Five Nights at Freddy's 4

I-Five Nights at Freddy's 4, eyathuthukiswa futhi yashicilelwa ngu-Scott Cawthon ngo-2015, imele ushintsho olukhulu endleleni eyayaziwa ngayo le midlalo eyethusayo. Ekuqaleni eyayimenyezelwe ngo-Ephreli 2015 ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi "Five Nights at Freddy's 4: The Final Chapter," lo mdlalo wawumiselwe ukuba ukuphela kwendaba yokuqala yochungechunge lwemidlalo. Ngemva kokuba usuku lokukhishwa lwasuswa izikhathi eziningi, ekugcineni umdlalo wakhishwa ngokungazelelwe ku-Microsoft Windows nge-Steam ngomhlaka-23 Julayi 2015. Ngokushesha wathunyelwa nakumafoni (Android ne-iOS), kamuva waze wafika naku-PlayStation 4, Xbox One, kanye ne-Nintendo Switch ngesandla se-Clickteam ngasekupheleni kuka-2019. Ngokungafani nemidlalo eyayandulela lo, lapho umdlali ayeba unogada oqapha amakhamera, i-Five Nights at Freddy's 4 ibeka umdlali endimeni yengane encane ezama ukusinda ebusuku ekamelweni layo. Lo mdlalo ususa ukuphepha kwamakhamera, kunalokho uphoqelela umdlali ukuba athembele kakhulu ekuzweni imisindo, ukubona okulinganiselwe, kanye nokuqaphela imvelo ezungezile. Kusukela phakathi kwamabili kuze kube u-6:00 ekuseni, abadlali kumele bagijime phakathi kombhede, ikhabethe lezingubo, neminyango emibili yehholo. Behlomile ngethoshi kuphela, indlela eyinhloko yokusinda iwukulalelisisa emahholweni amnyama te. Uma umdlali ezwa umsindo wokuphefumula emnyango, kumele awuvale ngamandla umnyango kuze kube yilapho ingozi isihambile. Uma kungekho msindo wokuphefumula, bangakhanyisa ithoshi phansi ehholo ukuze baxoshe izitha. Ukukhanyisa ithoshi uma isilo sesilindile emnyango kuholela ekwethusweni okukhulu okubulalayo (jumpscare). Izitha kule ngxenye yomdlalo yizinhlobo ezibizwa nge-"Nightmare" zama-animatronics adumile: Nightmare Freddy, Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Chica, kanye no-Nightmare Foxy. Lezi zidalwa ezimbi, ezonakele kakhulu, futhi ezinamazinyo abukhali zinolaka kakhulu kunezakudala. Ebusuku besihlanu, ama-animatronics ajwayelekile ashintshwa ngokuphelele yisitha esisodwa esikhulu esibizwa ngo-Nightmare Fredbear, esihlasela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Ebusuku besithupha nange-Custom Night, kungeniswa uhlobo olumnyama olusobala olubizwa nje ngokuthi "Nightmare". Phakathi kwamabili, abadlali bangadlala umdlalo omncane obizwa ngokuthi "Fun with Plushtrap," ofana nomdlalo wokuma nokuhamba obhekene ne-animatronic yonogwaja omncane. Ukuwina lo mdlalo kukuvuza ngokunciphisa amahora amabili kumdlalo ebusuku okulandelayo. Indaba yomdlalo nezimfihlo zayo zikhonjiswa ngemidlalo emincane (minigames) esitayeleni se-Atari. Lezi zigameko zikhombisa impilo edabukisayo yomfana omncane ohlale ekhala—owaziwa umphakathi ngokuthi yi-Crying Child—ohlushwa futhi ahlukunyezwe ngumfowabo omdala. Evalelwe ekamelweni lakhe, umfana ufuna induduzo kumatoyizi akhe, ikakhulukazi unodoli wakhe ka-Fredbear, okubonakala sengathi ukhuluma naye. Indaba ifinyelela kuvuthondaba ngosuku lokuzalwa komfana endaweni yokudlela i-Fredbear's Family Diner. Ngenkathi bedlala umdlalo ononya, umfowabo nabangani bakhe baphonsa ingane ethukile emlonyeni we-animatronic ka-Fredbear. Imihlathi yale animatronic ivaleka ngamandla, ichoboza ikhanda lomfana ngendlela eyethusayo. Umdlalo wokugcina ukhombisa umfana elahlekile endaweni emnyama enonodoli bakhe njengoba bephela kancane kancane. Unodoli ka-Fredbear uthembisa ukuthi, "Ngizokubuyisela ndawonye," ngaphambi nje kokuba kuzwakale umsindo we-monitor yenhliziyo iyeka ukushaya, okukhomba ukuthi umfana ushonile. Ngemva kokuwina izinga elinzima kakhulu, umdlali uboniswa ibhokisi elivaliwe elingavuleki elinombhalo othi: "Ezinye izinto kungcono ukuba zikhohliwe, okwamanje". Ukuthuthukiswa kwalo mdlalo kwakusukela ekungagculiseki kuka-Cawthon ngendlela abantu abamukele ngayo i-Five Nights at Freddy's 3. Ebona ukuthi abalandeli bebengazithandi izikhalo (jumpscares) kulo mdlalo wesithathu, wazama ukwenza umdlalo oyesabisa kunayo yonke ochungechungeni. Wasebenzisa ubumnyama kakhulu futhi waphoqelela abadlali ukuba bakhulise ivolumu ukuze bezwe ukuphefumula okuncane, okwenza ukwethuka kube buhlungu kakhulu. Ngemva kokukhishwa kwawo, kwakhishwa isibuyekezo samahhala se-"Halloween Edition" ngomhla ka-31 Okthoba 2015. Lesi sibuyekezo sashintsha ama-animatronics amaningi kwafakwa izinhlobo ezifana no-Jack-O-Bonnie, Jack-O-Chica, Nightmare Mangle, Nightmarionne, kanye ne-Nightmare Balloon Boy. Ngesikhathi ukhishwa, i-Five Nights at Freddy's 4 yamukelwa ngokuxubile, yathola amaphuzu acishe abe ngu-51 kwangu-100 ku-Metacritic, nakuba ukwamukelwa kwabasebenzisi kwakungcono kakhulu. Abagxeki batusa umoya womdlalo oyesabisayo, umsindo owenza uzizwe usemhlabeni womdlalo, nokwesaba okujulile okubangelwa yindlela yokudlala encike ekuzweni. Nokho, abanye bagxeka ukuthi lo mdlalo udinga ukuthanda inhlanhla kakhulu, baphawula ukuthi ukwehluleka ukuzwa ukuduma kokuphefumula kuvame ukubangela ukufa okudidayo nokungabukeki kufane. Naphezu kwalokhu, indaba yalo mdlalo ethinta inhliziyo kanye nokwesabisa okukhulu kwawenza waba yingxenye ebalulekile nekhumbulekayo emhlabeni we-Five Nights at Freddy's.