Many Poppy Fans Are DISAPPOINTED With Chapter 4...

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[@Iguro-sonic]

I'm just upset on how they use the old smiling Critter cutouts, instead of showing the nightmare Critter cutouts cuz I was so excited to hear how they would sound-

[@Reliavl]

They were obviously placeholders for nightmare critter cutouts but they just gave up when they didn’t have time

[@Banana_08329]

​@@Reliavl True since this chapter only had a year of development.

[@featheredeg0ist]

I could be wrong, but... didn't Nightmare Critters was made as merchandise (in game plot) too close to the Hour of Joy?

[@DominicFabbricatore-hu4ie]

We dont know. We haven't had the date of the creation revealed. Mob dropped the ball with the nightmare critters. Not only we didn't get cutouts of them. We got no lore. No note, no VHS, just nothing.

[@Ceres4S2D1]

​@@DominicFabbricatore-hu4ie They shouldn't have existed. The normal smiling critters were a flop in the universe. There was no reason for Playtime Co to revamp them on another idea.

[@Raincloud5137]

Honestly, as much as I loved the chapter, I can't blame people for not liking it, Mob really straight up LIED through the marketing campaign. The nightmare critters had no importance(and we didn't even get any information on them during the game), pianossauros had more screentime on marketing than in the game, yarnaby could have used one more cinematic sequence, and we didn't get that glorious boss fight with the doctor. Everyone was fighting for screentime during this chapter, and only the character we knew the least about truly got flashed out.

[@hourglass2230]

That's the point though. They lied to trick people into thinking that the main villain was going to be Yarnaby or Pianosaurus. Multiple games have done the same thing, yet I don't see people complaining about it.

[@Raincloud5137]

@hourglass2230 no, not really, Pianosaurus clearly wasn't going to be the main villain, and yarnaby was clearly just a minion to the doctor, but both were expected to at least have some gameplay sequences, like Miss Delight and Dogday had in the previous chapter, specially considering that the game's budget should have DOUBLED from all the money Mob gained with chapter 3 and it's merchandise, but no, Yarnaby had some screentime, while pianosaurus had NO screentime, the doctor barely felt like the main villain, and the nightmare critters turned out to literally be made just to sell more critter plushies at the Mob Shop(you'd think they would at least have interactive posters and maybe a bigger body version of the sheep, but no, everything they do during the chapter was ripped off the mini critters in chapter 3 but less well executed), all while a random toy called doey was revealed barely before the game's release date and turned out to have more screentime than everyone else, including The Doctor. This isn't subverting expectations, this is deceiving your audience.

[@hourglass2230]

@@Raincloud5137 Yeah. Y'know I just realized I was defending Mob Entertainment. 😅

[@moewCalv]

People still don't understand that the characters aren't getting screentime. This isn't new for this series. I wasn't expecting anything.

[@zorothemaster7372]

Pianossauro's marketing song got more screentime than himself

[@RainbowHug]

none of the characters got enough time, they all died to quickly, I also would've liked if one of the new characters lived in the chapter because all of them got an underwhelming death especially pianosaurus and Harley. I don't get why people hate it because of the bugs, because those will definitely get patched. Overall, I really like it.

[@HomewaveA]

Play Dough guy should've lived it made absolutely no sense for him to go nuts.

[@fenrirslip]

@@HomewaveA But it does make sense if you watched the tapes.

[@KonDam-l7t]

We’ll likely see another pianosaurus. Like how we saw a little kissy in the safe haven, this pianosaurus might just be a little one

[@Bloodynife]

As much hype as there was for the doctor, there should have been more gameplay featuring him. He can control robots at the end, in the final fight, which could have been done throughout the level until his death. Bugs are a big problem for me. I understand a year is a bit tight for development, but playtesting days before release is not the way to go. Playtesting should have been at least a month before release. Voice acting is on par. The story is also great, so many more questions.

[@EzekielBread-fv1xc]

yeah, I feel the same.

[@Cubeytheawesome]

Yeah, he should have been the final boss instead of Doey. Doey shouldn’t have died 😢

[@ChocoRainbowCorn]

I don't know if it's realistic to expect that or not, but I think there's always a chance to use the updates to correct some of those mistakes. Sure, it would have had been a bunch of extra work after the release, but I think it would still have had been easily worth it.

[@waxe3]

You don't know how much I agree with you! Doctor reaaaaaaaaaally deserved better.

[@GrilledPancake]

Chapter 5 needs to have AT LEAST a 1.75 year wait. Chapter 3 took a very long time, but it was BEYOND worth it, with rich environments and other details. #justiceforpianosauris

[@Mr.Pteranodon]

Chapter 3 technically took just as long to make as chapter 4 because they didn’t actually start working on it until after they stopped working on project playtime

[@Eduardoreis-sm3ku]

@@GrilledPancake chapter 3 was actually made in 8 months on 2023, and the reason of that is because in 2022/early 2023 they were focusing on project playtime (which kinda failed in my vision)

[@VultureMax]

lol chapter 3 was actually in development for only 8 months. What about the other 12 months you may ask? Project playtime development. Chapter 4 on the other hand was in development for 9 or 10 months making it the most developed. But I do think mob could make the environments in chapter 4 and details in it better when they do more patching for it for 2 or so weeks :b

[@malekmight7458]

⁠poppy 3 is the best

[@ThePickler4567]

@GrilledPancake you didn't even spell pianosaurus right

[@icyflame716]

I don’t even play the game and am only here for the story. The doctor story was very underused. Where was that doctor body that was teased in multiple trailers.

[@sboy2044]

That was just one of the robot bodies covered in shadow

[@LimeSlimeee]

​​@@sboy2044 Was harley even in one of those?

[@sboy2044]

@LimeSlimeee He was controlling all of them

[@Dripkenthefirst]

The problem is they made us set our expectations incredibly high.

[@fahimarizwan3370]

Yeah man the doctor was hyped to much and treated as a side villian I thought he was gonna be like a joker level menace and pianosaurus man what can I say

[@TinoBotZ]

They keep adding more characters every chapter, which, sometimes, they are pretty cool! But it’s getting kind of repetitive and a bit annoying. I was mostly expecting a continuation of chapter 3, but hey- it’s still a pretty good chapter.

[@PentallMcwint3r]

agreed, they where saying that this chapter was going to be the best one, it was gonna be so much darker, etc etc… but the chapter feels unfinished, someone pointed out that the smiling critter cut outs look like they where there for a place holder of the nightmare critters cut out but they ran out of time and basically kept it like that. Generally I think they needed a few more months considering how rushed, buggy, and unfished the game feels

[@VultureMax]

⁠@@PentallMcwint3rhonestly I didn’t care whether if the Nc would get cardboard cutouts or not. They’re literally the least important of the chapter so I really didn’t care. But give them 3 weeks imo. They managed to get rid of most of the previous chapter bugs in 2-3 weeks so they can surely fix most in that spam of time. :>

[@CrungleTheGoober]

You guys set your expectations incredibly high. They didn’t start hyping the chapter up until the last couple months until release.

[@evanbloxyt7367]

My main problem is how chapter 4 wasn't scary, chapter 3 was horrendously scary, from the hotel to the school, and how most places were really dark and had a horrifying atmosphere. Chapter 3 always kept you on your guard and made you feel like you were being watched by a cat with a very creepy smile.

[@Canal_Excluido-m1n]

People would normally say that chapter three had no horror and was all puzzles, but you spoke the truth, however, the horror of chapter 4 is largely debatable.

[@daiquimm]

@@evanbloxyt7367 The only mildly scary section in Chapter 4 was the Yarnaby sequence, and when I firstly played it, he didn't even spawn in

[@Goldjoni]

Chapter 4 mainly focused on emotions instead of horror, I feel like. A lot of the scenes are brutal, but not in a gory way, and you never see those scenes happen right before you. Most of the time, it is just "look, there are some huge body piles" and "look, there are rotten human corpses impaled on some metal bars" but you never see a character ACTUALLY get brutally murdered or impaled, which takes away so much from the horror feeling. You rarely see Yarnaby's mouth, and even when you do, it looks much less scarier than in the trailer (atleast in my opinion, but that could be a hot take) and you never really feel watched by the Doctor as his presence is only noticable when he's experimenting with you. Not to mention you can get hit by an enemy MULTIPLE TIMES without dying, making it feel more like a survival game with some cool death animations.

