If this was made on a bigger budget and with some better visual effects, I’m pretty sure it would have been an even better experience. It’s a bit of a shame really since it does take away some of the magic. The world is a bit empty and the character models look like they belong on an older generation of consoles. Compared to other modern releases, this one simply isn’t on par visually speaking. They’ll have a blast playing this short game while constantly learning new crucial information about the honeybee.Īlthough I really like the educational value of Bee Simulator, it’s clear that the game is created on a smaller budget. The mini-games in combination with the exploration really result in a fun learning experience for the younger children. Besides fighting, you’ll also be challenged in other mini-games where you have to mimic the movements of the other bees or where you’ll have to race them. Again, it’s not the best gameplay there is but it does the trick. By pushing the right buttons at the right time, you’ll attack and defend, if you manage to time things correctly, you’ll come out victorious. Defeating these other insects offers some variation on the exploration gameplay and transforms the game into a mini-game inspired fighter. While collecting the pollen, you’ll eventually run into some of your natural enemies too. Bee Simulator really is a treasure chest filled with knowledge and the descriptions of all flowers just prove this even more. Every new flower will be added to your own encyclopedia where you can discover everything there is to know about that certain flower. It’s easy to collect the pollen but then again, it’s the knowledge behind the flowers that’s of more importance. Using the special first-person Bee perspective, you can easily recognize the different types of flowers since they are color-coded. Quickly you’ll learn some pollen offer better quality and will eventually result in better honey. While flying around you’ll have to gather pollen from a wide diversity of flowers. This is also where you’ll control your own little honeybee, in a park that’s inspired by the grand Central Park of Manhattan. They’ve been pushed out of their natural habitats and are forced to live among us, in small parks all over the world. Our industrialization, lack of true nature, and pesticides make it harder and harder for the bees to survive. Right from the introduction, you’ll learn that we as a species are ruining the chances of survival for the bees. What Bee Simulator does best is demonstrating how hard the life of a honeybee can get. It’s an easy task but soon you’ll learn that the life of a honeybee isn’t always that easy. The story is kept short, you’re a honeybee who’s tasked by the queen herself to collect as much pollen as possible to create as much honey as possible. It’s clear from the start that the team didn’t want to deliver the most thrilling story-driven game. Right from the start, it’s clear that this game has a high educational value and although the gameplay is pretty solid, it’s the lesson that will leave its mark in the end. This game doesn’t want to be the most impressive story-driven experience, it wants to deliver a message, a message of love for the honeybee and hope for the future of our planet. If this was to be scored as a hardcore video game like Call of Duty, God of War or Zelda, it would score poorly but that’s not the purpose of Bee Simulator. Here on Gaming Boulevard, we always try to score a product based on what it has to offer and always keeping the targeted audience in our minds. Bee Simulator offers the first interactive step in this learning progress.įirst things first, Bee Simulator isn’t your typical game and we won’t judge it like one. They shouldn’t grow up killing each and every bee they see, no, they should grow up as responsible adults who completely understand the importance of the little honeybee. Learning the importance of these little creatures and learning to love instead of to fear them is a lesson we have to learn our younger children. Bees are extremely important for our lives, without them, we would simply be lost.

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