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a retrospective on the fnac series part 2 (thumbnail by @bixqa )


Sup fellow warehouse intruders and monkey limbs collectors! Welcome to part 2. Yeah, part 2, we're reviewing FNAC 2. Yeah, uhhh... God damn it, I suck at intros. Let's just start this already
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Ok, so the last menu was actually good. So let's hope this one's good too. Anddddddddddddd...

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Yes, YES We did it 2 good menus in a row Okay, so 2 things to note. First of all, the aspect ratio. fnac R was fully fullscreen, but fnac 2 is sadly only 4 by 3. It's not a deal breaker at all, but having the option to make the game fully fullscreen would've been nice. Second, please, for the love of God, KEEP THE SOUND ON STEREO.

trust me it'll help you a shit ton

Ok, so what's the story? Well, first of all, fnac 2 IS actually a sequel to the first game and it takes place 20 years after fnac 1, which makes it 2007. By this time, both Freddy's and Candy's have shut down for good, but I wonder why, hmm...

When we first hit new game, we get this, well, it's not really a cutscene, it's like a 1970s computer load up screen.

Basically, we the player Marilyn Schmidt, Mary's daughter from the first game, lost a bet with our asshole friends. They force us to go stay 5 nights at the Rowboats Inc factory, the same company that owned and created Candy, including The Rat.

and vi*(&(*

Something kinda funny is that the game lets you type whatever you want to say to your friends, so I said this

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alright night 1 time baby! which means we get to see the office yeah can't wait fo-

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Oh, it's a generic warehouse, which, uhh, I guess it makes sense? Since we're in this old a*s factory that was built in the 60s. But come on, have some personality, man The only thing that makes this stand out is the adorable Candy plush and bootleg sprite.

All of the cameras have this same problem too. They're all gray rooms with basically nothing in them. Also, there's only 6 cams here, unlike in FNAC 1, which had 13.

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i thought this little popgoes cameo was really cute though same thing with this easter egg

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ok enough bitching about the graphics what's the gameplay like

on night 1 we only have withered cindy active

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fnac 2 gives us these awesome new versions of both candy and cindy

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Ok, back to Withered Cindy. She works kinda like our boy Springtrap, except she can't be lured on the cameras, and can only be lured away when in the office. We have these phones on the cams instead of audio calls, so if an animatronic is in the room, and you have these phones up in the same room as them, the animatronic will fucking destroy it.

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And uhhhhhh, yeah, that was Night 1! In case you're wondering, yes, we get NO phone calls. Instead, we get post shift 2 tip screens, cause, FUCK YOU Overall, uh, not a strong start, but hopefully, we, things get better.

Just like the first game, we get post-night stuff in forms of minigames!

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We play as no one's favorite Chester the monke with the simple goal of SEARCH! Also, it's actually really surprising seeing a fnaf fan game with actually good 8-bit sprites

Something interesting is that if we go to the back room, we can see posters of Candy, Cindy, and Chester with V2 written on them. The kittens have green marks, while Chester has a red cross, huh...

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We eventually find our way to the office, where we find the key to the RAT'S room, and for a few frames, we can see him...

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The years 1989. 2 years after FNAC 1. Always remember the dates.

When Chester goes to open the door, the minigame instantly ends, and we're thrown back to the menu.

Night 2 time!

This night, no one's favorite animatronics comes to life: Chester the Monkey.

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For anyone wondering, yes, I know he's a chimp. Unrelated but genuinely, FUCK chimps, some of the worst animals that ever had the dishonor of living. I fucking hate chimps so much

With my mini chimp rant out of the way, how does he work?

In each camera, there is a vent, just like the phones. Chester gets knocked in the head by some Gen Alpha kids and becomes the Imposter, and tries to kill you by going into the vents. Use a phone on the cam he's on to scare him fucking shitless

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Yeah, that was it. Uh, minigame time, I guess?

This time, we play as the penguin, Chester's f*cking dead, and we need to find his parts and put them in a box. Oh, and that's Old Candy's head They scrapped our boi for parts...

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we find his arm near the rats room

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his legs in the office

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and his head near the showstage

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Penguin grabs all his remains and puts them in the box, and it ends Night 3. Time.

This Night, 2 new assholes are active: Candy and the Penguin.

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Ok, so, first, Candy: He acts the exact same way as his sister, literally no changes. Deal with him the same way.

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Now, the Penguin. Oh boy OH BOY The penguin is basically Phantom bb, except way, way worse. Most Phantom BB-type characters give you around 2 seconds to flip off the cams, but this stupid, dumb good for nothing bird gives you ONLY a few pathetic frames before he crashes the entire system

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And it takes a long ASS time for it to come back if either the kittens or Chester are attacking. If they're attacking. you're fucked. Just F2 and try again. While I was replaying the game, I died so many stupid unfair deaths to this stupid icy bitch I can't express in words how much I hate this thing

ok MINIGAME TIME YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

We play as the one and only Blank, and we gotta pick 4 pieces of paper just like Slenderman.

