This is not a "simulator"

[Altairsky]

I'm a bee lover and bee keeper, bees are very interesting animals that would make a very interesting game, if the bee society was actually simulated in a realistic way.
I wanted to buy this game, but after watching a few gameplays on youtube, I changed my mind.
This is a joke.
It's maya the bee with realistic bugs models. Just a platformer with fantasy stuff going on, and ZERO simulation.
How cool would it be if the game had realistic hive structure, with realistic bee jobs (a newborn bee is unable to fly, so its first job is to work inside the hive, care for the eggs and larvae and the queen until its wings are strong enough to go out and fly.
And then there is nothing boring about bees. There are predators, like giant scary birds, lizards that would look like godzilla from a bee point of view... Then there are scary parasites to deal with (Varroa destructor, even just the name is scary), and epic battles with hornets or bees from an enemy hide, or ants, or the deathhead hawkmoth. There is so much epic stuff to make an awesome horror/adventure game based on a REALISTIC bee simulator.
I'm saddened that you preferred to make a terrible nonsense game based on Bee Movie instead, with a .
Won't buy this. I'm sorry. It's just misleading advertising.

[SonkitA]

Understand you. But we have what we have, simulation only in the bee itself. Therefore the price is high for this, I think.

[Saïbaïman]

saw some video and it disappointed me:
no real time fights in a real time environment...
quest focused game
flying through rings or shining quest objectives over and over
harvesting pollen is too simplistic (rings)
playing as a single bee, no signs of a fully populated hive or population
environment seems lifeless, npc's seems to be planted on stage doing endlessly the same moves, very few of other insects/animals and no interaction with all of these.

The game seems to be quest focused because of its lack of deep mechanics...so you probably won't be able to free fly doing bee stuff without a quest telling to do so

I felt this game lacks mechanics such as physics, fighting, flying, interracting, harvesting, no multiplayer.... and mostly all you have to do is fly through rings...

It is more like a rpg than a simulator

It could have been a great bee game but at first views i was not convinced at all
it looks like a limited console game

[powermausi93]

I am a professional beekeeper and i bought it, hoping that it yould be better than advertised and I have to say: there are quite a few missed oportunitys when it comes to beescenarios. But from a gameplay oriented viewpoint: this it not a bad game! The intention behind it is not ment to show human and beekeepers in a bad light, like in the aformentioned beemovie. It is an adventure that does a few things right and cuts some corners when it come to realism. But hey, I can live with that. I enjoy this game. Please don't expect a "beesimulator" to be just that. It is more an adventure story with bee elements.The grafics are lovely and the bee itself is one of the most realistic bees you can find in all computer games. The developers did so many things right, that i am ready to forgive minor inaccuracies, that the professional beekeeper in me might wish to abolish.
Fazit: Try it before you write a bad review.
i liked it :)

[Hurtlock]

Check out the game 'Drunk on Nectar' for a deeper bug's life sim

[Floymin]

It feels like a family education tool for kids between 6 and 10.

[Altairsky]

Originally posted by FearJerker:

Check out the game 'Drunk on Nectar' for a deeper bug's life sim

I already own that game and it's definitely a better simulator than this, and very promising game.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by powermausi93:

I am a professional beekeeper and i bought it, hoping that it yould be better than advertised and I have to say: there are quite a few missed oportunitys when it comes to beescenarios. But from a gameplay oriented viewpoint: this it not a bad game! The intention behind it is not ment to show human and beekeepers in a bad light, like in the aformentioned beemovie. It is an adventure that does a few things right and cuts some corners when it come to realism. But hey, I can live with that. I enjoy this game. Please don't expect a "beesimulator" to be just that. It is more an adventure story with bee elements.The grafics are lovely and the bee itself is one of the most realistic bees you can find in all computer games. The developers did so many things right, that i am ready to forgive minor inaccuracies, that the professional beekeeper in me might wish to abolish.
Fazit: Try it before you write a bad review.
i liked it :)

If you want realism you should try Drunk on Nectar..it is very realisitc. Be warned though, it is still in EA.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/512460/Nature_And_Life__Drunk_On_Nectar/

Note that you can only play atm as a solitary bee, and some other various insects. Also, it does have some quests you do, but there mostly linked with like molting and getting bigger, and the biggest quest is mating. It is much more realistic than this game.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by FearJerker:

Check out the game 'Drunk on Nectar' for a deeper bug's life sim

I mentioned that too..

[sir d wreck]

Yeah.. calling this "Bee Simulator" is a low effort game title and misleading. They could have done way, way better. They should have called it "A Bee's Story" or "Bee Life" or almost anything else. This game isn't even listed as a simulator on Steam. I was hoping for an actual bee simulator. Oh well

Edit: No hate to the developers and I'm not saying their game is bad. just that it seems to have made many people expect something else from it, and part of the issue is the title. I'm sure the game is fine and people who like that type of game seem to be enjoying it.

