I have a lot of feelings about Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 and it isn’t even about the designs.
Things that I did not like:
- This chapter was so nothing burger. There was no story progression or anything really interesting going on. It feels like a season with only filler episodes.
- The new characters, although interesting in their own right, are pretty much rehashes of past characters in how they function narratiy which is boring.
-The wrong side outimals were under utilized and I kind of forgot they were even a thing.
- I feel like the animation has taken a dip every chapter, and that is very apparent here.
-Giblet in general, he felt underdeveloped and kind of useless. He’s really just a plot device to tell us what we need to do, but I feel like we could have had that if we just met Poppy somewhere else earlier in the chapter.
- What was the point of killing off Harley Sawyer in chapter four just to bring him back in the next chapter? Either keep him dead or don’t kill him off in the first place.
- Chum Chompkins is just a huggy clone and will likely function the same narratively as Kissy next chapter.
- This is arguable, but I didn’t like the design of the lab. I feel like Mob had the opportunity to make the lab very different from the rest of the factory, with it having a more serious tone and feeling more sterile, which would have shown that Playtime Co. is not what it seems beneath the surface. Idk, just seems like a missed opportunity that could have made for some good storytelling.
- It wasn’t very scary, and I know people will say “well, it’s a toy factory and toys aren’t mean’t to be scary!” but I’m not talking about that! I mean there is hardly any tension or truly creepy moments! Yeah, the lore bits and tapes can be unsettling and disturbing, but there isn’t much in the gameplay that got my heart racing. I feel like we’re forgetting that this is a HORROR game. It’s capable of being scary, just look at chapter 3! Can we please do that again?
- The prototypes design was only revealed this chapter to distract from how bare bones this chapter really was.
- This should have been the last chapter but Mob wants to stretch out this story for every last cent it can produce
Things that actually I liked
- Bron was pretty cool, but could have done more
- Lilly Lovebraids/Mrs. Gracies backstory was interesting and her fate was pretty chilling
- Huggy and Kissy moment was heartbreaking
- Lilly Lovebraids section was altogether pretty cool
- Going into Huggy’s memory was cool and made the Huggy and Kissy moment feel like a better payoff, rather than it being shoehorned in for just a cool moment
Anyways, yeah, those are my thoughts. I was really hoping for another chapter 3, only to get a chapter 4, which isn’t great since that means we just had two chapter 4’s in a row. I’m kind of done with this game now, this chapter just cemented that for me.
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