Despite the big-budget survival horror efforts of The Evil Within and the frankly sleep-inducing Alien: Isolation, the game that has been on everybody’s lips is Five Nights at Freddy’s, a humble solo-developed indie game. Recently, the apply named Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 was released less than two months after the first.
For this instalment of my ‘Horror Show’, let’s look at a game in which you play as a security guard tasked with spending five nights watching over a pizza restaurant populated by beloved mascots. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not Night Watchmen Simulator 2014. It’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, an indie point-and-click horror title developed solely by Scott Cawthon. Read more …