Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.2 Update

Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 The final chapter of the original Five Nights at Freddy’s story is about to unfold, and this time, the terror has followed you home. This is a point-and-click survival horror video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. It is the fourth installment of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series and takes place in a child’s bedroom.

The player assumes the role of the unnamed child and must delay the advancement of the murderous animatronics that wander around the halls of his house using a flashlight. Unlike previous games in the series, the player does not have access to a network of security cameras to monitor animatronic progression and instead must rely on audio cues.

In between nights, the player can play Atari-styled minigames that tell the story of a young boy who is consistently tormented by his older brother. Your only weapon is a flashlight, which can ward off any creepy figures lurking at the end of the hallways. However, be cautious and listen closely, as shining the light too close to certain entities will lead to your inevitable demise.

This time, the terror has followed you home. In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy’s original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows. Playing as a child whose role is yet unknown, you must safeguard yourself until 6 am by watching the doors, as well as warding off unwanted creatures that may venture into your closet or onto the bed behind you.

GAMEPLAY

Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 is a point-and-click survival horror game. Unlike previous installments, which took place in abandoned restaurants, the player is placed into the role of a young child alone in his bedroom, tasked with surviving a night that lasts from midnight to 6:00 a.m. against nightmare versions of four homicidal animatronics—Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy—that wander around the house and attempt to kill them.

The player can run around the child’s bedroom, going between the closet, bed, and two doors. With no other means of delaying the advancement of the animatronics, the player must rely on their flashlight, which can be flashed down the house’s hallways to ward off the characters.

Unlike previous games, the player does not have access to a network of security cameras and must take advantage of audio cues to track the movement of the animatronics. If an animatronic enters the room or if the player encounters it directly, the player will be jumpscared and killed. On the fifth night, the four animatronics are replaced by a single animatronic known as Nightmare Fredbear, which will instead become more aggressive when flashed with the flashlight.

In between nights, the player can play a minigame that puts the player in a game of red light, green light mini-game against a character named Plushtrap, which allows the player to remove two hours from the next night if they are victorious. Additionally, Atari-styled minigames are also playable, which provide insight into the lore of the series and are the source of the plot of the game, though these are absent from mobile versions of the game.

PLOT

Playable minigames in between nights tell the story of a young boy in 1983, presumed to be the player character. In the first minigame, he is locked in a bedroom with plush toys that he considers to be his “friends”. Throughout the minigame, a plush based on the animatronic Fredbear appears constantly teases and torments him, which strengthens his fear of a family restaurant near his home.

Through the next minigames, the boy is terrorized by his older brother, being deliberately scared, abandoned at the restaurant, teased, and unwillingly locked in the restaurant’s parts and services room. Throughout the game in the kid’s bedroom, a bottle of pills, an IV drip, and a vase of flowers can be spotted at different moments.

In the sixth minigame, the boy is tormented once more by his older brother and several other bullies, who take advantage of his fear and place him into Fredbear’s mouth for a “kiss”, which subsequently bites down on the boy and crushes him as the bullies watch in horror. In the seventh minigame, the boy is shown in a dark area surrounded by his toys, and is told by an unknown voice that they will “put you back together”.

The toys slowly fade out, and soon the boy does as well, while the faint sound of a heart rate monitor plays, implying the boy has died after being bitten by Fredbear. If the player beats the game on the Nightmare mode, a closed metal box is shown to the player. The box can’t be opened, and if the player attempts to open it, the text “Perhaps some things are best left forgotten, for now” is displayed. The meaning of the box was never explained or elaborated on.