The loader you start out with, for instance, comes with the ability to lift and lower its cargo bed. Many of the vehicles and machines in the game come with different modes. From here you can enable certain modes for your vehicles and machines, turn lights on or off, reset vehicles to save some time, and much more.
The tutorial adequately informs you how to use the context menu to toggle all the different aspects of whichever construction vehicle you are commandeering. When you are not driving between points, you are undoubtedly figuring out the best way to go about doing the actual ‘construction’. Driving physics are kind of whack at the best of times, and very reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto otherwise. With that said, the game is called a construction simulator for a reason. You will be doing a lot of driving in this game, whether it is driving from the vehicle depot to your home base, or from home base to your client. While I played with it (since I seem to have an inclination for making my life difficult) I will recommend turning it off for anyone who is not familiar with the controls. One of these settings is to toggle traffic violations on or off. Everything I assume is normal for the average construction worker.įrom the onset, the game also lets you choose from several settings that may or may not be a huge cause for concern during your time in the game. You know, remove a rock here, flatten the earth there, drop the rock off at the depot. I started out by doing a simple gardenscaping job. It is here where the game lets you choose a contract or campaign that looks the most lucrative for the tools you have at hand. While the story is extremely light and the only goal you have is being the best dang construction worker you can be, you can go about it knowing the game gives you exactly what you need to know, and more, before even getting started.īy the time that you do start the actual game, you will own two basic vehicles and have rented one or two others. I personally like this aspect of the game. In a bout to stay busy, you decide to start a construction company and tackle everything by your lonesome. In Construction Simulator 3 Console Edition, you take on the role of a “semi-average construction worker” who has just entered retirement. What is most surprising, however, is its inclusion of a full-fledged and completely fleshed out tutorial! Besides a very mobile-oriented interface, Construction Simulator 3 Console Edition boasts a hefty sum of features and gameplay elements you would only come to expect from triple-A titles. While it started out as a mobile game, any first-time Construction Simulator 3 Console Edition players will never guess the game’s humble beginnings. This puts the game in quite a unique position! We rarely, if ever, get to experience mobile ports finding new life on massive video gaming platforms. Part of its addictive charm may come from the fact that Construction Simulator 3 began life as a mobile title. Fast forward to 2020, I am sitting in my living room with a MacBook on my lap and staring at the world map of the newest iteration in the franchise – with a serious itch to stop writing and continue lifting a bunch of rocks from the side of the road.
I also faintly remember clicking the little X on the top-right of the screen and going about my life as if the very video I watched never existed.
I faintly remember watching a trailer for Construction Simulator 2015 on one of those Demo Discs they used to pass out at conventions. Construction Simulator 3 Console Edition is the newest addition to my ever-growing collection of simulators, and to my surprise is one of the more addictive games on this list!Ĭonstruction Simulator is still a fairly new franchise compared to the likes of Farming Simulator. It baffles me how every single facet of life seems to have its own video game: from building and fixing up vehicles, to erecting a bustling farm, and even simulating the life of a busy little bee! What baffles me, even more, is how much I ended up enjoying all of the titles listed above, and the fact that there seems to be many more.