Bears In Space

I couldn't finish this, there are some good aspects to the gameplay but they get harried by all the bad. The humor rarely made let out an entertained breath, but I'm a tough crowd so I'm used to that with comedy games. In spite of that. it made me irritated at times by overusing the carrot on the stick type joke, and then saying "oh it was in your back pocket the whole time." I can handle jokes that don't land well or even obnoxious voices, but a lot of the jokes felt like the game was joking about wasting my time, which made playing it feel like a waste of time. The art style is decent, (although it really doesn't look like another planet) the secrets were fun enough to find, and the way the guns evolved with kills is a great way to reward you for sticking with a favorite weapon or challenging yourself with a new one. But they don't level up fast enough, and there's nothing else to write home about in regards to the combat. It's just serviceable, and to be fair I probably would've finished the game if it wasn't for the obnoxious jokes about wasting my time and the equally obnoxious save points also wasting your time and punishing you for exploring and finding secrets/challenges by being placed too far apart. This is a solid 6/10, and while you could find worse boomer shooters to play, there's not a lot that makes this worthwhile in my opinion. It's really a shame, because you can tell a lot of hard work and creativity went into making this, but it just doesn't come together in a way that captured me at all.

8.5/10 + Bears - Beets + Battlestar Galactica + joke weapons + double jump + air and ground dash + fast move speed + hold E to see where the door just opened. more games should have that all i ask for in a shooter high on life level of humor without all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up ♥♥♥♥ that made me dislike it -gate didnt open that should have and reloaded save to fix. - enemy glitched and would not die, had to reload save to get past locked door

If you are a person that wants quantity over quality - this game might be a good choice. But. F that. This game throws at you 100 different things and none of them are good. Music is subpar and kinda annoying at times. it's a typical UE5 product with constant stuttering and uneven frame pacing. Story is non-sensical and without any real direction. There are quite a lot of bugs still. You will encounter mission breaking bugs that will prevent you progress any further. *some in late chapter 2, some in early parts of chapter 3). I got stuck at least 2 times, and had to redo the level from the very start... Such a time waster. Most levels are too long. Many levels are not fun at al,l and level design is below average. Lots of side missions that are like super super simple mini games (janky basketball mini game, whack a mole, arcade shooter on rails, top down shooter... and so on and so on... ). Most enemy encounters are arena-based. They just spawn 50-100 robots, and you waste all your ammo defeating them, and rinse and repeat. There are a lot of weapons to unlock, but only a few of them does the job well. Constant dialogues that pause your gameplay are also annoying af. I didn't like the humour. When you try to be funny in every single possible way - it quickly becomes dreadful and lame. This game looks ok, but the gameplay is just not fun.

really fun old school shooter that is worth your time. funny and crowded. i played the demo long time ago and enjoyed it.

Shooting is fun, shame about the : Atrocious checkpoint placement, often [u]before[/u] multiple lengthy, un-skippable cutscenes prior to a boss fight Awful story and writing Horrendous amount of cutscenes (in the hundreds!) Constant forced interruptions from NPCs that take camera control off you (that cannot be avoided) Terrible voice acting Multiple bugs the Devs are aware of Complete lack of pacing Crashes Poor ultrawide support No brightness / gamma setting Restricted key remapping Terrible puzzles and silly sections like bouncy floors The "humour".... oh dear lord the "humour" Avoid, please, for your own sanity. I'm in the middle of the final act with a few levels to go and I don't know if I hate myself enough to finish this stinker.

Ursine 1950s retro-future comedy FPS is fun for a few hours and has some welcome variety in its platforming and various comedic bits, but both the comedy and the gameplay wear thin after a few hours; on the former side, your AI companion (not-so-cleverly named Beartana) has an incredibly grating voice, and the conceit of Forbidden Planet-esque retro robots acting sort of like people gets stale pretty fast; with regards to the latter, the robot enemies get pretty repetitive to fight, and the bullet-hell projectile patterns aren't a particularly good fit for the FPS genre, at least without significantly more in the way of evasive or defensive options than the game's mechanics afford you. May be worth a try on sale, and it's amusing for a couple hours, but that's as far as my recommendation goes.

I got this game as part of a bundle. I liked the Wallie Wood style Sci-Fi weapons and robots. I like '50s style robots. I saw good reviews from a few friends that its like High on Life but without all the cussing. The game has a lot of content and the shooting is not bad... but it all seems gay. Not in an over the top, sexual way... but just gay... its hard to say... its just hard to get through the game once you start to see it everywhere... there is no "phobia". It's just not for me.

The game instantly crashes on new game launch, with no apparent fix. Unreal engine, truely the cancer of gaming.

i TRIED to enjoy it, i really did. i admit i don’t usually go here, but i’m always open to try new games, and i’ve ended up liking titles that aren’t in my comfort zones. this game is painfully tedious, and neither the story nor the gameplay motivates me to continue, let alone finish it. just thinking about booting it up literally fills my mind with dread (dramatic, i know, but not too far-fetched), so i’ll have to bench it for the time being before i actually hate it beyond saving. perhaps if the stars align i’d pick it up again. maybe. no promises.

Fun story, great humor, great variety of gameplay and great homage to old games