Разработчик: Exordium Games
Описание
Эмбер просыпается посреди ночи из-за кошмара и узнает, что ее брат Флинт пропал. За помощью она обращается к своему верному плюшевому медвежонку по имени Тед И., сварливому детективу в отставке.
Динамичная парочка отправляется искать улики и расспрашивать всех свидетелей и подозреваемых, не зная об опасности, недавно нависшей над жителями Бумажного города.
Интрига начинает закручиваться, когда таинственный «Красный человек» в поисках маленькой мисс Эмбер устраивает поджог за поджогом в Бумажном городе.
Особенности:
- Сюжетная и мрачная приключенческая игра в стиле «хоррор».
- Уникальный двухмерный стиль отрисовки и двухмерная анимация.
- Множество каламбуров в диалогах; сарказм, мрачные и смешные шутки от начала и до конца.
- Многочисленные ключи к разгадке и головоломки, которые помогут вам раскрыть тайну.
- Интерактивный помощник-детектив Тед И. Медведь, за которого можно играть в некоторых сценах.
- Простая система подсказок, которая позволяет избежать нудного и длительного поиска нужных объектов на экране.
- Оригинальный саундтрек.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, russian
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows XP+
- Процессор: SSE2 instruction set support, generally everything made since 2004 should work
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work
- DirectX: версии 9.0
- Место на диске: 1200 MB
Mac
- ОС: Mac OS X 10.7+
- Процессор: SSE2 instruction set support, generally everything made since 2004 should work
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work
- Место на диске: 1100 MB
Linux
- ОС: Ubuntu 12.04+
- Процессор: SSE2 instruction set support, generally everything made since 2004 should work
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work
- Место на диске: 1220 MB
Отзывы пользователей
This is just a review for Episode One... I don't like the DLC structure as opposed to just releasing subsequent episodes as standalone games, but anyway.
The first episode is very short, and perhaps it's just meant as a free intro to the series, but it's very well made. The devs really got the atmosphere down. Fantastic graphics, fitting music, and I love the lightning flashes. Ted is really the quintessential washed-up noir detective, and the voice actor definitely does him justice. Snide, snarky lines delivered as deadpan as humanly possible... excellent. The writing is superb in general, even if there is the occasional cringe (esp. fourth wall humor). Overall, I think the game has a fantastic sense of humor, though. Great game, looking forward to playing the other episodes.
Bear With Me is a three-part episodic point-and-click adventure game. The player takes the roles of a ten-year-old femme fatale, Amber, and her hardboiled detective teddy bear, Ted. The duo searches Amber's home and the imaginary Paper City for Amber's missing brother while being pursued by the "Red Man."
From a gameplay standpoint, Bear With Me adds nothing new to the point-and-click genre. The player will rub various interpretations of keys on various interpretations of doors throughout. The uniqueness of Bear With Me is the atmosphere created by the juxtaposition of a hardboiled detective story with a child's imagination and sensibility. The artwork and visuals are effective, crisp, and a fun medium for the point-and-click genre.
The game tries to be humorous in a few different ways to different effects. Much of sarcasm works well in the context of the world. Fourth-wall breaks and a few more extreme grasps at humor feel as if they are too much or out of place for the game. The dialog is cute and elicits a few laughs, but it sometimes can break the illusion of the game being in the imagination of a ten-year-old.
The story of Bear With Me is fairly predictable all the way through the end. As with many games starring children in a fantastical setting, the story begins to move toward the child coming to terms with certain aspects of real life. The child version of hardboiled detective drama is a fun, new way to go about the predictable story, however. The highlight of the writing is definitely the character interaction. For those who enjoy sarcasm, the dialog will be mostly witty and fun.
The voice acting in Bear With Me is extremely hit or miss. Ted's lines in particular can come across as very forced or rigid and occasionally adopt an alternate accent. Other voices fit nicely with the narrative.
Fans of point-and-click adventure games with a penchant for sarcasm will find a lot to like about Bear With Me. Its unique mixture of dark hardboiled drama and cute childish imagination will sure to be appreciated. It has its flaws, but for the moderately-priced entry from a small developer, it is worth its weight.