[@Canal_Excluido-m1n]

@Goldjoni I Agree, It's on a different level

[@joaovictornogueira323]

@Goldjoni i like to think this is an interlude chapter, focused more on building up the finale with the prototype than anything else.

[@NoahFleischmann-zr8bk]

Just remember, this chapter is more story based. I understand people say it’s short or not the same as the other chapters. And I have to agree this was kinda rushed. Like the chase scenes and the lack of screen time for certain characters. We always have chapter 5. Since it might be the longest and last chapter. But the community also needs to stop pressuring Mob because they seemed to have rushed the chapter over all. I do love this chapter a lot, but I still agree with the community

[@MagolorMasterCrown]

I just wish they had like, half a year more to work on it. Just to fix bugs, utilize the nightmare critters better and have pianosauras do literally anything besides getting killed immediately.

[@EzekielBread-fv1xc]

that's what bug fixes will do. and the nightmare critters situation would just feel like it did with the smiling critters and how they were implemented. it's all really up to mob and what they are going to do.

[@UnaiRG]

​@EzekielBread-fv1xc Yes, but first impresions are crutial, and if you fail to do so then there could be dozens of bug fixes that even with that the reputation of the game is lost. First playthroughs always stick with people.

[@EzekielBread-fv1xc]

@@UnaiRG yeah, I definitely understand that, but it all comes in time.

[@UnaiRG]

@EzekielBread-fv1xc Yeah, it just kinda sucks that a game that has this quality (imo easily the best of all of them in almost all aspects) launched with that many bugs, glitches, along with some weird lighting and non-rendered scenes. Like I don't even renember Ch2 being like this on launch day... Either way I'm waiting for Ch5 fs

[@EzekielBread-fv1xc]

@@UnaiRG especially the flashbangs. i'm sure chapter 5 will be a lot better.

[@Chase-f6q]

Okay here are some goods and bars of chap4 1: story was okay 1: doey got mixed feelings( rip doey 💀) but for me I liked him a lot 2: nightmares critters…. 🤦🏿 3: doctor fight was okay 4: hiding from the prototype was interesting 5 kissy was back 💪🔥💯 6: pianosaurs was too hyped for only 8 sec of screen time rip 🎹🦖 7: yarnaby was good 8: huggy came back after 3 years of speculation was crazy 9: the environment was pretty good

[@Chase-f6q]

The puzzles weren’t too difficult and pretty good besides ch3 which was basically scary with puzzle simulator

[@oliverthepro8827]

I love doey!

[@JDtvstudios]

Why are there two 1’s?

[@MisterNutshellic]

When you found doeys backstory......

[@amied7361]

Yarnaby got fair amount screen time wished he got intense final chase sequence like others and doey, but rest got done dirty like nightmare critters and pianosaurus

[@dr.albitros4242]

Every single villain in this was clearly flawed (and later some ideas on how that could be fixed): Yarnaby - how the heck would he die like that?! He literally made a bad jump, and that's it. Gone. Not being smart is one thing, being so unlucky that you get hung on a hack and then burned for no reason is just a stupid idea. Baba Chops - no introduction nor a clear goal The mini toys - actually, these were fine from the start, not much to hate Doey - it feels a bit forced to have the reasoning for him being evil "if you haven't came here, everyone would be still alive!" as we literally saved all of Save Haven by getting the Omnihand (which on it's own feels stupid, as it has no real uses outside of working like the blue or red hand on scanners) which stopped the generator from being destroyed/broken down. I think that they didn't have any ideas for the Sawyer bossfight and needed something more. The Doctor - In my opinion, this was the BIGGEST let down I've ever seen. He just talked to us during the entire chapter (and not even that much tbh) and then we confront him, we insert a couple of batteries while simply outrunning his animatronics (which could have been such cool enemies to have roaming during the whole chapter). Then we take out a cartridge and he just explodes. Like, Harley is a smart dude. He would have thought about protecting himself a bit more, like making a special body that holds his brain or something. Now, to not just criticize, here are my ideas on how it could be improved: After the final chase with Yarnaby, he could just not make it in time and we simply outrun him, and close a gate before he can get us. It could also be a great introduction to the Sawyertronics, with them continuing the chase, and us finally escaping to Save Haven or somewhere. Then, during the Sawyer confrontation... actually, you will need to read all of my comment to know ;] Baba Chops could be in one of the experiment chambers earlier down the line. Imagine Sawyer saying "Which one of my pets do I want to play with you? Maybe the small toys? Or the Nightmare Critters bigger bodies? No no no no no no. I choose Yarnaby. You will play with the rest later.". Also, during the bossfight itself, we could trick her into smashing into something, like the power thingies on the walls, giving them more purpose. After that Baba isn't killed, but just knocked out, and then she bangs on the door where we choose to either kill the small thing or spare it. Doey could be the second-to-last confrontation instead of Sawyer. Maybe after being promised safety, or being brainwashed or mind controlled Doey is forced by the Doctor/Prototype to fight us. In the end we don't kill him, but knock him back into reality, and then he escapes using the pipes. And finally, it's time for the Doc. After defeating Doey he tells us that we need to get the Omnihand from Sawyer to save the toys and to be actually able to proceed. We go to the Doctor with him teasing us along the way. And then, we finally face the Big Bad Evil Guy, Harley Sawyer. The brain inside of a supercomputer. The bossfight would start with us getting the Omnihand. It can not only be used to activate ANY scanner, but also have the same effects as every other hand we ever had. After it hits something, it releases a bit of energy around, working like the flare gun. It can also use the purple jump pads and the green power sources and targets. We would need that hand, as the bossfight would use all of these mechanics, being a pretty fast pace bossfight. A lot of jumping, connecting power sources, etc. And on top of that, the player would have to avoid the small toys, yarnaby and all of the Nightmare critters. The toys would be everywhere, Yarnaby would be faster, and every Nightmare critter would work like the animals they are. Baba Chops and Icky Licky would be jumping around, Poe, Simon Smoke and Rabie Babie would be flying around, and finally Allister Gator and Maggie Mako would swim in the sewers. It would be a bossfight that's very big and long. The objective would be to overcharge the supercomputer that Harley is in. After we manage to activate every power source , the super computer begins to overheat, ending the bossfight with an escape sequence where we run for our lives as everything around us bursts into flames. After making it to the elevator, it turns out that on it is a bigger Sawyertronic with Harley's brain inside of it, making us have to escape through the vents, reuniting with Kissy and Poppy, and then it all finishes as it did in the actual chapter. What do you think?

[@greentoesbstatus4325]

That's awesome!

[@Kugzzzz]

No way I reading allat 💀

[@ForeTopiaOfficial]

@@dr.albitros4242 The reason why Yarnaby caught on fire was because he was dangling above a furnace. Yarn is incredibly flammable.

[@ChickenMugget2]

I love your idea ❤ and a small boss fight with pianosaurus could’ve been cool as well

[@sboy2044]

If you watched the tapes that almost everyone who has played the game found, you would’ve known that Doey was made from three different kids, and thus has three different personalities that fight for control when he’s under pressure. One of the kids, Kevin, is aggressive and confrontational. You can literally see one of the other personalities kick in and point out exactly what you said, before Kevin takes control again and goes back to blaming the player.

[@Under_Sub]

The only thing I did not like in this chapter is the fact that they tried to do too many things in one chapter, what I mean is: -The doctor didn’t get much screen time at all -piano sauras got killed immediately -the nightmare critters were underutilised

[@ChickenMugget2]

I wish we had more of Pianosaurus. He was one of the most anticipated characters and he barely gets 30 seconds of screen time in the chapter. Hell, even the nightmare critters get more screen time than him

[@coreyhenderson9241]

Honestly poppy playtime chapter 4 is okay, I hate what happened with pianosuras like wtf did mob think. But I liked the story ALOT but the actual game part was stupid the doctor was hyped up for nothing, yarnaby looks cool but died very lame, and doey was actually done right I think which was surprising but the game feels buggy and the graphics are a downgrade from chapter 3 which has a rich atmosphere, but I am still excited to see what the final chapter has chapter 5 especially because huggy is back, what's ur thoughts nized? Also the game wasn't scary at all mob really failed at that and before u say there's dead people that's scary right yes it is but for a game like this u need ALOT more than that.

