There's no free-roam option available until you work through the introduction and the story mode in its entirety. You have three different profiles for the straightforward story mode, with each having either an easy or hard difficulty. Now one thing which didn't quite align with my expectations was both the gameplay and the structure of the game itself. I would probably recommend playing with a controller as it makes things a bit easier but either works just fine. I found the game very easily playable on mouse and keyboard as well as my xbox one controller, was no issue playing with each.
It's very well put together and once getting to free roam it's nice turning the music on and just enjoying the scenery flying around as a bee. It reminds me very much of the Cities Skyline soundtrack, and rightfully so as we are in downtown New York City. The relaxing soundtrack for Bee Simulator has been composed by the wonderful Mikolai Stroinski who has composed music for the Witcher 3 among other games. Giving users fine control is a perfect idea and helps make the game more enjoyable. I actually found it a great addition as, no matter how much you may love the humble bumblebee, it can be quite annoying listening to the buzzing if it's at too high a volume. You can adjust how loud or how quiet you want the buzzing to be. It's like Honey I Shrunk The Kids, where seemingly everyday objects are given new importance through their relatively gargantuan size.Īudio wise, there are a few normal settings that every game has, except for one, buzz volume.
It's no Red Dead Redemption 2 but it looks charming and cute, and there's always something to be said for the feeling of wonder which comes from being a tiny thing in an otherwise mundane environment. But this looked completely different and quite interesting, a nice change of pace from the major games coming out lately and repetition this can cause. The insect through which life as we know it is able to exist todayīeing a huge fan of simulation, especially Euro Truck Simulator and American Truck simulator, I was naturally intrigued to see a microscopic take on simulation. Bee Simulator, appropriately enough, is about the life of the humble bee. When it got announced it was clear this wasn't going to be like one of those zillion different simulator games which are riffs on the same core theme. As a concept, Bee Simulator is immediately intriguing.