I'll be honest:´At first I was really not enthusiastic. The style put me off, I thought the characters were out right ugly and I wasn't very optimistic.
!!! BUT !!!
This game. Is. Amazing.
I loved every minute of it in the end. The story starts off making you feel safe but yearn for more, for answers. The second and third episode really get going and the third one really hit me in the guts, suprised me and made everything even better. This is all I can say without spoilers, so I'll leave it at that.
The puzzles can be challenging, but never reach moon logic. All of the characters are pure gold for various reasons, the humor is on point and in the end the visuals even fit into all of it perfectly, representing the feeling and the underlying darkness of the story.
You have to take your time and let the story get a hold of you. This isn't game to rush through, but one to explore every dilogue option and to try to find as many hidden easter eggs as possible, because they are all hilarious.
So, if you're looking for an intriguing story, fun and yet deep characters, tropes turned upside down and a creative and heart wrenching story, then this is for you.
Well, for some reasons I played this game many months ago, more than a year, and then the third episode came out few months ago so I bought it as soon as possible and played it, enjoyed it a lot and so on.. now the collector's edition's out on Humble Bundle as far as I know.
Anyways this game's is a great hidden object/graphic adventure with an awesome story; I loved everything here although the whole game setting is probably too restricted thus don't allowing you to explore as much as I wanted to.
Not a negative point at all.
All in all, we have here a great cartoonish black and white adventure with an awesome story filled with both dark/thriller and humour/funny elements; the game relies a lot on puzzles and riddles so that the hidden object element of the game is quite always the most emphatized one.
And who doesn't love point n click adventures? :)
If you liked the classic ones or played any good Flash point and click, this one is suitable for most ages (it has only some dark/thriller elements) and it's quite easy overall (you can click everywhere! XD) so that it can be enjoyed even by those who are not accustomed to the genre - plus, there are some great guides here on Steam.
Voice acting is great, although it's only in English so that I'd really suggest you to play in its original language - there are subtitles in many other languages, Italian included, but I think it's definitely better in English with the full voice acting on.
All the (three) episodes are a must - of course only the first one's free to play xD The other ones are DLCs, but definitely worth it. If you're into point and click adventures, this one won't disappoint you for sure.
Just keep in mind that in order to enjoy it all you've got to play the whole three chapters - at the time I played it there were only the first two available, so that it was definitely something unfinished, albeit awesome. The first one works most as an introduction, which probably needs only three hours to be completed, while the third one is the best episode and the ending's amazing!
And I'm definitely not a noir/thriller fan - trust me, you'll love this :P There are few point n' click games (and this is completely indie!) that have such high standards when it comes to every single compartment, soundtrack included. But as I said, don't stop at all at the first steps and maybe the first puzzles, which are actually the easiest ones and even the "worse" ones if compared to those in the third episode. Go through it all! :)
Loved all of the puns and Easter eggs. The puzzles were sometimes a bit confusing, like for example we were supposed to cut the fishing rod to get the fish skeleton off of it but it was at no point obvious there was a fish there at all, and so they didn't feel natural at times.
Great voice acting, and design of the characters. In some games, the dialog is a bit long and boring, but all of the jokes scattered through this game made it really enjoyable.
Lovely story. Really made me wonder about what had happen, which made hunting for all of the clues and details very fun.
Pros
- Beautiful storyline, a bit of an emotional rollercoaster
- Great voice acting, especially for Ted and King
- Lovely art style
- Great character design, with each character having little quirks, which also set a very good dialog
- Loads of geeky and very current Easter eggs from a cameo by Pennywise to a pokeball, as well as some scattered jokes about being inside a game. Ted and Amber often mention the lazyness of the designer, pointing out the repeated assets in the scenes
Cons
- The puzzles are at times a bit unnatural, so it takes a bit longer to figure them out than it feels like they should
- Amber comes off as a bit condescending and annoying whenever you attempt to solve a puzzle incorrectly
[*]The characters move really slowly and this becomes really annoying when you have to wait for them to walk across long distances
As a preface I only played the first episode, but I'm not really interested in buying and playing the other two. The world was interesting and it's a great idea to have an immaginary toy world be a genre-aware noir story. That said, the main character, Amber, didn't really seem to fit? Other than the side note of her liking art, she only seemed to fill the purpose of being a snark-generator. There wasn't much about her room or comments to indicate that she would have a detective, true-crime toy world. Until she outright stated her age, I had pegged her for being 12-14 based on her voice, choice of reading material, and socio-political comments.