[@KotKotowski-MDFAN]

In My Opinion The Only Idk Good 4 Things in This Chapter is: Better Animations Of Characters. Lore. Ending. And 3 Characters, The Doctor, Yarnaby, Pianosaurus (we Know They Need MORE…) And Everything Other is in my Opinion very Bad or Mid in This Game… This Chapter Not have a Atmosphere… Not Scary, Gameplay is Very, Very, Very Bad in My Opinion. Just Everything what make This Chapter is Lore… Without Lore This Chapter Will be Just Nothing xD…

[@Justthewave]

I mean they did lose some helpers

[@AaronDaDevFR]

they prob didnt have any ideas for his jumpscare since he didnt have any teeth

[@AaronDaDevFR]

@ oh yea

[@AaronDaDevFR]

@ i forgot

[@Pumpkin7269]

Honestly Mob should've taken another year to make the game and release it during Christmas, that way they could've- 1. Had more Doctor TV Screen scenes building him up rather than a voice. 2. Have the doctor attack you with the location at least 2 more times similar with the red gas instead of just sicking a toy. 3. Given the Doctor another phase to his boss fight with a main body. 4. Given Yarnby another section where instead of just patrolling, the doctor will call Yarnby to your location every 60 seconds which will be panic enducing if they also add many escape routes. 5. Had 2 Pianosauruses, give the first one it's own section, then after you escaped, run into the second which will play out like in game, then have the first one return later injured and seeking revenge due to the death of it's only friend. 6. Give Doey more scenes where we can see his uncontrollable rage that way it doesn't feel like it came out of nowhere. But it's too late now, for anything like this to happen, they'll need to remaster the previous 4 chapters before ch 5 releases so that the game feels more connected and like a single release instead of years of control changes.

[@proazomen]

The Doctor had so much potential, only to be wasted in an incredibly underwhelming boss fight😓😓

[@ahmadumatkhan4980]

I didn't like what they did to pianosaurus, like their was just do much potential for him, we waited for a dinosaur character for a long time and when we finally got a dinosaur character which could've been the scariest boss, but they just killed him immediately, I was a little disappointed, but the rest of the game was good.

[@ArtGamingTime]

I feel like mob was just to lazy to animate pianosarus😑

[@NumayrKetwaroo]

I think that the devs should give Pianosaurus one of yarnby puzzles

[@Enven37]

My main complaints about this chapter: 1. There's NO atmosphere, the game isn't scary AT ALL 2. Pianosaurus had absolutely NOTHING in this chapter, he just straight up died 3. Nightmare Critters also didn't have much

[@VultureMax]

Give the team a few weeks. They can fix the atmosphere issue and maybe the nightmare critters issue. Not the pianosaurus one unless they remaster this chapter like they said they may do for chapter 1 and 2 (with more content and stuff) lol ;)

[@pzb1017]

@@Enven37 The objective Boom was loud af; but lead to a really funny UniqueGeese(creator of Indigo Park) Short.

[@aliaz30]

Yeah one of the things that i missed the most in this chapter was the atmosphere and scary vibe that chapter 3 got so right. I think the chapter overall is very good, but there's a lot small details that bring the experience down.

[@pzb1017]

@@aliaz30True, but this is the first Chapter where we had other ‘good guy’ survivors. Doey wasn’t very ominous because he genuinely meant well- Unlike Poppy who had been manipulating you from Chapter 2 and onwards.

[@E45673]

In the trailer I thought pianosaurs gonna chase us :/

[@Grantin-w8m]

My main issue is that none of the toys look like they’re starved. Catnap looked starved. The smiling critters looked ruined. For a prison, all of the toys look pretty well off

[@sboy2044]

CatNap always had a skeletal body, you can see it in the Hour of Joy tape.

[@Grantin-w8m]

@ that’s probably because rendering a whole new model just for like 5 seconds would make no sense

[@sboy2044]

@@Grantin-w8m The drawing of Bobby’s Bigger Body when she was first created in the Orientation Notebook also has ribs showing

[@Grantin-w8m]

@@sboy2044 well still it’s a cool look and I wish they would have done more like thay

[@fawkes3124]

​@@sboy2044The ARGs said that catnap could increase its own size by contorting its own bones, which is probably why the bigger body looks so skeletal And what's more, it's no wonder that he's literally taller than Huggy Wuggy when he's standing, and it must be hard for catnap to even support his own height like that, which is why he's quadrupedal

[@applewoodsmokedbacon929]

I don't get why one of the points was "They didn't have enough time." There were no time-constraints that the community placed on them, Mob simply shot themselves in the foot with that. That shouldn't be a defense for Mob because they chose to push out the chapter when they did. I doubt even if they had more time the chapter would've been noticeably different, maybe some of these bugs would be patched but the main problems the community has with the chapter would still be there.

[@JoseOrtiz-c9h]

Exactly God you have no idea how annoying it is to hear that people are blaming the fans saying it's their fault and was rushing mob to release the game even though they were patient enough to wait for chapter 3 which took way longer so that's not a good excuse

[@Steamer96]

Honestly I think they should release Chapter 5 on the fifth anniversary of Chapter 1 which will be on October 12th 2026. That's almost 2 years into the future.

[@redgamer2754]

It was the pacing of the chapter for me. They could’ve ended it after The Doctor died, or even Ollie’s beteayal and saved Huggy for Chapter 5. Also, I don’t feel like the toys were utilised to their fullest. Yarnaby was good, but Big Baba Chops, Pianosaurus, and especially the Doctor Drones felt like they could’ve had much more to them. But Baba just bites, the drones are only at the final fight, and Piano, who got his own unique teaser, was just a glorified intro-scene. He should’ve been Doey’s Yarnaby IMO, maybe even coming with us to Chapter 5. Finally, I’m really bothered how Doey can shapeshift however he wants, but still has the bidoes of the 3 kids *in* him. Do they morph too when he pushes trough the bars? I mean they must, but Doey goes against the franchises creature design so much it is really jarring. I love Goop-like creatures, bht I think Doey should’ve been the hat, or had the skeletons colored red, yellow and orange, to represent the children.

[@DeadSharkBone]

There’s a different feel with chapter 4 than 3. It felt like Chapter 3’s atmosphere held a darker tone while Chapter 4 was just straight up ‘okay this is what happened’. There’s no music (at least when I played) that made you feel something. The worst part of this chapter was the doctors fight by far. It was too easy and simple. The animations were kinda wacky (😭 what was up with the robot run animation), AND it felt rushed. We need to let Mob Entertainment make chapter 5 as long as they need to. Meanwhile of making chapter 5, they should revive project playtime to keep us entertained at least? (Even minimal updates.) Edit: I’m not entirely disappointed, the lore was incredibly story rich, and the puzzles were pretty interesting (besides being really hard to understand).

[@Zephraux]

I WANT PJPT UPDATESSSSS

[@Banana_08329]

The bad thing is, the characters... It was an okay chapter overall. Chapter 3 made me truly love poppy playtime but chapter 4 deserved more time. I'm just so disappointed with the character usage. Pianosuarous was absolutely useless and was hyped for no reason. Nightmare critters were mostly pointless as they didn't even get their own cardboard cut outs or anything interesting, its forgettable characters. Yarnaby was used at its best but it's death was medicore. And The Doctor.. oof.. it sucked because he is such a important character yet his death was awful. But Doey is used very well and amazing! Just wished he can transform into more things as his monster form.

[@DeadSharkBone]

@Banana_08329 I think Doey’s fight by far actually felt intimidating. I was genuinely stressed the whole time while doing his boss fight. Yarnaby could’ve been a little different, more polished, and his death would’ve had an impact, like imagine if they talked about who Yarnaby previously was (Quinn I think?). It would’ve made his death much sadder. The doctor on the other hand… After Yarnaby’s fight, he seemed to be pretty intimidating, but now it feels like he was weak in general despite having control over the whole factory. The boss fight was kinda…. dumb.

[@HorrorFan0]

​@Banana_08329 how was pianosuarous hyped? He was literally in one youtuber short. As for the Nightmare critters not doing anything significant, that's the point. The devs probably just wanted to make smaller toys that we have to shoot but didn't want to use the mini smiling critters again so they made the Nightmare critters ( and they also used mini huggies)

[@DeadSharkBone]

@@HorrorFan0 Pianosaurus was in the ARG. Pianosaurus was hyped up because of the commercial as well. If he was gonna die right off the bat, they didn’t need us to like him 😭.

