I Do Not Like Sister Location

[@Pastraspec]

What I learnt from this video: If you want a collab with Uhyeah, just hold him at gunpoint. (In all seriousness though thanks for having me on for this, it was really fun to be a part of!)

[@NukedKnight]

dude I wanna threatening a fnaf tuber with a deadly weapon

[@Itookabathinibiza5624]

Lesson made from Dawko’s message to Scott video

[@funnyfirefishfan]

I like to imagine that every KZbinr who has collabed exists in the same universe, which would technically mean that Pastra exists in the same universe as Dumbsville, and that's a crossover I'd love to see.

[@Neonlight3934]

I'm going to comment in the story part. I don't think the mad scientist idea was bad, William (honestly to this day) has a problem where he has basically no motivation. We don't even know why he does all that and giving him a reason that isn't just being insane is something I'm for. The problems for me is how over the top genius he is. He could potencialy be 30 years ahead in tech and That's just absurd. The other problem is that It still doesn't explain why. He does kill to get remenad (Oh yeah, they should have left that unexplained even if William knew how to control It to a little extend, like pseudo science he doesn't fully understand so It doesn't lost the supernatural element) but we go for not knowing why he kills to not knowing why he needs remenand. Honestly, after SB fuck Up so hard and show everyone why 3D Fnaf doesn't work (I still stand that the fandom needed that Game to learn that lesson) I think the series could really benefit for a reboot and take SL ideas and turn them down to be more in-line with the rest of the series.

[@emilygordbort7300]

Clyde found that gun from his charity stream and decided it was time he got a little charity

[@sprire2840]

Finding out that ballora spinning across the screen is a scripted event was the first time I’ve ever been like “my childhood was a lie”

[@Mike14264]

Right?? I had no idea either! It feels like a cop out...

[@sokaize]

But why?

[@SunroseStudios]

we realized it after watching a couple playthroughs, but yeah oof

[@kachebelka3416]

I kinda always suspected it, I’ve been playing games since the second I was born basically so I’m used to certain shortcuts developers take to make games more immersive.

[@WackChen]

bruh how are you guys only figuring it out now? i got it after watching like 3 playthroughs

[@kitvinn]

i personally adore the *idea* of sister location - the plot of a man going back to his past to try to save his sister, only to become his sister’s victim when he finds out all too late that she’s beyond saving.

[@Cyberfan2167]

That sounds good on paper but the execution of this plot and how it's implemented in fnaf is just not great,imo sl should have just been in its own game

[@george-uw5df]

Micheal

[@ck7993]

this comment made me realise why it's called sister location after 6 years

[@05baileym]

I love the idea. I wish it would be redone to be better.

[@captainamedeus7047]

Honestly do they ever explain as to why Elizabeth turns evil? Like shouldn’t she recognize her own brother. Or at the very least Michael should of said something

[@aidenzorn8322]

If you sit in the vent for long enough Scott himself comes to your house to jumpscare you irl

[@Grayson-tk5hn]

let go scott jumpscare

[@Str8jacket192]

"Let me show you how this life ends"

[@PinnePon]

With a t shirt gun

[@kosplayingizkool]

john

[@Fiftyseven575seven]

Wick

[@Moderate_Pseudo_Historian]

I think Ballora not being physically shown much is actually much more effective/scary in her section of the Sister Location game. If anyone is unaware, “the Jaws effect” is where the less you see of the monster the more effective it is in terms of suspense as you have no idea what it looks like, where it is, how large/tall it is, etc. In Ballora's case you can only hear her singing and hear her music box playing, with her not being physically seen most of the time. Edit: just to clarify; I overall agree with many of the criticisms towards the game in this video and Pastra’s section about how it changed Five Nights at Freddy’s and that the gameplay can be improved.

[@erinbathie-moore8478]

And that's why the final version of the monster in The Bird Box was more terrifying than what they had planned; because we never got to see what the characters did before they died

[@DarnHooligan]

@@erinbathie-moore8478 fear of the unknown is definitely one of the most effective horror techniques, the things the audience can think of will usually be more terrifying than what they can show

[@Sequin228]

Then showing her in a jumpscare/the gallery defeats the entire purpose of not showing her. In terms of the jaws effect- just show her legs like they did in the scripted, just like you would see Jaws' or a sharks fin.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

The "Jaws Effect" is build up through showing it coming. You know what a Shark is and what they look like. The animatronics were shown off already.

[@Just_Caden]

@@DarnHooligan While this is true, you literally see ballora in the previous night on stage before this section

[@ZayJayPlays]

If Scott had a nickel for every time he hyped up a female, green eyed antagonist only for them to barely be in the game and get sidelined by some other amalagmation of wires and parts. He'd have two nickels.

[@sofieepic]

which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[@cybzical]

wait whats the other one

[@Solaris.Energy]

@@cybzical I’m pretty sure Vanny/Vanessa.

[@mewsticorsomthing1623]

​@@Solaris.Energy and the blob

[@jaylinanimationsd5412]

@@Solaris.Energy scrap baby?

[@17raysplays29]

Until you mentioned it, I 100% believed that the piece of metal you hide behind in that one scene was just meant to be curved for some reason.

[@maxclips3152]

Wait...its not...?! Good gravy

[@waspanimations7037]

That was metal?

[@magicshruums1014]

WAIT IT WASNT CURVED😭

[@m_dwg]

i always thought it was one of those climbing walls with the grips cut out

[@Bredkid96]

The metal reminds me of a styrofoam cup that someone poked holes in with a pencil

[@jupitersnoot4915]

Personally, I interpretted Hand Unit to be more of a kind of joking "corporate attitude" insert. Maybe that's not what Scott necessarily intended, but to me Hand Unit's dialogue always felt like the kind of thing a pro-corporation AI would be programmed to say.

[@justsomeperson1282]

Corporate Memphis personified?

[@ryanwagner3890]

He also serves the purpose of making the first night seem like the normal night on the job, and gives you a reason to trust Baby with him being shown to be unreliable early on.

[@PointsofData]

Yes that's what Scott intended. For Hand Unit to be a pro-corporation AI. But his dialogue is way too meta and sarcastic for it to work effectively. Hand Unit isn't a character, he's a joke dispenser that also has some minor effect on the plot.

[@raymondmattox]

I understand your point of view but in my opinion I love it because it just feels more terrifying

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

Even so, the exotic butters gift basket is the perfect gift for Michael, since he spends most of his free time eating popcorn. He finally has something to put on it.

[@princesskristan]

The lack of Circus Baby in a game that was supposed to be centered around her, reminds me about how Vanny was supposed to be a big part in Security Breach, but you barely see her. I love both games and they're my favorites in the series, but I have no issue with pointing out the flaws

[@unk9192]

The difference is that Circus Baby was a planned mislead, when you find out about Ennard, but Vanny was teased (and was clearly originally planned) as the main antagonist of SB, being a child murderer hunting down the player character, who was, as we all know, a child, and her absence was a byproduct of the game being rushed.

[@princesskristan]

@@unk9192 I honestly don't like how it was rushed. Even though there's some glitches that I think is hilarious like Giga Monty, I really wouldn't mind if we waited another year for SB to be released

[@ithinkflutterawesome6511]

Circus Baby is in the game though: even if she isn't physically present most of the time, she has a huge amount of presence. She directly interacts with the player, you learn a lot about her personality and story, and you end the game with a lot of knowledge about her. In comparison, very little of Vanny is explained in the actual game, and we still don't really have a grasp on her personality or her identity.

[@StormerSage]

*Are you having fun yet?* Seriously, that's her only line outside of endings.

[@TheLarryDungeon]

@@StormerSage No I am not. *Sees dj music man* Yes I am

[@lastmellon489]

I think Baby’s underutilization made her more sinister. She wasn’t an antagonist that was in your face causing trouble, but one that was in the background watching you and waiting for the right moment.

[@Kyezoar]

I mean most of the animatronics in the games, are in the background watching you and waiting for the right moment.

[@lastmellon489]

@@Kyezoar Yeah, but they had a clear intention in the other games. During the first play through of SL, you don’t know her intent and can’t see her. All you have is her voice.

[@helfire14]

It made for a pretty good twist, too. You _thought_ that she was active and moving around, and you _thought_ she was who you thought she was, when in reality she spent almost the entire game in an entirely different body and you only ever really see 'her' at the end.

[@lastmellon489]

@@helfire14 Exactly. That’s why I’d consider her one of the best characters in the series. She’s manipulating you throughout the entire game.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

@@TheLimeCrimes what parts do you think are the most chilling?

[@klimaxkid]

If those kids could read they’d be very upset

[@jared11111]

My sister especially she loves this game.

[@okpeg6809]

Bro the video just came out at least watch the whole thing before farming likes

[@DarthScott]

@@okpeg6809 imagine being jealous of something meaningless 💀

[@connorv289]

@@okpeg6809 honestly who cares 🤓

[@SpringyGirl69]

I love this game, but we don’t claim them lol

[@kingofrivia1248]

YOU NEVER TALK TO CIRCUS BABY. I dont like that people miss that. Enmard had the voice you hear before she got fully dismantled, so ennard always talked to you, never baby. She was probably turned off the entire time.

