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Published 02.03.2020 12:00

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Battle Bears - Zombies!

A lot or a little?

Parents need to know that Battle Bears - Zombies! is a first-person shooter game that might attract kids with its teddy bear and unicorn characters, but is clearly not for children because gameplay involves constant shooting with weapons that range from a slingshot to a machine gun to a flamethrower. The main character is a soldier bear who occasionally swears in cut scenes and gains extra points for head shots to his victims (who include pink teddy bears, barbershop quartet teddies, unicorns, and eventually zombie teddy bears). Upon death, teddy bears bleed colorful, nonrealistic blood, though users can also opt for bloodless play (though some headshots make rainbows shoot from teddy bears' heads in either setting). In the final level, the teddy bears are zombies, though so fantastical as to not be frightening to teen players. Cut scenes between battles sometimes include cartoonish death (like a stabbed unicorn).