[@JaydenZikos-h2h]

My problem is definitely The Doctor and Pianosaurus and the way they were so anticlimatic. The Doctor was scary, but Pianosaurus only got a few seconds of screentime and we learned nothing about the character. Also the Doctor wasn't as dangerous or as badass as I thought he would have been, but I have to say that those things were my very only problems with the chapter. Plus, Mob added a patch note to the game to fix the bugs, so please don't f*cking drag them for them. Can we just appreciate how they managed to put out such an amazing piece of art in just a year? The bugs are not there forever, and I think the launch was extremely successful and smooth.

[@sboy2044]

We learn stuff about Pianosaurus from a note

[@Livio_05]

@JaydenZikos-h2h W comment

[@shvisers8115]

They even made it seem like the doctor was the main antagonist based off the gameplay trailer

[@PiterparkerYT]

can you give some examples of the "art" in the game? like some moments or places or anything at all? cause i cannot think of any besides the ending.

[@sboy2044]

@@shvisers8115 We was for most the game, he was the one sending the enemies to us

[@funtimefrightz]

I’m not disappointed with the story, or marketing like others. I think the game should have been delayed to playtest the bugs. Especially since they had to switch to a new engine.

[@babyseal8822]

The problem wtih playtest is that the game might do different reformance for every tester, for example you made game, you test it over and over again, and you don't find any bug, but when someone play your game, it got bug I made game mod on my main channel, people try it and it works but 1 person said the mod crash the game I dunno why

[@funtimefrightz]

@ Yeah thats true. But I think a delay would have helped the release not be so rocky. Or have people like Nized test the games on different operating systems just to see.

[@babyseal8822]

@@funtimefrightz yesterday they just fixing the game, like how yanarby will spawn currently (in some people gameplay, he not spawn during his puzzle segment) and he will not attacking you on the hiding spot I dunno if the game still crash if you play the highest resolution

[@pickle5074]

My question is what happened to the same atmosphere Chapter 3 has? It had such details like even the dirt on your hands. Looking at this chapter, and you can see the lightning doesn’t even seem complete.

[@-Marc06]

@@pickle5074 all those are still what we call bugs, which is gonna get fixed ( the lighting that is )

[@Pixel_Zinx]

My honest thoughts were that it was alright but I was gutted about how little screen time Pianosaurus had compared to how much info we had on him, if there was a chase sequence or have Pianosaurus be a stalker creature like Yarnaby before Doey saves the player. At least a bit more screen time than 30 seconds.

[@brancodelangewendels9383]

I honestly really enjoyed this chapter, but i do understand the critisism. Here is what i would tweak (not counting bugs, since they obviously will be fixed like the last chapter) -Pianosaurus and Baba Chops shouldve swapped places. I feel like pianosaurus wasnt big enough to instantly kill us like Baba Chops and it wouldve justified them making a special teaser and lore -Yarnaby shouldve died later and been faster, maybe thats on me but i felt like he was a mile away during the chase. Killing him off later also wouldve given him more screentime -The Doctor shouldve been the final boss and appeared on a tv screen when he spoke to you, like in his introduction. This wouldve made him feel more involved imo -The whole doctor fight shouldve just been changed honestly. I dont have issues with the Baba chops bit but i feel like having him throw something other than just an easy puzzle would be so much more climactic. -I liked doey's fight a lot but maybe instead of him immediatly trying to kill us, he could run off or something and have the doctor manipulate/brainwash him into thinking the destruction of safe haven was our fault. Right now, the only reason doey tried to kill us is because we happened to be there to check up on him, he probably wouldve killed kissy missy if she happened to be there. Overall, enjoyed the game a lots, but the second half felt extremely anti climactic until the doey fight and the end. Thanks for reading this rant and please dont bully me for having weird/bad ideas, since i already know

[@tonyajones5829]

Mob were hyping yarnaby and the doctor a TON, just for them to have lame deaths, and yarnaby's death happened so early in the chapter aswell, like, whats the point of hyping up characters just to make them have the least inpresive deaths?

[@sboy2044]

What else did you expect from a brain wired to a computer?

[@tonyajones5829]

@sboy2044 if he was so smart to create machines, wouldn't you think he be smart enough to make a more gaurded area to where his brain is?

[@Canal_Excluido-m1n]

​@@tonyajones5829I understand, but something important is that he didn't create those machines, they are probably P.A.C, the doctor only uses them for personal purposes, I think.

[@BananaCat980]

@@tonyajones5829 pianosaurus too

[@tonyajones5829]

@@BananaCat980 can't forget that music dino

[@WowCheese-y6m]

Here are the things i hate about chapter 4: -Doctor's death was very underwhelming, along with the boss fight. He was hyped up way too much. -The only chase scene was the yarnaby one which was very short and disappointing. The battery type boss fight worked for catnap because it fits his character. We shouldve gotten a puzzle type chase scene for yarnaby just like mommy. -Idk why but this chapter just feels dead and bland other than the ending. -JUSTICE FOR PIANOSAURAS -I hate how they reused the smiling critters concept, it doesnt feel very good and very lazy (unless its lore related) -WAY too many bugs. If you thought fnaf sb was a disaster then you will hate this. The things i like: - I loved yarnaby's design -I loved doey's lore and his bossfight. It was amazing. There was a chase leading up to a puzzle fight. Absolutely loved it. -We got our first look at the prototype -We got huggy back

[@RaptorZer0]

I have some disagreements with your negatives. Yarnaby’s section is honestly good(the section, not really the chase). You have to traverse carefully, not making too much noise, along with Yarnaby knowing how to ambush you(using vents to pop out). Mommy’s puzzle chase honestly wasn’t that interesting. I do agree though that Yarnaby’s final chase could have been more better and engaging, especially his death. Nightmare critters ARE lore related. The smiling critters were negatively received, and as some kids grew older, they liked more “edgier and dark” stuff(said in the orientation notebook). So Playtime reused the smiling critters concept into Nightmare Critters to cash on. Saying this has more bugs than security beach is one of the biggest overstatements I’ve heard in a while(yes chapter 4 has a lot of bugs, but it does not compare to security breach). This chapter while having flaws, still was not bland, and had good scenes and moments.

[@WowCheese-y6m]

@RaptorZer0 this is just my opinion, I know that many people won't agree, I just wanted to give my thoughts on the chapter

[@Ceres4S2D1]

​@@RaptorZer0The smiling critters were a failed concept. There was no reason for Playtime Co to revamp the idea, lore or not.

[@ilikethecokev2]

@@Ceres4S2D1 Yeah, well, Playtime Co. clearly isn't known for making good decisions

[@RaptorZer0]

@@Ceres4S2D1 That is what I just stated. There was a reason. Kids started to grow older and were getting into more edgier and darker things, so Playtime reused to smiling critters concept to make the nightmare critters in order to appeal.

[@axelchampagnac2991]

I think people are disappointed because we were all expecting a huge chapter with different sections for different enemies but instead of that we got them all in 1 place, Pianosaurus died in 8 seconds, Yarnaby got killed after doing basically nothing, the nightmare critters have never been a dangerous threat, and when the Doc died he was like "okay.... peace out..." and so... everyone was hyped for these characters and they got all replaced by Doey, who was a good written character, but he randomly decided to kill us after something ( that wasnt our fault ) happend. And so the final boss battle felt.... bad actually. It felt as if there was clearly a way to talk things out but we couldn't, only because we were not given an option to do so. And so, instead of an epic battle against the Doc teamming with Yarnabi and Pianosaurus, we got a battle against an ally who, unlike Poppy, always supported us through the chapter.

[@Sebastienstudios]

They made the doctor a 1 dimensional character who was supposed to be the big bad and he sucked and died. And the tutorial prompts were so annoying, it just told you what to do?

[@genreproductions2706]

I would like to address one thing that could explain to _why_ this chapter was different than the rest. If you were up to date, you would know that the director of Poppy Playtime, Isaac, stepped down from directing the game and someone else took over. I knew this meant something and I believe this was it. I am aware of how things can either be good or bad when a new director is involved. I still enjoyed the game and I still do and there are notable bugs and there are problems but the devs will be able to fix these bugs. As for other things such as the Nightmare Ctitters and Pianosaurus it’ll take a miracle for the game to be expanded so that there will be focused on them.

