{"id":23646,"date":"2023-08-30T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23646"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:27:45","slug":"best-forklift-operator-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/30\/best-forklift-operator-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Forklift Operator (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My real life full time job is at a major hardware store big box chain.\u00a0 And if you\u2019ve been inside one of those stores, you may have seen employees driving forklifts around.\u00a0 Since I\u2019ve been blind in my left eye since birth, I don\u2019t drive the forklifts in the store, but I am part of the safety team so I\u2019m pretty familiar with how they work.\u00a0 So when the opportunity arose for me to review a game where you drive a forklift (yeah they\u2019ll make a game out of anything these days), I thought it might be interesting.\u00a0 And of course, forklifts play a part in other video games, too, whether it be your part time job in Shenmue or as a boss in the AtomisWave arcade game DemolishFist.\u00a0 Best Forklift Operator is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Driving a real forklift is complicated and takes some training, and it can be here, too. Luckily you can play a tutorial at any time.\u00a0 You move around with the left stick, and push it down to enter reverse mode.\u00a0 The right stick changes your viewpoint, and you can click that to view your machine from different angles, too.\u00a0 Use the L and R sticks to raise and lower your forks, and tilt them up and down with the L2 and R2 sticks.\u00a0 You need to tilt the sticks so you don\u2019t spill your pallet contents as you drive around.\u00a0 You can also honk your horn with the B button, but I don\u2019t know if that does anything.<\/p>\n

There are three main modes of play.\u00a0 Career lets you take on missions where you must place pallets in the correct spots without having too many accidents.\u00a0 You want to try and complete the mission without taking too much damage and losing money.\u00a0 Practice mode lets you replay the tutorial or drive around in locations you\u2019ve unlocked.\u00a0 The areas are all just warehouses and loading docks and all look the same.\u00a0 The last mode is Arcade Mode where you can just mess around with the forklifts and pallets without worrying about damage.<\/p>\n

The main problem I had with this game is the controls.\u00a0 They\u2019re slow and unintuitive and not very fun.\u00a0 Plus the game sometimes doesn\u2019t register when you put your forks under the pallet or when you set them down.\u00a0 You also can\u2019t move your forks toward or away from each other like you can on a real forklift.\u00a0 It also would\u2019ve been nice for them to include safety tips or have missions focused more on safety since even though most players may not ever drive a forklift, they may be around them like in a big box hardware store. You also don\u2019t have good visibility in this game and it really could\u2019ve used the HD rumble features on the Switch to have some tactical feedback.\u00a0 As it stands, there is no rumble in the controllers at all.\u00a0 Interesting concept for a game, but not very much fun.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Working at a hardware store and being around forklifts, I can tell you right now that little kids are fascinated with big machinery like that and would probably want to play a game like this.\u00a0 But they may have trouble with the controls.\u00a0 Reading skill is also a must as everything is text based.\u00a0 Best Forklift Operator is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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