A few times I thought I would get to play a puzzle mini-game, but just didn't, most notably with developing the photo. With the book on the shelf, it seemed I should have had to read some instructions from there and execute a sequence right to progress. Additionally, some of the pathing was jarring. Amber glid through a desk to reach a target, rubbed her face into a wall to sidle to a target, stepped into a wall before coming back to open a door, and walked very very far away from the attic door before swiping up with the hook no where near the door or ceiling to open the ladder leading up.
The game is cute, and has humor, when the timing lands. The voice acting is pretty good, especially Mr. Bear's. But the lack of polish on the movement, lack of real puzzle solving, and the low emotional investment in the protagonist leads me disinclined to play the rest of the story.
It was a day just like any other when I went browsing for games and saw it's punny title so I bought it right on the spot but little did I know that it was only episode 1. As I stare dumbfoundedly at the 1st epidsode's credits rolling I thought to myself "Guess I got no choice but to wait for for the next one." as I lean back on my chair and wonder how many episodes there would be. At first they said 5 but in the end it was just 3.
The story of a 10 year old girl and her harboiled private detective partner Ted E Bear are on a quest in this black and white noir style storytelling where the only color is RED as they make their way from the house to Paper City the world she created to find her brother as a RED mysterious figure is burning everything to the ground.
The journey was punny, 4th wall breaking, with a sprinkle of dark humour and have great voice acting. At the end of it all I really enjoyed this game.
After episodes 1 & 2:
This is a very enjoyable and high quality point and click adventure game. Great humour, I laughed out loud in some of the dialogues. Puzzles may not be mind-blowingly creative, but still enjoyable. Characters are well-written and all dialogues are fun. Comic-style but well-drawn graphics really stand out.
We have yet to see the full plot in upcoming episodes, but so far it seems like we have a simple but good scenario.
So overall, this is a brand new p&c adventure that will be welcomed by fans of the style as well as people who like detective stories and/or teddy bears.
Pros:
- Point & click game mechanics done well
- Great humour
- Cute 2d graphic style
- Characters & voice acting
Cons:
- Ted's "diary" felt a bit too long at times, even though I greatly enjoyed it overall
- Single walking speed. Not very annoying though, since you don't have to go walking around all the time.
- Some dialogue and scene transitions seemed a bit slow.
(Review is for the first two episodes)
Bear With Me, a traditional point-and-click adventure game, stands out for its terrific, inventive world. Blending a noir-like atmosphere and dialogue with the interactions between a child and her anthropomorphic friends (who may or may not be part of her vivid imagination, an element I really liked) leads to some rich slices of a world.
The game doesn't quite take full advantage of that in its first episode, keeping the focus narrowed to the child's house, but once the game has its legs under it in the second episode, the game starts to explore the much more intriguing Paper City, as well as introducing some teasers for what's to come.
The humor can be hit and miss, but I largely like it. Even the referential humor is mostly cute and inoffensive, which isn't something I'd normally say about jokes like that.
The machanics are solid - you pick stuff up, you combine said stuff with other stuff, and you progress a bit in the story. This is typical adventure fare, but it recognizes the strengths of the genre and doesn't try to stray from them, creating a smart, simple UI and keeping the focus squarely where it needs to be - the characters and the setting. I do wish the hint system - disguised as conversations you have with your teddy bear detective pal - wasn't quite so obtuse at times. Giving vague, unhelpful comments about where the characters need to eventually head to doesn't help me figure out that I've somehow missed a very tiny grate in an environment.
Overall, Bear With Me is a phenomenal start to an adventure series, one I look forward to finishing once the future episodes are released. It should be checked out by any fans of the genre.
A gem for many!
What an amazing game! Bear With Me is an amazing title with slick writing, fun voice acting, and some of the best humor ever in a game. Playing the first chapter, I was imersed in the story, and actually caught up between the wacky comedy, and deep story coming too. I love this game. This game is truly worth Adventure, Point and Click fans library! A fun idea of stuffed animal and a young girl going on a dark mystery, with dark elements, and good laughs. I HIGHLY recommend this one, and it's worth your time!