[@KattyKitten69]

I think you're mixing up zach with Isaac, Zach is still around, hes literally the CEO of mob. Isaac left to work on personal projects

[@genreproductions2706]

@ I edited it. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@DominicFabbricatore-hu4ie]

The thing about the nightmare critters is that they got no lore or cutouts.

[@MasterPeppermint]

I really liked chapter 4 and it probably is my favorite chapter yet! I didn’t have a ton of bugs in my play through and every new game has bugs when it first releases too. The only thing I didn’t like was Pianosauras only had 15 seconds of screen time. Other than that is was a great game!

[@Eiruki]

Honestly bugs aside ( which are now getting fixed one after the other ) I really like the chapter, very good lore, very dark, insane VAs, very good in the animations, I love the doctor - him playing around with us, he is good written just wish he could have more screen time, though they're things that make me feel like he isn't really dead somehow ( I hope he comes back next chapter, would be cool, if not then it will be a waste of his character a bit ) from the VHS with the prototype to the thing he say here and there, I do think he is the one who speak to us when we die ( similar phrases, tones and stuff like the golden path etc. ), and how he doesn't look surprise - the only time he look really surprised is in the tape where he was tranferred in the machine - or anything if I make sense, would be really funny if he happens to be the only one alive in the end - would be quite the irony to those that backstabbed him. My favorites characters so far are the doctor and the prototype, though Doey was good and have a sad story ( like a lot of the characters actually ) and it was heartbreaking that we had to kill him. Also I heard Pianosaurus have two of him, one we saw and one bigger ( mentioned in a note ), if true I hope he will appear next chapter. The last part with Yarnaby chase and death could have been done better too. But overall though they're is some thing that could have been done better, I really do like the chapter, especially the VAs, the animations and the lore. I really like the way the end was done too, with the tape playing has the surroundings changes ( with the alarms and stuff ), it was very well done imo. Ps : I'm from the fan that didn't follow the news much - by mistake really, I want to get back on following the news - so I may be biaised compare to those that have continiously watched the marketing and stuff.

[@bemobf]

It all felt too fast. we get villian, we beat villian, he is gone And it happened 4 times

[@Cursed_Darkness]

The bugs kinda remind me of the chapter 2 bugs, but overall I LOVED this chapter (gimme all da loreeeeee>:3) I also loved how they have confirmed 3 of the most theorized theories (theorized theories bahahhah-): -HUGGY RETURNING LETS GOOOOOO! -Elliot bein Poppy's father yippee! :3 -And Ollie bein da ✨prOtOtYpE✨ I'm upset bout Pianosarus' screen time, Yarnaby's chase scenes, the glitches and bugs, not much of a horror atmosphere, and a ton of other things, but still, dis chapter is a masterpiece in mah opinion. 10/10

[@babyseal8822]

It just sad that people dont know how "battling inside the boss battle" Works, it just sad

[@vrokortac9457]

“The Doctor was barely in the chapter” But Catnap tho

[@jhiancarlosclemente6168]

The difference is that catnap actually did something the doctor is all bark no bite

[@vrokortac9457]

@jhiancarlosclemente6168 Yeah I'd like to see a disembodied brain bite us

[@axeping3820]

The other chapters had a villan that was in the center of attention but this one had more but i feel like none of them got fleshed out enough the doctor should have been the main villan

[@BirbLuvsWurms]

As long as they eventually add pianosaurus as a playable in Project: Playtime, I won't be too mad that they killed him off so quickly..

[@ZelotKing-dk1qh]

Pianosaurus in project playtime would be a absolute menace with how fast he is

[@ZelotKing-dk1qh]

@@BirbLuvsWurms as somebody with 500+ hours in the isle I know exactly what your talking about

[@BirbLuvsWurms]

@@ZelotKing-dk1qh I'd give him very bad turning when running, and do a sort of slide/slip whenever making a tight turn. (You'd know what I mean if you've played The Isle) Maybe also make pianosaurus have a proper sprint button since instead of toggling burst movement like huggy and boxy, it would be actual sprinting. The trade-off ofc being really bad turning and maybe even a stamina bar?

[@BirbLuvsWurms]

@@ZelotKing-dk1qh oooooh got another idea! maybe alongside the sliding effect, if he comes in contact with a wall or other obstacle while sliding, it could cause him to do a crash/stun animation. Would probably incentivize players to use his sprinting in only open areas and regular movement speed in tighter corridors. (Unless players with enough practice can make him do that slide at the right moment to not hit the wall) Just a thought.

[@PickledPeterPicksPrettyPickles]

Is that game even alive anymore??

[@Tusker2]

i think it would have been the best if they did not waste their characters so it is tied for best chapter

[@wildethingz]

On my first playthrough, Yarnaby never spawned. Like legit never, even when i restarted checkpoint. I completed the entire yarnaby section without yarnaby. He finally spawned in during the final chase and then died right away. And then the same thing happened during the Black Sheep section, Black Sheep froze instantly and when i restarted he kept freezxing so the same thing happende and the section was free

[@sboy2044]

Imo giving the Doctor more screentime would probably be easiest thing to add post-launch. Just make his eye appear on monitors more (including the glitchy distorted eyes that we only ever see on his robot bodies) in the areas in which he talks or send minions to attack, have his one of his robot bodies stalk the player when you’re near one of his organs, and just something to make the final section more intense (but not too hard). Some people might disagree and think he needs more tho

[@huggystoriesbr7998]

⚠️My take!⚠️ I give this chapter and 8.5/10. ❤Things I loved❤: - new lore!! I love new lore.. - Doey! His backstory is so awesome and tragic, I really like the character! All of the foreshadowing from the last chapter and teasers with the 3 colored hands were also really clever! Definetly one of my fav characters from this chapter. His chase and entire arc sequence was also really memorable :D - the voice-acting!!! (fr congratulations for literally EVERYONE involved!! They did such an awesome job at the voice-acting ^_^) - a prototype full body sneak peek, we finally got more of him other than his hand. - the ending! It was pretty crazy :] - the tapes!! I think they may count as lore too but all tapes are just well though and good explanations to previous questions! - the designs of new characters! They looks gorgeous and creative! Would love to see what new characters they have in mind for the future. - The animations are fluid and look pretty good! Even if they are a bit silly and wonky at times lol. - more prototype participation! We could learn more of his personality here, specially in the ending and that tape where he is talking with Harley Sawyer. - the safe haven location! It has a lot of lore dumps and is a very interesting place in general. Seeing how the children eventually could finally help eachother out by making a place once made to protect the workers THEIRS! it's so cool! Too bad it exploded later but thats just how things go in the chaos of the factory XD. - the OST! It's kind of chill and fits the theme of the safe haven. 💔Things I didn't like:💔 - Pianosaurus' participation.. they teased him SO MUCH and in the game he literally appeared for 6 seconds and died immediatly after. I feel like they planned a sequence for him but after noticing they wanted more spotlight on other characters (like Doey for example), they just kind of cut him and his entire participation, but they didn't want the model and ARG teasers to go to waste so they kinda just threw him in there and made Doey murder him. - nightmare critters! They were one of the worst things of this chapter. They just kind of popped up out of nowhere... no lore, no cardboard cutouts, no big participation, no anything! If it was always supposed to be like this then they could have just used the regular ruined critters and it wouldn't have changed anything. - Harley sawyer. He was teased as a huge threat in the ARG but his entire sequence was just kind of nothing. I like his gimmick of being the security system and having to destroy his organs to beat him, but beating him was wayyy to easy for how he was advertised. - yarnaby was... ok? He should have had a bigger role. He died way too early even though he was advertised as the 2nd biggest treath after The Doctor. - the glitches and bugs, etc. - the puzzles were kind of boring but fine i guess. It was a pretty solid chapter imo! I still think the 3rd one is a lil bit better, but it doesn't come very far! :>

[@dinosaurfan4827]

Man Poppy Playtime fans complain about Chapter 4 being buggy and their puzzle was easy, while THE SAME poppy fans wanted it to be rushed and complained that the puzzle on previous chapters were way too hard.

