This is easily the best game in the series since the 1st. (i'm no Freddy's expert) but this made the franchise feel evolved and innovative. It brushed itself off from being regarded as "Childish and outdated" it still has some of those elements but overall, it maintained a hectic and unsettling atmosphere during the segments that needed it. My only gripe is how "Meta" it is. Like, the game is literally about you in a vr headest playing a game, you picking mini-games from a screen and everything. more on the mini-games, most of them are fun and of course scary, although some of them have a difficulty factor so when replaying it in an attempt to eat it, it came across as more annoying than anything but satisfying to complete. Of course, there is an underlying story that gets the ball rolling for another game (i hope to god it's another VR title). But, it is a great vr horror game. (although, the DLC may have some problems..)