Bear and Breakfast

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  • Summary: Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you play as a well-meaning bear trying to run a B+B in the woods. Hank and his friends find an abandoned shack and, equipped with their teenage ingenuity, turn it into a money-making bed and breakfast scheme for unsuspectingBear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you play as a well-meaning bear trying to run a B+B in the woods. Hank and his friends find an abandoned shack and, equipped with their teenage ingenuity, turn it into a money-making bed and breakfast scheme for unsuspecting tourists. As your business expands so do the mysteries of the forest, and Hank soon finds himself uncovering a plot deeper than the wilderness itself.… Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Pure Nintendo
    Sep 23, 2022
    90
    Bear and Breakfast stands out as one of my favorite games of the year. Its visual style is instantly appealing and its gameplay feels nearly flawless. It’s a chill game that wants you to feel relaxed while micromanaging your own bed and breakfast locations. The game has a wonderful reward system and there’s a ton of things to unlock to keep you playing for hours on end. The game on Nintendo Switch is extremely well done, despite a control scheme that requires a bit of practice to get used to. Bear and Breakfast feels right at home on the platform sitting next to the likes of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Bear and Breakfast managed to be so wonderful that it jumped to the top of my game-of-the-year contender list. Do yourself a favor, go and buy this game. It’s an absolutely wonderful title that must be played for a bear-y good time (I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist).
  2. Pocket Tactics
    Sep 15, 2022
    80
    Bear & Breakfast is a delightful, laid-back management sim with heaps of personality. Despite some fumbles with pacing and controls, it’s an enchanting experience that oozes charm, and offers plenty of unique challenges to explore as you delve deeper into its world. Thanks for the wonderful stay, Hank!
  3. COGconnected
    Sep 19, 2022
    80
    The weakness of the building and crafting was probably why I was so drawn in by the writing and characters, but I don’t regret it. The charm is real. Besides, I have to figure you didn’t pick up something called Bear & Breakfast because you wanted it to bend your mind. This shouldn’t be as hard as running a galactic empire. You’re just a dumb, kindhearted bear. Prospective players probably want to know things like if the bear walks real cute. And he does! He really has a cute little walk. If you’re looking for a cozy little game to take you away from harsh reality, you could do worse than spending your time in these woods.
  4. Switch Player
    Oct 17, 2022
    70
    Bear and Breakfast is a cosy and relaxing management sim that offers players rewarding gameplay and an exciting story. The game does suffer with some janky controls and a HUD system that needs tweaking for Nintendo Switch systems, but if you want a management sim that isn’t the run-of-the-mill, this one’s for you.
  5. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Nov 9, 2022
    70
    Bear & Breakfast has its share of issues, but it's filled with great characters, wonderful visuals and pretty sweet music. Hopefully it's a little more stable by the time this issue goes to print, and the devs implement some more U.I. improvements. My 3-star review: It's OK, but would be better with some extra polish. [Issue #62 – November/December 2022, p. 28]
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  6. NintendoWorldReport
    Sep 26, 2022
    60
    The most glaring problem for Bear and Breakfast is that controlling the game is an immense chore on Switch, which means it ends up being a chore to help a bear complete his own chores. Opening up new areas and completing specific goals to move forward in the game is rewarding, but trying to navigate menus with the clumsy control scheme isn't worth getting out of bed for. Despite its flaws, Bear and Breakfast is no doubt a better game on PC, so play it there if you're smarter than the average bear.
  7. Gaming Age
    Oct 3, 2022
    50
    There’s a massive gulf between finding a game’s concept charming and actually wanted to play that game, and Bear and Breakfast never comes anywhere close to crossing that gaping chasm.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 4 out of 7
  1. Tortor
    Jul 28, 2023
    8
    18 hours to nearly 100% everything. Didn't experience crashes like the other reviews on here indicated. Maybe their was an update by the time18 hours to nearly 100% everything. Didn't experience crashes like the other reviews on here indicated. Maybe their was an update by the time I started playing and it's no longer an issue. This is an asolutely adorable game. Seriously when i started like 10 hours just flew by like it was nothing because I could not get away.