[@Lenlash-2]

8:40 bro he got eaten by doey There is no way of comeback😭🙏

[@felxpro]

He mey be cus there are some thet have smoler versions or there are more of the big once so i tink this was one of the smaler toys so he will be returing bether (at least i hope so) (his dead is why i liked thet doey died)

[@Bagaspati1187]

Despite i really like this chapter, i understand the complaint people were saying about it and i also have some major complaint about this chapter. My main one is how they treated The Doctor (Harley), despite he is the main antagonist of this chapter while also one of the most important character of the franchise, we barely see him throughout the chapter, only through speaker. And his final boss fight felt anticlimatic and boring. What really bothers me is how Doey seems to take all the spotlights, even his final boss fight was more fun then Harley, Doey was just another experiment like any other monsters we fought, but he had much biggrr role on this chapter despite Harley being more interesting narrative wise. I think Mob should've just out more focuses on Harley for this chapter and not Doey My main second one complaint is that i feel Mob introduces so many new characters, so that when the game released, they can't show them all through the chapter, leading to dissapointment and dissatisfaction. I think Chapter 3 had the perfect amount of character and they've just go on with that I really hope Mob learning from their mistakes in the making of Chapter 5, cause ever since Chapter 3, people had high expections on the Poppy franchise. Considered that with the evidence Chapter 5 might be the final chapter, people expectations will go so so high, it's okay to delay the game, i understand if they want to.

[@sirequesadilla]

I liked only the ending, the game felt rushed, anti climatic, and to short and not scary for poppy playtime. I really hope they do better with chapter 5...

[@AnthonyMartinez-jk4eu]

I love the chapter a lot everything is perfect, but I do have some issues. One of them is the fact that Harley Sawyer is just a brain in a robot had a, instead of like a robotic body with a TV head. This one's a little minor, but I wish they added wings on the radie baby plush

[@sammy_54wammy]

Yeah I was so confused not seeing him in that form

[@AnthonyMartinez-jk4eu]

@sammy_54wammy yeah it was disappointing.

[@sboy2044]

??? Are you talking about the silhouette from the trailers? Because that was just one of his robot bodies covered in shadow

[@sammy_54wammy]

@ no, in the doctor trailer, he had the purple tv head with a robot body with a cloak on. He was just a brain in a capsule in the game, that’s why we’re confused

[@CoolRiv]

I loved chapter 4, amazing story. Not as good as chapter 3 but it's one of my favorite chapters, i'd say my second favorite. I do agree with the bugs, but you've gotta understand they had a limited amount of time for development and some devs left the team, but I know they WILL fix all the bugs soon. By the way, sick intro man!

[@Lightfulday]

I think it's not only MOB's fault for why this chapter isn't great, it's kind of the fans fault also, majority of the fans of this game are very and I mean VERY impatient when it comes to waiting for new chapters, MOB probably got nervous/anxious/scared about waiting longer then a full year because of all the impatient people and they rushed to get it done quicker, Which is why it had so any glitches/bugs, and wasn't fully finished. I also believe that most fans had expectations for the chapters set so incredibly high that it's almost impossible to top the expectations, hopefully we bring it down a bit next chapter. I hope MOB takes this as a lesson and takes their time for what could be the final chapter, they can't let the impatient fans get to them, chapter 2-3 had a 1.5 year wait, I hope they take at least 2 years, especially if chapter 5 is the finale. I hope: - They do better in the section of having minimal bugs and glitches, a couple are fine and it's normal, but almost every section is unacceptable by both devs and play testers - They keep characters alive longer/have more cutscenes or gameplay sections, no killing characters off too quick or giving them short screen time - Actually make new characters, no recycling anybody (Except Poppy, Kissy, Huggy, etc) No repeats of smiling critters - Maybe make sections a bit scarier? To some people there are scares, but other people there's no scary at all, this is a horror game, we expect scares that are good, not the same thing over and over. - Better gameplay (Boss fights and enemy sections) Puzzle section was very improved compared to chapter 3, where there were either too many puzzles or too confusing/hard

[@TheHuggyzilla]

Bro I honestly thought chapter 4 was the best?! I understand the allegations, especially with pianosaurus, but i dont know, it felt like a really good game! And i remember there were also lots of bugs with chapter 3 when it came out, so hopefully all of the bugs get fixed for chapter 4. But honestly its my favorite

[@CaptainZee-w3x]

Chapter 3 is better than Chapter 4

[@TheHuggyzilla]

@CaptainZee-w3x well.. idk I think chapter 4 is better, it's just a better vibe idk 🤷

[@WaddellOnOver]

RIP Pianosaurus, the trailer they made for him was creepy.

[@YarnballPlays]

One thing I’d change is to make the hand wheel slower like in chapter 3

[@florentinmariostefan2069]

I can see that many are upset with how fast the monsters dies but they had to cuz otherwise the avarage speedrun wil take 8 hours and yes they wasted pianosaurus but someone on tiktok said in chapter 4 there is a letter that says there are 2 pianosaurus's one small basicly the one killed by doey and a much bigger one that can't even play a tune so that one will definetly appear in chapter 5 and the small pianosaurus could have replaced baba chops and then at some point doey comes and kills him and yarnaby died the way he was supossed to cuz he was kinda stupid so it makes sense that he burned but overall the chapter has turned out good

[@Sobatawanimasi]

Mob entertainment better make a REMAKE for this chapter, cuz what's the point to make a character 'Pianosaurus' if he only have 20seconds screentime😢😢

[@CrungleTheGoober]

He was just used to reveal how brutal doey could be. They probably chose a piano character because it sounded cool with the piano sounds when he was being thrown across the room.

[@Xo_Beanie_MorningStar_Xo]

Honestly I can understand why people are hating the chapter, pianosaurs didn't get enough screen time, the nightmare critters were just re-used Smiling critters Code, Yarnaby wasn't even that hard to run away from, the bugs and glitches (before the patch) and why now do they credit the server discord instead of at the end of the game franchise, like at the end of chapter 5, seems kinda ridiculous to add credits for the discord server at the end of chapter 4 💀

[@Winning_Vortex]

If chapter 5 is the last, I want it to be an M rated level of horror, like even though the gameplay has been evolving in an extremely good way, It feels like the games are getting less and less scary. And the horror chase sequences have become way too easy. the yarnaby chase was so easy(The puzzle part was hard tho. And cuz of that when yarnaby found you, it just felt more and more annoying), it felt like there was more room given for the player to run. They should've made a dogday type chase for yarnaby. The only scary part in the whole game was the doctor part. The things that gave popularity to this franchise were the chase scenes. the scary part with the huggy and mommy chase is that there are a lot of twist and turns, tight spaces and very short distance between them and the player. The horror in this chapter was underwhelming

[@SamMusser-b7l]

I feel like this chapter was focused on progressing the story and less on the actual scares of the chapter they need more intensity and a scary experience in the next chapter

[@thecabbagemaster.]

pianosaurus felt like opening a pack of oreos and finding zero icing. total rug pulled from under us moment. it felt like getting spat on and flipped off, especially with just shoving doey at you instead 2 seconds after the 3 seconds of screen time. and minor gripe but the smiling critter cut outs should have been nightmare critter cut outs, and imho yarnabys death was very sudden and out of nowhere

[@barneytrouble4447]

What I noticed is that they promised that they would release on January, and that they dropped the game on one of the last possible days to meet that deadline. It’s clear that they didn’t get the time to properly bug test the game

[@LandonsKingdom]

I felt Lied to, when poppy said it was “hell” I thought it would be monsters trying to like kill you left and right, but after like the 15 minute mark, it kinda just looked like your average poppy environment pior to Ch3. Also the Doctor felt really underwhelming, a lot of the adverts I thought we would be like actively having to dodge him but nah he only really was a threat in the ending fight (I never actually played but I’ve watched multiple people play it so 😅)

[@JoeyBlox64]

Bro be grateful it didn’t take till 2026 plus for a 2 years of development bc they already started making chap 4 before chap 3 even came out I’d say it’s a huge improvement from chapter 3 in gamplay and it’s pretty long with abt 3-4 hrs of gamplay so ye

[@erkazit]

Played after watching some gameplay but most major spawns missed on my play. Bobba, Yarnabi and Doctor lol. I amazed why they make much easier than Prev chapter but that was Bugged. They told this floor is more like a hell but not near as expectation, Atmosphere of Catnap was really feeled heavy but this chapter not near as is. And most secrets revealed, maybe next chapter is last.

