Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.4 Update

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Get ready to experience the upgraded and revamped Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza! The new and improved location boasts a fresh set of animatronic characters, designed to please both children and adults alike. Equipped with advanced facial recognition technology and linked to local criminal databases, these characters are guaranteed to deliver a safe and enjoyable performance.

This is a 2014 point-and-click survival horror game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. It is the second installment in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. Set in a fictional pizzeria, the player takes on the role of night security guard Jeremy Fitzgerald, who must defend themselves from the restaurant’s hostile animatronic mascots while in their office. The player has access to security cameras throughout the restaurant to monitor animatronic activity.

Wearing an animatronic mask allows the player to avoid being detected in most cases, though some animatronics are repelled through other methods. If an animatronic enters the office and the player is detected, they will be killed. As the game progresses, Atari-styled minigames and phone calls provide insight into the history of the restaurant.

Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza! Now with new friends to entertain kids and grown-ups alike. In Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, the old and aging animatronics are joined by a new cast of characters. They are kid-friendly, updated with the latest in facial recognition technology, tied into local criminal databases, and promise to put on a safe and entertaining show for kids and grown-ups alike.

GAMEPLAY

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is a point-and-click survival horror game. Players take on the role of night security guards who must complete their shift without being caught by the homicidal animatronic characters that wander through the building. The player character sits alone in an office which they cannot leave. They have access to a network of security cameras which can be used to track the movement of the animatronics throughout the restaurant. The office has three entrances; a center hallway and two side air vents. Unlike in the previous game, none of the office entrances can be sealed off, and the animatronics can enter unimpeded.

The animatronics include remodeled versions of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy from the first game, their decrepit counterparts, and two new characters called the Puppet and Balloon Boy. The player can shine lights on an animatronic through the camera feeds to slow it down temporarily, and can avoid being detected by most characters by wearing an animatronic mask.

The security cameras are inaccessible while the player wears the mask, and it will not work on Foxy or the Puppet. A flashlight must be repeatedly shone into the center hallway to ward off Foxy, and the Puppet is subdued by a music box that must be constantly wound up using the security feed. The power supply for camera and light use is unlimited, but this does not apply to the flashlight; if its battery runs out, the player becomes vulnerable.

The player character is killed if they are caught by an animatronic, except for Balloon Boy, who only disables the flashlight. After the player dies, there is a random chance that an Atari-style minigame will appear. These minigames provide insight into the plot. The game is divided into levels called nights, which last several minutes in real time and gradually increase in difficulty.

PLOT

The player assumes the role of Jeremy Fitzgerald, a night security guard working at a new Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza location. An unnamed staff member calls Fitzgerald on the phone each night to provide advice and information on the franchise’s backstory. The employee explains that the restaurant’s animatronics feature facial recognition software connected to a criminal database, to protect children from potential harm.

Despite these features, the robots were not programmed with a proper night mode; when they detect silence, they seek out the nearest source of noise to find people to entertain, which happens to be the security office. The caller further explains that many older animatronics were outfitted with this technology, and are kept onsite for spare parts.

As the game progresses, the employee reveals that the restaurant is being subject to a police investigation. The Atari-styled minigames provide insight into the restaurant’s troubled past, implying that it was the site of the murder of multiple children by an unnamed purple figure. On the game’s fifth night, Fitzgerald is informed by a staff member that the restaurant has been put on lockdown due to an unspecified event. At the end of the fifth night, Fitzgerald receives a paycheck.

On the sixth night, the employee explains that the restaurant has been temporarily shut down, and mentions that he plans to act as the restaurant’s new night security guard while Fitzgerald will be promoted to a day shift. A newspaper is shown upon the night’s completion; It announces the restaurant’s closure, stating that the newly redesigned animatronics will be scrapped, but their older counterparts will be saved for an eventual reopening. On the seventh “custom night”, the player controls a new character named Fritz Smith. Upon completing this night, Smith is fired.