHVR put in visuals. He'll be near Demogorgon level for sure.
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Wasn’t calling saw a slasher but I’m tired of these threads so I’m not getting too much involved in this one
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I don't agree with the first reason, because if people have no valid arguments (which they ALWAYS lack, at least I have never seen a person who would give me a valid argumentation why Springtrap himself is bad) then their opinion is either biased or not their own (aka they are simply repeating it after someone else) which means their opinion doesn't matter.
The second one is probably because of what community this game is accociated with and not because of its popularity (which has kinda remained in the past), but if we are talking about community, dbd crybabies should remain silent.
And I totally agree about the spam. Even I, who fully supports this idea, become really annoyed with how much it gets spammed
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Bro...marketed at young audience. You mean now? My adult sized Freddy Fazbear gear would disagree.
The guy who created the game was a Christian who tried to make wholesome games but when released, people gave his games poor reviews cause his characters seemed too childish and robotic, like an Animatronic. People said it was creepy. They mocked him and after a few tries he opted to scrap his other ideas and make a scary game. Thus, the magical storm brewed and FNAF was created.
Once released, it got some traction from streamers and the rest his history. If you wanna argue that the merchandise is marketed towards a younger audience more then adults, fine but that in no way means that this game was created with the purpose of drawing in a young crowd.
It was just the creation of an angry Christian tired of people fearing/mocking the characters he created and saying they belonged in a horror game~
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Eh, I wouldn't exactly be too afraid of that. FNAF3 wasn't that scary to me- FNAF 1, 4, and 6 were definitely the scariest games of the bunch. It's unfortuante that everyone wants Springtrap because honestly I don't see the appeal.
tbh tho I don't see the appeal of FNAF in DBD at all so.
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Well I am not too familiar with the FNAF serious in terms of playing it myself and lost all interest besides honest trailer after the 3rd installment.
But I think ppl don't like the animatronics as killer because you never see them kill/move unlike killers from horror movie/game franchises.
The animatronics never really moved except for those few frame jumpscares or hallway dashes. In my eyes they are nothing more than those split second jumpscares. There is no interaction between them and their prey except standing still for stalking or the jumpscare itself.
Transitioning from a few frames to a fluid animated movement might dilute the scary image or something.
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They all were scary in their own way.
People want Springtrap because he is the only character fitting for dbd, as he is the only one motivated with hatred and evil and thus he makes most sense to be DbD killer. His end was also pretty disturbing, just as what he eventually turned into.
His appearance is also pretty unnerving, at least for me. He looks really bad - damaged suit, chunks and remaining of mummified flesh inside suit, rotten lips putting permanent smile on his face and white glowing eyes always staring at you. What's inside is the corpse of a killer and, presumably, his soul stuck to its spring locked grave, remaining conscious for more than 30 years stuck in neverending pain and endless agony. His behaviour is also pretty creepy, but I guess she shares that trait with other possessed animatronics - he often hides from camera field of view and when he almost reaches the guard`s room he often just directly stares at him.
FnaF 4 definitely had a good character design, but they were just hallucinations so idk. Springtrap is just too good compared to other variants from FnaF.
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Wasn't claiming you were. I just mentioned it because that seems to be a sticking point for people for some reason.
The main point is, a lot of people would've made the same argument about Saw not fitting in. I know you claimed they can't be compared, but they absolutely can lol.
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Game looks like #########, Springtrap looks like #########. That is why I don't want them in DBD.
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I'd argue that visuals play far less of an impact with something like springtrap. His lore and *especially* sound design would be far more important. I don't trust BHVR for ######### when it comes to sound, and without prior knowledge of what springtrap is there are scarier animatronic beings out there.
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literally everything,we dont need bad meme killers,I would just quit than seeing something like springtrap in the game
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It's targeted towards children (books found in kids section) so aside from attracting them to the game parents groups would attack DBD for being an adult game adding a dlc from a franchise targeted towards children. That's just an unnecessary headache that would take away BHVR focus on more important game issues.
There's a ton of horror targeted to adults that people would want to see in DBD before fnaf that would not come with same headaches as fnaf.
The fans have been obnoxious with daily posts, harassing streamers (both on social media and streams), and constantly trashing iconic horror characters that I've seen people that were OK with it now be completely against it. Some streamers have even banned talk about fnaf from their chats it's been so bad. I saw a streamer talk about blocking fnaf fan Twitter accounts and the fans admit to creating new alt accounts just to continue harassing them about fnaf.
If DBD were to add an animatronic they could come up with better original content than having a licensed fnaf character.
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DBD - Releases New Fnaf Chapter
Kiddies - Hey mummy, can i please buy this game because it has five night at freddy in it.
