Multiplat Naughty Bear

[Kerrby]

Publisher: 505 Games
Developer: Artificial Mind and Movement
Platform(s): PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Game Type: Sandbox
Single Player. Multiplayer rumoured.
Release Date: Q2 2010

Wikipedia

Naughty Bear is the title of an upcoming video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Players will control the eponymous bear as they use various weapons to earn "Naughty Points", with extra points being given for "deviant and maniacal" tactics. The game is set on a paradisical island where teddy bears live in harmony. The main character, Naughty Bear, is a shabby teddy bear who has a tendency be mischievous, which earns him the dislike of the other bears. Like the other teddy bears, he does not speak but instead conveys his emotions through a variety of sounds and facial expressions.

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IGN Hands On

There's a ton of ways for your Naughty Bear to ruin the lives of the various stuffed bears around him. Some can be pretty gruesome. I saw a bear encounter where my character got in a fight with an angry bear. He grabbed a wooden sword from the ground and proceeded to stab the other bear in his stomach, ending by impaling the bear and twisting the sword for good measure. There's no real blood in the game so the ESRB shouldn't get to worked up about the cartoon violence. Instead you get innocent fluff spewing out of wounds.

There are other ways besides outright violence against other bears to stir up trouble within the world of Naughty Bear. You could ruin parties organized by the bear community, steal things from other bears' houses or set things on fire. Just don't get caught by the bear law enforcement. One scenario I saw featured the titular character stealing something from another bear's house. Since the owner of the house was in close proximity, he naturally called the cops after seeing my character compete his thievery. Now, if players are smart enough they'll realize that they can disable the phone in the other bear's house so he won't have the ability to call the authorities. It's this kind of sandbox gameplay and the different outcomes that will hopefully be possible throughout Naughty Bear that has me surprisingly excited for this summer 2010 release.

http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/105/1053564p1.html


Naughty Bear website:
http://www.naughtybearthegame.com/

IGN:
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/objects/054/054735.html

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Bear

 

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reminds me of Conker's bad fur day

 

[Biggy_Boy]

All they need to do is replace all the other bears with small children and we have a pedobear sim.

 

[Knife Wrench]

Looks interesting..

 

[Jabso]

This is probably more likely to cause outrage than any of the banned games. It won't get R18 but it will draw plenty of criticism.

 

[Nostradumbass]

lol....

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Who else thought PedoBear when they saw the title?

 

[mickelboy182]

reminds me of Conker's bad fur day

That's the first thing I thought of, and I loved that game so bring on Naughty Bear!

 

[Sman-21]

i think this is worse than left 4 dead 3 and gta games.

charachters look kind of cute an cuddly,the type of graphics younger kids will like but it sounds like it could be pretty violent.

So it should cause more of a stir.

But because the graphics arent deemed realistic and characters arent human like it will have no problems an wont get banned.

 

[Ant_]

Who else thought PedoBear when they saw the title?

I'd say it would be one of their influences

 

[cammo84]

Looks pretty messed up. It will definitely be controversial due to combination of childish themes and violence. I'll be sure to check out the reviews when it comes out, I'd love to have a twisted game like this if it's a decent game.

 

[HBK619]

Will either be REALLY awesome or just fall flat on it's arse.

Finding out that the dev made WET doesn't fill me with hope.

Potentially could be Manhunt with bears.

Certainly wouldn't be thinking Conkers Bad Fur Day just yet considering that Rare = One of, if not the greatest devs on the N64 vs a dev who made High School Musical: Sing It!

Of course the content makes you want this to rock the casbah, but really it is on a fair uphill climb to be a really great game.

 

[hawks_time]

reminds me of Conker's bad fur day

That's the first thing I thought of, and I loved that game so bring on Naughty Bear!

Definitely, thought it might have even been made by the same guys but no. That was an awesome game too; not expecting too much of this one though.

 

[HBK619]

Naughty Bear Box Art revealed.

 

[Kerrby]

Haha, that looks awesome.

 

[caMoGFC]

lol, yeh that's a cool cover haha

 

[evo]

 

[Toshowyouwhy]

I dont know why this game looks so damn appealing!! Could be a very good game or very poor game, like hbk said

 

[HBK619]

IGN Hands-on. Sounds pretty good. Would be really good with a co-op I reckon.

Source: http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1075003p1.html

When I first saw Artificial Mind and Movement's (A2M) Naughty Bear it was intriguing not only because it was an original idea, but because it was an original idea that let me impale playful little teddy bears with a sword, then turn around and crush the skull of another using a sledgehammer. You don't get to do that sort of thing in every videogame, so Naughty Bear immediately showed promise for thinking outside of the box.

Here you play as the titular Naughty Bear. His main goal throughout the course of the game is to wreak havoc on the members of his peaceful bear village. The more chaos he causes, the more points you'll earn and the higher your multiplier will get. All of this carnage takes place on a large island that's divided up into 4 areas spread across 28 levels. Your dastardly little Naughty Bear is free to move around the island in order to find instruments that will maximize the pain and suffering of every bear around him. I recently got the chance to play around with Naughty and a few of his tools of torture when 505 Games brought an early build into the IGN office...

 

[HBK619]

If anything, this game has some quirky ideas behind it...

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No idea if we're getting it, but it's pretty lol.

 

[SpaceCow]

It does look interesting, I might get it when/if price drops to around 30 dollars.

 

[Kerrby]

Here's some better trailers.

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[HBK619]

Here's some better trailers.

HAHAHAHA apparently I entered a contest unknowingly? It wasn't meant to be the trailer to end all trailers...

 

[scooterb]

HAHAHAHA apparently I entered a contest unknowingly? It wasn't meant to be the trailer to end all trailers...

Sore loser.

FWIW, this game does not interest me at all but I did enjoy the Alien parody.

 

[Glenno23]

This game looks a hoot

hopefully i will have some hands on time with it in 2 weeks at the games show on the GC