Got bored last night and decided to completely dissect Poppy Playtime so then I could see why it was irking me. Figured out the problem pretty quickly after writing the lore down in a notebook to keep track of everything(warning this will be long)
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(Thanks to the Poppy Playtime Fanwiki for helping with keeping track of the lore). The problem I found out was:
While I really liked the Prototype design (Though what toy is he?? Poppy is a toy, Kissy Missy, Huggy Wuggy, etc etc, but we never see the toy the Prototype was. Not to mention If the Prototype was able to hide from the cameras, he must have been small right? How is he so big now??), I disliked them making a brand new character just to put as Lilly Love braids when Stela Greybar(Y'know, the HEAD OF PLAYCARE) is right there.
Harley coming back seems a bit like a Deus ex machina, but oh well. I also dislike that they bring in a new character every time and then just kill them off as well.
They do this every chapter, with the new character sometimes always the one that chases you at the end. The other thing that irked me(the biggest thing that I was Super annoyed about) is A, WHO THE FUCK ARE WE??? Mommy knows who we are, and so does Miss Delight, which means we OBVIOUSLY worked deeper in the facility.
Are we a child who grew up and worked in playtime(Which we know happened to some kids)? Are we just a worker who knew what was Going on in the facility and that’s why we feel guilty about the Hour Of Joy? And WHY are we there? Sure, we got the letter, but why exactly WOULD we go back? What’s our angle? At the same time too, who the fuck WROTE the letter? Was it Poppy? Was it Kissy Missy? Was it the fuckin Prototype??? Who wrote the letter??? And why did they write the letter. Why US?? Why are WE guilty for this?? Are they just going to tell us all of this in the last chapter cause that’s such a fucking cop out.
The other thing that’s so goddamn confusing to me is like, how in the seven hells Is a TOY FACTORY able to fucking build a fuckin journey to the center of the earth basically??? Sure you can say “Oh well, would you say that about FNAF or Bendy And The Ink Machine?” YES. YES I WOULD. At least for BATIM it stopped really taking itself super seriously twords the ending Of their game and made it some sort of like, loop?
And for FNAF, well… They built the pizzaplexs on-top of each other, which is what some people irl do. But at the same time, FNAF wasn’t a fucking TOY FACTORY WHICH IS WHAT PLAYTIME CO IS. It’s just so goddamn confusing and annoying and I genuinely cannot suspend my disbelief (or however you call it) anymore.
The lore is okay but you shouldn’t be giving it out through easy to miss VHS tapes and recorders. I missed a few VHS tapes while playing because I genuinely Did NOT see them at all.
All in all its just so… I liked Poppy Playtime. I still do. I was there years ago when the first chapter came out, hell, even before it came out and it was just a trailer. I’ve been here this whole time.
I know that I’ve been saying alot of things I dislike So, I’ll tell you a few things I liked. I liked the Prototype and Huggy Wuggy. I do like some of the chase sequences and I like the concept of Safe Haven (But not the actual Safe Haven in the game), and I liked Cat Nap as a villain alot. I do like the games.
I think it was a neat concept that kinda pushed Mascot Horror into overdrive. But lately the games are just… Eh. Im hoping chapter 6 is the last chapter(I hope we don’t have to deal with Giblet the whole time either because if I hear “I’m not a hero” one more fucking time) and they wrap it up nicely, but It seems like they’re a bit over their head at the moment. Hell even Garten Of Ban Ban explains why your there. I hope they explain in the next chapter, and I hope we can have a good conclusion to Poppy Playtime.
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