[@drawingdragon]

The fact that Baby is the "face" of SL and the image on every poster despite NEVER ACTUALLY BEING in the game is absolutely mind blowing and I love it tbh. Massive twist

[@thatanimegirlwiththecape4807]

Ennard IS baby. It has her soul inside it and the other 3 main characters, the reason shes dismantled in night 5 is because shes already in ennard. The other animatronics also progressively became ennard as the game progressed. Also hand unit says "baby had a rough day today and needs repair", so she likely became part of ennard right before the night 5 night shift and hand unit interpretated that as her being damaged. We were talking to baby herself in nights 1-4

[@Peridarth]

The fact that theres zero checkpoints in this game, especially with the final night, is INSANE to me

[@eternalayame7405]

Try dark soulsss You'll love those gamess

[@imrunningoutofnames2413]

@@eternalayame7405 as a dark souls fan there checkpoints are pretty forgiving depending on the boss or depending on the level

[@bobbypow921]

There are some checkpoints but there really need to be checkpoints in between F. Freddy and Ballora and also the Ennard room. I haven't beaten ennard because I just keep dying to the keypad.

[@graphite7898]

@@eternalayame7405 Dark Souls not only had quite a nice amount of bonfires but the game is actually fair and easy if you know what to do. Some of the nights in SL are just bullshit.

[@matheuspires2462]

@@graphite7898 dark souls almost as easy as cuphead I beat tutorial 💯

[@abbyxiong362]

In my personal opinion, i like the emphasis of humor in sister location. I think the contrast between hand unit's dialogue and baby's dialogue makes what baby says throughout the game seem more important than if hand unit's lines weren't deliberately jokish and if he was serious throughout your playthrough. Thats my opinion though!

[@Annnoura]

I love hand unit in this game.

[@bananapear7049]

yeah I thought this way too.

[@cyan-eyed3295]

Exactly, plus sister location isn’t meant to be as much of a horror game as the others, which is why there is so much comedic relief, like hand unit and the end of shift cutscenes, I think uhyeah takes it too seriously

[@Jonrocks7]

Welcome, eggs benedict.

[@Jonrocks7]

@@cyan-eyed3295 laughs in the face of security breach

[@sinception5034]

I wish that at some points Handunit would just be deadly serious with the player. Things like him telling you not to trust the voice on the PA. Hell, maybe this could've been another option which leads to two different endings. One ending where you do everything Handunit says and end up finishing your work week without doing much at all, and another ending where you listen to Baby and get scooped.

[@chaosinc.382]

I do like that idea.

[@negative_skies]

honestly this would've been better than "listen to ennard baby but not toooooo much"

[@justatanuki.6495]

Reminds me of Dude, Stop but in a horror scenario, neat

[@blakefauset4549]

Isn’t hand unit the voice that guides you??(aka voice on the PA?)

[@xsunflwrr]

​@@blakefauset4549yes

[@pitched7401]

Night 3 Foxy section is even simpler. Run 7 steps, flash, if he's there wait, flash until he's gone, run 7 steps. Works every single time. Never died to Foxy (except the mandatory part ofc)

[@toxic_shr00m]

Ballora's even easier. Just press W over and over without holding it.

[@someguy7110]

​@@toxic_shr00m I'm pretty sure that works for Funtime foxy aswell.

[@AspireC137]

Baby doesn't attack you in sister location because she's already been scooped before you interact with her in person. She is talking to you as part of Ennard. You can actually see Ennard standing and moving behind baby's empty body if you turn up the brightness.

[@Neo005]

I mean yeah it's makes sense for us to not being able to see baby for the whole game, but not even letting her get some spotlight in the custom night that isn't in the Canon story? This is just ridiculous, such a good character, but the execution and usage of the character is so bad.

[@AspireC137]

@@Neo005 I agree it was a bad decision on Scott’s part not including her actual model at all in the gameplay. I think the realization that she’s been scooped the entire time was mean to be the game’s big twist with the subtle foreshadowing and all.

[@TheDiner50]

@@AspireC137 It was not a bad decision. It is strange how she can be scooped and still have all the internals still. She was meant to be the good voice helping you. It was a setup to make the character you play as be tricked to get into being scooped. Really the game and lore makes hardly sense anyways but she was not very important and did not need to be on the face of the game cover. Leaving Freddy on the cover and having her be a out of sight manipulative voice was not a bad idea.

[@iitstre_4550]

@@TheDiner50I mean for lore she’s actually very important. But I still think they used her pretty well in the game. I personally would’ve liked to see more of baby, because she’s my favorites character, but her being a “guardian Angel” type evil was pretty cool

[@cook_it]

Imagine if you did see her throughout the game, but it turns out it was just ennard puppeteering her empty body to fool you more.

[@ambroe]

pastras part on william afton was honestly really good, got me thinking on him and now william honestly feels more stale than bowser as a villain, he was so good and interesting but somehow putting him in so many games with a driving role made him feel more like a rushed school project than the great character he once was

[@Mike14264]

@@Avaitor_YT I mean, aside from the RPGs, where he ascends to the status of awesome, most of the time (not always, but most of the time, especially on 2D titles, like the NSMB series), he's just "I kidnap the princess. Das it." At least the first New Super Mario Bros had a cool twist where you actually _kill_ Bowser on World 1, and then you fight his dry form, and then he gets resurrected. That was quite unexpected and creative. The 3D games do get more creative tho, but his main objective is still the same. In a way, Willy here went from a mysterious killer with unknown purposes, where many possibilities could fit his motivations, from the most understandable to the most vile and terrifying... ...into a guy with a single goal that, since it doesn't get much explanation nor exploration in future games, it is seen as almost simple-minded and, because of that, ended up making the guy become a meme. Several times, actually. Also, how was the comment above us a hate message? Directed to who? Definitely not to you, nor anyone in general I feel...

[@lessname2184]

@@Avaitor_YT L take

[@cuboom45]

@@Avaitor_YT There is a difference between hate and a critique .

[@Avaitor_YT]

@Pastel Twine It didn't, 😂, consider yourself a noobie in the sarcastic community, how did my comment offend you?

[@Avaitor_YT]

@@lessname2184 Lol my comment was satire so! L TAKE!!!!

[@charliekicinski9536]

I really like this game but I don’t think anyone can be mad at you cause this is a very hit or miss game

[@graaaaaace]

not really 💀

[@graaaaaace]

major hit

[@moth2120]

@@graaaaaace major miss for me. huh. would you look at that. collected data in this thread so far says it's a hit or miss game.

[@PuppeteerGaming]

@@graaaaaace it's my second favorite game from the franchise, but I can definitely see why someone wouldn't be keen on the gameplay mechanics. I'm very interested in what reasoning the uploader has behind not caring for this installment.

[@charliekicinski9536]

@@bigbadgammagnome that is true. It makes more sense to say no one should be mad

[@SaturnHunter_]

“I will not take story reasons as an excuse for lackluster gameplay or missed potential” is such a real fucking line. Everything fnaf has ever done wrong has attempted to be hidden behind story or lore reasons and it’s never sat right with me. That’s such a quick, easy way to say it just needs to do better

[@CaptLumpycake]

DD pfp is so based

[@kritexz]

Sis location was the last decent fnaf game

[@maxpropaganda230]

The main defense I see for the horror to sci-fi switch that sister location made was that “oh but the FNAF 2 animatronics had facial recognition in 1987” which I personally felt like was an in universe corporate excuse for why they behaved so uncannily like “oh hey why is that hunk of junk looking at me funny” “oh uhhh.. it’s uhhh FEATURE! It’s uh facial recognition! So that you and your family can be safe, definitely not haunted or possessed by the vengeful spirits of dead kids or anything!”

[@destroyerofturtles5024]

Well the toy animatronics weren’t possessed, so I think they might have actually had an AI.

[@maxpropaganda230]

@@destroyerofturtles5024 I always considered the toys to be like “half possessed”. They have some pieces of the originals in them so

[@MrManTheFirst]

@@maxpropaganda230 Fnaf 2 was a prequel to fnaf 1, with fnaf 2 taking place in 1987, and fnaf 1 taking place in 1993. So the toys wouldn't have pieces of the originals in them.

[@generalwaddles6638]

@@MrManTheFirst are you forgetting that their was a restaurant before the second game that had the old animatronics

[@bigpoggers6507]

@@MrManTheFirst Not to be that guy, but that's incorrect, the missing's children's place takes place at the restaurant mentioned to be the "old location", in which the Withereds were stuffed, then, their parts were used in the toys, possessed, and they got renovated in order to be used in the FNaF 1 location, listening to the phone calls is important.

[@CobbleBompster]

Sister Location will always be my favorite FNAF game, and I agree with every point this guy makes.

[@soomi5667]

Love that people can still love the game but, agree on the points.

