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| title = Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location |
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| image = Five Nights at Freddy's-Sister Location.jpg |
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| caption = [[Steam (service)|Steam]] storefront header |
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| developer = [[Scott Cawthon]] |
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| publisher = Scott Cawthon {{small|(PC)}}<br/>[[Clickteam|Clickteam LLC USA]] {{small|(Console and Mobile)}} |
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| series = ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' |
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| engine = Clickteam Fusion 2.5 |
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| platforms = {{ubl|[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[PlayStation 4]]}} |
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| released = '''Windows'''{{Video game release|WW|October 7, 2016}}'''Android'''{{Video game release|WW|December 22, 2016}}'''iOS'''{{Video game release|WW|January 3, 2017}}'''Nintendo Switch'''{{Video game release|NA|June 18, 2020|EU|July 10, 2020}}'''Xbox One'''{{Video game release|WW|July 10, 2020}}'''PlayStation 4'''{{Video game release|EU|July 21, 2020|NA|July 22, 2020}} |
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| genre = [[Survival horror]], [[Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games|point-and-click]] |
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| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] |
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| composer = Leon Riskin |
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'''''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location''''' is a 2016 [[Point and click|point-and-click]] [[survival horror]] video game developed and published by [[Scott Cawthon]]. It is the fifth main installment in the ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' series and the sixth game overall. Set at a sister location of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria called Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental, players control a new employee who must perform maintenance work while defending themselves from a set of [[Animatronic|animatronics]], which become mobile and [[Homicide|homicidal]] at night. The gameplay in ''Sister Location'' is significantly different from the previous ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' games in that it grants players mobility between rooms where tasks are completed. |
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Cawthon teased the game in April 2016 with the tagline "There was never just one". Following a trailer released in May, it was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] on October 7, 2016, on December 22 of the same year on [[Android (operating system)|Android]], and on January 3 of the following year on [[iOS]]. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its voice performances and criticism for some aspects of its gameplay. A sequel, ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's#Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator (2017)|Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator]]'', was released on December 4, 2017. Ports for [[Nintendo Switch]], [[Xbox One]], and [[PlayStation 4]] were released in 2020. |
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==Gameplay== |
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[[File:Fnaf Sister Location.jpg|thumb|A screenshot showcasing the Primary Control Module]] |
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''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location'' is a survival horror video game. The player controls Mike, a late-night technician for the animatronic rental company Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental. The [[player character]] must complete five shifts—called "nights"—without being caught by the animatronics that become mobile and homicidal at night.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gelmini |first=David |date=2016-08-08 |title=Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location Launching in October; New Plot Details Released |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/181736/five-nights-freddys-sister-location-launching-october-new-plot-details-released/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=[[Dread Central]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Though it continues the series's [[Adventure_game#Point-and-click adventure games|point-and-click]] format, ''Sister Location'' introduces a more dynamic gameplay environment. Players use crawlspaces to move between the facility's rooms—Primary Control Module, Funtime Auditorium, Circus Control, and Ballora Gallery—to complete tasks.<ref name=VG247>{{Cite web |last=Oxford |first=Nadia |date=2016-10-14 |title=Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location - Guide, Tips, and Walkthrough |url=https://www.vg247.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-guide-tips-and-walkthrough |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=[[VG247]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> Each night concludes when the assigned tasks are completed rather than surviving a set timeframe against the animatronics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrick |first=Langdon |date=October 27, 2016 |title=Local voice actor's first stab at horror game is scarily successful |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/local-voice-actors-first-stab-at-horror-game-is-scarily-successful/article_a9c48ca0-963b-11e6-b52e-c7fea30b5818.html |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Derek Russell |first=W. |date=June 4, 2018 |title=Zombies, 'Avengers,' '5 Nights at Freddy's': Ex-teacher finds new voice |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/2018/06/04/andy-field-does-voices-commercials-computer-games-roles-tv/614392002/ |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=[[The Clarion-Ledger]]}}</ref> In addition to a company-issued [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] voice named HandUnit, a variety of tools are available to the player to navigate the rooms and subdue the animatronics. For example, players use an elevated control pad on night one to light a room and shock the animatronics, and on night three, a flash [[beacon]] is used to navigate Funtime Auditorium and avoid its animatronic, Funtime Foxy.<ref name=VG247/><ref name=destructoid/> |
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As with all ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' games, failing to defend oneself from the animatronics results in a [[Jump scare|jumpscare]], causing a [[game over]]. However, in this game, the animatronics do not actively pursue the player; instead, a jumpscare occurs if the assigned tasks are not completed correctly. If the player dies, there is a chance for them to enter an [[Atari]]-style [[platformer]] minigame, reminiscent to the post-death minigames in ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 2]]'', where the player acts as Circus Baby delivering cupcakes to children. Completing this minigame in a specific manner unlocks a secret level on the fifth night that reintroduces the immobile survival aspect of the original ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's (video game)|Five Nights at Freddy's]]''.<ref name="GameCrate"/> Completing all five nights unlocks additional features, including a "Custom Night",<ref name="Gamezebo"/> where the player selects from various modes and difficulty settings and tries to survive the night in a modified Night 5 secret room against a new set of animatronics. |
