However, in practice? It feels more like a giant waste of potential.įirst, if you decide to go ahead and try the game for yourself, be pre-warned the opening and tutorial part of the game takes FOREVER. On paper, Bear and Breakfast is an ideal management sim that offers just the right amount of everything. Your time as Hank will be spent taking care of the BnBs you set up, crafting and decorating them, and booking in/taking care of guests. When Hank hears that humans have started to return to his side of the world after a notable absence, he decides to open up an air BnB to cater to them. In Bear And Breakfast, you play as a bear named Hank. And by too giving, I mean it grabs you, pins you down, and repeatedly slaps you across the face with it, a trauma that little marshmallows did very little to mask. Not only was Bear and Breakfast stingy on the cosy, but it was also too giving on the help. However, mere minutes into the game, I realised that mistakes were undoubtedly made. A cutesie, “cosy” game about a bear who runs his own air BnB? SOLD. So when I first saw Bear and Breakfast, I was sold. It’s a game you can picture yourself playing on a cold night while wrapped in blankets and drinking a warm cup of coffee… with little marshmallows on top because you aren’t dead inside. 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.The older I get, the more appreciation I have for “cosy” games, which in layman’s terms, is any game that doesn’t feel like work. 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. 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. You can eventually turn in for the night to start the next day, but this option only shows up late at night, and I still found myself waiting for it to come up a fair bit. Unfortunately, there's no option to speed up time in any way, which seems an obvious feature for simulation games like this. When you need money to build new rooms or acquire specific items from nearby shops, you generally just have to wait for guests to finish their stays at your various motels. Some of these structures allow more people to queue up for potential reservations at your properties bus stops specifically function as fast travel points. You can also use the materials you've scrounged or purchased to repair outhouses, bus stops, and even gain access to shortcuts. Planks of wood, stones, nails, and other scraps are used at the nearby crafting table to build beds and other furniture for your budding property, and once you have a few basic rooms you can start inviting paying customers who will even leave a review after they check out.Īs you look around each area map, you'll come across NPCs offering quests and tasks, such as fetching a specific item or restoring a derelict building back to usable condition. This requires that you scavenge for material near the building site and enlist the aid of a beaver named Tony. A few other missing quality of life options also make Bear and Breakfast hard to recommend, especially on Switch.Īfter leaving your mother's den, the titular bear Hank sets out with his friends on an errand, but ends up running into a robotic shark with a speaker box that entices him to set up his own motel and slowly start to bring Humans back to the area. It's a shame, too, since the premise of a bear running his own bed and breakfasts and other accommodations and being aided by an assortment of animal friends is a remarkably charming and humorous one. It's immediately apparent that the controls are meant to be done with a mouse, and how the game feels on Switch is both cumbersome and frustrating. About 15 minutes into Bear and Breakfast, after a somewhat jarring and moody opening scene, you gain the ability to start crafting for and furnishing your own motel.
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