On paper LumbearJack looks as if a winner. Visuals which might be stuffed with character, an environmental pleasant message, and gameplay that appears satisfyingly harmful.
Sadly all of it simply falls a little bit brief in nearly each space, leaving you wishing a bit extra time had been spent on sharpening up the gameplay.
You play because the titular LumbearJack, and wander via twenty brief levels preventing an Evil firm. Not many particulars are offered in your foe – however mainly they’re destroying your woodland house and should be stopped.
You do that by whacking every little thing with an axe, which you’ll improve throughout levels should you destroy sufficient particles that you simply acquire in your backpack.
There’s an preliminary pleasure to enjoying LumbearJack. Environments spring up with life and greenery when you clear away the evil company’s equipment, and there’s a spread of animal characters stuffed with persona to rescue.
Sadly it turns into very clear a number of levels in that this can be a one trick bear, and though there are some very slight variations – similar 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 enjoying for lengthy – it takes not more than two hours to hurry via the twenty levels, and that’s even should you’re amassing (and whacking) every little thing.
The sport is priced neatly, but it surely in the end doesn’t really feel polished sufficient to even justify its decrease finish price ticket. We encountered a few stage breaking bugs within the ultimate 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 troublesome title to advocate – even for youthful gamers.