[@StrawberryKiss3s]

Take this W, for being open minded and critical of a game you favor.:]

[@Mike14264]

You may not see it, but I dressed up nicely for this immaculate W, pal.

[@squidwardishot5084]

same

[@spartanshadow90oficial]

Except the box art part, that part doesn't make much sense

[@inde-cipher]

IMO the fact that we never see Baby except for her lifeless body is chilling on rewatch/replay because you realize she was never in her body, she was already a part of Ennard.

[@bloopahVIII]

baby only becomes part of ennard after she gets scooped the way she talks to you in the scooping room is supposed to mean that she has become part of ennard after you sent her away on the conveyor belt

[@Aidan-Shea]

@@bloopahVIII During that sequence she says "Circus Baby has already been here (the scooping room) today." I always took that in the complete opposite way, in the fact that it reveals you did nothing by sending her to the scooper because she had already been scooped prior. It was just a con to get you to go to the scooping room.

[@AzureRoxe]

@@Aidan-Shea She literally says "today" as in "you sent her there and that's how she was scooped". She wasn't scooped before.

[@Aidan-Shea]

@@AzureRoxe It's implied that it was past tense by "already been here". Plus Ennard is already standing behind baby when you send here to the scooping room, follows you within funtime foxys room, and then is on the other side of the glass once you're in there. Along with the strange absence of her parts on the floor of the scooping room.

[@BreadFr1]

@@bloopahVIII You can argue that baby was already a part of ennard because of tho she wasn't scoped she(endo-skeleton) could have went to the scopping room without her suit/model which makes sense because the jumpscare is unmasked ennard

[@Name_23]

Circus baby had more of a presence in pizzeria simulator than her own game 💀

[@toiletjenny333]

No she didn't

[@kaylag5043]

Tbh, I think this game was made more for the theorists than for the gamers.

[@epicwaba6424]

Then it’s a bad game

[@kaylag5043]

@@epicwaba6424 Fair. It probably would have been better as a short film or something, but I suppose that isn't really Scott's style.

[@thesurvivalistpotato3117]

Definitely, it's movie game. You're seeing the story, but also there is some gameplay to make it, you know, a game.

[@Vorcupine]

@@thesurvivalistpotato3117 No "Gameplay" other than the Custom Night. It's all just lazily put together minigames on top of the support beams of the story.

[@thesurvivalistpotato3117]

@@Vorcupine an "interactive" movie. You get to push the buttons yourself!! :0

[@Lokrongl]

Man, I think Pastra hit the nail on the head when describing remnant. Fnaf is supposed to be a supernatural, paranormal, ghost story, but turning it into a "mad scientist experiment" not only broke the immersion, but also ruined my favorite part about the story: haunted robots. I also agree with Pastra in saying that this game was the beginning of Afton's downfall. He was this mysterious serial killer, nothing more. Not a hot take Pastra, I totally agree.

[@Jazker_da_thief]

Same

[@decomposingdave2902]

Same i Immediately stopped liking fnaf when sister location first came out and the other games after that obviously i still love fnaf nowadays but my god Scott’s games after fnaf 4 just lacked in horror and mystery I missed when fnaf 3 was the true ending but unfortunately the fans were childish and had a fucking hissy fit about how fnaf 3 wasn’t what they were expecting so Scott became desperate and continued to make games just to appease those animals I really miss the old days of fnaf

[@cafelavender]

@@decomposingdave2902 totally agree, for me i like to imagine anything after fnaf 4 (excluding the illusion disc thing in 4, bc what the hell was that??) is just an alternate ending to fnaf 3. i'm a sucker for henry's speech (and rockstar freddy) in pizzeria simulator so i'd hate for that game to have never been made 😪 but yeah, the remnant crap totally threw me off and ruined the paranormal aspect that made the games so creepy and atmospheric in the first place. i like to pretend sisters location doesn't exist!

[@gordonf5553]

i agree, the lack of realism truly ruined the bab game for me

[@Malhare01]

Wouldn't say that it completely threw out the paranormal, and I still think Afton retains the Serial Killer aspect. I say it's still is paranormal, as I think Scott calling the souls "Remnant" was a way to differentiate from every other horror game that involved spirits. I also say Afton still is a serial killer, as that's what he started out as. If I had to guess, after he killed Charlotte and saw that The Puppet now possessed her spirit, he became even more obsessed with death, and how to transcend it. I also think after Sister Location, all of the missing children incidents weren't for remnant experiments, but simply just cause he enjoyed doing it.

[@kUHASZ]

30:59 I love the fact that uhyeah gives the spoiler warning half an hour after the video has started.

[@carson_r_0972]

Yooooo eft pfp

[@kUHASZ]

@@carson_r_0972 lets gooo

[@OctoNap]

Completely forgot about Sully's whole eft thing, nice to see the pfps are still around

[@kUHASZ]

@@OctoNap Sully himself forgot about it too.

[@carson_r_0972]

@@kUHASZ yeah it is quite sad that everyone forgot it was poggers 😭

[@opticteadrop]

Personally, I really like Hand Unit. Not only for the jikes, but mostly because tone dissonance is really unnerving to me, and having a character that's basically a joke in this creepy environment... it just creates this sense of unease

[@dannydoodles7048]

I think what made five nights at Freddy's truly scary was its connection to reality. The fear of animatronics existed before fnaf and its creation built on that. The mystery of 'ghosts' being the sole reason it exists added fear. The fear of the unknown is part of what made fnaf great. The base level of weirdness being animatronics coming to life at night being it was great but its been piled on to the point where it doesnt even matter anymore. Being a security guard trying to survive killer animatronics is easy enough to imagine but... a crazy scientist murdering children to research a crazy material that could be used for immortality using dead bodies and animatronics at a pizzeria? What??? edit: i completely forgot I made this comment, 900+ likes is crazy for me. I'm glad I was able to start a discussion!

[@Pygargue00fr]

You, My man, have sumarised the issue with the entire franchise entirely.

[@oliverthedum2129]

These games have gone down the drain

[@Pygargue00fr]

@@oliverthedum2129 yeah, they ar alright but have big issuesn either the story, gameplay ot both (looking at you SB) but deep inside, we all know scott is a sci-fy writer first, a man who did't really enjoyed horror in the first place... and there's nothing wrong with that, but it sort of killed the appeal.

[@oliverthedum2129]

@@Pygargue00fr yeah sorta made the more recent entries boring to play

[@ketaminepoptarts]

and know the fnaf animatronics are nothing like real animatronics, they went from something you could find at a chuck e cheese restaurant to ultra advanced robots with fully sentient ai

[@Basement_Bro]

I will say, I love “Ennard night”. It feels like revenge in a way, and that music is **chef’s kiss”. I wish it wasn’t the “fake” ending because I personally prefer it over the “real” ending. That ending cutscene freaked the hell out of me as a kid.

[@sillyjilly1855]

SAME. Couldn’t sleep for days after seeing those purple eyes in the mirror… always thought I was the only one, glad to seem I’m not! 😭

[@spectroelectro3772]

Did you know the real ending cutscene uses rick ashley in shadow

[@IamtheSpy2005]

@@spectroelectro3772 The shadow is literally just Rick Astley rick rolling people with purple eyes.

[@spectroelectro3772]

@@IamtheSpy2005 yes

[@deadeyeguys]

god same. i remember 11 year old me being terrified of that cutscene. still gives me chills. i can't explain it but it's just unnerving to me

[@thecursedpotato6561]

Honestly, I like the fact that baby as herself wasn't very prominent in the game, I feel like it's a great bait and switch twist where you realise that the voice you trusted wasn't who you thought they were all along

[@aln1193]

yes like that was literally the whole point of not seeing her, because ennard wasn’t inside her he was just using her voice

[@cook_it]

It would've been cool if you saw her throughout the game, but it's ennard puppeteering her empty body.

[@britishbeano]

​@@cook_it Omg that would loom amazing! Maybe they could give little hints where in some frames certain parts of an arm or leg would slightly slip down by a very small amount and you can see wires peeping through. Then in the next frame it would be back to normal. As if Ennard threaded circus baby's parts through his wires.

[@waggieentertainment9387]

I think the reason why Funtime Freddy is the steam cover art is bc I have a theory Scott’s favorite animatronic is Funtime Freddy. It explains why he has 2 sections dedicated to him, why his look is used for Molten Freddy, the Blob, and Helpathagarus, and keeps being used in some way in new games.

[@lumonetic1124]

helpatharagus??

[@waggieentertainment9387]

@@lumonetic1124 ye bc helpy sounds like a nickname

[@MrBilly456]

If he was his favorite animatronic he would have been in UCN...

[@waggieentertainment9387]

@@MrBilly456he’s technically in it twice

[@MrBilly456]

@@waggieentertainment9387 not as a character

[@Clay-wk5ql]

I somewhat understand what the thought process could have been for the box art. Sure they showed off circus baby in the trailers, but on the first night when you go into the game, she guides you. You're supposed to think she's an ally when you start the game, so to have her on the box art (the thing that shows off what's supposed to be the main bad guy or Freddy) it could possibly be a tip off if someone were to connect the dots of how previous box arts worked. Then I guess they assumed if you were going to buy fnaf sister location on the nintendo switch it was because you knew the lore but didn't have a computer.