    The writing and humor in this game just took it to the next level for me. It was adorably witty, dry and fit with the theme really well of being a bumbling bear trying to run a business that they are not at all qualified to do. The premise is nonsense and I love that the writers acknowledged it and made some good consistent jokes. The Cruel shark character was probably my favorite. The shark consistently would read you to filth in such a high camp way, I definitely giggled a ton.

    The management aspect of this has such a good loop too. The game design was clever with how they eased you into harder things. For example you start your first area just making room, don't have to worry about bathrooms because there's an outhouse already and don't have to stress about anything else just rooms. The 2nd area they then ask for rooms and bathrooms, don't have to worry about dining though since there is a diner in the area. The 3rd area you then have to worry bout all 3 with the addition of cooking. Etc. Etc. Etc.
    The design behind this was fun and felt like meaningful progression to manage more and more. Right when you're in you're way to the 4th area the game does a great thing too and opens up hiring a concierge so the stress of managing all the properties don't tie you down too much either so I never felt overwhelmed. Just superb job with pacing, it just felt so fluid ! Designing, Building and making guests happy was fun to try and maximize what I can do with each space given. The currency starts flowing in easily so it's fun to go back and make upgrades periodically and really mid max.

    Only thing I didn't like about the game were the UI was a bit difficult with a controller. It felt like it used touch screen logic but there is no touch screen enabled. Very weird UI use that in the beginning made me feel a bit cluttered navigating, by the time I'm on to building area 3 though was right around when I hardly noticed anymore. The cooking part I think trained my brain with where they were going with control. It was complicated wrapping my head around it but you get used to it.

