Kran-Simulator / Crane Simulator (2009) PC

"Crane Simulator / Kran-Simulator" is another simulator of machines and mechanisms, now from German developers.

The game process

The gamer's greeting begins with a simple, almost primitive menu that includes only:

1. Task selection.
2. Options.
3. Records.

The other two items have no game weight, these are "Credits" and "Exit". It couldn't be simpler. The process begins with simple tasks that are performed by a crane with a huge telescopic boom. The only thing required of the player is the speed of movement of the slings attached to the main cable. After all, the clinging of the cargo to the hooks and uncoupling occurs automatically. It's as if invisible rafters are present.

And there is no need for great accuracy when lowering, the main thing is to carry or stretch the load at any angle along the surface of the platform marked with glowing markers, and everything will fall into place. The faster the action is completed, the more points the player gets. The actions of the crane operator are complicated, or rather lengthened, by the unwillingness of the drivers of cars standing in line to drive up to the place of the already unloaded car.

Features of the game

The main feature, rather strange and very bad, is the absence of a view switch. No. There are several cameras:

1. From the cab.
2. From the upper independent point (as, from a quadrocopter hovering over the top of the boom).
3. From the independent side (third-person view).

But all of them are turned on by the incomprehensible desire of artificial intelligence. They are burdened by the lack of an aesthetic moment when they see "in the first person". When the camera is turned on, no levers or buttons are visible from the cab. And in order for the gamer to somehow feel like a crane operator and feel all the costs of this profession, the review from the inside is accompanied by a roar of