[@Blujay64]

I think complaining about box art was a stretch, but @Clay that's a good point

[@bluechips5042]

its ironic with the boxart complaint because freddy is still the game icon on consoles anyway not baby

[@rh7474]

Sister Location still has the best intro though. That voice acting was *chefs kiss*

[@Jumbalowbumbalow]

With all do respect, those are not the design choices we are curious about Mr Afton.

[@hi6575]

It’s where the name Afton became canon in game I think

[@heyimadino]

I’ve never kissed a chef before but I agree lol

[@peethan007]

haha supersonic shutu p ,.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Exotic butters

[@GasterBlaster36]

in this section of the game (13:09) the reason why Circus Baby doesn't jumpscare you there is because she is already apart of Ennard. that is just her lifeless suit on the conveyor, so she can trick you into going into the scooping room.

[@asasquatchnamedmiguel8308]

I was just about to comment this lmao

[@childesimp3725]

Yoooooo I did not know that lol

[@starfan9078]

I feel like he didn't put enough time into writing the script for this video, he spends way too much time complaining about silly things and ignoring the context of the gameplay he's talking about

[@teamomni2828]

@@starfan9078 Or maybe he just didn't know / forgot?

[@starfan9078]

@@teamomni2828 which takes away credibility from the video. If he didn't know such an important detail how much thought did he put into analyzing the game beyond surface level complaints?

[@89v1s10n]

Scott was basically just making a different game but with the fnaf logo and continuity

[@Safalmao]

not true at all

[@Sonic-qc5cq]

nah, I don't think so

[@Basement_Bro]

I personally am a fan of the fact that, on night 2, you’re left alone after hand unit goes offline. No circus baby, nothing. Just her voice and your imagination of what’s about to happen. Pair that with the eerie ambience and it’s damn terrifying to sit there in the dark.

[@derram0k]

I never thought Mike was possessing his own body, to me it just seemed he got control of it back after the endoskeletons yeeted themselves. Which is actually pretty dark, the dude was trapped inside his own head as his body was jerked around by a animatronic abomination living inside his body.

[@kaylag5043]

It's pretty terrifying to think he probably felt it all too. Imagine what it would feel like for him to feel every movement of the metal endoskeleton inside his skin. I think SL is scary because of how specific it is about the horrific things that happened.

[@yamstree2454]

It's not even a body, all the organs got scooped out

[@the_second_channel]

i wish my body was jerked by an animatronic 😩

[@grimstruck5300]

one of mattpatts theories was that he was actually a robot that thought he was human, no this is real

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

@@grimstruck5300 because EVERYTHING in FNAF is a damned robot to Mattpat.

[@maxmario350]

I think FNaF as a franchise is one where it's extremely hard to find someone who likes every game. Most people I've talked to have disliked at least 1, not counting FNaF world. I don't see this happen with any other indie franchise, and I think it's because each game is completely unique from the rest. The most similar games are 1, 2, and 3, but they all have elements that create entirely different games.

[@gneu1527]

I don't really dislike any of them, I just find them all boring these days because I've beaten them all, so that's why I play fangames more.

[@xI-MIKE-Ix]

I like all of them, the story is awesome and each game has different dynamics and feeling

[@GodittoC]

69 likes, make a wish!

[@AvilioAmici]

I mean, you might not be looking in the right places. I know for a fact that I love every game (even the bad ones, like World and SB)

[@aceaids4000]

It really makes for good discussion, especially as the games progress through the years. Like many people used to shit on FNAF 3 for being not scary and eventually learned to love it for the gameplay. Others loved FNAF 4 for having the most terrifying animatronics but others despise it for the same reasons. The video can be applied to sister location, others don't seem to enjoy Pizzeria Sim, and of course security breach who most FNAF fans hate, new gamers and speedrunners like, etc. The only one that gets the least amount of hate is FNAF 1 which is unanimously agreed to be the best.

[@Katyamuffin]

This is definitely a game that's more fun to watch playthroughs of than play yourself. I remember watching Markiplier and GT play it when the game just came out and thinking it was awesome, then playing it myself and just being frustrated constantly. And yeah in hindsight the story really started going downhill at that point.

[@m.e.s.d.l._2005]

It's sci-fi

[@avena7506]

The idea of wondering "What the hell happened to these children to make them this way" Was what made FNAF terrifying for me. It made me think of the horrific things that drove these things to move in such distorted positions or how some acted in different ways and how that could correlate to their demise and how they remain in this world. It made everything just that extra bit horrific. That being taken away has ruined so much of Fnaf and it's fan games for me.

[@avena7506]

This fear of the unknown was what put me on edge all those years ago.

[@corey4370]

Honestly i couldn’t agree more, i only got into FNAF this year but I tried to stay spoiler free for the first couple games, and I loved learning more and more about it. I personally think that the silver eyes and the rest of the FNAF books ruined it. They got way too in depth with how everything worked(remnant) and then the Fazbear frights books kinda jumped the shark

[@prismaiscool]

@@corey4370 silver eyes was pretty good and was the best book. It's because of The Fourth Closet and The Twisted One which got more in-depth into remnant and shit like that

[@SeaHorseOfYoutube]

I mean let's not ignore the fact that FNAF has turned into a mainstream fantasy horror franchise for kids, all the outlandish elements that separate the game from reality make it easier to market to kids, see the designs of the glamrock animatronics and Vanny's knife being cut from the game.

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

@@prismaiscool Yeah in silver eyes until the very end it's not confirmed if the animatronics are even possessed

[@PMSeymour]

the Butter button was a very interesting risk he took for the game, cause unless he patches it out, it would’ve been a constant reminder of a flopped joke

[@Steadfast123]

Exotic butters

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

IT'S THE FUNNY TUMBLR MAN

[@bigbowlofspaghetti]

Exactly, if exotic butters didn’t catch on then it would’ve been incredibly embarrassing. I guess Scott knew his audience though and that they would find it as funny as he does.

[@FatalDawn1]

It was hella funny you "I can't say what I want without this platform crying about it" hater

[@asap6763]

​@@bigbowlofspaghettiScott unlocked his inner child and made a joke only children found funny, mascot horror shenanigans

[@sammisafetypin]

You could easily adjust Night 5's crawling sequence to have an actual threat while still keeping the "all these guys have gotten scooped" thing, too. Just, like, have the scooping be happening *while* you're doing the crawling section. Have all of the threats be there but as you go through you hear horrible distant noises and all of a sudden you realize Ballora's not pursuing you anymore -- there, now you have an actual minigame with actual progression, ambience and story build-up, AND you can still have essentially th same story climax!

[@durillongaming]

but why would they all be killing you if they are all funneling down into the scooper? and they already know they need ur body, biting its face off dont make much sense

[@Some_Random_Gamer_YT]

@@durillongaming but why would they all be killing you in the first place if they need your body, biting your face off doesn't make much sense.

[@durillongaming]

@@Some_Random_Gamer_YT they only formulate the plan to scoop you by the third or fourth night

[@Some_Random_Gamer_YT]

@@durillongaming Excuses excuses

[@durillongaming]

@@Some_Random_Gamer_YT if they wanted to scoop you, they wouldve done it the other five nights

[@asasquatchnamedmiguel8308]

11:35 I think Baby not being present is done to humanize her more. If we saw a big animatronic, you automatically think: it's gonna kill me. So by having her voice disconnected from her visually up untill the end, it almost makes the player forget she's a murder robot and instead implies shes actually a thinking feeling person. Then at the end when we do finally see her, it's too late as the player to change their mind as theyre is marked for death regardless of what they choose to do. At least that's my theory :)

[@moonistheking8206]

I had no idea William Afton was building these animatronics to get remnant to become immortal. I just thought he wanted to murder more children. To be honest, the "remnant" stuff is just plain stupid, even too stupid for me. This portrayal of William Afton is what I'd expect to see in a poorly written AU on Wattpad, not in a cannon title.

[@creator_of_drama]

Pasta said bullshit. I'm sure he doesn't even have a clue what a remnant is. Yes, and William did not pursue the goal of immortality, at least at the very beginning. This video is just stupid.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Even funnier, Henry in Dayshift at Freddy's took that concept and made it good - Henry is driven by morbid curiosity about what happens after death, and how that affects the world around it, hence why he started killing after convincing William to work as an accomplice by using his naivete

[@dantdmfangamingrich9802]

William likes killing kids and looking to be immortal and to “put back” his dead son Edit: I think William first killing kids was for fun then looking to be immortal then to help his dead son because he just started killing for no reason. William is just a psychopath

[@officialtoddhoward69]

​@@Aimi_KanekoWe literally know that's his goal. It's not a theory. It's fact.

