{"id":26946,"date":"2026-06-17T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26946"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:10:35","slug":"do-u-even-forklift-switch-ps5-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/17\/do-u-even-forklift-switch-ps5-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Do U Even Forklift? (Switch, PS5, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A few years ago I reviewed a realistic forklift simulation game<\/strong><\/a> and didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0 But what if you took that concept and simplified the controls and made the objectives less realistic?\u00a0 Would it be better?\u00a0 Well that\u2019s what we are here to find out with Do U Even Forklift?, a top down viewed game where you control a forklift lifting stuff and moving it around.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t explain how to play very well in this game, but if you go to the controls part of the options menu, it\u2019ll explain everything and you\u2019ll be able to pick things up easier.\u00a0 Use the ZR and LR trigger buttons to accelerate and reverse.\u00a0 When you are next to something you can pick up, press the button and you\u2019ll do so.\u00a0 You can also raise and lower the arms of the forklift with the L and R shoulder buttons.\u00a0 And another button honks your horn.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll travel to each stage on a map.\u00a0 In stages you\u2019ll do things like move cars to parking spaces and load up trucks.\u00a0 They really don\u2019t explain what you have to do in each level, but there are picture cues to help you out.\u00a0 Later you\u2019ll have to solve puzzles like putting certain color cars in spaces or giving them a paint job first.\u00a0 There are also hidden ramen bowls to find in each stage, but I don\u2019t know what they do.<\/p>\n

The press release says the game is \u201cGhibli-esque,\u201d\u00a0 which is a term many press releases overuse in my opinion.\u00a0 But the simple graphics do remind me of Katamari Damacy.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the unclear goals and tricky controls kept me from really enjoying this one.\u00a0 Any game where you control a car in top-down fashion using RC like controls always trips me up, especially when you have to do a lot of reverse steering.\u00a0 If you could change the controls I\u2019d like that better, but I don\u2019t think you can.\u00a0 Once you get to stages that require more precise movements, the game becomes way less fun.<\/p>\n

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

You can knock down telephone poles and crash into other things on your forklift, but that\u2019s about as violent as it gets. Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may get frustrated at the unclear goals and tricky controls.\u00a0 Do U Even Forklift? is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I reviewed a realistic forklift simulation game and didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0 But what if you took that concept and simplified the controls and made the objectives less realistic?\u00a0 Would it be better?\u00a0 Well that\u2019s what we are here to find out with Do U Even Forklift?, a top down viewed game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26948,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26946\/revisions\/26948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}