Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (FNaF 3) is a 2015 point-and-click

Five Nights at Freddy's 3
survival horror video game developed and published by Scott
Cawthon. It is the third installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's
series, and takes place in a horror-themed attraction based on the
restaurant chain featured in the first two games. The player takes
on the role of an unnamed security guard who must defend
themself from a decrepit animatronic called Springtrap that roams
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the attraction while battling hallucinations of other withered
animatronics. To survive, the player must monitor the building's Developer(s) Scott Cawthon
security cameras while maintaining faulty systems that occasionally Publisher(s) Scott Cawthon[a]
shut down. Series Five Nights at
Freddy's
The game was revealed in January 2015 through a teaser image on
Engine Clickteam Fusion
Cawthon's website and an automated response system on his email.
2.5
Following several additional teasers and a trailer, the game was
released for Windows on March 2, 2015. It was later released for Platform(s) Windows
Android and iOS on March 6 and March 12 of the same year Android
respectively. The game received mixed reviews from critics, with iOS
praise towards the reworked mechanics and gameplay, but mixed
Nintendo Switch
reception towards its atmosphere and story. Its successor, Five
PlayStation 4
Nights at Freddy's 4, was released on July 23, 2015. Ports for
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One were released on Xbox One
November 29, 2019 alongside the first, second, and fourth Release Windows
installments in the series. March 2, 2015
Android
Gameplay March 6, 2015
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is iOS
a point-and-click survival March 12, 2015
horror game.[1] Players
Switch, PS4,
take control of an unnamed
Xbox One
night security guard at a
November 29, 2019
soon-to-open horror
attraction known as Genre(s) Survival horror,
"Fazbear's Fright", [2] and point-and-click

A gameplay screenshot showing the

must complete their shift Mode(s) Single-player
player's camera system, with without being killed by a
Springtrap visible in the feed homicidal animatronic that wanders around the attraction.[3]
Unlike the two previous games, Five Nights at Freddy's 3 features only one animatronic capable of killing
the player, that being a rabbit-like character known as "Springtrap", which wanders around the attraction
and targets the player's office.[3][4] Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Foxy (from the first game) and a few characters
from the second game make appearances as "phantom" animatronics, though these are incapable of killing
the player.[4][5]

The player is unable to leave their office and is defenseless against Springtrap, only able to delay its
advancement.[2] They can use two security camera networks to monitor Springtrap's movement, and can
halt its progress by strategically opening and closing air vents.[2] The player also has access to a set of audio
devices through the cameras, which can be used to lure Springtrap away from the office.[2][4] Alongside the
camera and audio systems, the player must also maintain the ventilation system.[2] All of these three systems
will occasionally fail, requiring the player to reboot them through a lengthy process that leaves them
vulnerable.[4][6] If the ventilation fails for a prolonged period of time, the player will hallucinate and their
vision will be obstructed, causing phantom animatronics to begin appearing.[2][4]

If a phantom animatronic appears in the office, the player will be jumpscared and one of the systems will
fail.[4] If Springtrap enters the office, the player will be jumpscared and killed, causing a game over.[4] After
each night, the player can choose to play an Atari-style minigame. These minigames provide backstory for
the series.[6] The game consists of five "nights" and an extra sixth night.[6]

Plot
An unnamed security guard is hired to work night shifts at Fazbear's Fright, a horror-themed attraction
based on Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a family restaurant that closed thirty years prior,[2] where homicidal
animatronic characters attacked anyone present after midnight. The player is assigned the night shifts for the
week before the opening of Fazbear's Fright, while the team behind the attraction searches for items from
the former restaurant to be exhibited. These items include cassette tapes recorded by an employee, which
play at the start of the following nights. On the second night, the player learns that the team discovered a
derelict, rabbit-like animatronic named "Springtrap", which the protagonist must prevent from entering their
office for the duration of the week.