[Obrigador]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

Originally posted by powermausi93:

I am a professional beekeeper and i bought it, hoping that it yould be better than advertised and I have to say: there are quite a few missed oportunitys when it comes to beescenarios. But from a gameplay oriented viewpoint: this it not a bad game! The intention behind it is not ment to show human and beekeepers in a bad light, like in the aformentioned beemovie. It is an adventure that does a few things right and cuts some corners when it come to realism. But hey, I can live with that. I enjoy this game. Please don't expect a "beesimulator" to be just that. It is more an adventure story with bee elements.The grafics are lovely and the bee itself is one of the most realistic bees you can find in all computer games. The developers did so many things right, that i am ready to forgive minor inaccuracies, that the professional beekeeper in me might wish to abolish.
Fazit: Try it before you write a bad review.
i liked it :)

If you want realism you should try Drunk on Nectar..it is very realisitc. Be warned though, it is still in EA.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/512460/Nature_And_Life__Drunk_On_Nectar/

Note that you can only play atm as a solitary bee, and some other various insects. Also, it does have some quests you do, but there mostly linked with like molting and getting bigger, and the biggest quest is mating. It is much more realistic than this game.

O my God! Thank you so much! This is what I was looking for! 2 cups of best tea for you, my dear sir!

[Ancient]

Originally posted by Skeletor:

Originally posted by sir d wreck:

Yeah.. calling this "Bee Simulator" is a low effort game title and misleading. They could have done way, way better. They should have called it "A Bee's Story" or "Bee Life" or almost anything else. This game isn't even listed as a simulator on Steam. I was hoping for an actual bee simulator. Oh well

Edit: No hate to the developers and I'm not saying their game is bad. just that it seems to have made many people expect something else from it, and part of the issue is the title. I'm sure the game is fine and people who like that type of game seem to be enjoying it.

How can you simulate a bee. It is kinda joke title :papyrus:

Those of us that are older might expect (or at least be hoping for) something like SimAnt from Maxis circa ~1993.

It's kind of pathetic that what was a basic, standard game in 1993 is (seemingly) impossible for devs to even replicate today., let alone surpass, nearly 30 years later.

[DeadPoolX]

Originally posted by Ancient:

Those of us that are older might expect (or at least be hoping for) something like SimAnt from Maxis circa ~1993.

It's kind of pathetic that what was a basic, standard game in 1993 is (seemingly) impossible for devs to even replicate today., let alone surpass, nearly 30 years later.

I clearly remember SimAnt, and I really enjoyed it; however, it was very clunky. That was probably a product of its time (a lot of DOS-era Maxis games were awkward), and you're right, no one has made a decent replacement.

That said, I bought Bee Simulator during the Steam sale and you know what? I like it. No, it's not a simulation (like others have said, it's more an adventure/RPG hybrid), but that doesn't take away from its entertainment value.

Considering how many games try to be "hardcore" and inflict severe penalties on players to appease a very vocal minority (i.e. achievement-hunters or e-jock dudebros), it's nice to see a fairly well-made game that's more casual in its approach, but isn't some in-app purchase mobile nightmare.

I've been playing games since 1984. Started with an Apple II, and I can count on one hand the number of times a game has actually made me smile. I don't mean laugh, I mean smile because I found it charming or just neat. Bee Simulator, for all of its minor flaws, made me smile.

[Ancient]

Originally posted by DeadPoolX:

Originally posted by Ancient:

Those of us that are older might expect (or at least be hoping for) something like SimAnt from Maxis circa ~1993.

It's kind of pathetic that what was a basic, standard game in 1993 is (seemingly) impossible for devs to even replicate today., let alone surpass, nearly 30 years later.

I clearly remember SimAnt, and I really enjoyed it; however, it was very clunky. That was probably a product of its time (a lot of DOS-era Maxis games were awkward), and you're right, no one has made a decent replacement.

That said, I bought Bee Simulator during the Steam sale and you know what? I like it. No, it's not a simulation (like others have said, it's more an adventure/RPG hybrid), but that doesn't take away from its entertainment value.

Considering how many games try to be "hardcore" and inflict severe penalties on players to appease a very vocal minority (i.e. achievement-hunters or e-jock dudebros), it's nice to see a fairly well-made game that's more casual in its approach, but isn't some in-app purchase mobile nightmare.

I've been playing games since 1984. Started with an Apple II, and I can count on one hand the number of times a game has actually made me smile. I don't mean laugh, I mean smile because I found it charming or just neat. Bee Simulator, for all of its minor flaws, made me smile.

I don't really disagree. other than a couple of the voices in BS being rather over the top, the game is pretty good for what it is.

I'm also old, some even say I'm ancient. Been playing games on PC since they came on a cassette tape and lived through the Tandy/Commodore 64 days.

I also agree with others though that it is more of an action adventure game than it is any kind of simulator. I think the game was almost just misnamed. The "Simulator" in the title manages to imply something deep, accurate and scientific that the game really is not and I think that affects a lot of peoples' first impressions.

It's a good game, possibly even a great action adventure game, but it's terrible as a simulator of any kind because it's been dumbed down so much (flying through rings to collect pollen, etc.).

Games like Drunk on Nectar manage to handle those kinds of details far better and still remain approachable to those looking for a better level of actual insect simulation. And still, I would not claim that game is even a "better" simulator because both fall short, I just think that Bee Simulator falls much shorter in the simulation/realism department than it could have.

[Morose_Aspect]

This game is far more of a simulator than Goat Simulator, so I will give it a pass.