Is the beeping of a work truck backing-up music to your ears" Ever seen a backhoe dig a hole and wanted in on some of that sweet action" Well, not only did someone think about it, they thought about it twice! Thus, Construction Simulator 2 was born! This port of the well-received Android and iOS game of the same name attempts to bring its success to console. Unfortunately, it hits too many potholes for a game about repaving roads.
Game At Work; Caution Ahead
My journey into the magical world of heavy vehicles and hard labor begins with my character getting his startup construction company off the ground. The tutorial has a guy named Pete teach me the basics of the camera controls, context menu, and vehicle controls. The context menu opens a list of actions that can be performed from the current vehicle you are piloting. I can view technical information, turn the headlights on and off, and toggle function mode for some machines. For the vehicle at hand, the backhoe, this anchors the machine in place and switches control to the excavator’s arm. Pete tasks me with digging a hole to be sure I can function in the business. You maneuver each part of the crane arm with one of the two analog sticks. The left controls the base of the crane arm, while the right manipulates the forward arm and the bucket. Once I had a handle on the device, I was able to smoothly dip the bucket in and out of the ground with ease. The camera is less intuitive, requiring you to switch th...