[@officialtoddhoward69]

​@@zototheo2580Which is a canon fact. Everything else he says is mostly crazy but we literally know that's what William wants

[@saltystick_99]

"I will not take story reasons as an excuse for lackluster gameplay, or missed potential." As someone who's friends with someone who defends a bad game because "the story is so good bro", that is genuinely so relieving to hear.

[@lukebytes5366]

What game is that out of curiousity?

[@saltystick_99]

@@lukebytes5366 Mega Man X6

[@insertnamehere259]

To be fair some people enjoy games with a really good story than focus on the gameplay

[@saltystick_99]

@@insertnamehere259 And I get that, I just kind of get a bit more "Ehh..." when they negate _all_ flaws and call it an underrated masterpiece in favor of a good story. I.e: how people are turning around to Sonic 06.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

@@insertnamehere259 To be fair, books, movies, and shows exist. The point of a GAME is to be PLAYED and in turn the GAME aspect should be good. Story can carry a bad game, but at that point it is still a bad game. Maybe it is a good movie or good book but a failure of a game. Meanwhile a bad story in a game but with good game play can still be a good game.

[@carealoo744]

I feel the annoyance of being sent so far back for dying on Night 5 is almost like the Game is yelling at you: "Now. You better follow my instructions this time."

[@rosalie4875]

Someone should make a mod with the small changes you’ve suggested- it wouldn’t be that hard for a modder and I agree it would totally improve the gameplay

[@dolger4308]

You'll never know why this got so many likes:)

[@cranberryrosebud]

I'd say it shows how amazing he is at gameplay and strategy in general, given that no one could really beat that section based purely off of previous fnaf experience, as SL in general uses very different mechanics for the most part. But I agree, it was very impressive!

[@defaultface7273]

He was also the first recorded person to beat nightmare aggressive in FNAF 3.

[@cranberryrosebud]

@@defaultface7273 I hope he gets some plaques for his hard work

[@croc2112]

@@cranberryrosebud lmao he won't get shit dude

[@tragedyplustime8271]

Mark is quite skilled, but most importantly stubborn.

[@Nadefield69]

I also want to point out the fact that Funtime Chica is missing from the game. I know that we found out that it has a separate place (Chica Party World, found in the source code of Scott's site), but it would have been cool if we had like a special night (a minigame in extras) in which we visit Chica's Party World to fix her because it has glitches or smth. It's technically correct from a story standpoint and would have made a great minigame.

[@williamsfamily9631]

It’s actually Chica’s Party World

[@cruzeal]

funtime chica is the spring lock suit your inside on night 4

[@mistjor]

@@cruzeal source?

[@cruzeal]

@@mistjor the inside face plates are really similar

[@Chaki21]

@@cruzeal I mean... Funtime chica has a beak and is not a springlock suit, but it could have been interessing.

[@pomboss6459]

The biggest jump-scare featured in the entire video was 100% Pastra’s intro

[@curtishamilton5342]

Pastra: *”Peace was never an option.”*

[@edcomicking393]

Changing William Afton from just a disturbed serial killer to a mustache-twirling, Tony Stark level mad scientist trying to figure out immortality with a fucking goofy british accent is the biggest L in the series. Went from horror to looney toons

[@algotkristoffersson15]

What’s so goofy about having a British accent? All it shows is that he is British and therefore an immigrant if the game actually takes place in the US.

[@SollidnitrogeN]

The bit with Pastra coming in and just hijacking the video as his own, down to the intro, and even EDITING style got me pretty good, that shit's FUNNY

[@moderndemon84]

xd xd xd xd

[@DropsOfMars]

Honestly, Hand Unit is actually fine. Imagine working at any job ever in real life, where your orientation, posters in the break room, and overall public attempts to look squeaky clean and presentable all scream CORPORATE BS, it stands to reason this thing which is meant to guide you attempts to be funny, relatable, and distract away from the unsavory parts of the company. The game banks on your familiarity with the animatronics, so when hand unit plainly says "administer a controlled shock" you know that action carries more potential consequences. He is the representation of a corporation that pretends everything is okay whilst the company itself does terrible things. He's a perfect fit.

[@Moony1568]

Exactly. I agree 100%. FNAF always had this underlying satirical take on how little corporations care about their workers. It’s something I really enjoy and appreciate about the franchise. It hit its peak with Pizza Simulator which is basically a complete satire in a FNAF game.

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar8450]

The fact you are so fond of Sister Location's jumpscares is quite curious to me, since I personally find them to be among the more underwhelming ones in the series. A big problem is the animatronics themselves, their metallic looking design just loses the decrepitness and uncanny feel the previous ones had. They're way too nice and shiny, to the point they don't look like monsters anymore. Also, size matters. While some of the characters in Sister Location are technically very large, you don't really get a sense of it. In FNAF 1, seeing the animatronics in the corridors, in the doorways, next to tables gave you a sense of how goddamn huge they were, when they get to your office they look DOWN on you. If Bonnie stood in front of me, I'd know I was done for; if Funtime Foxy tried to jump me, I feel like I could beat his scrawny ass. Ballora is the exception, tough.

[@lemington001]

yeah. all the jumpscares looks stupid, especially compared to the first four games. the faceplates do help. but the way the endo skeletons look just doesnt look right. they stray so far from the original endo designs. unlike the logical in fnaf 1 and 2, its like afton made them really only for the purpose of the jumpscares. which you could argue thats what he did, but still, not really. i get it makes them more interesting, but wouldnt it be weird if you consider the timeline? if this is around fnaf 2 ( most likely before ), why wouldnt there be custom endos? i get that was wayy before sl, but still. it doesnt make any sense. it just seems like a massive waste of materials since the previous endo skeletons act the exact same ( for the most part). they all just look stupid as hell

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6314]

Ballora's first jumpscare is actually amazing, probably one of the best ones in the series tbh. The actual animation is solid, the motion blur effect looks great, the way it emerges from the dark, the lighting is incredibly realistic since it actually looks like you're shining a light at her face while it happens, with every wire casting a shadow, and the way she finally reveals her eyes in the end. It's almost... too good. It's so good it actually kinda looks out of place being in the same game as that god damn Yenndo jumpscare where he just kinda pops into existence and repeats like a 5 frame cycle of his jpeg jaw moving up and down. The jumpscare quality is so incredibly inconsistent it's actually funny.

[@Mike14264]

I had an idea for how they could look more like classic animatronics, and keep the plates. Basically, I never really liked the idea that they're meant for showing more complex emotions, when they just open and close. So, I thought instead they just existed to allow for easy repairs. Real life animatronics do have a casing, usually made of acrylic, to cover their endoskeleton, so that the fur suits could then be slid on them. They could have that casing completely mechanized and fully retractable so that we don't need to remove it every time we wanted to repair the endoskeleton. And then I thought, maybe this means that they'd have a costume covering their plated body, a fur suit for Freddy and Foxy, and a latex skin suit for the human Baby and Ballora, like real life human-looking animatronics. Suddenly, they could look a lot more like the classic animatronics! And if the suits were old, and the fur was starting to peel off, and the latex was starting to melt, then we could have some really uncanny designs! I also, uh, don't like the wire endoskeletons, quite frankly. I think the idea they're supposed to emulate muscles is plain dumb. Regular endos, yeah.

[@x-nimator9997]

@@lemington001 idk man, fnaf 3 jumpscares are even worse than SL's. Springtrap's are veeeeeery underwhelming

[@anonymousdonkey.]

"To the point where they don't look like monsters anymore" But they were never meant to be monsters or even designed that way. The only animatronic designs that resemble monsters are the ones in FNAF 4 and maybe FNAF 6

[@ghoststil]

Looking back on it, I can’t believe that this video created so much controversy. I personally love this game, but I can also appreciate your opinion on this topic !

[@vthestoner]

the reason why it has so much controversy is because of pastra, i mean listen to 20:08 he's babbling about a plot point he made up himself when it isn't even true to the story😂

[@MahNamJeff]

@@vthestoner The scooper part is 100% right, as its blueprints in 6 reveal that it injects remnant into the thing it scoops, allowing for possession and (as shown via zombie michael) immortality. Williams motives i have no clue on but could be a novels thing.

[@luc1ddream5]

​@@vthestonerbut it was half true though

[@avian1799]

What likely tricked a lot of people into liking the game is that it always *seems* like there‘s a lot going on. All the scripted sequences are set up to make you think that there‘s room for Error and a potential threat. Ironic since Baby tricks you the same way in the final night

[@mikeandikes5972]

Define “tricked into liking.” If you like it, you like it. If you don’t afterwards, you don’t. It’s not as if you can be tricked into an opinion.

[@avian1799]

@@mikeandikes5972 I‘m just adding to a point he made himself: a lot of people in the FnaF Community haven‘t played the games. And so when it comes to judging a games‘ quality, the actual gameplay is tertiary if not mostly pushed to the side while Aesthetic, Character Design and Overall feel of the game come first. For example, the Community praises FnaF 3 and 4 for nailing these factors while the actual players, both at the time of release and in hindsight, complained about the staleness of these titles in terms of Gameplay and actual scariness. Sister Location is such an extreme example of this that even the players where fooled to believe the game was a lot better than it actually was, just because no other game nails the feeling of tension without any actual tension being present whatsoever throughout most of the game like it does.

