IGN: Naughty Bear Review

"I've only played a few hours of Naughty Bear, but I don't need to waste any more of my time to tell you that this game is a waste of yours. Naughty Bear is an embarrassment and shouldn't be purchased by anyone anywhere. The gist here is that you're Naughty, a bear the other bears don't like. They don't invite you to a birthday party, so you pick up weapons and run around killing them. This sounds cool, but it's atrocious in terms of how it runs, the camera, the repetition and so on. It's just an utter failure on every front."

[-Alpha]

Too bad. The trailers were bizarrely cool.

[JsonHenry]

I expected the game to score low. But at the same time I didn't think it would be this bad.

[T9X69]

Me neither, but then again they did give the new Transformers a freaking 9. So being this low almost doesn't surprise me.

[Conloles]

Obviously the devs didnt set money aside for IGN

[chester]

this is far from the first site to give this game a brutal score.......

[psman012]

Too bad this sucked so much. I thought about getting it, but not now lol

[SnakePlissken]

Obviously you havent played the new transformers and know nothing about the old school cartoons and japanese side of it! It didnt get everyones attention up at ign for no reason. Its well deserved of a 9 and is just as good if not better than any COD, Halo or Gears game, especially when it comes to online. Dont talk smack on a game that you know nothing about. It just shows your ignorance and lack of gaming knowledge!

[WhatARump]

I actually want to try this game to see how BAD it is :)

@SnakePlissken
Why are you replying down here when you can reply directly to the person up there?

"It just shows your ignorance and lack of gaming knowledge! "
That's immature... why are you personally attacking someone over something so insignificant; not cool.

[Rush]

GOTY 2010 confirmed?

[Commander_TK]

It´s already better than GOW3, ME2, Heavy Rain, RDR etc. I mean, look at its graphics! Should be something off of 2016

[ViciousBoston]

lol. Regardless of the reviews i'll get it when the price goes down to 30ish. It looks entertaining and I don't trust review scores to tell me what games to buy and what games not to.

[SnakePlissken]

for the same reason it wont let me reply to your comment. there was no reply, just report. dunno why that is and dont care. i didnt really ask for your opinion, nor do i care. who are you to call someone immature, for making a point about someone bashing on the new transformers game that hasnt even played it? why do you care what i say, you dont know me. mind your own business next time. you talk about being immature, with a name like that? lol, idiot!

[Jamegohanssj5]

ROFLMFAO!

TGSI

[RAZORLAND]

at the 'Naughty Bear' ad right above the ign comments.

[PopEmUp]

GAME OF THE Summer and Winter Haha lol

[beans]

This is Bruce Lee(original xbox) Hour of Victory low. Didn't see such a low score coming.

[Theonik]

I did. Just won me 5$ i bet to a friend that this game will suck so bad.
@gtamike: I'd get it when it's 5$ cheap

[gtamike]

im still getting it in 6 months cheap :)

[Spenok]

Same here, yay for bargain bins.

[Darkstorn]

I told you this game wouldn't get higher than a 6.0...

[sikbeta]

OK, that's one thing... but don't tell me you expected a 2.5/10

@Mods

Instead of take out some bubbles for saying [DµMB], why don't you guys check the "comments" of the guy that was "affected" by my savage post....

-___-

[Darkstorn]

Fair enough. 2.5 is pretty abysmal...

[Valay]

Wow. Honestly wasn't expecting the game to score THIS low.

[Obama]

If it's a highly antipiated console exclusive IGN would have bumped the score to 7. They are only honest when they review games like these.

[ViciousBoston]

Obama, deal witl illegal immigration and get off the forum. We know you're good for nothing in office but atleast TRY and save America. Damn.

btw, IGN is heartless on non-mainstream games.

[SnakePlissken]

lol, no sh@t! he wont do anything about illegals, because he wants and needs their votes. especially now, since his approval rating has gone down the toilet where it belongs!

[Darkstorn]

Stop trolling, idiots.

For the record, Obama would be considered a center-right candidate in ANY other industrialized country. He's NOT a liberal.

[Lucreto]

IGN gave Superman 64 a 3.4 in comparison.

[dantheman68]

But naughty bear still scored higher than Rogue Warrior's 1.5

[spunnups]

LOL @ a 2.5. I'm still going to rent it. Killer Teddy Bears have always intrigued me. I'm done with scores, if the game looks fun, im giving it a shot.

[El-Fenemeno1213]

wait lol, so you had a fascination for killer Teddy bears before this game? Your my type of person lol

[ANeuteredDog]

usually i don't listen to reviews, but when the reviews it gets are REALLY bad the game must really suck :(

[Miacosa]

This game looked lame from the start. It tried to be too cool and failed to first be a good game.

