Five Nights at Freddy's 2

HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR, HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

i saw a black guy in the corner

There's a lot to love about this game, but man, there's so many frustrating elements as well that hold it back, and all of my issues tie back to the gameplay loop. The gameplay loop is actually pretty fun for the early nights and as well as some of the custom night challenges. However, once the game enters the harder nights, like Night 6 or 10/20 mode, this gameplay loop takes a complete nosedive. Yes, the game should get harder as each night progresses, but the gameplay is RNG heavy (especially in the later nights) to the point where you can still lose even if you play everything perfectly. I don't really like challenges in games where you lose unfairly just because of RNG even if you're the most skilled player in the world when it comes to that game. It does a good job of creating tension and anxiety for the player, but it feels like it does so in a very arbitrary way, and I don't think that makes great game design or great gameplay. However, asides from that, the rest of the game is actually really solid. The early nights are still pretty fun, and most of the custom night challenges are really fun as well. I also love the animatronics designs, notably the withered animatronics, and Withered Bonnie, Withered Chica, and the Puppet are some of my favorite designs in any FNaF game. The graphics and locations are also pretty bright and nice looking, and the new lore additions with the phone calls and the minigames are very welcome. Overall, I really do like this game, and I think it does what a lot of sequels should do (expand the universe, shake up the gameplay, and leave an impact on the franchise for the future), I just wish the gameplay loop was better designed to make the game feel more replayable, and because of that, I see myself going back to the first game way more than this one. 8/10