505 Games unleashing a Naughty Bear on PS3 and Xbox 360
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505 Games just announced a new game from Wet developer Artificial Mind and Movement -- and the protagonist is, well, artificial. Naughty Bear is pretty much exactly what we expected when we saw the trademark filed by A2M: a violent action game starring an animated, stuffed bear. Specifically, a stuffed bear who swears revenge on other jerk bears for failing to invite him to a party.
The goal in Naughty Bear is to scare, irritate, and, of course, hurt the other bears, racking up "Naughty Points" as you do and using weapons strewn about the game's 30 stages. The game will dole out more Naughty Points in response to more "deviant and maniacal" tactics. From the description, it sounds like Manhunt with teddy bears. It's going to be a polyester stuffing-bath.
Brilliant :)
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Sounds excellent! The teddy looks awesome too, i'm sure he's homophobic though and he's hiding the fear of him being gay by showing a tough exterior ... i mean look at his stance, it shouts mincer!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 10, 2009, 11:57:34 AM
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I am taking this picture to Kinkos and have a life-size printout made. Than I'm going to hang it on the outside of my front door. At first I predict my neighbors will think it is some sort of Christmas decoration. But after a few months things are going to pretty creepy.
;D
Beacause living next door to Neato isnt creepy enough ;)
Naughty Bear Trailer (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/13/naughty-bear-trailer-features-pre-naughty-bear/)
That teddy is awesome, although he looks abit gay in the trailer....
Oh that brings me back.
Back when the internet was pure and wholesome ... before all these damn kids had to go and ruin it with their iBobs and rap music.
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Impressions: Naughty Bear
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What happens when you take one part Conker's Bad Fur Day, another part Happy Tree Friends and mix in a bit of Metal Gear Solid? You get Naughty Bear, A2M's upcoming game in the severely underrepresented "cute torture porn" genre. If you're like me, you've been waiting a long time for a game like this.
Check out any of the game's pre-release media and it's easy to understand Naughty Bear's mission -- and exactly why he must wreak vengeance on his cuddly neighbors. It may seem overly cruel, but there's a creepy Stepford Wives–esque vibe about the entire gameworld. The rest of the bears are a bit too cute, and a bit too clean -- in a very sinister way. The true face of the town is revealed when Naughty Bear starts his quest. The town's response is no less violent than any of Naughty Bear's actions, and the residents will use pistols, shotguns and even ninjas to make sure Naughty Bear is dead.
Naughty Bear has an incredibly gruesome repertoire of moves at his disposal. He can use a wire to choke another teddy bear to death, slam a bear's head into a fire or kick a bear down and shoot its head wide open with a shotgun. If it weren't for the soft side of the game's characters -- they're stuffed animals, after all -- Naughty Bear would probably outdo Rockstar's Manhunt in terms of over-the-top, gratuitous violence.
It's easy to just focus on the violence, simply because it's so unnervingly visceral. But Naughty Bear isn't all about violence per se. The game is a fun arcade-style adventure that rewards stealth and mischief -- the player is supposed to be a naughty bear, not necessarily a murderous one. Each of the game's scenarios offers a playground for players to explore. While there are specific goals, such as infiltrating a certain building, or "taking care" of a specific character, the primary objective is to obtain as high a score as possible. Points are measured not by your number of kills, but by the level of fear you instill in the virtual populace.
Naughty Bear rewards stealth and subtlety. You can hide in the grass, break through a window, and then hide in a locker, watching as the bears respond in different ways. Some will become cautious, others will become scared and some will even get aggressive. The HUD features scrolling text that indicates mood changes in the various NPCs, and a helpful PIP video will appear near the top of the screen to show exactly how the bears are responding. The AI is adorably responsive: in one scene, I saw a bear run into a house, and then push a dresser in front of the door to block intruders. (Call it the "bearicade" reaction.)
Once Naughty Bear starts being naughty, the pressure is on. As with any good score-based game, Naughty Bear features an all-important score multiplier that increases with every naughty act the player commits in rapid succession. To keep the multiplier building, players must risk flashier moves as enemy bears increase their resistance. Bears can and will fight back, usually with a variety of weapons. Some bears can even call for reinforcements -- and police bears are a rather dangerous foe, wielding guns that blast right through your fabric.
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When the odds seem overwhelmingly against you, it might seem best to just fight back with a murderous rampage. Killing lots of bears will certainly maintain your score multiplier, but to reach the top of the online leaderboards, you'll have to squeeze every possible point out of your victims. If you can scare a bear beyond its maximum threshold, it becomes vulnerable to one of the greatest finishing attacks I've ever witnessed in a game: Instead of murdering a bear, you can push it to the point of suicide. Yes, bears that are completely drained of "scare" points will kill themselves with whatever weapon they're wielding. Gruesome? Of course. Hilarious? You bet! Adorable? That too.
Naughty Bear's gameplay is refreshing, and the game's presentation is absolutely spot-on. However, I am concerned that the game will get old quick. While there's obviously a lot of planning involved in executing a "perfect" run, you might get desensitized to the hyper-violence pretty fast, and then the game loses much of its appeal.
My preview, however, offered hints of added depth to Naughty Bear that might counteract my chief concern: as players progress through the game, they'll unlock costumes, which grant Naughty Bear some additional powers. (For example, he can wear a ninja suit and be granted stealthy powers.) Playing to climb the leaderboards, though, is definitely going to be the true attraction for those that become addicted to Naughty Bear. You'll be able to go for that high score on PS3 and Xbox 360 this June.
Alien Parody Trailer ;D
Which instantly reminded me of this
;D ;D
I thought this post was about Naughty Bear from Bo Selecta ;D
Sha-wing!!
