(Credit: Farjay Studios)
There’s a class that’s seriously under-represented when it comes to video games, always the mob, never the protagonist. We are, of course, referring to the magnificent, noble bear. While the bear occasionally gets a look-in — World of Warcraft and Enviro-Bear being two notable examples — more often than not, the poor misunderstood bear is treated as an enemy to be punched.
Luckily, one brave game is attempting to redress the balance — by combining it with one of our favourite genres ever, the simulation.
“A few games in the past got it right and have been rewarded with universal praise, notably Banjo-Kazooie and Enviro-Bear, but there [haven’t] been many solid, somewhat realistic bear simulation games (if at all). That’s where this comes in,” one-man developer Farjay Studios explains on the game’s Kickstarter page. “Sure it may seem like a ‘dumb idea’ or a ‘really dumb idea’ but you can’t honestly tell me you’ve never secretly wanted to be a bear wandering around the forest. That’s just an outright lie.”<... [Read more]
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