[@littlemoth4956]

@@avian1799 "Tricked into liking" is an even stupider way of wording it with this context, then. FNAF is unique in the sense that the majority of the fanbase don't actually interact with a lot of the content directly. Those fans aren't invalid for enjoying it that way.

[@avian1799]

@@littlemoth4956 The way I see it, the reasons people enjoy Sister Location, mainly the ones stemming from a misinterpretation of the gameplay to be better than it actually is, simply don´t hold up when you look into it. I´m not saying its predatory game design or anything, but that it would be best for people reconsider what they actually like about the game. If they still end up liking it after looking into the game more throroughly, that´s perfectly fine.

[@lucasM6]

I feel like sister location is an "interactive horror film" if you know what im saying, when you first watch the film it really gets to you, but when you watch it again you dont feel the same effect because you know what and when things happen, but you still like the film. So i understand what you are trying to say but even if there is a lot of scripted sequences i still think sister location is a good experience.

[@wesleyyisme2586]

Scott’s natural talent for creating Sci-fi universes and stories bled purely into FNaF during Sister Location, with some pretty interesting results

[@Mike14264]

Yeah, I tend to forget he's really into that stuff, with the Desolate Hope and whatnot.

[@Heli-draws]

Yeah,though he should have probably set the game in the future to explain all the technology around (By future,I mean after the events of FNAF 1,2 and 4,after the 90s. Of course,this wouldn't work with the actual FNAF timeline because of Michael and all,but this is just a thought)

[@southside1970pfc]

lol i remeber that stream i was watching you was raging so bad your mom told you to quiet down

[@squidwardishot5084]

@@Heli-draws honestly i dont think so,if you can make those robots in like 19 something these seem possible

[@someguy1894]

@@Heli-draws uhh FNaF 3 takes place (or is theorized) to be in 2023 if that helps

[@64girl2thresq4]

I remember thinking that during night 4, there should've been a blood splatter effect when the spring locks shut. The sound effect and visuals used for the scooper were perfect. But you know what? I think that might've been the original intent. Scott just changed it last minute. Remember before the game came out, how Scott talked about the game going against his vision or something along those lines? He made changes as a result. My guess is that it has something to do with how violent the game probably was? Night 4 was probably part of it. This explanation would probably explain why the minigames were so lackluster. Maybe there were supposed to be animatronics chasing you while you were crawling in the vent. Maybe some of the minigames were more intense with more violent jumpscares and more going on. But he probably took out all of that. And replaced it with nothing.

[@leonardobrasiliense414]

Nah, that post from scott was just to give credibility to sl mature edition, which ended up being just a trollgame, i doubt what any of he said was real

[@normaerickson5455]

@@leonardobrasiliense414 true. My favorate moment in fnaf was when game theory fell for it on GTlive.

[@punprincess3214]

With the story, it can basically be boiled down to this: William left his son instructions to find his secret bunker, Michael goes and explores, finds out his dad is a modern day Victor Frankenstein/John Wayne Gacy/Ed Gein, gets tricked by his dead sister and the amalgamations of his father's other victims to be their meat suit, and when they're done with him and leave, the remains of their supernatural powers kept him alive

[@andrei283]

Some say Michael wasn't even human to begin with or some kind of robot kid via game theory but I like that it's remnant that fuels Michael's Life

[@thegamingfish547]

Nice to see pastra show up. Definitely someone who deserves more relevance in the community as someone who makes quality videos and has some interesting takes

[@southside1970pfc]

lol i remeber that stream i was watching you was raging so bad your mom told you to quiet down

[@remonssi6997]

Before I actually played Sister Location, I watched really short clips or heard about the story out of context. And my impression was that with Baby encouraging us, we would lure all the animatronics to the scooper to kill them as a way to keep ourself safe, but in actuality, we were just helping Baby make Ennard. Needless to say, I was kind of disappointed that we didn't do any of that and Baby just makes Ennard herself(?) and we're just kind of passively receiving the story beats. I hoped that we as the player could do more to actually be in the story or something -_-

[@Smiley_404]

That idea you just mentioned is really cool

[@error-try-again-later]

That sounds like a much better idea tbh.

[@m3at952]

baby does not make ennard

[@user-lr7dk7mt2w]

Isn't it a major plot point that baby wasn't in the game she was actually part of ennard the whole time

[@popakontas328]

From a pacing and horror perspective, this would be horrible

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Fnaf SL was the point where I felt that there was a major shift in the series. If I had to compare it to a movie, FNAF SL would be like that one installment in the series where the movie decides to ditch the formula that its preview installments had and tries to do its own thing. Both visual and story wise.

[@texasred8424]

fnaf sl was the series jumping the shark

[@TriptuneRadio]

Halloween 3 comes to mind for me

[@ApollyonMathy]

Felt like the game lost it's charm after fnaf sl

[@johnmarston4315]

Kind of like Friday the 13th shifting from 8 to the shitshow that is known not as 9 but Jason goes to hell

[@aumsharma8783]

@@TriptuneRadio IKR, it comes into my mind as well. it was so different and had No relation Michael Myers, but I still enjoyed it

[@franknfurter5336]

19:52 I am SO beyond glad that someone else finally addressed this. I cannot comprehend how or why this franchise's lore or story would appeal to someone past FNAF 3, aside from nostalgia. the existence of remnant and whatever the book lore is massacres all suspension of disbelief.

[@3spoons366]

One of the biggest flaws with sister location compared to every other fnaf game is that you really are just dealing with one threat at a time.

[@pacrat190]

Yea with every other game you deal with more and more at a time which really creates a great urgency and fear of messing up I personally find the game very boring without it

[@dback50]

That is totally correct but then again i see it as the differing mechanics make up for it. It also makes the environments more personal to the character.

[@corymyles177]

I only don't like fnaf sister location because the ennard night....I can't beat him and sometimes he moves silently to make it more unfair

[@smoothyodaproductions4373]

@@corymyles177that sounds like a massive skill issue

[@corymyles177]

@@smoothyodaproductions4373 no it's not because fnaf 4 you can actually rely on sound sister location you can't because ennard moves silent sometimes and can double jump

[@fruit6953]

Pastra genuinely has MatPat's accent. It caught me so off guard

[@skarloeythomas5172]

Mellow’d, just woken up MatPat

[@howtoavenge1016]

i cant unhear it now

[@arisnightingale7801]

he reminds me of a combo of matpat and prochara (a competitive splatoon player)

[@apatheticpanda182]

I completely thought it was mat pat for a few seconds

[@brotherloops]

God damn I thought I was the only one

[@coyraig8332]

Sometimes I wonder how FNAF would be if Scott leaned into the supernatural elements instead of the sci-fi elements. He could have kept everything up to fnaf 4 as a nightmare and make the nightmare start coming to life, _and the lore could actually make sense_

[@FNAFFANVR87]

You forgot about the insanely long unskippable dialogue in night 4

[@doodlesquish]

To be perfectly honest? ...I agree with Pastra. When Sister Location came out and added all of these new things, it really felt out of place. Particularly with William Afton. Up until that point, he had no name and it was left up to interpretation. People trying to piece everything together. The first four games feel like they exist in the same universe. Sister Location feels almost alternate. Same with Security Breach and pretty much anything that came after Sister Location :/ I kind of miss those simple days, when it was open to interpretation and we didn't even know this guys name. He was just the Purple Guy.

[@HowWasTheFalll]

Remember when everyone called Purple Guy Vincent because we didn't know his real name? Great times.

[@stephaniesheep1147]

​@@HowWasTheFalllI remember :(

[@miZuZYN]

I agree to some lengths. SL and FNaF6 do feel different, but I feel like they still have some right to be called Five Nights at Freddys. FNaF3 was supposed to end the series, but it left a bad taste in Scotts mouth, so he made FNaF4, of which people theorized correctly, and he quite likely saw the negative feedback and decided to continue the story. Yes, FNaF4 explaining things as a dream is cheap, so I can understand he wanted to go for a different outlook. FNaF5 made the shit more SciFi, but even with that FNaF6 ended the story perfectly. The souls are free and William is punished. Only for that to be ruined by the VR games and SB.

[@manupanu9390]

@@miZuZYN completely agree. I would've liked for help wanted to just be non canon, and just be the base games in vr, plus a little more. It could've also expanded more on the past of the story(e.g a night at fredebars, or maybe even a dayshift). Or it could just be Help Wanted, a game that was made in the canon to try and play the MCI as a hoax, but without glitchtrap.