As the week progresses, the cassette tapes discuss a variety of subjects, such as how to operate "springlock
suits", which function as both animatronics and as a costume for employees. Another tape mentions safe
rooms built at each Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location, which are inaccessible to all people except employees
and are unknown to the animatronics and customers. The cassettes on later nights discourage use of the
springlock suits after an event that involved "multiple simultaneous springlock failures", and the final
message states that the safe rooms were sealed off for unknown reasons. In between nights, the player is
able to play Atari-style minigames that provide insight on the history of the former restaurant. In the first
four minigames, animatronics from previous games are destroyed by an unnamed purple figure, who is a
supposed serial killer previously seen in the minigames of Five Nights at Freddy's 2. In the fifth minigame,
the ghosts of the figure's victims corner him, prompting him to seek protection by hiding inside of a yellow
rabbit suit. While inside, its springlock mechanism fails, crushing the figure to death as the ghosts fade
away.

The game has two different endings, with the ending determined by whether the player has completed all of
the minigames. The "bad ending" occurrs if the player does not complete all minigames, with the "good
ending" occurring if the player does. After the sixth night, a newspaper clipping reports that Fazbear's
Fright burned down under unknown circumstances and that all salvageable items will be sold at a public
auction. Brightening the image used in the newspaper clipping reveals Springtrap in the background.

Release and reception

Reviews
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score

Metacritic PC: 68/100[7]

Review scores
Publication Score

Destructoid PC: 6.5/10[6]

Gamezebo Android: 4.5/5[3]

MeriStation PC: 7/10[8]

Nintendo Life NS: 5/10[5]

PC Gamer (US) PC: 77/100[4]

TouchArcade MOB: 4/5[2]

In January 2015, less than three months after the release of Five Nights at Freddy's 2, an image was
uploaded to Scott Cawthon's website teasing a third entry in the series. At the same time, an automated
response system was setup on Cawthon's email, confirming Five Nights at Freddy's 3 to be in development
and requesting fans to not ask questions on the game.[9][10] Various additional teaser images followed and a
trailer was released on January 26.[11] A demo for the game was released to selected YouTubers on March
1, with the full game being released hours later on March 2.[12] A mobile port was released for Android
devices on March 6,[13] and for iOS on March 12.[14] Ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox
One were released on November 29, 2019 alongside the first, second, and fourth games in the series.[15]

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic,
assigning the Windows version a score of 68 out of 100 based on seven critic reviews.[16]

The mechanics and gameplay were praised. Omri Petitte of PC Gamer and Nic Rowen from Destructoid
praised the reworked camera system, both believing it to be more useful than in previous game's and gave
the player more reasons to use them.[4][6] Mitch Vogel of Nintendo Life called the gameplay simpler than
previous titles, believing it to be "more of a skill-based game".[5] Nadia Oxford of Gamezebo believed the
game to be easier than its predecessor.[3] Other critics praised the character of Springtrap. Rowen liked its
inclusion, saying it combined with the reworked mechanics to make "by far the most technically proficient
and mechanically satisfying installment yet".[6] Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade described it as the "most
intelligent and ghastly antagonist in the series so far", highlighting its unpredictability.[2] Petitte and Vogel
had differing opinions on the game's difficulty, with Petitte believing the game to be intense and consistently
give him paranoia[4] and Vogel believing the use of only one animatronic made the game easier.[5]

The game's atmosphere was debated by critics. Petitte wrote that the game was presented well and praised
the horror aspect of Springtrap, but believed that the phantom animatronics lacked their original
personalities and felt repetitious,[4] an opinion agreed with by Rowen and Vogel.[5][6] Vogel wrote that the
phantom animatronics were unnecessary to the game and considered the weaker horror aspects to be a
trade-off with the improved mechanics.[5] Critics were divided over the game's narrative and minigames.
Rowen criticized the game as adding "more convoluted layers to the story while offering no real
explanations" and described the minigames that are required for the good ending to be a "chore to slog
through" and tarnished the rest of the game.[6] Conversely, Oxford believed that Scott Cawthon had
"proven his talent" at storytelling and character design, and that he chose a "good place to end things"
should the series have been coming to a finish.[3]

Notes
a. Clickteam LLC USA published the game for consoles and mobile devices.

References
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External links
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4397378/) at IMDb
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