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Post by trashcanman on Jun 27, 2010 20:55:05 GMT 2
Remember the video game "Manhunt"? It was banned all over the place because it was essentially the world's most brutal murder simulator. Pure nihilism to make even the most hardened GTA vet piss themselves. Ever ask yourself what it'd be like if they used teddy bears instead? Enter Naughty Bear.
The trailer campaign for this is great.
Ah, the ol' Jaws and Jason two-fer.
Intrigued?
Here's more:
Driving cuddly teddies to suicide? I so have to play this game.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jun 30, 2010 15:14:41 GMT 2
 I want it I want it I want it me me me me! That looks like EXACTLY the sort of game I'd love to play. I love games where you can just wander around and do different things to get different results. This looks fantastic. I remember all the fuss about the Manhunt games (they did eventually get released but a lot of stuff was cut). If I remember from reviews weren't the games largely terrible anyway? |
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Post by trashcanman on Jul 1, 2010 0:37:05 GMT 2
I don't know. I didn't bother. They got pretty average reviews and I'm not willing to pay $60 for a half-assed stealth game that only had extreme violence to recommend it. I'm sure the Punisher game with it's interrogation/execution mode was way cooler.
Hey, they left out my favorite!
There ya go!
Homicide by shark, baybee!!!!!! Loved that game.
I'm concerned about my budget, but until the Fall game rush hits it's going to be real hard not to rush out and get Naughty Bear. If I'm lucky the reviews will be lackluster and I'll grow the balls to put it off until the price goes down. Oh hell, it's already cheaper than most games. Must.....drive.....ninja bears......to sepukku.....
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Post by trashcanman on Jul 1, 2010 1:26:10 GMT 2
Oh wow. I just found the first online review for the game and it's not pretty. xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1103142p1.htmlThe next is more lukewarm, but isn't going to move me to spend the dough. www.strategyinformer.com/ps3/naughtybear/reviews.htmlWhat a bummer. Well, I guess I should have been careful what I wished for. The disappointment of such an awesome concept being ruined by crummy gameplay surely outweighs the money I'd have spent if it had been universally applauded. But I've loved games that were critically smashed before so I'll wait and see what the fans think before I write it off entirely. Video game critics place too much emphasis on technical achievement and graphics. Sometimes, I just want to have some twisted fun. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jul 4, 2010 11:16:37 GMT 2
Aw, shit. I actually saw this game for sale last week (didn't know it was already out) and if I had some cash on me at the time I may well have bought it. It was full price though, so maybe after reading these reviews I'll wait till it's cheaper.
The glitches in the game sound like the sort of thing that would ruin it for me, though. I'm no graphic snob, but "There's no impact when you hit someone in the head with a bat, you have to fight the camera to get it where you want it, the levels are empty, it's a struggle to fight the bears, and your enemies go through the floor. I could go on like this, but do I really need to?"
Damn. What a shame. I can't believe they ruined such a good premise. But you're right, Trash, I've loved games that critics have hated, and hated games (Little Big Planet springs to mind) that are hailed as the Next Big Thing.
I'll still definitly keep an eye out for it, but I am officially disappointed with those reviews.
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Post by trashcanman on Jul 4, 2010 20:28:00 GMT 2
Yeah, bummer. A lot of the time, reviewers will harp on a minor glitch they saw all of once and sometimes I've played through whole games without encountering most of the bugs that piss them off so much, but in addition to the other things it seems like lazy programmer/testers are to blame. Or maybe they just ran out of funds. I wish Rockstar had tackled this.
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