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==Plot== |
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Mike is hired by Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental, an underground facility storing animatronics from the closed Circus Baby's Pizza World. The facility's AI, HandUnit, greets Mike each night and assigns him maintenance tasks. On the first night, everything runs smoothly: using elevated control pads, Mike checks on and, if necessary, administers electric shocks to the three animatronics—Ballora, Funtime Foxy, and Circus Baby—to ensure they remain active, before leaving. On the second night, the power goes out, the animatronics come to life, and Circus Baby warns Mike of the danger posed by the other animatronics. She instructs him across Funtime Auditorium and assists him in resetting the [[circuit breaker]]s.<ref name="VG247" /> On the third night, after performing maintenance work on Funtime Freddy, Mike is attacked by Funtime Foxy and is placed in [[Five Nights at Freddy's 3#Plot|a springlock suit]] by Circus Baby for his protection, from which he must escape while repelling Minireenas on the fourth night.<ref name="destructoid" /> |
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On the fifth night, Mike discovers two hanged technicians in the location where the animatronics should be, preventing HandUnit from detecting their absence. Circus Baby directs Mike to dismantle her empty shell in the Scooping Room, where the animatronics' endoskeletons are extracted, explaining that this is necessary to "save what is good so the rest can be destroyed." However, she warns him that he is being pursued by the animatronic Ballora, who intends to kill him. Between nights, Mike watches an animated sitcom at home.<ref name="kotaku"/><ref name=":1"/> Elizabeth, William’s daughter, is heard begging him to play with Circus Baby, despite her father's insistence that she must stay away. |
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===Endings=== |
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The game has two endings. If Mike follows Circus Baby's instructions, he finds all animatronics have been "scooped" by a machine called the Scooper. Circus Baby's voice is revealed to be Ennard, an amalgam of the animatronics, who uses the Scooper to eviscerate Mike and disguise itself in his skin. The other ending is unlocked when the player completes the post-death minigame in a certain manner: upon success, Circus Baby extends a claw from her stomach and pulls in and kills a girl, presumed to be Elizabeth, whose soul possesses the animatronic. Subsequently, the player can defy Circus Baby's instructions by entering a private room. Inside, they must fend off Ennard, angered by the player's defiance, until 6 AM. Mike returns home only to find that Ennard has followed him. |
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In a series of cutscenes that play if the player survives the hardest difficulty on the Custom Night, Ennard abandons Mike's decomposed body, but Mike reanimates. It is revealed that Mike is the son of William Afton, the murderer mentioned in previous games. Disfigured and "living in shadows," Mike recounts that William sent him to the underground facility to free "her," leading to the animatronics attacking him, mistaking him for William. With nowhere else to go, Mike resolves to find his father. The final scene shows the burned remains of a horror-themed attraction based on Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria named Fazbear's Fright, from which its animatronic Springtrap emerges. |
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==Release and reception== |
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{{Video game reviews |
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| MC = 62/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location/|title=Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location|website=[[Metacritic]]|archivedate=2024-02-24|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224140030/https://www.metacritic.com/game/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location/}}</ref> |
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| OC = 20% recommend<ref name=OpenCritic/> |
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| Destruct = PC: 6/10<ref name="destructoid"/> |
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| Gamezebo = MOB: {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Gamezebo">{{Cite web|last=Rich|first=Rob|url=https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-review-why-always-with-the-sacrifices/|title=Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location – Why Always With the Sacrifices?|date=January 10, 2017|website=[[Gamezebo]]|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=December 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223225139/https://www.gamezebo.com/2017/01/10/five-nights-freddys-sister-location-review-always-sacrifices/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev1 = ''GameCrate'' |
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| rev1Score = PC: 7.50/10<ref name="GameCrate"/> |
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Developer [[Scott Cawthon]] had previously stated that ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 4]]'' (2015) would be the final game in the series. However, he announced ''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location'' on his website in April 2016 with the tagline, "There was never just one."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=John |date=2016-04-25 |title=Sister Location Is Probably Five Nights At Freddy's 5 |language=en |work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]] |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/five-nights-at-freddys-5 |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=2016-04-23 |title=The next Five Nights at Freddy's game is called 'Sister Location' |url=https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/23/11494402/the-next-five-nights-at-freddys-game-is-called-sister-location |access-date=May 9, 2016 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Favis |first=Elise |date=April 24, 2016 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's Creator Teases New Game Sister Location |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/04/24/five-nights-at-freddys-creator-teases-new-game.aspx |access-date=May 9, 2016 |website=Game Informer |language=en}}</ref> A trailer was uploaded online on May 21.