Bear and Breakfast | Review in 3 Minutes

[@Thayra]

Well, if the core systems are good it looks like it is still a worthwhile pick up for me - looks lovely for those "my brain is too exhausted to enjoy something more active" evenings where I only have about an hour to play anyway! Something comforting, cute, and short is perfect for that.

[@tikalsistersmystics789]

Same here. I just started playing it. I'm enjoying it.

[@laurendearnley9595]

At one point in game play you can unlock "employees", and pay them each day to: 1. Collect garbage 2. Book guests 3. Prepare food 4. Fill furnace Essentially run the hotel for you while you run around upgrading things and finishing the story. There is a story that really steps up in the end game, during the period where you might get bored of the monotony of collecting and upgrading. Plus you can leave the game running in the background and come back to thousands of coins thanks to your employees 😄

[@SageThyme23]

It sucks when my worries about a game turn out to be justified. It has such cute art I was really hoping they would find a way to keep it interesting but alas

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, same here. It seemed like it was riding so hard on its gimmick, and the gimmick wasn't even that interesting. It sounds like a pitch for one of those old Hanna-Barbara cartoons that everyone has forgotten about.

[@darkjackel8608]

This sounds like a very familiar experience for me -- an initially fun game getting bogged down in repetition, that is -- so thanks for the review letting me know in advance. Well, I'll still probably play it eventually, but my expectations will be in the right place. 😉

[@jKurnas]

I enjoyed this game and put over 55 hours into it. Different strokes for different folks. I loved being a bear and decorating places. I put care into my bnb's though and didn't just slap furniture everywhere. I think if people like games like Animal Crossing and The Sims, they might be at home here. The only critique I have for it is the main story felt unfinished. Otherwise 9/10.

[@MissMultiConsole]

I'm only 2 hours in so far but i really like it the characters are really fun.

[@Erin-000]

glad to see a different view im about to start, hoping for the best! is it still good 2 weeks later?

[@bazdog4464]

@@Erin-000 Are you still finding it fun? I'm getting it for switch when it comes out on the 15th

[@Erin-000]

@@bazdog4464 I enjoyed a night of playing and then moved on to something else but that's probably because I prefer hard survival games. This game does great at what it's trying to do :) I would check it out if it's your jazz

[@AntaresLuna]

bear necessities XD I think I can be alright with this, though it is unfortunate it doesn't vary itself late game. It can definitely be improved overtime if the developers stick with it.

[@MaxLSilver]

2:50 The bear necessities, huh? I went ahead and picked this up; it'll be great for unwinding after work for an hour or so at a time, I suspect.

[@ericadubach1974]

Yeah sounds like my kinda game to just chug along with after work, like you got 20% brain, this'll do.

[@Elisenaps]

I had to fit at least one bear in there. Yeah honestly not a bad pick for a cooldown game. Hope you enjoy!

[@PentaDamnRose]

If the game lets me be a bear, I’m in. Simple

[@SpillyClay]

I had a feeling this would disappoint me the way cat cafe manager did. The only difference between both these games’ gameloops seems to be that in bear and breakfast you can walk through the world to collect things. Waited so long for a bunch of games in this genre and ended up not buying any of them :/ still looking forward to one lonely outpost, coral island and roots of pacha.

[@cafelutsa_]

really proud of this being made by a romanian team

[@sybunn]

Just finished it after 28.5 hours. If you collect a lot during early game, you are pretty much set on supplies. I never needed to go out and scavenge for supplies other than iron plates (in the dump) and mahogany wood. And I mean... it's a game where you manage hotels... did you expect it to not be repetitive? You're gonna have to book guests every day, get certain items, etc. I only found the end game to be repetitive when everyone was asking me to cook them a special dish, then go talk to someone to complete the quest.

[@cathallynch1]

Shame, I like the aesthetics but we have enough tedious and repetitive games like it.

[@revenantproxy9100]

Hehe, tedious bear

[@mikshinee87]

My personal pet peeve is the walking simulator game. You just walk along and click interactive, clearly highlighted elements to let the story play out. No puzzles or quests.

[@mug2846]

I’m not very far in but am loving it so far. Always interesting to hear other people’s experience. X

[@SolaScientia]

It looks like a combo of Stardew Valley and Cozy Grove (particularly the art style). I've tried 3 different farms in Stardew Valley and I always ended up feeling both stressed and bored no matter what focus I did. Having to be back in the house by 2am started to make me stressed, but then the routine of things started to get a bit boring. I'm all for routines and such, but less so with video games. This game doesn't look bad at all, but I can tell it won't be for me.

[@Elisenaps]

For what it's worth, there's no enforced routine in this game. You never have to sleep, and can manage your B&Bs whenever you like. That said, the repetition still got to me, so not sure it would suit you.

[@SolaScientia]

@@Elisenaps Yeah, the repetition in this sort of game is a but of a turn off. I liked the look of it initially, but I've found that management/life sims have to fit into certain criteria for me to like them.

[@meh5069]

Stardewvalley always manages to stay interesting for me because the game has so much in it. Cozy grove got boring very fast, but it’s also extremely glitchy and lags like crazy so it made me regret the purchase.

[@SolaScientia]

@@meh5069 I've held off on Cozy Grove for a number of reasons, but I'm sad to hear it still has glitches and other issues.

[@achikaaya6488]

Cat Cafe Manager was like this too (plus you could only 5 hours of gameplay out of it max)

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

2:54 Yep, impossible to resist that one.

