And another update drops not long after I dropped my essay of a comment about this game!
I'll just give my opinion on this, I love the aggression mechanic. It does make them feel a little more natural instead of having them move on set intervals. It makes them harder to predict... But not too hard.
I actually have a complaint with this update and that's Teddi's new mechanic. I thought the concept of playing keep-away with Teddi using the lure was incredibly fun and the gameplay loop was figuring out how to balance all of these different tasks all at once, but now that she can simply be sent back by closing the doors, it kind of loses all meaning to use the lure at all or even go into the camera's. Security is much more active, but again, it doesn't really matter if you're not using the camera's anyway and she doesn't have a gameover herself. It rids the game of its uniqueness in gameplay and despite the fact that you can still play as if you're on update 0.4.2. The danger of a lurking Teddi and all of the intimidation she carried with her is just gone now.
Another minor complaint I have is that the game feels slightly clunkier. When I'm flicking my mouse over the maintenance panel or the camera button, it would sometimes either not react at all, or it would immediately close it again because I'm flicking my mouse down preemptively to hit an available button. It forces me to slow down which wasn't a problem in 0.4.2 and has actually led towards a couple of deaths with the door characters since I'd try flipping for Teddi to place a lure, hear Catti on my right at the same time, then I'd try to pull down the camera's to reach the door button, but the camera's would flip back up again immediately after. It's a little annoying.
I beat 8/20 mode on 0.4.2 and now I did it again... In a quarter. I won't spoil what you get by beating it, but my point is that the game has become WAY too easy, despite the fact that Hoppi has gained a new ability and everyone moves slightly faster.
Do not fret however! I love everything else about this update. I think the menu looks awesome, I enjoy the little detail of being able to see what camera you're on without having to look at the top-left corner. I liked the new animations! And I've also found another secret character I'm pretty sure. She had crazy eyes while I flipped up the camera. That's literally all I could make out since I was flipping so fast, but it was pretty cool!
I love this game, I think it's still amazing, despite me thinking that the gameplay has gotten significantly worse now with no looming threat. That's all for now! If any of the creators would like to elaborate on the choices made, I'd love to hear it. No rush though of course.
Sometimes, I feel like Mr. 'Frickin' Hippo while making these comments, man...
Edit: WAIT! One more thing. This has nothing to do with any of the things I said before, but as a general question, I've seen a couple of pictures of a certain 'Teddibear' floating around that apparently replaced Security in the select screen for the custom night. She looks like Teddi, but her proportions are somehow even bigger and her color palette is a bit darker. Just wondering, what is that about? Thanks~.