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here are all the pages

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oh yeah the minigame takes place in 1991

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And then it ends. Woo. Night 4. Oh, nevermind, it's the same thing as Night 3. Uhhh,MINIGAME TIME AGAIN.

We play as Cindy and we gotta get Candy's bowtie back. Why, I don't know.

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we find his stupid shitty bowtie and go back

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ok night 5 time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this night the last normal animatronic is active blank

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he works the same way as candy and cindy oh...

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This render goes super hard though!

Ok, now's once again a perfect time to talk about the gameplay, and it's extremelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...EH.

One of the main issues is that, genuinely, why no phone calls? This ain't fnaf 4 or ffps. You gotta have them phone calls to keep the shit interesting. Another thing I didn't like was the story for the main night section. Marylin has literally no reason to keep coming back here again and again. Any sane human being would instantly shit their pants when they saw Cindy and never come back again, but she just keeps coming back for more over and over again because she's stupid! At least Mary had a reason to keep coming back. Bills aren't gonna pay themselves.

I had this idea for a FNAC 2 reimagining where the whole plot of it was that Mary worked for Fazbears Fright, and the game's entire goal was to get Springtrap out of Rowboatics Inc. But hey, it's just the thought that will never come true.

Alright, last thing you know how a lot of fnaf fangames have problems with a shitload of cameras being useless? Well...

This game has the exact opposite problem: the office is fucking useless!

Everyone! Let me introduce you to the cheese strat. Basically, all you have to do is have some headphones, have the audio be stereo, and just look at one single camera and have the phone in it ring forever. Only shut it when a bitch enters, and congrats! YOU BEAT THE GAME!!! WOOOOOO!

ok enough of that minigame time

we play as the boy himself candy we wonder around a bit and oh lord that's a body

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after candy wonders around some more.... TILL HE GET"S ARRESTED BY THE FUCKING POLICE

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Candy is then sentenced 10 years in prison in cat years.

And yay We did it

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But nope, we ain't done yet! We still got Night 6 to do.

Alright, Night 6 time. This Night, everyone's favorite, The RAT, and his best friend, The CAT, come to life.

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Just like the RAT, I absolutely love that CATS design. Also, in case it wasn't obvious enough, they're based off Tom and Jerry! OK, what do they do? Ahem. The RAT reuses penguins and kittens mechanics, and The CAT reuses Chester and the cat's mechanics...

bruh like genuinely bruh

To add more salt into the wound, this Night's literally easier than Night 5, at least for me. Also, yes, the cheese strat still works!

sigh MINIGAME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We play as Old Candy. We're in the stupid 60s and we gotta follow Shadow Candy.

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And then we go to the backroom and get shocked for existing.

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Next minigame tim! We play as Blank, and we gotta do the Slenderman

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who ever drew these should be arrested especially this one

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oh hey you got another secret night for me?

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nope another minigame

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Come on Candy, get your fat blue ass out! We need to help Buby Gamer11 make FNAC Sugar Rush 3, you blue fat son of a bitch!

We find a smol child and cheer him up, I guess.

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but oh my goddd is that an abusive father

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This is unacceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on Old Candy! Kick his fucking ass! Shove burgers down his throat till he fucking chokes on them and dies in cheese and good news Old Candy becomes a giga sigma chad, and kills the abusive dad... Hey wait a minute, his backstory in FNAC 1 The Incident.

gasp IT"S ALL CONNECTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

oh yeah the factory burned down

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Ok, before we end this God-forsaken game, let's talk about some of the other stuff. First of all, I really like the gameover screens. We get different screens depending on what kills us.

if killed by normal characters

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if killed by rat or cat

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now 7/20 there's the normal mode with the normal guys and nightmare mode for the rat and cat

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These modes can go burn in hell, and shove a long Candy plush up their ass. The Penguin is just as unforgiving as ever, and the gameplay is also as boring as ever. Beating these two modes gives us two new shitty stars on the menu, but owo, the forth one is a glitchy boy, so we click on it and oh my Godddddddddddddd, SECRET MINIGAME!

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We play as a little girl, and we're at the rat and cat diner place.

The girl starts crying her eyes out, and the rat bullies a child?

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heh HAHA HAH man if i ever made a top 10 things that aged poorly this would be at least in the top 10

also YES IT"S OVER

final verdict
I think we can all agree that FNAC 2 is, INDEED, a real video game made by real people, beta tested by real people, released and played by real people... Now, is it good?

I mean, not really? Is it bad? Also not really. The game's just stuck in this unholy place called 6/10 games land.

The game has a lot of good stuff, and a lot of bad stuff.

Let's do the good stuff first I really like the design for the withereds! The minigames are neat... uhh... Chester's mechanic is cool?

Now the bad... The game graphically looks eh... The Penguin... Need I say more? Oh, and 3 characters having the same mechanic and a boring ass Night 6.

Despite this, I still have a lot of nostalgia for this game, despite the fact that it's aged pretty poorly. It was the first FNAF fangame I ever beat 100%.

I remember really liking the game before replaying it again for the review. It just kept getting worse and worse.

I feel like it's fair to give the game a 6 6/10. That sounds good to me Cya in part 3!



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