Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (2015)

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### Platform

Windows, Xbox One, Xbox One X/S, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch

### Genre

Horror, point and click

You play as the night time security guard at the new attraction: Fazbear Frights! Based off of the rumors of the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Fazbear Frights is a haunted house-esque place. You must survive until 6 AM with a creepy animatronic, who seems a little more human than he looks...

## Gameplay

In this game, you have a few things at your hands. The first are the cameras. You can look around. But there are also two things you can do. One: you can look at the vent cameras, and seal them. Two: you can play an audio of a child at any camera. You also have a maintenance panel. You use this to reset your audio playing system, your cameras, and your ventilation. Your cameras go out if you are on them too long. Your audio goes out when you use it too much. Your ventilation goes out when...we'll talk about that later. Survive five nights here, and every night, you must stay from 12 AM - 6 AM.

### Night 1

Nothing happens on this night. Just get a feel of the controls.

### Night 2 - 6 (Nightmare)

Throughout these nights, there are a few threats.

1. Springtrap: He moves through the vents and cameras. If he is getting close to you or a nearby vent on the regular cameras, use the audio to lure him to a different camera. If he is in the vents. Close the one he is in so he goes back.
2. Phantom Chica and Phantom BB: They will sometimes show up on certain cameras, and if you are on them for too long, they will jumpscare you, making your ventilation go out.
3. Phantom Freddy: He will walk by outside your office. Make sure you are checking cameras or the maintenance panel, or he will jumpscare you and your ventilation will go out.
4. Phantom Foxy: He appears by your left door. Just look away, go to the cameras, and he will leave.
5. Phantom Puppet: He is on Cam 8. If you look at the camera and you see the Puppet, the Phantom Puppet will be in front of you, not letting you do anything. He will then cause your ventilation to go out.
6. Phantom Mangle: He shows up on a camera, and if you look at it for too long, he will appear on the other side of your office, making a loud noise. He will give you an audio error.

Survive until 6 AM, and you'll win!

## Lore

### End-of-night minigames

In these minigames, you play as an animatronic after every night. After Night 1, you play as Freddy. After Night 2, you play as Bonnie. Night 3: Chica. Night 4: Foxy. In these minigames, you follow Shadow Freddy to a room. He goes through a room that you can't go through, then a purple man (presumably the same one from FNaF 2) dismantles you. Each night, you see the previous animatronics that you played as before, dismantled. On Night 5, however, you play as a crying child. You walk to a room, and there are four crying children behind you. There is a scared purple guy, and if you follow him, he will avoid you. Eventually, if you get him in a specific corner, the purple guy will run into a yellow bunny suit. He starts laughing, but the springlocks fail on him. Springlocks let the Freddy's animatronics to be worn as a suit, but also just be used as a robot. But for that, a bunch of metal pieces have to come together inside the suit, or taken apart, if worn in suit mode. But the suit was malfunctioning, so the metal pieces came together while the purple guy was inside, completely skewering him with the parts. This is probably the origin of Springtrap. As he bleeds out, he collapses, and all five of the crying children disappear.

### Secret (true) ending

In this ending, you have to go through a multitude of secret minigames, and give cake to crying children, four to be exact. Once you do all that, you will unlock the Happiest Day minigame. You play as the Puppet, and you give one final cake to a child. All five children are sitting at a table, with masks on for each of the five animatronics from FNaF 1. They disappear as the masks fall to the floor. The kids are free. They no longer have to possess those animatronics.

## Reception

Sadly, the reception wasn't as good as the other games. People said it was the easiest, and that the main jumpscare was not good. Although that was not everyone. Some still liked the game. And many people still bought it. But people weren't really satisfied with the game, and thought it was a bad ending to the series.