10 Video Games That Made You Work Out The Answer Yourself

7. Five Nights At Freddy's 4

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The Question: What's in that damn box?

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 introduced "The Box," which is exactly what it says on the tin - an unremarkable-looking locked box complete with the vague message, "Perhaps some things are best left forgotten for now."

Well, fans certainly didn't forget about the box, and in the seven years since FNAF4's release, they've continually agonised over what could possibly be inside.

Series creator Scott Cawthon teased fans that the contents of the box were "the pieces [of the story] put together," and so literally innumerable theories have done the rounds over the years.

One of the more popular suggestions is that the box is itself a metaphor for the series' unanswered questions, and that Cawthon may in fact never have any intention of revealing what's inside the box.

Whatever your own interpretation, the lack of clarity continues to drive fans absolutely wild, and with Cawthon recently announcing his retirement from games development, it's entirely possible the answer might go with him.

But with Cawthon planning to hand the series over to a new developer, hopefully he might either tell them the answer or, in the event he doesn't have one, let the new team come up with their own.

Or, you know, just leave the Internet on tenterhooks forever more, because isn't that kinda more fun?

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