Fast pacing and daring, busy environments mix in Lumberhill to create the sort of vibrant, time-challenge sport that’s simple to study however troublesome to grasp.
You play as a lumberjack and your key tasks embrace herding animals and chopping down timber. Every degree takes place on a brand new, comparatively small map the place you’ll need to navigate obstacles to get the wooden and livestock the place they should go. Duties seem on the backside of the display screen and also you acquire factors by finishing them as rapidly as doable.
You possibly can acquire as much as three stars per degree relying on what number of factors you get. The extra stars you acquire, the extra new ranges, skins and playable characters you unlock. There are a variety of story worlds so that you can navigate.
Lumberhill begins off within the sort of world you may anticipate – a burly man in a checked shirt, surrounded by lush inexperienced vegetation and bleating sheep. The sport will get more and more extra surreal as you go on. First, you’ll meet new sorts of timber and animals, such because the pandas you’ll take care of in China. In a while, the degrees get weirder, as you must cope with meteor showers, pirates and even dinosaurs.
The designs are definitely enjoyable. It’s troublesome to not benefit from the bumbling panda cubs, even when they do stand proper in your approach once you’re racing in opposition to the clock.
The overall gameplay stays the identical all through. New challenges will come your approach, reminiscent of having to utilise transferring platforms and put out fires that threaten your timber. However when you’ve obtained the grasp of the early phases, the later ranges will match broadly the identical format.
Lumberhill provides varied multiplayer choices, each native and on-line, spanning co-operative and aggressive gameplay. It undoubtedly has the type of format that lends itself to a celebration sport. The challenges are extra enjoyable once you’re working as a staff with associates and co-ordinating the easiest way to strategy every activity.
The apparent comparability to attract is with Overcooked. The format of Lumberhill is analogous sufficient that, in case you appreciated Overcooked, you’ll most likely take pleasure in this a minimum of a bit. I don’t assume the comparability does Lumberhill any favours, although, because it does make you marvel why you’re not simply enjoying Overcooked. Lumberhill is a little more chaotic and the degrees have much less selection to them.
Nonetheless, it’s not the worst Overcooked clone on the market and undoubtedly has lots of the suitable substances for a strong get together sport.