    Overall this game is quirky, adorable and excellently paced. As long as you're patient with learning the controls and UI awkwardness then this game is totally rewarding. It made me smile and feel fuzzy inside with its campy writing combined with a great management sim.    … Expand
  2. Lother
    Oct 26, 2022
    8
    They finally fixed the crashes on Switch. Thank you developer, it's a fun and quirky game.
  4. beeuwu
    Dec 22, 2022
    7
    One of my fav management sims so far, but not at its current state. Controls are a mess and it crashes every 5-6hrs or when I open the menu.One of my fav management sims so far, but not at its current state. Controls are a mess and it crashes every 5-6hrs or when I open the menu. If you have the option, buy on PC instead.… Expand
  5. Cyberainbow
    Oct 18, 2022
    4
    This is a beautiful game but sadly seems very unpolished and not at all optimized for the switch console. Most notably, I experienced severalThis is a beautiful game but sadly seems very unpolished and not at all optimized for the switch console. Most notably, I experienced several game crashes, which aren't that bad luckily thanks to the auto save feature but it's annoying nontheless. Loading times on the switch are way too long for a game like this and get longer the more you play. In several instances the game just seems unpolished or downright unfinished. The cooking mechanic for example isn't fun at all on the switch and I can't imagine that it's much better on pc. It's not fun, it takes forever and I have no idea what the plan behind it was. But what makes clunky game elements like this even worse on the switch are the extremely awful controls. Never have I seen such overly complicated and unoptimized controls. You have to press a or b a dozen times before doing ONE simple action in the menu. And because this is a crafting and building and cooking game, you will have to do A LOT of that. It is honestly so annoying that I considered getting a refund if possible. Which would be a shame because this game is so charming in almost all other aspect than the technical ones. It has a lovely art style, such a fun story and wonderful characters. The idea overall is amazing too but it just doesn't work out that well. There are also smaller issues that just make the game seem unpolished in other aspects: you can't sell or otherwise get value out of any items you collected, bought or crafted. Since trash (one of the two currencies) gets more rare and harder to find later on, this would have been a good opportunity to give the player and additional option to get trash (recycling of old items). Sometimes things just don't work, even though I'm never sure if it's a bug or just the horrible controls again. All of this is, as I said, such a shame because the idea, the art style and character designs are amazing. I do not recommend buying this game for the switch at all. If the art style and idea is something you'd absolutely love, rather get it for pc. Otherwise I don't know if I'd recommend it at all at this stage. But I do hope it gets some very much needed updates in the future. If they sort their technical issues out and optimize some of the horribly clunky or missed features, this game would be one if my favourites for sure. Would love to come back here in a few months and give a better score.… Expand
  6. chiberia
    Jun 6, 2023
    3
    This game does not work for console controller. The UI and controls are terribly solved for switch, though I can see the lack of problems withThis game does not work for console controller. The UI and controls are terribly solved for switch, though I can see the lack of problems with the way it's design with a keyboard and mouse in mind. It's completely inconsistent, to confirm/perform an action you sometimes click the A button and sometimes it's the Y, or the X, and even R3 if you're in build mode. Not only that, but the text is barely legible, if I'm on handheld mode it's impossible to read anything on screen, and on tv I have a lot of difficulty. The scores of the rooms are so thick it's blurry, I can never figure it out if it's a 33 or a 24, the missions strike through is barely different from not accomplished tasks, the cooking menu is unnecessarily hard to navigate just as much as the in game menu is unnecessarily filled with partial selections (you need to select the menu, then a section, so you can access the items in this section that are visible the entire time). Not only that, but the organization of the crafting catalogue has no value, since you can't really filter by sections, like only showing the bathroom items, or maybe level 1, 2,3 items. You actually have tabs but the remaining tabs have no content. A lot of this things are easily fixable with the help of a designer, swapping typefaces and colors for a better readability and consider a bigger font size can improve so much of the navigation. I have headaches after playing a little bit of the game because of the effort on trying to read the scores. Navigation can also improve vastly by removing some unnecessary clicks in the middle (you don't need to select each part of the menu you want to open, you don't need to select the inventory when you're already in build mode. Craft mode and cooking would also work way better if we could navigate more easily in the sections. In cooking, there's only the cook book that you need to go back and forth in pages, so you could unlock the sections and keep the button to return to the cooking recipes without breaking the rest of navigation. Controls being fixed, typefaces being changed for better readability, my grading would easily raise to 7 or 8. The game is quirky and there's a lot of attention to details when it's come to story telling, the music is really nice (despite the standard sound mixing being the game sounds so loud it's unbearable to stay in A24), but the actual playing of this game makes it unaccessible, too tricky and annoying and induces too much errors. I believe in your prospects, but this way it's just a terrible game… Expand
  7. raerates
    Dec 6, 2022
    3
    I wanted to love this game, as I’m a big fan of building and resource gathering sims. But the game feels almost unplayable in its currentI wanted to love this game, as I’m a big fan of building and resource gathering sims. But the game feels almost unplayable in its current state. It’s crashed on me about 5x during two days of play, load times are long, and completely froze requiring a reset. There is also a lot of lag during autosaves. The UI is very frustrating to deal with as well. The text is very small on both handheld and docked, and there is no option to upscale it. Functionally, the UI is unnecessary complicated. The tutorial, that pops up automatically, cannot be scrolled through or closed without activating the Y menu. From what I can tell, each section of every menu must be selected separately before you can interact with any item or option on that menu. This causes you to have to enter and exit menus constantly. As one reviewer said, the cooking function is nearly impossible to use despite it being necessary for multiple quests in the game. Now, I gave my rating as a 3 because there are enjoyable aspects to the game. The art style is pleasant, and the concept is fun. If the game gets updates to fix these critical issues, I’d consider trying to finish it. But, for now, I deleted it and do not recommend.… Expand
  8. yorecent
    Oct 8, 2022
    2
    Anti-social writing clashes harshly with cozy art style.

    I don't know why it is en vogue among indies to have characters speak with casual    Anti-social writing clashes harshly with cozy art style.

    I don't know why it is en vogue among indies to have characters speak with casual cruelty towards those they supposedly care about, but I hate it. Realistically hateful speech is NOT COZY.

    I did not buy a cute game with cartoon animals to read incessantly and unecessarily and unprovokedly cold, mean, biting words spoken for no story-related purpose. It's just the writer's horribly out of tone style. I hate it. It ruins this game, as it does many other artsy indies.

    People don't have to talk that way to each other. I don't speak that way to my friends, family, or strangers. Just because it happens some times to some people doesn't mean it is universally relatable or has any appeal in escapist fiction. In gritty, realistic fiction, sure. It belongs.

    But not embedded in an otherwise nice little game. It's word poison. The writer ruined the game.    … Expand

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