[@melancholyman369]

Looked tedius from the get go so it doesn't surprise me. You can hear how bored the dude is just talking about it. If any could be learnt from this as Devs is that if you're going to have grind at least have somebody that's good with the writing to help soften the boredom, like with Hades basically feeding you cute interactions in-between the grind.

[@breadraptor]

was looking forward to this game, but between this review and some others I read, I won't be buying right away. I'll wait and hope it goes like Spiritfarer - release day lacking in late game interest or a satisfying ending, but patched later in a significant way

[@Spleemce]

Title is genius

[@netherfoot]

It's a fun little game, not to be taken too seriously. You can just abandon resorts or get the employees to manage them for you, they will get most of the profits, but hey you can move on to do more fun things. Or stick to managing the last big resort, or your favorite. Just make cozy little rooms and when you are done with that you can move on with your life ... not every game has to be 1000 hours of grind

[@TheCreepypro]

I love bears and I love breakfast but this sounds like it needs a little more time in the oven

[@spinchsprimkle6541]

It's free on Epic Games until 10/10/24, so I'll play it a little until I get bored

[@dubstepbee6892]

This is "I Built This With My Bear Hands" The Video Game

[@rexblaze4]

I think the reviewer is being exceptionally generous calling this a fun experience. There is not one thing (beyond the cutesy art style & sometimes the music) that I can recommend about the game. It starts off duller than a tutorial and only gets worse from there. I played till you build the distillery in the second map and I don't know why most of the characters were introduced in the first place and then never mentioned again. The story has no meat or bones, the gameplay is a sum total of nothing, and there was no fun to be had. I had such high hopes for this game with it's punny premise but all we got was 'valuables' and yard-sale motels.

[@rivenblake8220]

Good that the nintendo switch release got delayed otherwise I would've bought the game and would be really disappointed. It really looks like there is nothing to compensate the huge amount of grinding and the game lacks a lot of charme and quality of life aspects. If they don't improve with further updates I won't see this game being relevant for long.

[@JhastIn]

I'll probably wait for a year to check this again

[@vherostar]

Sounds a lot like a puzzle game with fetch quests. Shame as looked interesting as a management game but its not that unfortunately. Thanks, your review saved me a few quid.

[@JuniperBears]

I've seen quiet a few people compare this game to Stardew and I just don't see it. Rimworld would be the closest in comparison with perhaps Graveyard Keeper. This game looks so freakin cute but I'll probably wait to snag it on sale on Steam or GOG. Thank you for the review!

[@cloudshifter]

A shame, I was immidietly drawn in by the visual direction. But the gameplay doesn't seem too much like the lay back experience I was expecting.

[@88Opportunist]

Seems like a good starter game in the genres it represents but if if you're already played a dozen or more then you're likely to get bored fast.

[@user-eh2jk6mf9s]

Well, considering I got it for free and it looks decent enough, I will play through it and see

[@norochmusic]

I think most games are repetitive, it just depends how much you can put up with, it'll definitely keep you occupied and entertained for a while.

[@ticktickboom29]

Please enable closed captions for your videos! The idea of a 3 minute review sounds great but it’s pointless without the script.

[@jck1213]

“Pick the high score items and place them in the room” isn’t true. The NPC’s will get upset with clutter and need to be more strategic.

[@The_Nickromancer]

Daaaaaaammmnnnn I just bought this game, oh well I'll just have to tough it out

[@wrathpsp]

Any good?

[@GatorGoob]

Did anyone else hear some weird audio at 1:12?

[@vampbat]

...Do you mean the announcer's voice cracking/straining?

[@Elisenaps]

Yeah my voice went kinda funny. I don't hear anything else.

[@piggytailgirl]

Diner dash for B&B?

[@samadams8533]

Given the boring nature of the game I’m surprised there wasn’t a hibernation joke. That being said the crafting/collection aspect of the game seems like it can only be described as ursinine

[@AustralianGrizzly]

Boo... I was looking forward to checking this one out, hopefully it improves...

[@Brickbrock412]

Well, this title is free on epic games so, I'll just debug and create a cheat table script for items, and make it short.

[@subrisubrika5652]

Anyone else here because it's free on epic games today?

[@Gogoroth2]

I'm wondering if they addressed any of these issues since release.

[@tikalsistersmystics789]

I love building games so this is a good fit for me.

[@Disastersky]

the games gone free! im gonna try looks fun

[@penguinmaster16]

That ui looks heavily inspired by world of warcraft. wonder if it was intentional or because the developers play too much WoW lol

[@blade437ER]

anyone else here after it’s free on epic games

[@doifhg]

be a part of soil

[@beleanonline]

That's disappointing I loved the concept and had high hopes for the game

[@CythereaEressea]

Shame... just got the game for free and it looked cute. Inventory system is a big turn off. Especially in these type of games. If you need to carry everything in your inventory, at least let it stack into the millions.

[@aavventurato]

I should have watched this review before buying it. It was a waste of money

[@baalfgames5318]

It seems like any time the main protag isn't human (for once), the game is doomed to fail.

[@blackhawkvenom5724]

Damn, im early.

[@Scelous]

Liked and appreciated the review, but did not like the guy's voice reviewing it. It was too soft, like he was whispering in my ear or something.

[@Elisenaps]

I will shout the next review just for you

[@evaander]

@@Elisenaps lmaooooooooooooo

[@definepoetic]

This guy is so consistently negative that I don't think he likes games of any kind

[@theescapist]

She, and here's her great review of Stray which she loved. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIq8mWqfpcuGjpY

[@nicywicy]

its soooooooooooo ugly