Naughty Bear stuffing shelves on June 8
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505 Games has announced that A2M's adorable cotton-shredder, Naughty Bear, will stalk retail shelves this summer on June 8. The game follows the eponymous Naughty Bear, who finds something very odd about his usually pleasant surroundings and neighbors -- and then attempts to resolve it by making everyone hug ... a shotgun.
thats right near my birthday. :P
I hope this game is fun to play. The images are hilarious.
Quote from: nCogNeato on March 23, 2010, 07:13:20 PM
I hope this game is fun to play. The images are hilarious.
It looks like a game I would enjoy
It does look good, i think i will rent it.
Naughty Bear pre-order costumes pay tribute to slasher movie villains
The gameplay of A2M's Naughty Bear, in which you either outright murder other bears or scare them into killing themselves, is missing something. It seems like there's some additional touch that could really sell the idea of becoming a revenge-obsessed villain preying on the worst fears of those around you.
Like, perhaps, a Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees outfit.
Publisher 505 Games announced that you'll get precisely that (well, almost precisely: it's a "Kruebear" costume or a "Slasher Bear" outfit) when you pre-order Naughty Bear from Amazon or GameStop, respectively. The Kruebear offer isn't reflected on the Amazon page yet -- but expect to be offered the chance to tear stuffing out of bears' bodies with some knife-gloves soon.
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Cheevos
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news-1621-Game-Added--Naughty-Bear.html (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news-1621-Game-Added--Naughty-Bear.html)
I've got this coming from Lovefilm tomorrow, only came out today.
I'll let you all know what I think about it over the weekend.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 25, 2010, 02:44:44 PM
I've got this coming from Lovefilm tomorrow, only came out today.
I'll let you all know what I think about it over the weekend.
Same, got this and lego harry potter from LF today, havent played yet gonna do Lego HP first.
I've got this and Singularity rented this week. Tried this last night at 2:30am .... couldn't do it, i think i'll try the Tutorial first >_<
Singularity looks quite promising, mash up of Timeshift and Metro 2033 supposedly.
Quote from: Failed on June 26, 2010, 10:03:33 AM
I've got this and Singularity rented this week. Tried this last night at 2:30am .... couldn't do it, i think i'll try the Tutorial first >_<
Singularity looks quite promising, mash up of Timeshift and Metro 2033 supposedly.
Sounds pretty good, Timeshift was a decent game, still not tried Metro yet though.
Well,what's it like? This does look funny and it is one of the only recent games I fancy getting.
An other game I want but now have too many games too play including Lego Harry Potter and RDR.
Naughty Bear Review (http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/review/41789/naughty-bear/)
oh dear
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on June 28, 2010, 10:45:03 AM
oh dear
Yep, i've done a few levels and the novelty wears off extremely quick, probably won't even bother finishing it.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 28, 2010, 11:01:34 AM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on June 28, 2010, 10:45:03 AM
oh dear
Yep, i've done a few levels and the novelty wears off extremely quick, probably won't even bother finishing it.
Really!! the game looked so promising, kinda lame to hear that.
In that case I am glad it's on my rental list :)
Don't enjoy the game, it's buggy and feels wrong when you can spend 10 minutes setting up ingenious traps for it all to go sh*t up and you just end up battering everything to death with a stick instead, shooting also sicks .... psycho 14yo lads might like it :/
Eurogamer Review (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/naughty-bear-review) and it's not much better than the previous one.
I'm sending this game back today, it's so bad it's not even worth whoring the chieves.
Was looking forward to this.. Until it got anally raped in the reviews. Most people say it's like an early PS2 game. :(
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on July 02, 2010, 09:48:38 AM
Was looking forward to this.. Until it got anally raped in the reviews. Most people say it's like an early PS2 game. :(
Should have been released for free on XBLA ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 10:00:18 AM
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on July 02, 2010, 09:48:38 AM
Was looking forward to this.. Until it got anally raped in the reviews. Most people say it's like an early PS2 game. :(
Should have been released for free on XBLA ;D
pfft even more people would be subjected to it then :P
This is looking like a really good game. I can't wait until I have the money to buy it. I missed out on Conker back in the day, and hopefully, unless Conker comes out on XBLA, this game will make up for it.
Quote from: Legion on July 02, 2010, 04:27:58 PM
This is looking like a really good game. I can't wait until I have the money to buy it. I missed out on Conker back in the day, and hopefully, unless Conker comes out on XBLA, this game will make up for it.
You've been fooled like the rest of us. I was excited for this game until the reviews came in.
Such potential ... :'(
Easily one of the worst games on the console.
Agreed, really wanted to enjoy this game, and tryed my hardest to get into it.
But it really is that bad, sometimes reviews are harsh (alpha protocol) but they have got it spot on with this one.
easily a 3/10, 4/10 at a push.
Well, how about the multiplayer? I heard that was the best part of it, so despite not being much of a multiplayer person, I'm more curious about that than the single player.
Quote from: Legion on July 02, 2010, 10:52:32 PM
Well, how about the multiplayer? I heard that was the best part of it, so despite not being much of a multiplayer person, I'm more curious about that than the single player.
I didn't try it, the 3 levels that I played were bad enough, wasn't going anywhere near the MP.
Ah, shame. The game modes I saw on a youtube video about it seemed kind of enjoyable at least. Then again I'd rarely get to play the MP anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter either way.
Quote from: Maibs on July 02, 2010, 05:59:48 PM
Agreed, really wanted to enjoy this game, and tryed my hardest to get into it.
But it really is that bad, sometimes reviews are harsh (alpha protocol) but they have got it spot on with this one.
easily a 3/10, 4/10 at a push.
if even Maib gives it a 3/4 you KNOW it's gonna be cack >_<