[rumplstilts]

I had a feeling it wasn't going top be good. But I wasn't expecting it to be this bad.

[AliTheBrit19]

Seriously this game is getting way to low scores

Deserves 6/10 at least

Tell you what else is real good, Singularity.

[jjesso1993]

I played and tell you now it dose not deserve six out ten 2.5 generous i would give it 0.5

[AliTheBrit19]

Coming from a man............kid, who can not spell Does, that means a lot.

[jjesso1993]

Lol hurt me with spelling skills lol its shit game play it and you will find out.

[pixelsword]

@ AliTheBrit19:

You're one to talk; it seems like you can't form a correct sentence to save your life.

"Seriously this game is getting way to low scores

Deserves 6/10 at least

Tell you what else is real good, Singularity."[sic]

You want to talk about someone else when you post that caveman-like drivel on threads, Ali?

[lightningsax]

Hi AliTheBrit19,

Looks like you have a dissenting opinion, and that's fine. I guess you played the game, right? Would you like to back that 6 up with some content? We'd love to hear it. Maybe a link to a blog review you've already written?

Seriously. Do it up. I'm holding out on any disagrees or bubble votes, since it looks like you do have something to say.

[Agheil]

didnt expect it to be this bad

[Bellcross]

Wow, I thought this game would be great just by watching the trailers. guess it failed and failed hard 2.5/10 is horrible.

[Ace_Man_6]

Unfortuntely I have bought this game before I saw this review and I played it for an hour and it crashed my PS3 twice, in that hour =/

[freddy99]

and just played it for a couple of hours. i agree with some of the points the reviewer is making, but i would score it higher though. i would give it a 7/10. that been said the game is not for everyone, but give it a chance, u might like it.

[BigRedBall]

I watched a trailer and its basically an angry teddy bear killing other angry teddy bears. Who wants to kill teddy bears? Its like killing a puppy. The only reason we like to kill zombies is because they feel no pain. The only reason we run over people in GTA is because people are dicks. But killing teddy bears? That is almost offensive.

[lizzbeester]

Lol.
Teddies havn't done things wrong to people have they?
I do wonder why they decided to chose teddies...maybe deprived childhood?

[SilverSlug]

That is a low score.

[BBAM]

did NOT see that coming. Other early reviews weren't *too* good, but 2.5? damn
I'm sure most people would agree that all the little trailers that the developers sent out looked really awesome. Was very interested in this game. Might wait for other reviews just to double check that Greg didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

[BannedForNineYears]

Oh snap!
2.5?! Out of 10?!
That bad?!
.....
o.o

[Gambit07]

Higher then I expected.

[xino]

these developers needs money, why don't we do them a favour and buy this game for them so they can make some money.

any agrees?

[lightningsax]

Okay, "bear" with me, because this will seem like a stretch at first. It's a link from here to E3.

Would you prefer that a company invest their money into a creative department, spending their staff time and cash generating new IP based on target demographics, to the point of having to leave only a small budget to actually create the game? I sincerely hope not, because this game is a classic case.

This game contains some good new intellectual property. Like Miller noted, the concepts were very cool - but they're a little too cool for a budget title. Like they were made by an oversized creative/marketing hybrid that went "Well, as long as this sells to bratty little kids, regardless of any ratings, we're fine. It doesn't matter if it's good!" It's a bit like ET for Atari, aligning most of the resources for a game solely in its attractiveness on a shelf.

What's under the hood, behind the intellectual property, is far from innovative - the game mechanics generate a bit of nostalgia for awful early PS1 titles that tried and failed to be polygonal 3D action games. That's not a good thing. This thing is the opposite of refined - it's bass-ackwards and broken.

All I heard from detractors to the Nintendo E3 conference this year was that they didn't roll out new intellectual property, and therefore were being unoriginal. The previously-lame Big N brought out a bunch of new titles from existing franchises, but with new game mechanics that look promising at their very least, and exceptional at their best. Who cares if it's another Metroid? At least it's going to be a good game. I mean, look at it! It's much better than the Naughty Bear flipside - an all-new IP coat of paint under a 1995 clunker.

[Magna Farta]

..it was called Fur Fighters...it wasn't much fun then either.

I saw countless trailers of this on kotaku, which honestly was a bad sign considering I feel that they gave away the entire game in the trailers, and if this review is anything to go on, it sounds like my instinct was right.

Give it a month before it's down to $20

[bjornbear]

A WEEK

[jack_burt0n]

i really enjoyed fur fighters on the dreamcast.

[MadBoJangles]

Fur Fighters was great in its day imo :)

[Duke Spookem]

Just sayin'.

