The Web of Cogs and Oil - Fangame Review

so if you've ever played five nights at freddy's fan game chances are you've come across somebody's fnaf a u an alternate universe or canon that builds on the original games to create something new to justify why you should give their take on the series a spin some games aren't notorious for switching things up story wise while others keep things super short and sweet giving you really only what you need to understand the context of your immediate environment and some games one night frontiers but what if he totally dropped the need for story at all no rhyme or reason as to why you're punching through mechanics or tasks seemingly no connection between them you're just kicking a collection of snippet-sized experiences but for nothing more than kicks the web of cogs and oil surprisingly enough hey this match is exactly what i just described at least on new year's eve 2019 by lazy the potato or [ __ ] this is nothing but a short little bundle of mini games each of which feature a fun spooky face to go head-to-head with so short in fact the game throws you into the action almost immediately clicking past the credits brings you straight to the selection screen illuminated by the hazy orange glow of a series of candles among a crudly plastered wool so hey let's see what we got here huh doesn't look like there's any more than four of these little rascals to go at but hey quality of a quantity i guess all featuring familiar faces too it seems but seemingly avoiding any of the quote unquote core fnaf characters and i appreciate that keeps things funky fresh yo anyway time to head down to the chippy run the stock dry get some vinegar on my scampi pick out my hot chips get some horseradish on those bad boys and go to town the corpse here we are seemingly tired to tow with a more realistic rendition of the rotting michael afton showing to us through the sister location custom night cutscenes stuck in a chiliol freezer as will be the case with most of these minigames the goal here is fairly clear-cut stinky little mickey over here doesn't seem to like the lights on so you got to generate power through turning a hand crank to keep them right and burning and orbiting billy away from you however you can't let it get too cold in the freezer god forbid the dyno nuggets are kept safe for consumption so you've got to keep things cool by turning around to regulate the temperature to push it above 30 degrees it's a balancing act really keep the zombie away from you contemplate why north america still use fahrenheit keep this up for three minutes and hey presto that's one at 4 done this was a pretty tense little experience really but definitely a good test of endurance michael barely moves but is always only slightly out of view and that's a little terrifying he gets quicker also and very nearly got me before i slip spy on one hand well with that boy done and dusted up next is the trickster featuring a character seemingly totally unrelated to fnaf until you take a gander at the poster that crops up in that pizzeria simulator teaser image it's the guy it's him and this little [ __ ] nugget is definitely more of a threat than it's a game i hide and seek you can't let the flashlight run out of power but you have to keep a close eye on this clown not letting him get too close to you or too far away letting him hit either extreme leading to your demise he'll trail off the screen or attempts to with the help of an audio queue to alert you of his presence usually there are a pair of two stupid-ass little boxes with a pair of stupid-ass little feet that'll misguide you attempting to bring your focus away from the actual threat and boy howdy are they really really awesome this is a creepy little bastard two little featureless eyeballs a stupidly spooky grin i never felt the same genuine tension i did with michael but while he friggin zowie this was a little panic inducing i barely had enough power to get through this thing alive so of course i did the only saying thing anybody with the right mind would do and wasted the remainder of it during the last three seconds of the game to see what would happen cool of the void is a powerful little concept anyway just like the corpse i got through this thing on my first try i'm all certainly challenging both of these were just short and sweet little experiences that were snappy and easy to understand and made it clear what to do oh chip's getting a little cold the demon seemingly a metallic spaghetti monster based off of old man consequences from fnaf world this is one big bouncy [ __ ] of an experience and all right so here we have three little tasks to take care of keep this one candela light so that i'm monochrome balloon boy doesn't blow out these here candles here if that does happen like the candles again if all the candles are blown out the aforementioned demon will escape the painting corporealize and gradually make its way towards you now that's simple enough problem is task numero tre requires you to darken this old little little pentagram over the lol here what i don't know what that means give someone else the funny little like on change so i go to rapids click on it and barely anything happens and i die nearly instantly what's going on here so apparently you're meant to click and hold ah yeah this was pretty poorly communicated you had me intentionally leaving this candle unlit to keep the room darker i mean surely that's what it means by darken right no yeah i don't know this is literally the only mini game i ever lost to i mean once i figured out how to beat the damn thing i survived a bit friggin yikes so that's the demon biggest takeaway i have from this is that this is surely the most eventful basement i've ever been kept prisoner in so boom hey we got three down and one to go the machine and hey here we have a character most people will be a little more familiar with scrap baby and boy is she less of a threat than ever so the strong song of this collection is pretty much a game as simon says you have a funky tablet here with a map of the building that's been put on lockdown your goal here is to match your arrow keys to the blinking arrow on your monitor to unlock a series of doors to open the path to safety and escape scrap baby you are after all [ __ ] in the building with her except you can't break your gaze from her for too too long you gotta slam the monitor back to make sure she isn't getting too close to the glass and if it ever does come to that you've got a limited use taser to push it back into position except the challenge here is super minimal it felt just a little too easy to flip press an arrow key flip back for instant repeats until it's time to unlock the door to the right and even here well she becomes a little more aggressive it seems but never to the point of it feeling like i was in any true danger and you have four and a half minutes to complete this like i'd ever need that much time at least the environment here is super cool and conceptually i like the idea of this all it's not just executed super well or at the very least not in a way that had me on the edge of my seat begging for mercy i definitely think more could have been done to ramp up the difficulty significantly what you have here feels like it's half there if there was another task to take care of and if it was balanced well enough i feel like that would have made for a better final challenge because at the moment the difficulty curve feels a little and hey that's all there is to be offered in this here little minigame collection and that's really what this all is a bundle of disjointed spooky experiences that vary enough to feel interesting but have their ties back to the feel of any one of the original freddies games and isn't that what every fnat themed four game mini game collection should aim to do i really do love the overall theming here too though almost as if each mini game well it could be argues they have absolutely nothing to do with each other seem to share a very subtle underlying gothic horror feel from the selection screen to the entirety of the demon even in the little extras menu this thing offers the building you're locked in with the machine features some miniature graves and some spilled internal organs hidden from view during gameplay so the weber cogs denial overall what i think of this it's a little flawed sure but past that it's pretty much your typical fan game with fat trims a concentrated collection of tension and terror at the very least some of the lesser appreciated characters get a chance in the limelight here this is just a neat package with controller support too surprisingly enough you're not sure why you want to use the controller with this but hey whatever floats your boat i guess anyway especially in the spirit of halloween go to game joe grab this thing and give it a little play honestly i'd have more to say right now but downing 30 pounds of horseradish does something to a person i'm gonna go hose my mouth down for the next few days [Music] you

Channel: gomotion

Views: 186,650

Rating: 4.9730225 out of 5

Keywords: gomotion, go motion

Id: e6ecjj8Milk

Length: 7min 14sec (434 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 09 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/Shadow_Toons]

100% dont recommend the discord, got a warning for streaming a show even though its on a private server

[u/KillerNoah666]

The review of cogs and oil mm yes this cog goes well with this oil

[u/FunyMonkyh]

Ah yes, T H E O I L I S G O O D W I T H T H I S C O G