Also DBD Fans - WTFFF BEHAVIOUR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
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Apparently, the main reason I’m seeing is that “fnaf’s fan base is full of kids between the ages of 7-13” and “they’re animatronics, they don’t fit the aesthetic of horror in DBD” as if there aren’t 4 edgy teens walking around in cute bunny mascot suits who btw don’t fit the horror aesthetic in DBD. Legion sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the other Killers. We also have a clown in an adorable elephant suit. I don’t get it.
The FNAF lore is absolutely amazing in my opinion. I saw the argument that “they shouldn’t be put into the game because they do things to children” but Freddy is in here... a pedo.... -wha... what?
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It has a cartoony theme that clashes with the dark gritty aesthetic of DBD (nothing to do with animatronics, an animatronic killer would be interesting). The same reason why even though I love classic scooby doo it also wouldn't fit in DBD. I mean springtrap looks more like a world of warcraft harvester bot than a gritty killer.
Would it ruin the game, probably not, but might increase the childish pain in the butt to play against crowd gauging from, as has been stated, the rather obnoxious campaign to get it into DBD. I probably wouldn't buy it either unless the perks were mad pay to win good. I think there are better franchises to put in game before FNAF, I mean FNAF really isn't scary its almost a joke.
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I've posted far more coherent thoughts about the main reasons why I don't want FNAF in DbD in multiple threads in the past, and really don't feel like going through it again. My post history is open if you want the main reasons.
At this point though, the sheer volume of threads has turned me further away from it. If it was one megathread, whatever. But I'm completely, absolutely sick of seeing at least one new FNAF thread a day. Any shred of willingness to hear out the supporters has been ripped apart purely because of the fact going to General Discussions on any given day means seeing at least one, likely more, FNAF threads have been made. At its worst there was a spammer one night who eventually had half the first page of GD filled with FNAF. That's not how you garner goodwill towards your franchise. I am more against it now than I was a month ago because you can't shake a stick without someone else making a new FNAF thread.
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If they can make it work aesthetically, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be added.
There were plenty of people that were annoyed we got Pyramid head instead of other "classic" killers like Pennywise, Hellraiser, Alien, etc.
Just enjoy the game tbh
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You should build a shrine to FNAF in your closet.
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Like for real, that dude just screams bias and fanboy
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The animatronics see any human as an animatronic endoskelleton that is out of it's mechanical suit. They try to "correct" this by stuffing any human into a suit filled with gears, wires, and sharp metal essentially killing them Iron Maiden style.
That can be worked into a power in many ways.
Also, there's no reason older genre icons should come before newer ones. That's just your opinion.
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His power is actually the same as Caleb Quinn AKA the Deathslinger. They are both engineers with a great knowledgeof machines.
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Is that bad?
Like, to enjoy a franchise and campaign for it to be in one of your favorite games is a bad thing now?
Y'all can hate on the franchise for your own personal reasons, but just because you don't appreciate it, doesn't make it bad. That screams just as much bias as well.
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FNAF is kind of more then just jumpscare but whatever. You are clearly dodging the fact that i gave a suitable answer to your question.
Also, The Pig's Ambush ability is literally made in such a thematic way as to be a jump scare.
There are a few things you could do with a robotic or pupeteering themed killer if you turned on your brain and think about more then just Fnaf= kids= dumb = must not be in my game
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It's essentially shown in the first game. Your death screen is your eyeballs popping out of an animatronic suit. I mean, Pyramid head has all new powers in DBD and literally none of them other than his sword were from his game. That pretty much debunks your entire argument.
"Child's game" Okay, I see your real reasoning.
Sure the gameplay and merch are geared towards a younger audience, but the lore and story are very much adult and imo darker than most licensed horror icons currently in the game.
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Pyramid head literally does nothing other than use his giant sword in any of the games or movies. His powers were made up for DBD and yet you can't fathom other made up powers. Using the excuse "no one knows limits of his power" is such bs lmao. Your main argument was that the licensed killers showed their powers is some way in their source media. FNAF does that MORE than Pyramid head does in their source material.
The rest of what you stated is you spiraling, grasping at straws for any reason you see fit for FNAF to not be included. Typical.
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Did i say I hate the franchise? Did i say anything you mention? Im just stating out that, that individuals post smelled full of bias, I never made my own point on this matter in this thread.
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There essentially is no reason why. Just blind anger and getting triggered at any kind of new thing showing up. The most common-and basic- arguments against it are:
1. Doesn't fit into the Lore. Um, what? Serial killer gets stuffed into a machine that his soul possesses and it oozes out his ######### fluids and it stalks and kills children(and night guards) and stuffs them into other machines. A possession driven machine with no emotions, no fatigue and no remorse doesn't fit into a game where an Eldritch God controls pawns to slay sacrifices to feed on. A machine. Which would be easy as ######### to possess and control directly. AND if they REALLY gave a ######### about preserving lore, continuity and timelines they'd instead be bitching about Nancy and Steve, two characters still very much alive and well in their own source material, being included whereas I'm sure there are plenty of killer robots in fnafs universe that they can spare one and nobody will notice it's missing. No seriously, if you're gonna be a Lore purist be a ######### good one. Next.