[@rayz_gr8707]

In my opinion, sister location was pretty solid. It gave us more development to purple guy. He went from being ‘i wanna kill kids cos you know why not’ to ‘i need to bring my deceased son and daughter back to life’ It also introduced us to my fav character and an actual protagonist (mike) who has pretty good motivation. Well better then ‘I get these killer robots will brutally murder me and i can easily apply for another job but ill stay anyway’ It also disproved dream theory which I’m sure all of us weren’t a fan of. This is also what took fnaf from an alright mysterious story to atleast a good and fleshed out narrative. Plus, it set us up for fnaf 6 which in terms of atmosphere and horror during the salvage and night shifts was a masterpiece with one of the best endings in gaming. Lets be honest, Scott practically told us springtrap survived the fnaf 3 fire with the hidden image of him in the newspaper .Imagine fnaf ended at that. The killer is loose and is now immortal. But thats just what i think!

[@defi9903]

You're a great critique! Instead of just saying "This is bad" you proactively give suggestions on how to fix the bad parts. Kudos to you

[@critrabbit8975]

Really late, but I absolutely love the idea you gave for Night 4. It would've ABSOLUTELY made that night just a little more scary. It could've added more tension. Instead of the same jumpscare over and over, the faceplates could close, that blood effect and maybe some squishy meat noises on top.

[@TheOGPlatypus]

Uhyeah getting mad and ranting gives me the same vibes as Spongebob yelling at Squidward to get a job

[@Grayson-tk5hn]

youtube is his job tho

[@TheOGPlatypus]

@@Grayson-tk5hn Squidward didn’t in that episode

[@Grayson-tk5hn]

@@TheOGPlatypuswhat

[@TheOGPlatypus]

@@Grayson-tk5hn Spongebob Squarepants, Episode 47b “Can you spare a dime”

[@Grayson-tk5hn]

oh i think i misunderstood this comment

[@hazel9490]

I think a lot of Sister Location fans love it not for what the game was but the opportunities it created.

[@__-ic7si]

ok

[@jackiechan3620]

I like how Clyde is already a terrifying monster with claws and horns and teeth stuff but instead he just has a gun

[@flower_productions7213]

Everyone knows thats how to TRULY be able to say your piece. No need for your monster appearance! Just bring a fucking *gun*

[@robbieelliott5604]

ye😂

[@Redder_Creeps]

Pastra! *WITH GUN* Or "Gangsta Pastra", if you will

[@ellypop995]

clyde has the all new kitchen gun

[@warriordalla5286]

I'm so glad Pastra is getting the recognition he deserves recently, I saw his walten files video when it came out and instantly loved his channel

[@Yamchaggedon]

I genuinely belive that a large amount of the humour in this game also comes from the idea that the community at large was a majority of “tweens” to young teens who did find “exotic butters” the funniest thing in the world. This coming from someone who at 13 said exotic butters any time I heard the word butter

[@Gluh9829]

You forgot to mention the hidden cutscene of Walter White dancing in his underwear.

[@poopiooorpeoeofo]

which night is it seen🤤

[@mcnuggwtscreations]

@@poopiooorpeoeofo Night 666

[@normaerickson5455]

@@mcnuggwtscreations also in night 69.

[@IneptRat]

if he did he'd have to admit the game is the best in the series bc of it obviously

[@UAPAuthority]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i lost all my brain cells when I saw this 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Legoguy9875]

I remember when I first played the game and I was playing through night 1, the whole time I was thinking "wow, this is a pretty cool way to teach the player the layout of the office for when the real game begins." There was no indication prior to the game's release that it would be so story driven, so imagine my surprise when neither of those rooms ever got used again.

[@pvfiz]

Honestly I enjoyed the custom night for sister location wayyyy more than the actual game

[@defaultface7273]

big agree

[@liketrainslol420funni]

Same

[@gun_violence_gaming]

I wish I didn't suck as bad so I could actually beat the game and get the custom night lol

[@hyjinx1889]

if only the custom night was easier to get

[@krys7643]

Facts

[@justaduster]

Honestly one of the biggest offenders of this game imo (appart from the horrible checkpoint "system" that sb inherited) is that the SECRET HARD AS FUCK night 5 ending is the non-canon one, like wtf?!? I spent fucking hours diyng over and over to get the goddamn circus baby mini game, typing the goddman code in baby's key pad and dying to ennard on 5 am cause the fucker decided to make a silent move ONLY to be presented with a cool cinematic, and it not being relevant in any way to the lore

[@colleagueriley860]

The lore’s not very good anyway

[@TheManManoel]

But isn't that what unlocks the custom night at least?

[@m.e.s.d.l._2005]

​@@colleagueriley860ok

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

I agree so damn much about the whole remnant bs. They could keep everything without having to mention that useless explanation of how possession works.

[@Dr_Tune]

This made me realize that the trailer for the game showed great potential. I really did expect that sister location would be the scariest game so far. Unfortunately baby only appears physically once and every other animatronic moves in pictures. It’s a shame since the trailer had them moving in real-time; that was the scariest thing about it.

[@KittynMarvy]

That is just because of the engine the game was made in

[@neasulavuori4955]

@@KittynMarvy wrong choice of engine then. I mean he had to have made the trailer likely in unity or unreal so point stands, he has the skills to make a game in a 3D engine.

[@KittynMarvy]

@@neasulavuori4955 Scott did not know how to code, he could animate, animations and 3d games are a different thing, Scott made the 3d models and renders by 3DS Max and made the game by VISUAL SCRIPTING by clickteam fusion 2.5

[@KittynMarvy]

@@neasulavuori4955 the game is just a bunch of png images smashed together with visual scripting

[@toiletjenny333]

You know that uhm, every animatronic from the series moves in pictures too?

[@gaigeriel]

Honestly, Sister Location had a really really good change in direction from repeating the same thing from the first 4 games, but not executed well. I think Sister Location is 10 times better watching someone play it than play it yourself. I think the idea of having this whole location you explore and do tasks at is such a great idea and I LOVE all of the fun time animatronics. Baby and Funtime Freddy are 2 of my absolute favorites

[@sillyjilly1855]

I agree. I love the characters, specifically Baby and Ballora! The game has issues, but I overall love the idea!

[@norawarnick4157]

this comment blows

[@gaigeriel]

@@norawarnick4157 shut the hell up Nora 👍

[@mylam658]

i forgot to say, but i absolutely love that thumbnail, every time i see it in my reccomended and see freddy's stupid wide-mouthed face right next to "IT SUCKS!!!!" I laugh so hard

[@cloudstriker5473]

i understand it from a lore perspective, but i liked the skill based checking cameras and closing doors of the other games

[@mush-Shroom]

You said that it would've been cool if Circus Baby jumpscared you during the conveyor belt scene, and while I do like this video and agree with most of the points in it, I want to mention that technically it makes more sense for Ennard to jumpscare you. At this point, Ft. Foxy, Ft. Freddy, and Ballora have already been scooped and formed Ennard. Fun fact: Ft. Foxy has the ability to mimic voices. Ennard is pretending to be Circus Baby so they can lead you to the scooping room and steal your skin. Actually, if you look very closely during the conveyor belt part, you can see some of Ennard's wires behind Circus Baby. So technically, it does kind of make sense that Ennard jumpscares you instead of Circus Baby. Just wanted to mention that. ^^

[@Jade_West2010]

Also, "Baby's" voice is slightly different if you listen close enough.

[@TheDiner50]

That also makes no sense. Did they re scoop with just normal robots? Like no matter how one try and make it work just no. And by the lore that Circus baby had whatever child in here that whatever face cared for. Shutdown due to gas leaks whatever. I mean no matter how one tries to it all just seems convoluted. At best Circus Baby was going to join Ennard ones the player finished whatever was needed to be done to Circus Baby before joining Ennard. But then ho is Ennard. And what makes the other animations still go after you? Where they replaced by new robot parts but still haunted? No matter what since Fnaf 4 and Sister Location the game have just gotten worse and worse. Fnaf 3 even now not a favorite for allot of people where a good ending for F1 and F2. Small tweaks and adding some more to it and it had been a good sendoff. And the next good try was the Pizza Simulator game that was ruined by SB. F2 and F3 might need some small tweaks but after that the 1-3 Fnaf games had really been enough Fnaf. Even now Pizza Sim and Ultimate Costume night was really cool. And even Fnaf World was nice. Not something I care to play but still not the worst. Remaking Fnaf 1-3 not doing allot to them? Keeping it very close to the original? That is the last I want out of Fnaf. SB and everything around Fnaf is just done for. Just polish and add the last 5-10% needed to make a legendary trilogy and forget the fever dream that was hurting your ears and brain from the insane shark jumping going on after Fnaf 4.

[@mush-Shroom]

​@@TheDiner50 I'm not really sure what you're trying to say here? But I'll try to address everything. They didn't 'rescoop', Ft. Foxy, Ft. Freddy, Ballora, and Baby got scooped and put themselves back together as Ennard. Circus Baby doesn't have a child that whatever face cared for...? I'm not really even sure what that means? I am pretty sure yes Baby was going to join Ennard once you were done with her because she has to be in Ennard somehow. You can tell because in FNAF 6 she gets kicked out of Ennard creating Scrap Baby and Molten Freddy. Ennard is an amalgamation of all the FNAF 5 animatronics. I'm not sure what you mean by the other animatronics going after you? If you mean Ballora when you're getting led to the scooping room (or the Ennard night), then it's not Ballora. Ballora has been scooped at this point, and the one who jumpscares you at that part is Ennard proving this point further. And I don't have anything to say about your opinions on the other games. I hope that cleared it up for you a little?

