On paper LumbearJack looks as if a winner. Visuals which can be stuffed with character, an environmental pleasant message, and gameplay that appears satisfyingly harmful.
Sadly all of it simply falls a bit of quick in nearly each space, leaving you wishing a bit extra time had been spent on sprucing up the gameplay.
You play because the titular LumbearJack, and wander by means of twenty quick phases preventing an Evil firm. Not many particulars are offered in your foe – however principally they’re destroying your woodland dwelling and have to be stopped.
You do that by whacking every part with an axe, which you’ll be able to improve throughout phases should you destroy sufficient particles that you simply acquire in your backpack.
There’s an preliminary pleasure to taking part in LumbearJack. Environments spring up with life and greenery when you clear away the evil company’s equipment, and there’s a variety of animal characters stuffed with character to rescue.
Sadly it turns into very clear a number of phases in that this can be a one trick bear, and though there are some very slight variations – corresponding to bombs to whack alongside set paths to trigger extra destruction, and occasional easy puzzles – there simply isn’t sufficient right here to maintain anybody however the very younger entertained.
Even then, they received’t be taking part in for lengthy – it takes not more than two hours to hurry by means of the twenty phases, and that’s even should you’re gathering (and whacking) every part.
The sport is priced well, however it finally doesn’t really feel polished sufficient to even justify its decrease finish price ticket. We encountered a few stage breaking bugs within the remaining stage, and never sufficient effort has been put into various the gameplay up – one thing like Donut County had true escalating stakes for instance, with challenges to match.
It’s a disgrace, as a result of regardless of its admirable environmental message LumbearJack is a tricky title to advocate – even for youthful gamers.