[@Massivecheese-l1k]

To be honest, it not the best from all the chapters, but I agreed they could’ve take 6 months at least to write a story for each character, like pianosaurus. Didn’t had much of screen time which is a shame. Same with the nightmare characters and Yarnaby. I really enjoyed Doey’s story, they really add so much potential to it. I even made a small comic book of pianosaurus how we would have escaped from him. Justice for pianosaurus.

[@PiterparkerYT]

Thank you for your honest review and voicing your concerns with the chapter! A lot of the people just straight up defend it at all cost not recognizing that there are some actual issues (both with the game and how mob handled the release) that need to be fixed and addressed. They definitely should have taken more time to polish the game up and the gameplay was honestly pretty boring to me. I'd say chapter 2 had better gameplay compared to chapter 4, but that's just me. The game wasn't very scary compared to previous chapters but at least the story and the lore was great. Take care!

[@Nized]

You are welcome and thank you for your input as well! Happy you enjoyed!

[@HyperDashYT]

All around I would say I agree with the Steam Reviews, I'd give Chapter 4 a 6/10. I am EXCEPTIONALLY dissapointed by how much Mob wasted the Doctor and Pianosaurus. What really annoys me about Pianosaurus specifically is that he's an entirely original character with a really cool design and yet he got barely 10 seconds of screen time, while Baba Chops with her unoriginal and lame design got a 10 minute section just for her. The Nightmare Critters genuinely should have not existed whatsoever. What a waste.

[@NotFunny-cw9he]

I feel like they should’ve switch Baba chops with and Pianosaurus and pianosaurus with Baba chops.

[@Brock-brock]

With how much people are upset about pianosaurus I have some hope that mob will somehow add in a boss fight for him

[@michelhop6189]

I feel that it did feel really rushed and some things just don't make sense: DO NOT PRESS READ MORE UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE SPOILERS Pianosaurus as first really seems like something that should've got more work put in to. I think that a maze would be really cool where we have to find like piano keys or smth and play a little song or something like that while he is walking around, I think that would've been way cooler and actually would be something fun. Secondly there should've been more time put into the nightmare critters. They have 0 cutouts and are also only in the game visible at certain parts for a bit. They got some little like small section where they suddenly jump at you with like 100 of them at the start and near the end we got a part where they were. But this wasn't a lot. We also never got to actually see the doctor or do some bossfight with the doctor. The only thing is the sort of maze with the tv things, but not really the doctor itself guarding the pipes or something like that. I believe that they should make us actually be able to see the doctor. Now another thing.. How did huggy even survive the fall. It's impossible to survive the fall. Okay he has a broken arm and stuff, but come on you could hear the scream fading slowly as he falls down meaning he fell down very very far that it's impossible for it to even be alive. I know a lot like huggy but it makes no sense at all. After all I believe the game just got rushed and if they took more time, it could've been very good.

[@ueeee_ray]

Huggy was probably either treated by the prototype or himself, as in chapter 2 u can see his blue trail leading into a vent

[@steavenu8200]

I think the reason the characters down not get enough time is because they added so many new characters that they couldn’t squeeze everything in there properly and how nized said 1 year to make a new chapter with a good story and look very polished is really hard so I think itcshold have came out mabey in November on early 2026

[@featherguardian6023]

While the Chapter has some Flaws and Bug, this isn’t anything new as even Chapter 3 had the same issues before and other that the Fact I wanted more Pianosaurus and Nightmare Critters, I still consider this a Horror Masterpiece which Improve Gameplay, a Expansive Story and Lore, amazing Voice Acting and Secrets, and does something new but Familiar and Different with a Dark and Tragic Tone, to me it’s a 10 out of 10.

[@babyseal8822]

Yeah, im remember when cp3 was new, ppl complain how catnap have less screentime despite being main antagonist (ironic that doctor, a character who ppl said need more sceeentime actually got more screentime than catnap)

[@sboy2044]

@@babyseal8822By screentime, does that include when he talks?

[@babyseal8822]

@@sboy2044 not only when he talk, but when he control the Facility, for example when he turn on the light when we gonna enter the prison entrance but he closing the door before we get in, or when he release the red smoke from above and and we have to shut it down while having hallucination grafic, and when he freeze doey, and when he broke our purple hand and he laugh at US after that, and don't forget that the TV around you will turn into his eyes looking at you

[@Heyimjustsaiyanidw]

Huggy was compared to darth wader by the creator so those who know what happened in darth’s story huggy will turn against the prototype

[@jensenbould4090]

Honestly i think the chapter if just being hated on its just been out for 3 days just let the devs update and patch some stuff and then when chapter 5 comes out we can possible see what chapter 4 is now if we were wrong hating it

[@mimikyu7163]

I remember when the release date was announced for the chapter I expressed my concern about how soon it was releasing after chapter three and was gaslit on twitter by someone. And now I can’t help but feel that if they delayed the release to at least summer of this year it could’ve been great.

[@shieldtale9322]

I have a theory. I think they intended for chapter 4 to be the last chapter, but they decided to try and squeeze out one more chapter after the success of chapter 3. I don't have a whole lot of evidence other than Poppy saying that Catnap was the last obstacle back in chapter 3, when that clearly wasn't the case as evident of chapter 4. It would certainly explain a few things if chapter 4 was just thrown together as a rush job. Like how we didn't see any gameplay until the game was almost released.

[@Atomic_Capybaras]

I didn’t expect poor reviews especially cuz huggys back

[@CrungleTheGoober]

Mostly review bombing from people whining about pianosarus.

[@VixinMcCloud]

Honestly I would not be surprised if this game was better received by those who knew nothing going in. At least then, the only disappointment can come from the game itself. Looked at vague marketing? Enjoy Pianosaurs being heavily side-lined and Yarnaby's sudden combusting despite their abundance of promotional material. Seriously, Baba Chops should've been the sidelined character instead, since they're effectively reskins of a previous concept. Doctor looking like the main villain? Nope, it's Doey, who is an interesting character with an interesting story, but lacks the importance of the overall narrative compared to the Doctor and Yarnaby. I know previous chapters hide their main villains until near the end, but the previous villains earned their spots as the big bads of their chapters. The doctor should've been the big threat with Yarnaby as the marketable boss. End of story. Doey's story should not have been more important than the inventor and head scientist himself. I'm saying this as someone who grew to really like Doey. Followed the arg? Boy it sucked to realise that 90% of it was completely pointless. What is this Theater Incident? Doesn't matter as it's just the 60+ body final straw that got Harley locked into a computer. Seriously, what the hell it actually is beyond vague fire and how it's Harley's fault is never explained. It's not even the incident the game focuses on. All the arg really did was establish that the Doctor watched people and everyone hated him for justified reasons. That's it. His story not being the main chapter story makes the arg itself even more pointless. Also Pianosaurs being tough to reveal in the arg makes the quick and pointless death even more shitty.

[@taylor7772]

The Doctor fight was underwhelming and Pianosaurus only had like 30 seconds of screen time. I did appreciate that they added the human remains which made the chapter darker than previous chapters.

[@Pasirplox]

The only disappointing part of the chapter is not seeing Pianosaurus in full action, like I mean they did a RNG, teaser trailer, a full song just for him to be bodied in 6 seconds of his introduction, for the doctor they should have made him more threatening tbh his introduction at the start was epic but his fight was not it, it was kinda underwhelming, and don't get me started with the giant ass black sheep.. that guy had a whole sequence than a cool character (Pianosaurus).

[@ali_gondal1]

1:51 This is the section the review id talking about and most of the time yarnaby doesn't spawn it happened to fusionzgamer too

[@Nized]

They released a new patch just in the last hour! I'll be releasing a video about later today!

[@DOEY_1234]

I love the game my self,I wish pianosaures would have a boss fight like green light red light or a piano puzzle

[@TartagliaThe_11th_McDsEmployee]

Chapter 4 feels like a testing grounds for stuff on chapter 5 ngl, I enjoyed watching the Doctor part even though it's easier than it looks and the Doey fight cuz the two are just pure intensity and no annoying "get touched get killed".