[@pur0.]

@@TheDiner50 hey can you rephrase a few of your sentences? nothing personal it’s just abit confusing to respond to

[@Chefmastermike]

It would make more sense for baby to jumpscare you because ennard is controlling the robot

[@MontyTG]

The only problem I had with sister location is the game isn't replayable if Scott add a mode where you can play certain parts of the game like funtime freddy part but you can also change the difficulty sister location would be the best fnaf game in my opinion.

[@reneel4187]

There’s a custom night where you can change the A.I.

[@captainamedeus7047]

@@reneel4187 I think he/she meant the main story nights

[@djneonreaper4990]

@@reneel4187 they meant the minigames

[@Gl0gi]

This is one of the greatest intro ever. I laughed my ass off 😎. Opinion wise I mostly agree with you, but have in mind that Scott needed to provide lore to the playerbase since most theories that playerbase provided didn't agree with Scotts vision of the game. It's hard to balance gameplay, lore and general direction of the game and succeeding.

[@strontium_slider]

I must admit the VR port for this game was actually very good, probably better than the flatscreen game

[@Mike14264]

There was a VR port?

[@jared11111]

@Mike Fan-made Game

[@1Chitus]

I think what made five nights at Freddy's truly scary was its connection to reality. The fear of animatronics existed before fnaf and its creation built on that. The mystery of 'ghosts' being the sole reason it exists added fear. The fear of the unknown is part of what made fnaf great. The base level of weirdness being animatronics coming to life at night being it was great but its been piled on to the point where it doesnt even matter anymore. Being a security guard trying to survive killer animatronics is easy enough to imagine but... a crazy scientist murdering children to research a crazy material that could be used for immortality using dead bodies and animatronics at a pizzeria? What???

[@deleteduser122]

The shitty books, fnaf post the 6 and all the glitchtrap stupid thing make this even worse

[@rigboy1234]

The way you mentioned the new lore, It still sounds pretty cool tbh, wish It was simple as that

[@interdimensionalgoober8769]

This feels like an elongated version of “SECURITY SYSTEM TAKES CONTROL OF SQUIDWARD’S HOUSE” but for Fnaf.

[@danvsclips8326]

Circus Baby is never seen outside of a husk because she's Ennard. That's the twist. That's why she isn't fully on menu duty(albeit she does get the pre-launch screen on the mobile version and the Poster spot), we're supposed to be surprised that Ennard has been mimicking her voice. Funtime Freddy is on the menu normally because he's the character we see the most in the base game(And because literally every game except for 3 has Freddy in the cover art or menu screen. That's just series tradition). Funtime Freddy is scooped at the end of N3, we see Ballora get scooped at the start of N4, Funtime Foxy is presumably scooped in-between, and we send Baby's husk out on N5 because she's luring us in for the kill.

[@extremeyee9219]

I honestly really did enjoy Sister Location. ....In 2016. Now looking back onto the game? Sister Location really feels like some sort of experiment, a failed one, at that. Don't get me wrong, the concept of Sister Location is AMAZING, I love the animatronics within it and the aspects that they have, such as their voices, appearance and how they operate. I love the way that Sister Location breaks the story to become something of its own. Sister Location COULD HAVE BEEN the BEST in the series, and with relative ease. However, as I mentioned earlier, it just feels like some sort of failed experiment.

[@littlemoth4956]

Could've. Not could of.

[@nottoofast]

could have

[@Duharshy]

that’s the thing, it only does what it is made to do the first time you play it. it is like a horror movie, the first time you watch it, it has you on the edge of your seat. but if you watch it one year later, you know what happens, therefore the movie doesn’t have its full effect after you watch it once. your argument is like saying stephen kings IT is an awful movie because things happen when you expect them to. that’s just dumb.

[@cayden2744]

Shallowest essay, you did not use any argument to support your point, there's like 15 lines and you FAILED at giving a single argument and all you said was "could have been" and "sort of failed"

[@Jdudec367]

eh...it doesn't feel like it failed but it is flawed.

[@juicestains52]

I absolutely hate the inclusion of “remnant” in this series and you guys perfectly explained why

[@breathair69420]

True. I don't hate Remnant, I kinda like the idea or it being a metal with souls. is just it on protrayel and how it messes up the old Fnaf a bit. They made Remnant to op and their replaced it with Souls. By Making someone be able to possess their own dead Body cospe is one of the weirdest si ci wacked up activity in all of Fnaf. Their should have made it only for animatronics and robots. and they should have made Souls and Possesion have a bigger role in the story rather than making it just all part of remnant.

[@b.a.r.f1004]

Nice another kid who simple dislikes new things

[@juicestains52]

@@b.a.r.f1004 I am neither a kid nor do I dislike new things. I just dislike remnant.

[@thymecrafter]

@@b.a.r.f1004ok so how does remnant improve the story?

[@Buggolious]

@@b.a.r.f1004 kid spotted

[@FazbearsBread]

I love SL and it's one of my favorite FNAF games. I love how stuff changes each night and you always have a new challenge to deal with. But I also can't wait to see your opinion on this FNAF game. Keep up the great work! I watched the vid and I respect your view on the game. Tbh I HATED night 4 but I think everyone who played sister location did. I'm going to replay the game today and see if I like it as much as I used to.

[@lollylord64]

hope you have fun like I did.

[@liinnder]

Have fun

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

I hope you don’t have fun because “game objectively bad”

[@liinnder]

@@THGMR-ox7sd Yay a troll or a little kid this should be fun

[@FazbearsBread]

@@lollylord64 I replayed it and it wasn't as fun as it used to be but was still a good game from night 1-3. But on night 4-5 It was bad. Custom night was super cool though

[@M.M_222_]

I'm disappointed that Circus baby didn't have a jumpscare in SL, I would've killed for a eyeless Circus Baby jumpscare.

[@darkpersona1462]

Baby was never actually there. Ennard was the one talking to you using her voice

[@icarusclark1653]

as someone who dropped off of the fandom around the 4th game, then came back when SB released, learning about Sister Location from the outside was really where I thought "This is getting rediculous."

[@ApollyonMathy]

Took the words from my mouth, in my opinion, i don't like fnaf sl because it's more of a visual/story game, and doesn't have the usual camera gameplay, and also because for me, after fnaf sl, the lore turns into a big ball of wires To this day i neglect all the games after fnaf sl, except ultimate custom night

[@Lloyd00]

Your spelling is ridiculous 🤣 sorry couldn't resist

[@icarusclark1653]

@@Lloyd00 autocorrect wouldn't tell me how to spell it so i just went for it

[@spacebatch]

@Yhtam not even ffps?

[@des4929]

Yea when I heard of it and saw some gameplay I was like is this a spin off?

[@jordancrooke254]

i really liked the hand unit in the game. the lifeless humor that it added felt like you were desperately grasping for some kind of company or humanity as you took an elevator deep below the ground. i can understand the point of having the awkward sort of humor with your game guide voices, and i think that the hand unit would have benefitted if it had, say, glitches out and stopped working halfway through the game due to some kind of technical error, or perhaps baby interrupting to give you the rundown. this would bring a welcome snap back into the lonely reality of maintenance on buried animatronics.

[@jordancrooke254]

note: i understand that baby does something like what i mentioned before sneaking through ballora’s gallery. however, i feel like it would also make a welcome occurrence in the elevator.

[@Mike14264]

I wonder if that's why the HandUnit started to become more faulty with its voice lines in future games, maybe they also realized that.

[@invadernav3422]

It's such a shame that quite a few of my favorite characters - Funtime Freddy, Ballora, Lolbit - come from the game I feel the least inclined to re-play. There are moments I love from this game and have some of my favorite concepts and scares. I'll never forget when I saw that hanging body through the window and my breath catching, it was great.

[@gaynarchist]

To me the biggest sin of SL is simply it ruining the story. It started the trend of FNAF introduced AU's and then making random aspects of them canon and retcons and just all of that. It also jumped the shark for a lot of things the series regarding the sci-finess. The novels were the red flag but SL was the killing blow.

[@greenfuntimefreddycal6597]

“It started the trend of FNAF introduced AU’s” The Silver Eyes and FNAF World:

[@gaynarchist]

@@greenfuntimefreddycal6597 Sorry, I should have been more clear. Silver Eyes introduced AUs but SL introduced random parts of them becoming part of the canon. FNAF world is weird because its like...both? Its like half a meta story and half canon

[@arthurg.calixto3338]

FNAF world wasn't much canon back then.

[@toiletjenny333]

The retcon shit was already undergoing during fnaf 4.

[@toiletjenny333]

Secondly how the fuck did SL introduce AU's? That's in no way the game's fault that it reached the wrong audience.