Fugdale’s Funhouse

Object: Solve the puzzles by choosing the correct actions in order. NOTE: Link above is not direct, you must click the ‘play now’ link on the page.

Review: These bears will have you laughing and thinking out loud. A crack team of fuzzy bear investigators has a few challenging tasks ahead of them. You control at least 4 bears in this game. Each level provides you with a complete sequence puzzle for you to solve. When you place your cursor over a bear you will see one or more symbols which represent actions that bear can take at that moment. For instance, your bear might connect to the internet to disarm a camera or he might use his sword to stab an enemy bear. As your progress through the game different actions will reveal themselves.

As in many other point-and-click adventures, you must discover the correct sequence of choices in order to solve the puzzle. If you do the wrong thing at the wrong time you will fail the mission or cause a lot of havoc for yourself. The first mission starts off in a bank, where a gang of bank robbers has captured several hostages. You must find your way into the bank and knock off all of the kidnappers to rescue the hostages. Be careful, along the way you will have to climb through windows and trigger certain events, otherwise you will get stuck.

The puzzles provide a challenging adventure without seeming too impossible to solve. Most players will encounter set-backs early. If you make errors, the captain back at the headquarters will give you advice and let you know when you need to restart the game. The bears all talk to each other and say funny things via speech bubbles above their heads. Once you start to remember the proper sequence of events you can make your way through each level further.

The sound effects and cute animations provide moments of humor throughout each level. I enjoyed the fact that each level provides all the information on one screen, unlike most point-and-click adventures. You won’t have to explore all over the place trying to locate a hidden key, but rather, you can examine the entire area and map out a war plan. Still you will find several points in the game where progress gets impeded. I sometimes found it difficult to determine if I needed to start over or just investigate a little further. Due to the animation sequences between each action, you can’t just speed through the game upon each replay, so prepare yourself for a leisurely pace each time you work through it. As you finish each level, you will advance to another mission. I haven’t played through the entire game yet, so I don’t know how many levels the game includes.

War Bears has a similar feel to the Grow series of games, one of which I have previously reviewed here. All the action takes place on screen and the order you trigger events determines how far you progress in the game. So whip out your BSI (Bear Scene Investigation) tools and get to work.

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