2. It's too cartoony. PUDDLES THE ######### ELEPHANT. Even Robbie the Rabbit(Who IS a horror icon-go learn your Horror history/culture, ignorant closet furries) would have less blood and gore in his cosmetics than these animatronics. They have all kinds of ######### leaking from them, they make creepy sounds and movements and they even smell like ######### death, from what I can tell in describing from the media they're presented in. Yeah, total Looney Tunes material right there.
3. The fan base. Do you ever read these forums? Have you ever actually tried having a discussion in some of these threads? I can PROMISE you; YOU are somebody else's dreaded 9 year old whom they hope never to be unfortunate enough to stumble across or have to accept in their social settings. Piping hot T coming through: This fandom is probably mocked and clocked all day by other groups as well so, stones and glass houses, people. Only the most unselfaware dipshits use this argument.
4. Jumpscares not real Horror. You're absolutely right. Jump scares are NOT scary, they are startling tension breaking devices. Good job, detectives. They've also been around as long as the genre itself because not everything in every frame of every film can give us trauma, the human brain just doesn't work like that. Sometimes you just need some ######### to pop out and break up the lull/build up in a scene. Certain people do find animatronics/machines scary or even people dressed in giant costumes. It's subjective, just like any other Killer. If Deathslinger came up to me I'd tell him that Texas is two doors down and that hat looks ridiculous in the middle of Los Angeles. If The Spirit came up to me I would ######### my pants after throwing up my lunch because that's what excessive gore does to me and onryo, despite growing up and living in an urban West Coast culture thus making it impossible to ever encounter one, as a concept scare the ever loving ######### out of me. I'm not gonna tell someone else what is or isn't scary, that's up to their own subconscious to decide.
5. Just because. No. Really. Some people have gone on rants about it and never even gave one of the cookie cutter excuses above. It's literally just because. So much ######### snowflakery you'd think Winter came early.
Welp, that's my Great Wall of Nobody Gives a #########. Oh, and I'm not even a fnaf fan. Never touched a single game in the series. I just hate lazy ######### arguments and would love to see this chapter released just so all the haters could BAW about it on here.
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Of course it's biased lmao he enjoys the franchise. Calling him a fanboy or saying he should build a shrine in his closet for simply defending a franchise he enjoys is immature af.
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But he is a fanboy? Clearly? Nothing really wrong with being the fanboy and I responded to the shrine in closet because it made me laugh, the dude with that post was just making a joke, which was pretty funny. He did go a bit much into defending Fnaf and was a bit cringy imo ngl.
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I like this one
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I'm going based off your initial reasoning. Pyramid head is never seen putting someone in a cage. Mary is seen in a cage, but if Pyramid head put her in there, it was done off screen which would make the death screen of FNAF an okay power as well. Pyramid head's ranged attack is nowhere in any other game than DBD so completely new.
I've listed plenty of arguments, they just don't fit your idea of a "correct answer" which is a pointless endeavor it seems.
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Just because you and some other people think there is no reason, that does not mean it is true. People like different things and even though you tried your best with that wall of text, I still think the game and Springtrap looks like #########. I don't want it and that is a valid reason. You can think whatever you want, so can I. Ultimately it is up to devs and fnaf license holder if they add that thing to game but these tryhard reasoning threads every day just annoys people more. Just like million NOED/DS/TUNNEL/CAMP threads every day.
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See, that's a valid reason!
What is stupid, is discrediting people for liking something they don't understand. The game's lore is dark and very much adult and yet the game is denounced as a childish franchise of jumpscares when it is in reality so much more.
If you don't like it and don't want it because it's not for you, that's your opinion that you're entitled to, but referring to other people as "cringe" or saying they are encouraging "cheap horror" is totally unwarranted and unfounded.
Of course you didn't say any of that, but a lot of the people on here against FNAF see it for something it's not and flame people that enjoy it.
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Let just add chuck e cheese then
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Legion's suits is robbie the rabbit from silent hill.The whole dlc package is from silent hill games.
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I’m aware of this, that’s not the point I was trying to make. Just because it’s from Silent Hill doesn’t mean a bunny suit fits the overall aesthetic of DBD. It’s still after all a cute bunny suit. Springtrap on the other hand is a torn up, old, gorey in the coils killer suit. You can see someone’s old bloody residue and torn skin on the inside. That argument that people are trying to get away with makes no sense when it comes to aesthetics. But that’s just my opinion.
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Callig me "try hard" and dismissing my entire substantive post as "wall of text". LMFAO Okay, number 5.
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