Once you get the hang of working your crops, you can start to take the money that you make to buy up some more fields, and expand your farming empire. You are slowly taught the basics of cultivating, seeding fields, harvesting crops and then selling or storing your grains, vegetables, etc. The game starts you out with a few fields to tend, a couple of tractors and a harvester. However, Farming Simulator 18 is definitely not about how busy the roads are, but what you can do with your properties and there is a decent amount of work to be done on the farm.
#Farming simulator 18 series#
It has been a while since the series has had an updated version for on-the-go play, so busy folk that want to take their farming with them now have a solid version to do just that. The game is available on iOS, Google Play, and for the PlayStation Vita and the 3DS. Unlike last year’s release, there is no home console version of the game, this year the focus is on portability and bringing your farm with you wherever you go. I have a great deal of respect for farmers, and so I was ready to take a dive into Farming Simulator 18, the latest iteration of the popular Farming Simulator series, to see what of actual farm life translates into these popular gaming sims.įarming Simulator 18 is the newest release from GIANTS Software and publisher Focus Home Interactive. Feeding animals, milking cows, chucking hay bales, it was all in a day’s work for the fine folk that so often literally brought home the bacon.
I would often spend time over at friends, and help with assorted chores on their farms. Farming Simulator still allows you to get in a nice, zen groove - you just need to look a little harder for it this time.Growing up on the prairies, farming was a way of life for many people that I knew.
I still remember how empty the map was for the first Farming Simulator Vita game, so to see this one include a full-on town, complete with buildings that have nothing to do with farming or agriculture, is a sign of how far it’s come.Īnd really, when you get right down to it, the core of Farming Simulator remains intact. Luckily, you can hire labourers to take on the grunt work of, well, farming, but that almost feels like cheating, and it certainly takes away some of the zen-ness.Īt the same time, however, expanding the world means that Farming Simulator is gradually feeling a little more complete. Each successive handheld version has gradually made the world just a bit bigger, to the point that, this time out, it almost feels a little overwhelming to just jump in and start farming again. That said, Farming Simulator 18 feels a little different to me. There are additions here and there - this time out you can plant sunflowers and raise pigs! - but, as I said, from a 30,000-foot perspective, this is roughly the same game as the previous handheld editions. You’re still balancing a variety of crops, you still have the option of raising animals as well, and you still have to manage a fleet of farm vehicles. In a broad sense, Farming Simulator 18 continues this tradition. It’s easy to get into a pleasant rhythm of planting-harvesting-selling-repeat, to the point that you can look up at suddenly discover you’ve spent the better part of an afternoon playing pretend farmer. While I can’t speak to the console versions, on Vita I’ve always found them to be delightfully zen. I’ve always had a soft spot for Farming Simulator games.
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