[downwardspiral]

destructoid will gave this game a 10

[Acquiescence]

they gave Eat Lead a 7.

[bjornbear]

=(

horrible looking game =S

[Johnny Rotten]

I agree, this is unbearable :)

[steviebhoy]

Ha Ha, i see what ye did thur.

Will wait till its cheap and get it just for the curiosity.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

Greatest Game of Human History!!! The ultimate testament to our great civilization to other Space farting civilizations.

[dizzleK]

i don't believe it. i played the 1.5 scoring rogue warrior and at best/worst it was a 6. i'm of the mind that when you start giving scores under 5 the game had better be broken on a technical level that renders it unplayable. i haven't played this but the worst crime rogue warrior committed was being generic, NOTHING about it deserved a 1.5.

[interrergator]

omg i cant believe this is the greatest gaming experience of all time this is true next gen boys

[Paradise Lost]

Hmm...It looked great!

[outlawlife]

i can't really believe people wanted to play this to begin with, it looked horrendous from the start

[Red_Phoenix]

Imagine how bad the developer feels... he was probably thinking it was going to be a great game or maybe he just wanted to mess around with everyone.

[Tunerboy8732]

All I have to say is so far every game ive seen from 505 games is terrible that field and stream demo was horrible and now this??smh.

[HarryM]

The trailers looked quite humorous, but I could tell that it would get a bad score.

[bomboclaat_gamer]

is that a new record of low?

[Akagi]

Bah. I'll stick to Manhunt.

[Vip3r]

2.5/10 huh? That's almost a full 3/10. :o

[Kemicalbeliefs]

It is a broken game and 2.5 would be about right. The concept kind of works but the delivery is pathetic.
Hi-res PS2 graphics with a really dodgy camera which makes it that half the time you havent got a clue whats going on. The kills are erm great but if you get spotted they all run off, so then you end up on a blatant killing spree, rather than pop one off at a time.

The story telling is poor and a rubbish one at that. The idea seems to be aimed at 10yr olds but with a higher certification.

I'm sorry I bought it.

[transamdude95]

I have no choice but to declare SHENANIGANS on IGN. For years, the site has been favoring XBOX over PS. Now, I understand everyone will have their preferred system. However, I would expect a site which reviews software for ALL systems to be fair and impartial. This is certainly not the case with IGN. Example #1-??? – Game reviews are linked to XBOX 99% of the time when the game appears on multiple systems. Certainly, you could go to the respective system and find the review for that specific system (which is usually cut-and-paste anyway). However, my money is on M$ tossing bags of cash to the site to force readers to their XBOX portion.

Most recently, IGN review the ‘turrible’ game, Naughty Bear. Now, based on logic of how they link reviews to the XBOX portion of their site, you would expect to see the XBOX background when looking at this awful game and review score. Nope. It seems for the terrible game reviews, they auto-link it to go to the PS3 portion of the site? What kind of subliminal $HIT is that? IGN = Fox ‘News’ of the gaming world. “Fair and Balanced”? I can see it now… Bill Gates on the phone with IGN Editor in Chief – “Hey, if you guys link all the good reviews to our system and all the bad reviews to PS3, I’ll give you some money and free stuff.”

Me = lost even more respect for IGN

Fanboys of XBOX need not start flaming (yes, in the gay sense), as I really don’t care which you prefer. Maybe I am an XBOX fan, too. Maybe I like both systems for what they are. It doesn’t matter. This is not an attack on a good system, more of an attack on IGN’s ethical standards.

[Holeran]

Looks like 360 won another one in the multi-platform battle.

[kesvalk]

wow, someone really tought this game would be good?

[monkeymagicwin]

i'm "beary "dissapointed with the review..

[bacrec1]

This game is a strong 6 to a low 7 for me, its really not as bad as they're saying it is.

[frogdefdaa]

gamespot gives it 5.5/10, double the score of IGN
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

[lizzbeester]

Wow, bummer score! I'd really liked the look of this one, especially from the trailers, it looked cool! Well, I might still get it but with less determination, lol!
It's a pity that there's not been many good games for the PS3 so far and this one did look like the light at the end of the tunnel for it... funny to think about how people are rating it so low only about a week after it's release LMAO!

[CountDracula]

I would be very naughty if I bought this instead of a new game with 3x it's review score number!

Vry naughty indeed lol.

[PeterGriffinSays]

SMH

[GrizzlyMedia]

shoot i chew Naughty Bear all day GRIZZLY wintergreen long cut anyone wanna try some.(Naughty Bear) is a must for any GRIZZLY dipper not unless everyone chews CODIAK lol