Get it! Download it! You must play this one!
10/10
I fell in love with this game as soon as i saw the intro. I love black & white movies & sarcasm as well as jokes. Also, i absolutely love Point'n'Click-er games! This game is by far my favorite point'n'clicker. It has replay value <3
Loved it. Very well made point & click noir detective game. The user interface, graphics, sound, and voice acting are all spot on - and the story kept my interest the entire time.
Update:
Just played episode 3 (last one)... the ending was fantastic. Great game.
I like point and click adventure games and play them rather often. In comparison, I would say Bear with Me is not the best choice. The first episode is very short and doesn't even immerse you into the story enough. Second episode is better in this respect, but still doesn't finish the story.
I liked the atmosphere and the humor in the game.
I thought there was too much dialogue and narrative, and not enough of actual playing the game. The puzzles were rather simple and childish.
It's a good game if you don't want to think too much on how to solve the puzzles and proceed with the story, but want to simply enjoy the atmosphere.
Not very long, atmospheric, noir detective game. I’ve expected much less than I’ve got, sarcastic humor, twisted jokes, characters making fun of the authors and the player, pleasant music, good voice acting… What’s not to like? I would recommend it with clear conscious to every lover of this genre. You won’t find too many puzzles, game is quite simple but more than worth playing for Easter eggs and Ted E. Bear comments. Looking forward to Episode Three.
Bear With Me: Episode 1 Review (no story spoilers)
I just finished Episode 1 & thought it was a very nice little Point & Click adventure game.
I enjoyed the noir-detective story a lot, & will definitely be purchasing the other episodes at some point.
The art is B&W Noir style animation. Quite cartoon like in appearance.
The soundtrack was great, the voice acting was also very good & also quite amusing at times.
The gameplay was your usual Point &Click gameplay, with inventory items to combine & puzzles to solve using the inventory items. As well as some dialogue with options to choose.
It is quite short (there's an Achevo for finishing it in under 1hr), but considering i got it on sale for $2.50, i'm happy with the value for money.
I feel nostalgic... I mean, I did talk to my bears when I was a kid.
Nice ambiance, expecting more laughs throughout this game and looking forward to it.
After finishing episode 1 : I really liked it, the game is darker than it could seem, even though there are quite the childish elements. It's fun, Had some giggles playing this game.
The only thing I'm disappointed about : the episode is quite short (2 hours max, if you want to finish 100% of the episode), and I'm a little frustrated to have to wait for the next one (because I will wait for it to be on sale)
After finishing episode 2 : kinda forgot the double-click to move faster... so just putting it here for people that missed it. Story still feels great, I have some ideas of what's going, but there are still some points that need to be clarified in the next episode. Humor still really good, some references are fun to find.
Waiting for the next one !
I'm tired of games releasing one short "chapter" and charging the proce of a longer game. This one is ok, but incredibly short and tries to be a bit too clever. I wish we had a ok button or an option for a neutral review, but based on the length and less than fun play time, I can't recommend it.
Bear with me is an entertaining point and click adventure, which holds the balance between funny/cute and serious well. It is kinda short on gameplay time, but it is still full of character, silly references and fourth-wall breaking humor. I really like its crisp black and white artstyle and its witty written dialogue and characters. Ted E. Bear is fantastically voiced and sounded indeed as if ripped right out of an old noir crime movie, while ten years old Amber sounds a bit...too old. Though this is just a minor nitpick and doesn't take away from the game's overall quality.
Since this is an episodic game, the story isn't really that developed yet, though the groundwork and mystery is laid out just fine for further episodes. I'm looking forward for more, and hopefully soon.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a clawsome game that is impawsible to furget. Having a charming yet grizzly atmosphere that you won’t find too polarizing, I just couldn’t bear to put it down.
Sorry, I’ll stop the bear puns now.
Promise.
Ahem, so ‘Bear with Me’ is an episodic point and click game with a heavy noir detective theme. But you know that from reading the description, and really if you’re interested by that idea then you’re probably going to enjoy this game. Yet if you’re still a bit sceptical then let me assure you, it is worth the time to go through.
