5 Nights at Freddy's 2 is among the worst-rated films of the 12 months similar to Borderlands was final 12 months
Sigh. We have been so shut, y’all. For a second, I used to be positive that videogame films have been lastly able to being not horrible—then I remembered that 2023 cursed us with that Gran Turismo film, however you realize. Sadly, the final 12 months appears to have thrown us straight again to the ’90s with horrible silver display screen diversifications. And the mascot standing robust because the consultant of dangerous videogame films is none apart from Freddy Fazbear himself.
As reported by TheGamer, 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 at present stands as one of many worst-rated film releases of 2025. That is proper, it is not only a horrible adaptation, it is seemingly a horrible film full cease.
It is at present positioned because the third worst movie out of the 429 with greater than seven critic evaluations on Metacritic this 12 months, with a measly aggregation of simply 26 out of 100. It is solely three factors higher than Bride Arduous however nonetheless miles (20 factors) higher than the present worst-rated movie of the 12 months—Warfare of the Worlds, which from what I’ve been instructed is an terrible lot of Ice Dice watching screens peppered in with some not-so-subtle Amazon product placement.
I’ve but to see the 5 Nights at Freddy’s sequel, however its poor reception doesn’t precisely shock me. The primary movie gave the impression to be an excellent romp for followers—which, as somebody who solely understood the MatPat cameo, I’m not—however wasn’t precisely the most effective piece of cinema outdoors its plethora of references.
FNAF 2 follows within the footsteps of final 12 months’s Borderlands film, which additionally ended up because the third-worst film on Metacritic. Regardless of a comparatively weak 12 months for videogame films all spherical, different diversifications have fared higher within the web site’s aggregation—A Minecraft Film was the 384th finest film with a Metascore of 45, whereas Till Daybreak and TRON: Ares fared barely higher at 367 and 368 with a Metascore of 47 and 48 respectively.
On the brilliant aspect, it has been a principally first rate 12 months for videogames making their means over to tv. Fallout Season 2 is off to a unbelievable begin with loads of optimistic critic evaluations together with our personal from Jody. The Final of Us Season 2 was acquired with comparable heapings of reward from critics, sitting at 92% recent on Rotten Tomatoes.
I am at present wrapping up the primary season of the Satan Might Cry anime on Netflix—a second one is within the works for subsequent Might—and whereas I do not like it (it feels extra like Adi Shankar needed to make an eight-episode AMV more often than not) it is nonetheless watchable. Greater than what can seemingly be stated for most of the above.
Will 2026 put Hollywood again in our good gaming graces? The Tremendous Mario Galaxy film makes me need to say sure. However, er, regardless of the hell is happening with the Avenue Fighter film is most definitely placing a giant fats nope on all of that proper now. A minimum of for me, anyway. If that factor’s gonna be as large a large number as I predict, let’s at the least hope it is a enjoyable mess.