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Mixed or average reviews- based on 61 Ratings

  • Summary: Naughty Bear tells the tale of one demented teddy bear's ruthless efforts to torment and harass the inhabitants of the Island of Perfection.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 51
  2. Negative: 33 out of 51
  1. Fluffy ultraviolence. [Sept 2010, p.79]
  2. The game is fun for the first hour, perhaps two, but after that, you've already done everything there is to do besides repeating the process many more times.
  3. Had Naughty Bear been a free or inexpensive indie game or XBLA title, and really taken its absurdist, twisted premise and wicked theme in a more extreme direction, we might praise it for being a hip, ironic commentary on videogame violence...or something. As it stands, Naughty Bear is overpriced and undercooked.
  4. Did I hate the game….no, do I recommend the game…no. Would I like the developers to get there combined @#*& together and give us the game that all of us know could be created….you bet your naughty points I do!

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. Naughty Bear was an exciting and engaging game that I had enjoyed from beginning to end. The game mechanics were solid and I enjoyed destroying and stealing presents and machinery, just to watch other townsfolk bears barricade themselves in their respective households. Imagine GTA if you were a bear, but then it actually wasn't GTA and just a bear game where you destroy other bear's lives and run from the bear police. Even if it lacks any publicity, it is still a great game that you should all buy. Expand
  2. I find this game hilarious, twisted, and pretty damn fun. But it is extremely repetitive, and therefore gets boring kinda quick. I do love the narrator though, he amuses me to no end. The death scenes are great the first few times you see them, but they do get old fast. It's a decent game to play if you just need to kill some time. Expand
  3. Naughty Bear is a great character in a sub-par game. My main gripes are that the camera sucks and you're playing the same level over and over. That said, the Ultra Kills are visceral and satisfying if not a tad repetitive. Overall this game gets a 6. I really hope the developer doesn't abandon this series, but gives us a sequel that has a bit more to it. Expand
  4. I'm sad to say, this is a massive dissapointment. It's a fun game, for the first 5 minutes. At this point, the humor wears thin, and you are hit with the realization that you're going to be doing this forever. The biggest kick in the balls about this game, is that it seems you can play it as a stealth gane, and mess with the bears' minds. Oh, how wrong you are. The score multiplier is set up so that if you don't run in and hack everything to mulch in as short of a time as possible, you won't get any decent trophies, and you miss half of the challenges. One of which, I'm presuming by the name, means don't be seen. How hypocritical. Expand

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