[@TylerSoda44]

There were barely threats after us so there weren't a lot of enemies to kill us it was more focused with the puzzles now I'm just confused who's the main villain of chapter 4 this chapter is just ass and the characters are not even that scary.

[@sboy2044]

For most of it it’s the Doctor, after that it’s just the Prototype, and Doey is an antagonist for only his part

[@jakehirth1064]

Pinaosaurus got the vanny treatment by only showing up for a couple seconds we didn't get a chase scene or even a jump-scare from him what's a massive let down if the developers want to make it up to the people that wanted him to have screen time they would immediately add him to project play time.

[@ddtb5424]

I think the doctor section was easy the reason tho they didn’t make us physically fight us was for the lore due to him not haveing a physical body.They instead made him the main subject(unlike catnap who got 15 minutes of screen time in he’s own chapter)by setting traps up to get us multiple times.

[@NatureSay-e8g]

@@ddtb5424 chapter 3 was worse chapter 4 was above chapter 3 but they are not the best

[@Scopes78_]

If it would be okay, I'd like to share my Steam review here to change people's minds about the game. Here it is: I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE SWAYED ON BUYING THIS CHAPTER OR NOT BEFORE THEY READ MY REVIEW!!!! Hi, I just bought the game today after the first patch. As of February 1st, every problem and concern everyone has with the game is non-existent. My entire play through was bug and glitch free, except ONE PART, where i jumped over the railing for the boxcar things during the final boss and it made me fall infinitely, *which was something very easy to avoid if you don't do things you shouldn't. If you start to fall through the map, just reset to last checkpoint and barely any progress will be lost. With how many times the game auto-saves for you, it shouldn't be a problem. I very much encourage anyone who left a negative review to play the sections you hated the first time around just one more time. I promise the experience will be better, and more people can experience this truly amazing game. My Take On The Game. (Before I start this section, I'd like to say I have only played Chapter One and Chapter Four as of now) In my opinion, the game was amazing. The story was great, and I really liked the new and existing characters. I did have to follow a play through for one or two parts, and before you bash me, I really tried to figure it out on my own for almost half an hour with ZERO progress on both of those parts. Adding to that, I thought the puzzles and lore behind the tapes were amazing! The only issue that I can think of was the jumping over the railing on the last boss fight chase part, which can, again, VERY EASILY BE AVOIDED. I don't think this game should be hated on this much, where at least 5 different KZbinrs I've seen so far have only read the negative reviews, and, "how disappointed every single Poppy Playtime fan is" - Nized on KZbin. (He commented HEAVILY on polishing and monster AI, which have been swiftly fixed and taken care of.) I want to repeat, there are NO soft locks, NO bugs, and NO other issues with the game anymore. (that I have personally encountered or found online, as of the time of Patch 1.) It took me 5 and a half hours to beat the entire Chapter Four DLC, and I loved every. single. bit of it.

[@reideley4398]

This is the most positive and polite response to people who have played the game that I have ever seen in my life

[@SStudiosCO]

Yarnaby and Pianosaurus were so disappointing in game. 2 characters teased and hyped up only to be killed in 10 seconds or 30 minutes. The doctors bossfight was just as disappointing as the Afton fight in security breach. He had no real stakes then what we thought. The nightmare critters where just created to make money off of as no cutouts of them were made, no commercials of them, only created to be mini enemy’s to keep the player on their toes. Mob f themselves over with this chapter and here’s what it is. To many toys.

[@triciagenett3334]

It should have been split into two chapters, yarnaby, the nightmare critters, and the doctor as one chapter, and pianosaurus and doey in one chapter. I feel like yarnaby was clearly wasted, like pianosaurus, and the nightmare critters, who we didn’t even hear their commercials. The chapter feels like it gets worse and worse throughout the game. It’s a downgrade from the last one, still a great game of course. The prison area in the first half was absolute peak, but it just get worse from there. I honestly hope they add and rearrange the chapter, but they probably wouldn’t do that. The saddest thing is they can’t bring yarnaby and pianosaurus back, so they can’t give them more spotlight. It would’ve been cool in the theoretical chapter with yarnaby and the doctor if most of the puzzles were the yarnaby ones like in chapter 4, I feel like that was a mechanic goldmine. Yarnaby had the most time to be the main cover character and yet dies Less than halfway through. Still great game, just wish they made it two and took longer. 6/10

[@BlackRaveBow]

I hated the big Nightmare critter chase. It was so annoying and unclear

[@chiragjebar4030]

On this chapter, you take damage and then got jumpscare while other chapter has direct jumpscare I was happy when I first time see that but then this feature is work with every enemies except Yarnaby which is makes boss fight easier

[@MRCHICKEN-i7q]

This chapter was super cool. I know, a lot of bugs but these will eventually get fixed. For the story idk how people hated it, i know it wasn't as scary as the previous chapters. Barely any jumpsares and chases. That's my only complaint so i hope they focus on making ch 5 full of jumpscares. But overall i still loved it. A lot of lore too lol.the end was unexpected too, with cliffhangers, like what is prototype going to do? Is chapter 5 the end? Is huggy going to be the main character for another chapter? I guess we have to wait. Also for pinosaurous or whatever you call it. I never in my life saw so much madness on the internet over a character that got 10 seconds of screen time. I know it had a lot of theories of it being a main character for a chapter. But the devs wanted that choice. At the end, we just want to have lore knowledge and scared. And hey who knows, maybe it will be back like huggy. So please for the story leave that completely to the game they know what they're doing. For the bugs it's annoying but will be fixed of course. For the chapter not being so scary i agree. I think best thing for them to do is adding small jumpscares throughout the game with also reworking yarnabe chase being similar to huggy. And as you can see. Like 5% of ch1 was the part that made it people's favourite. So a small intense chase in ch5 wouldn't disappoint. But at the end i don't need to act as an expert gamer lol this chapter was fire and yall r ungrateful ADHD version: story good, scary not so good, ppl need to chill the chapter was still good, pino whatever could have a return like huggy AND ppl need to chill over it again. I hope they rework yarnabes chase to be similar to huggys chase and add small unexpected jumpscares throughout the game

[@EveRosell]

I feel like they dropped the ball with story too. The second we had sentient smiling critters in safe heaven we were constantly asked to spend time with, it was obvious they are gonna be tear jerker moment. The emotional manipulation is a bit too obvious in this chapter.

[@nutellaforlife98]

The problem i have with this chapter is that it's not that scary in chapter 1 you could see huggy stalking you, in chapter 2 mommy's presence was there especially the fact that her hand might be seen on the screen extending form behind, and in chapter 3 catnap was literally stalking us and every moment there was tension, in the school ollie tells us someone is not our friend so we watch out, and the player should know the playhouse is dangerous since we are forced to go there in the cave and the smiling critters are there, while for most of the counselor office the vision is blurry because you mostly wear the mask, chapter 4 has the doctor stalking us, but i didn't feel his prensence also he talks too much.

[@newton3874]

They wasted so much potential with Sawyer plus not to mention the fact that pianosaurus only had very little screen time

[@tsr-gtr]

Im just mad that the so called "Hell" filled with "Feral" beasts is just made of plushies. I expected a bunch of failed bigger bodies like Yarnaby, with animal like minds that could not be used in a industrial enviroment due to its agression and not being suitable for control, not a bunch of smol toys lmao

[@ShroomstonArtism]

Another thing I noticed with Pianosauris was that the keys he plays don’t make any sound. The only piano sounds I hear were when he was thrown around by Doey and a little at the start of his introduction, other than that they were completely muted. Hope that part gets fixed.

[@LalaokokLalaokok-sk7qi]

Chapter 4 was just,We didnt have a place to stay a lot except the safe haven but this chapter is not really great

[@CrungleTheGoober]

But it isn’t as bad as people are saying it is. It’s still better than chapter 2, just not as good as chapter 3.

[@ChocoRainbowCorn]

I mean, at least I can't say that I don't understand people's disappointments fully. Albeit I still think what we got was good enough, save for Yarnaby's death part and how little of a role Pianosaurus had.

[@DemonTheMemeMaster]

I hate this one part of the chapter where right after you get the omni hand, your supposed to take a left when you walk out the door you put the keycard in, but when people play for the first time (like me) they have NO idea to take a left, they go forward and get stuck in the gas mask part again, i had a panic attack till i realized that there was an option to go back to a different save The devs know about this and they are planning to fix this