Lumberjack Simulator Reviews

i keep reading about accurate physics. still havent seen any. i much prefer logging in fs19. controls are a breeze and everything just works. the grafics, even on ultra, are just not there for me. i am going back to fs19 logging

Abandoned game. It's a shame, seeing how this game had potential, but all I can see right now is a game that's been abandoned for over 2 years with no updates, riddled with game breaking bugs, and with little to no support.

Graphics need work still. Great game but due to the graphics choppy and phasing places I can't play it in this state. Workshop has very few items in there for this game and I do think the rendering is the main reason why. Has alot of promise if the dev's would work on the graphics instead of dlc's...

*Updated Review* Ok so again I want to like this game so after a year or more of not playing it and watching the updated as well as getting a response from the dev saying they made adjustments to the gear ratios and power, I found little to no difference in the vehicle handling. No big deal though I just need to adjust. So play for a bit, complete some contracts and it isn't so bad until the bugs and terrain and control problems hit. In an hour and a half of play I got stuck on the yellow bumper going over the VERY narrow bridge to the customer Jenny to deliver her wood chips( who in their right mind makes a bridge the EXACT width of a pickup truck if they want deliveries??) and had to go 4x4 down the gulch and up again. Every time I left the shop my camera and movement controls froze and I had to save, exit and reload. There seems to be no way to delete saved games so I had to scroll through a metric ton of saves to get to my newest save and the thing that made me shut it down is I finally leveled enough and had enough cash to buy a log handler, excitedly I jumped in and looked over the controls, tilt up and down? Check. Raise and lower? Check. Open and close grapple..... ummmmm nope, looked through the settings and hit every key and could not get the grapple to open so yeah I can drive it, raise it and tilt the head but cannot pick up any logs.... Maybe there is a key I missed.... maybe not but that was enough for me. I am a glutton for punishment so I will keep my eyes on this but for now still too frustrating. I wanted to like this game so badly, after Farm Sim 17 and the lumberjack additions I've been wanting a more fleshed out version. This is not it, EA I know but on question, have the Devs ever driven any vehicle AT ALL??? All the vehicles go from 0 to TOP GEAR MAN LETSGOWEGOTTAGETOUTTAHEREOHSHOOTTHERE'SAHILL.......LOOKooooouuutttttt........ that is to say they go really fast immediately and then breaking? Well breaking is going from warp speed forward to herewegoinreversejustasfastYAAAYYYYYYYY!!! But without the yay on my part. So seeing as much of the anemic gameplay revolves 'round driving this is a solid no. Imagine a vehicle with a transmission and throttle issues as I've mentioned, now imagine attaching a trailer with some need for precision. Oh the wonderous joy. Final- needs much work on mechanics to be considered playable then needs game play filled out... or game play at all really. Solid pass for now, but hey! The trees look like wood so there's that! Keep up the work guys I really want this game to succeed cuz I really want to enjoy it and thank you for what you have done, it is far more than I've done! NomadX

Great start for Early Access! The terrain and mud physics make for a good challenge for the machines to traverse, on top of that the timber physics are very realistic. This game has a lot of potential, and the developer is clearly working very hard to make a great game, clear roadmap on what features will be added, current things being worked on, and what is in the future. In its current state, the game is pretty fun, but will be much better upon a full release. If you like logging games, you'll likely enjoy this game. Keep in mind, its early access, if you see this game's potential, and what it has in store, I highly recommend picking it up, and supporting the developer to get this project off the ground.

The Game Has come along way since early access release , the dev's are still improving it , its a nice mix of fs , mudrunner in a logging environment , looking forward to the continues development of this game

Don't waste your time with FS19 if you casually game this is way better than the clunky controls FS19 has! Way better gameplay directed at logging too!

I was stoked to play this game when I seen my favorite Facebook streamer playing it one day. Being a former logger, the thought of this game immediately caught my interest and was expecting it to be a pretty close simulator of the job. I was left disappointed to see that this game was full and still is full of bugs that continue to plague this game. This games controls are also super confusing, overly touchy and not touchy enough at times, and seemingly little to no support for a controller. Game play over all is a mess and just not what I would have expected it to be. I also don't know how may times I've expected this game to have an auto save feature to only be disappointed every time I've left the game to find that all the progress I've made was gone. This game doesn't even come close to the logging experience, and I had high hopes that it would have been close. Seeing how the Farming Simulator series has put forth a lot of effort into the logging aspect of their games gave me pretty high hopes for this title being focused on logging and logging only. I still have hope that this developer will eventually add important things, like auto save and better control schemes. I hope that they will add in different equipment that isn't locked out behind a pay wall. That is the biggest turn off for me, I would love to support official DLC, but when you want to charge five bucks to unlock a loan feature, (again, the Farming Simulator series integrated that in the game at launch), makes me want to uninstall the game. To anyone wanting to buy this game, I would wait for it to be on some kind of mega super sale, and NOT pay full price for it. It's too much money for a game that's as "broken" as this one is. If you can't wait, purchase a Farming Simulator 17 or newer game to play. It's much better in almost every aspect, plus allows for so much other things to do at the same time. Hopefully one day I can re-review this game and leave it a positive review. Good Luck, and listen to your player base!

Well, ive been excited for this game for a long time and i think we are off to a great start. The vehicles sound great and feel nice when driving. the crane and mechanical controls work great.i like how you can tab in and out of drive and lading mode. the log physics are ok as well. One of my main concerns at release was the terrain and how it would deform and respond to vehicles and with that so far so good. Here are my main comments ( not complaints because i know this is a new game the dev team has worked hard and i can tell). 1.the hand tools and picking up logs doesnt work most of the time. the game is very picky on where you point the cursor to do just about any hand tool input ( chainsawing,Hatcheting or even picking up the logs) and the picking up the logs is my main point because thats how you make money. Its very difficult to pick up cut logs especially of a smaller size. the game just doesnt recongnize when the cursor is on a log. and it makes loading logs in to the back of the pick up a difficult task, brings me to my next point of concern... when i finally get to load a log it typically falls through the truck bed either on the initial load or when i drive off. i think the game also needs a tie down system to lock the logs into place so they dont fly out. there are also no options to bind keyboard controls, the stock controls arent terrible just would like options. also when using the controller the look controls are inverted and there is no way to change that. and alittle optimization wouldnt hurt. the game runs fine but could be smoother. and sometimes in some parts of the map it gets really dark when looking at the ground to collect logs. but so far great job and i can see this game heading into a very good direction with great great things to come as long as these little things are corrected. I am definitely on board. :)

I was excited when I saw this title. I really enjoyed Farming Simulator's logging experience. Where FS has so many different jobs you can do, surely a title focusing on only the logging industry can really improve on that experience. Unfortunately this game fails here. The only new element added is mud physics. Further just about everything else from graphics, sound, vehicles, depth and progression is lacking far behind. There are just a few pieces of equipment to start off with. Off the bat you can buy all the basic equipment you need to start logging. After that you have about 2 things to save your money for then it's GG. I understand this is an early access build, but it my opinion it doesn't even deserve to be called an alpha yet. It is more like a demo you pitch to a client before you start working on the real product. In conclusion, if you want to have a enjoyable logging experience, FS offers 10 x more content and polish, and logging is only a very tiny fraction of the game. And no I'm not an FS fanboy. I'm simply stating the facts.