Firstly, the thing that strikes me the most about this game is how it takes itself quite seriously yet doesn’t at the same time. If you take out a few of the jokes and references to toys and I would believe this could be a legit film-noir creation, and there’s some very dark and disturbing aspects to this game. The first cutscene you see (which turns out to be a nightmare) looks like something out of a horror game, not to mention the fact that this game deals with themes like crime, alcohol and death (all with a toy-based overtone but it’s still very serious) as well as a very creepy-looking antagonist. Yet amidst all this is a very large helping of puns, quirky little comments from our two main characters and the references… good lord the references are beautiful! Particularly that fantasy book in the bedroom, I think that was a very well placed joke. It is a funny game overall, at least one of these jokes is bound to get a laugh out of you.
All of this works because there is a lot of personality to the game. I really need to give credit to the writers, between the typical tropes of noir detective fiction and the great self-referential comments they created some very endearing and funny characters that you want to spend more time with. Amber, the little girl, is a very loveable child with quite a sharp wit about her while Ted E Bear (I swear that’s not another pun that’s his actual name) pulls off the typical gruff private eye while still having a lot of heart in his actions. Some of the best moments of this game come from just clicking on stuff to hear what these two have to say. With this only being the first episode there aren’t many other characters we meet, yet each one feels natural to the story and are a pleasure to be around, all complemented by a lovely art style that seems to blend the adult nature of the noir style with the more innocent setting of this little girl’s house and her toys. There isn’t much music to speak of, though when it does appear it’s used effectively to build up atmosphere however it’s needed (also that title screen music… it’s really really creepy and I can’t get it out of my head).
This game also surprised me with how emotionally attached I became to all of these people, it reminded me a bit of Fran Bow in that way although this game is certainly not as psychologically disturbing as that one. Yet. It also caused me a bit of heartache. I really don’t want to spoil anything as this game is not only quite short but it’s best experienced blind, so apologies for being really vague, but there’s a certain section of ‘Bear with Me’ that caught me off guard and genuinely shocked me when I first played the game. At first I was expecting it to be a cutscene due to the sudden shift away from our leads, but no this was something you can play through, resulting in a significant choice… a choice I didn’t realise was there until the second playthrough. Still feeling very guilty about it.
So just to wrap things up, I would highly recommend this to any fans of Point and Click games, and just to anyone who loves games with personality and heart. Of course this is still just episode 1 and trust me, I am eagerly awaiting the next episode with bated breath so I can find out more about the story (if anyone has any theories so far please do let me know, I’m curious to see people’s ideas). Yet for what we have, I’m thoroughly impressed by what Exordium Games have produced, so everyone go and enjoy it!
Now the wait for episode 2 begins, hopefully it won’t become too unbearable.
Bear with me is a story about a girl named Amber and her partner Teddy E Bear in the search for her missing brother, and the mystery behind the "red" man who has an interest in amber.
Art 10/10 - The art i found was very Beautiful. The Black and white design added towards the old detective theme that the gameplay was going for.
Gameplay 8/10 - The gameplay was a point and click puzzle game. While fun, it was still simple. The game also offered various options when proceedng through the game.
Story 10/10 - The stroy was very interesting. The whole game seems to revolve around amber acting out fantasies that a young child like her would. Most of the characters in the game are stuffed animals or toys. and the story remains in the house. So it seems that the game is all in her head which gives it an interesting viewpoint.
Music/Sound 8/10 - The music and sound were very good. The voices of the characters were clear and and easily understood.
Overall - Overall i really enjoyed the game and look forward for the next episode. I like the fact that the game hints towards the whole game being a fantasy that Amber has in her head and is acting out. I would recommend this game for anyone who enjoys puzzles, and mystery games.
This game is great, plain and simple. If you like cheesy noir-type stories, you will absolutely adore this hidden gem of a game. Amber and Ted's dialogue and commentary are pretty funny, and the references are nice, if you get them.
I did get stuck in a few places, and I'm currently stuck on one of the last puzzles, but I don't think it's anything wrong with the game; just my brain.
All-in-all, BUY THIS GAME. You will not regret it.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Exordium Games |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 87% положительных (251) |