Format: Advance
Genre: 2d platformer
Developer: Program Ace
Publisher: Namco

Berenstain. Bearstein. Bloodstine. Stein's Gate has made it's choice! This children's cartoon turned into a game bears a lot of conspiracy simply from it's name alone. Clearly a children's game as well. The design is a 2D platformer that's akin to something like the lost vikings in it's puzzle solving. You control 3 bears and switch between them to solve puzzles to get all 3 bears to the exit. Some levels you only control 1 bear, and some levels are gimmicks. The art in this game ranges from pretty basic and kinda bad looking to absolutely freaky and would inspire absolute terror in any kid that picks up this game. Imagine a dresser, staring at you with crazy eyes, hanging upside-down from the ceiling, with 2 giant stick arms. I'm not sure if this game was meant to be enjoyed by children or to terrify them. Most of the action in this game is puzzling and time based avoidance. It's not that long of a game either. Truthfully, the best part of the game is probably the music. When the bears are all together it plays the same song, but on the individual levels, each bear gets their own them music. The bears you control are aptly named "Brother", "Sister", and fuckit "Fred". Each bear has a "special" like brother can move boxes, sister can jump far, and Fred can climb up ropes. There's a ridiculous amount of 1-ups in this game. The story revolves around the bears going to the woods for some reason, then getting chased by giant gerbils, owls, and bears, and trying to save the tree with a magic fairy? Someone was on some serious drugs when they made this. 7 levels in all, credits after story completion.

All in All, the basic bland gameplay earned this one a 6 for it's score. It felt like a slow game, despite going by so fast. The enemies had such basic patterns that they weren't threats. The gimmick defined progression speed. Story made absolutely no sense. Just kinda basic and bland.