Looking for Something New to Try?

Thinking of trying a new game but not sure where to start?  

Today I’m reviewing a game from a big indie franchise called Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach. This is the first game of the franchise where the player is able to walk around the building without being stuck in an office with a limited number of buttons to use while focusing on the amount of power left to keep doors shut. In this game, the player has a lot more to do, like solving puzzles and looking for certain objects throughout the different floors and rooms. The genre is a mix of adventure, survival horror and action. It’s a fairly new game that does have some glitches though for the most part it is great for beginners new to these games.  

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The game starts with Gregory, the main protagonist who you play, when he tells Freddy that he’s hiding from the security officer Vanessa. Throughout the game the player with the help of Freddy needs to avoid getting caught by the other animatronics and security staff while looking for an exit out of the Pizza Plex he’s trapped in for the next six hours when the Pizza Plex unlocks the doors to open for the next day. 

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This game is available to play on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox One. The design is different from the past games as it moves away from the classic try to stay alive until 6 a.m. while sitting in a security office formula. In this game, you roam around the Pizza Plex looking for a way out while avoiding the animatronics who are constantly on alert throughout the levels. Aesthetically this game contrasts with the others in the franchise as the past games have used dark and classic scary designs and atmospheres while in this game it shows a brightly lit building with neon colours that resemble a classic 80s look.  

 Another thing that’s interesting but isn’t used very much is how at the end of the game there’s a point where you learn it could end there but you could continue with the risk of no longer having the option to save until the game ends, allowing you to learn the various endings to the game. In the gameplay there have been some glitches such as there being two Freddys, finding out what’s behind doors before you reach those levels when Freddys stands near them, and if you’re moving while pressing the button to call Freddy he tends to run right past the player.  

Another part of the game is figuring out the lore of it which is a big thing with this franchise. Along the way, the player has chances to find collectibles in presents and messages from the staff and customers in duffle bags scattered throughout the game to help piece together some more of the background information.  

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Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach is a great game for those looking for something new and different from their usual games, with the bright aesthetics contrasting the scary survival horror theme of the game and finding out more of the sinister story behind the Pizza Plex this is definitely a game worth playing if you like puzzles and horror.  

Hello, my name is Isabella. I’ve been playing video games since I was a kid, I first got into video games when I watched my mom play TMNT and Super Mario Sunshine on GameCube when I was younger. 

 I still play games when I have time though I tend to play only on consoles, the types of games I enjoy are survival horror, arcade-style, fighting games, social simulators, platformers, racing, detective narrative driven, and party games. I try to learn about different kinds of styles and genres of games, though mostly I tend to lean more towards Nintendo-made games, for example, many from the Mario franchise.