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Joe |date=2016-05-23 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's: Sister Location Gets First Trailer |language=en |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-gets-first-trailer |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blain |first=Louise |date=2016-05-23 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's: Sister Location trailer goes back to the series' creepy model roots |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-trailer-goes-back-to-the-series-creepy-model-roots/ |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |language=en}}</ref> On October 7, ''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location'' was released on Steam. Due to user complaints about the difficulty of night four, a [[Patch (computing)|patch]] was released to alleviate its difficulty.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=2016-10-10 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's: Sister Location Lurches Out |language=en |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-released |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref> [[Downloadable content]] was later added for a non-canon Custom Night.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santos |first=Jerome Delos |date=19 October 2016 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's Sister Location Custom Night DLC: How To Unlock, Release Window, And What To Expect |url=http://www.thebitbag.com/five-nights-freddys-sister-location-custom-night-dlc-unlock-release-window-expect/192696 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207200211/http://www.thebitbag.com/five-nights-freddys-sister-location-custom-night-dlc-unlock-release-window-expect/192696 |archive-date=7 February 2017 |access-date=20 October 2016 |website=TheBitBag}}</ref> ''Sister Location'' was ported to Android on December 22, 2016, and on January 3, 2017, a port for iOS devices was released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotson |first=Carter |date=January 3, 2017 |title='Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location' Finally Available on iOS |url=https://toucharcade.com/2017/01/03/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-release-ios/ |access-date=March 4, 2023 |website=[[TouchArcade]]}}</ref> [[Nintendo Switch]], [[Xbox One]], and [[PlayStation 4]] ports were released on June 18, 2020; July 10, 2020; and July 21, 2020; respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Craddock |first=Ryan |date=2020-06-18 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's: Sister Location Surprise-Launches On Switch |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/06/five_nights_at_freddys_sister_location_surprise-launches_on_switch |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location'' received mixed reviews. According to [[Metacritic]], a [[review aggregator]] website that compiles reviews from publications and assigns a [[weighted average]] score out of 100, the game received a score of 62 based on 4 critic reviews.<ref name="Metacritic"/> The aggregate website [[OpenCritic]] calculated that only 20% of critics recommended the game.<ref name=OpenCritic>{{Cite web|url=https://opencritic.com/game/3419/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location|title=Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location|website=[[OpenCritic]]|archivedate=September 21, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921081431/https://opencritic.com/game/3419/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location}}</ref> |
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Critics have praised the game's non-gameplay elements. Many have particularly highlighted the quality of the voice acting. ''GameCrate'' felt that the addition of voices to fit the animatronics enhanced the scare factor, stating that the animatronics "don’t seem like mindless death machines anymore. They are intelligent. They know who you are, and they can manipulate you."<ref name="GameCrate" /> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' agreed, emphasizing Heather Masters's portrayal of Circus Baby.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/five-years-of-five-nights-at-freddy-s-1839089503|title=Five years of ''Five Nights at Freddy's''|last=Hughes|first=William|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=October 21, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027084048/https://www.avclub.com/five-years-of-five-nights-at-freddy-s-1839089503|archivedate=October 27, 2023}}</ref> However, opinions on the game's use of humor were more divided. While ''GameCrate'',<ref name="GameCrate" /> ''The A.V. Club''<ref name=":1"/> and ''[[Kotaku]]''<ref name="kotaku">{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Patricia |date=7 October 2016 |title=''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location'' Is More Than Just Jump Scares |url=http://kotaku.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sister-location-is-more-than-ju-1787546065 |access-date=10 October 2016 |website=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref> found the humor to be a sound addition to the game—with the formermost contending that it helped calm the player for a more intense subsequent jumpscare—''[[Destructoid]]'' felt that most of the attempts at humor detracted from the atmosphere, suspecting they were included in service of merchandising.<ref name="destructoid"/> |
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The gameplay was criticized. Some found it too easy, while others argued that it is overly challenging. ''GameCrate'' wrote that every night "ends up being its own tutorial and level one before being quickly discarded," arguing that "once you know what to do each night can be beaten without any real challenge."<ref name=GameCrate/> Conversely, ''Destructoid'' argued that while "Sister Location keeps things moving and delivers fresh thrills throughout the entire work week," its pacing in terms of difficulty is what obstructs other aspects of the game from excelling. Specifically, they pointed out that night four is a "massive roadblock," seemingly intended to pad out the game's length rather than enhance the experience.<ref name="destructoid"/> |
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''[[Destructoid]]'' rated the game 6/10,<ref name="destructoid">{{Cite web|last=Rowen|first=Nic|url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-five-nights-at-freddy-s-sister-location-392230.phtml|title=Review: Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=March 21, 2022|archive-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209091814/https://www.destructoid.com/review-five-nights-at-freddy-s-sister-location-392230.phtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> while ''GameCrate'' rated it 7.50/10.<ref name="GameCrate">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamecrate.com/reviews/review-sister-location-isnt-fnafbut-it-terrifying/14736|title=Review: Sister Location isn't FNAF...but it is terrifying|last=D’Argenio|first=Angelo M.|date=October 11, 2016|work=GameCrate|access-date=December 23, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225050054/http://gamecrate.com/reviews/review-sister-location-isnt-fnafbut-it-terrifying/14736|archive-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> Rob Rich of [[Gamezebo]] gave the mobile version a decent review, giving the game 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "I don't necessarily think Sister Location is the worst mobile iteration of the FNaF series, but it's certainly not the best despite the overall improved visuals."<ref name="Gamezebo" /> |
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==References== |
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