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STAFF REVIEW of Construction Simulator (Xbox One)


Monday, October 17, 2022.
by Heather Webster

Construction Simulator Box art Construction Simulator has made a comeback, so get to work! Hop into your heavy-duty machinery and get building with some of the most accurate recreations of real-life machines I may have ever seen. With great details put into each aspect, from the the hydraulic lines to the accurate decals. Also very notable are the real world brands available. Big recognizable names like Caterpillar, Bell, Bobcat, Kenworth, Liebherr and Mack Trucks, but in this edition, you now have access to new partners like Daf and Doosan giving you access to over 90 options.

Build on two maps inspired by landscapes in the USA and Germany, with over 90 tasks available to be completed across both. Each map has its own campaign, allowing you to become the owner of your own construction business alongside your mentor, Hape. Expand your fleet and grow your business so you can get bigger and more interesting contracts. Make use of all your skills by renovating things like the waterfront, or cleaning up the inner city. On the German map in particular, you will find beautiful scenery based in Southwest Germany. In Friedenberg, your mission is to help create solutions for renewable energy and improve the infrastructure in the campaign, but aside from these larger tasks, you will get assigned smaller ones so you can experience every aspect of the equipment you have access to.


The Extended Edition (basically Deluxe version) gives you additional design options for your PPE with available customizations to your Helmet, Ear Protection as well as Eye Protection. You can also choose a sleek sports car to drive around each map and see what you have created, you may even find a bobblehead of your old pal Hape on the dashboard.

In the Campaign, there are four main people in the city who run various projects: Transport, Cultural Heritage, Renewable Energies, Prestige Projects, and one final project. I found while playing that having previous construction experience, as well as knowledge of the machines, is helpful in completing the jobs. Once you have done a few projects and proven yourself, so to say, you can hire helpers to do some of your tasks for you so you can continue with other things. I found it incredibly useful to be able to fast travel when your dump truck is full so you don't have to waste a lot of time actually driving back and forth. There is also the ability, when you need to refill something like your cement truck, where you can jump into the truck and select an option to refill so you don't have to leave the site.


Not only can you grow your construction empire, but you can also invite up to three friends to join you. Coordinate and build together to finish contracts even more efficiently. This is unfortunately not available in local multiplayer. I did not get the chance to try with my friends, however I did discover maybe a bit of a loophole in how to complete certain aspects of the job. For instance, if you need to dig a massive hole in the ground, if you pay attention to your completion levels, you will find that you don't need to dig the whole thing out, which makes the job go slightly faster. Otherwise, you will be digging for many hours.

The visuals are similar to most simulators out there, and while you won't find the same amount of detail in this as you do in Microsoft Flight Simulator, there is quite a good amount of detail in the realism put into the materials and the finished product; from simple things like the clouds in the sky rolling by, to the details on the machines. The glare from the sun on the horizon is also very well done, with little details like falling leaves blowing in the breeze to even the doorbell on the finished structure. However, the in-game physics could be improved as they just aren't quite where I would like them to be, especially for a simulator.



The audio for the machinary I found to be quite accurate to the real world machinery, being they are just as noisy as if you were living next to an ongoing build in real life, and I found nature sounds, like birds and the wind, to be soothing and almost relaxing, until you start backing up a big truck and all you hear in the 'BEEP BEEP BEEP'!

I found Construction Simulator packed with all kinds of neat little 'treats' as I played, like the fact that you can overfill your transport vehicles, but you get a warning that it's going to happen. You can also spill your dirt if you happen to overestimate your distance and dump your load. I found it entertaining that sometimes you have to shake your bucket because dirt got stuck. I had a friend play this game who used to be in the construction industry, and every time, he made a comment about how he had driven that exact machine or the part of the job in-game was something he had actually built. I had felt like I was contracting out my work so I didn't have to do it. So if you like simulators or you are really into construction, maybe you know someone who is, Construction Simulator feels like maybe after a few turns with someone experienced in the machines I could almost use these in real life.

**Construction Simulator was provided by the publisher and reviewed on an Xbox Series S**




Overall: 7.0 / 10
Gameplay: 8.0 / 10
Visuals: 8.0 / 10
Sound: 7.0 / 10

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