Huggy Wuggy is seen to be a sort of mascot for the company, as his image is displayed throughout the factory on the walls, on posters, etc., and the sign in front of his display tells the player this, along with the fact that he is the most popular toy sold from Playtime Co.
From there, the player must figure out a variety of puzzles from the beginning to the near end of the game, all requiring the usage of the Grabpack, which is basically an over-glorified set of arcade-prize sticky hands that can conduct electricity, grab small items, and reach things that are far-away, and are essentially the player’s only way to grab items and interact with the game world.ĭuring chapter one, the player encounters Huggy Wuggy near the very start of it, with Huggy Wuggy being a “model” of the classic toy that the company sells-and sells the most of-but with the normal toy being about or less than one foot in height, the “model” of the Huggy Wuggy displayed in the central area of the factory is three, four times the height of the protagonist. With the letter urging the protagonist to search for them and to “find the flower,” along with photographs and a VHS tape-which plays at the beginning of the game for the player-in the same package, the game jumps to the protagonist instantly being inside the front of the factory. The main idea of the game’s plot is that the nameless and faceless protagonist-an ex-employee of a well-renowned toy company called Playtime Co., who known for making the most life-like toys, and specializing in making “the nation’s favorite toys”-one day receives a mysterious letter, littered with misspellings and a very-noticeable uneasy feeling, with said letter urging the protagonist to come back to the factory where they use to work, stating how people believed the workers to have suddenly disappeared 10 years ago but claiming that they are all still there. Speaking of the other aspects of the game, they absolutely should not be forgotten. In Poppy Playtime, the characters, gameplay, audio, visuals, and story all collectively combine together to create that uneasy, eerie feeling that is often produced from things that are just the right amount of “old” and “new.” This combination is not only what draws people into the game but keeps them interested, along with all other elements of the game wrapping them in like the protagonist in one of Huggy Wuggy’s “hugs.” With movies like the Chucky series, and games like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Tattletail, it’s clear to see how effective taking elements from people’s childhoods and twisting them into something new and terrifying-along with bringing it into the “modern era”-can create another level of horror that still seems somewhat new to the genre. Throughout the years, time and time again, there has been a noticeable trend of using “old,” or things that fuel people’s nostalgia, and applying them to the horror genre. With a release date for chapter two set at some unknown time at the beginning of 2022, these are really the only few things that fast-fans of this game can do for now, and it seems as though the hype train for this story isn’t going to slow down.īut, why has it gotten so popular? Simple: a combination of old and new. Within only a couple of weeks since its release, videos and blogs have already been made showcasing how players are “breaking” the game, or at the very least pushing it past its limits, and also staging a variety of theories and ideas about the story, characters, and lore of this to-be-continued game. 21, 2021,–currently only has one chapter for this game out to the public, but already the short segment of playtime and lore has gained a wide variety of attention and heightened interest.
Six-feet-tall, blue and fuzzy, with limbs that scrape the floor as he walk with a lumbering, stuttered gait, and sweet-turned-menacing grin that reveals rows upon rows of teeth, below eyes of shiny plastic that seem to hold something more real, incredibly life-like behind them…This is the antagonist of chapter one of the game Poppy Playtime, with this terrifying creation known as “Huggy Wuggy.”
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