Best Forklift Operator (Steam VR)

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £15.49 ($19.99)
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Training and Skills
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

Description: Best Forklift Operator is a super-realistic, physics based forklift vehicle simulator. Experience what the job of a forklift operator looks like, participate in the training and show that you are ready for the challenges.

Review: ‘Best Forklift Operator’ is supposed to be a ‘super-realistic’ forklift vehicle simulator with some challenges and mine games attached to it. Being a forklift operator for 20 years I can tell you that it is most definitely not ‘super-realistic’ nor is it a serious forklift simulator. When it comes to the gameplay side of things there are a few tutorial missions and then some missions to challenge yourself, but this game relies too much on you having your own fun rather than supplying it to you.

The main problem I have with this “game” is that it isn’t realistic enough to be a serious Forklift simulation, but it isn’t fun enough to be a fun game to play. It sits in the middle of those two things which doesn’t do it any favours. The price is…OK I guess, but I have to question who would play this. A gamer certainly wouldn’t and nor would someone wanting to pass their forklift test. It’s not a terrible app by any means, but it doesn’t go far enough to find its place in life.