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Lots of fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are quite a few things in this game that aren't exactly realistic. However, if they were to make everything realistic according to the real world of farming, it would make for a pretty complex game. Even though it is lacking some aspects, this game is a lot of fun to play, and can be pretty addicting.

I would definitely recommend to purchase the Deluxe version. It includes many features left out of the regular version, such as putting cattle to pasture, purchasing horses, setting workers to auto-task certain buildings, and putting up hay. You can purchase these games from places like Walmart or Scholastic Book club for around $12. I couldn't find the Deluxe version on Amazon.

Pretty good farm simulator

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a pretty good farm simulator, although there are a few bugs in it. You can become stuck in buildings and such, however this raley happens to me and I've put a few hours on this game. I would recomend picking it up from a local software dealer though as you should be able to get it for $9.99 now.

what a farm boy thinks

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun to play. The things it lacks is that the farm season only last nine months instead of twelve so you dont get an actual account for the year. if you raise livestock lets say you have 100 cows how is it that only 5-10 of them have calves. the last thing is it does make the farm life seem like it is easy and farmers make a lot of money but what they dont realize is that farming isnt a 9-5 job its a 24- 7 job with lots of stress and problems. but enough of that the game is fun and im going to get the second version and recommend this one toany one looking for a game for the family

Famers and Video Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty good. Cept, im a farmer myself - i dont have "seasons" to work - unlike the game displays. Also, you cant rent land on the game. but other than those flaws. its a pretty good deal. and in refference to the Teacher/Farmer comparison review - Teachers make way more than a farmer. I would tell anyone they're better off at making themselves a Teacher than a farmer. I dont know anyone who took up being a farmer for the money - most take it up as a desire and a way of life. Not for the money.

I'M A FARMER. IT ISN'T ANY EASY LIFE.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Farming can be pretty hard and most people think the opposite. This game doesn't demonstrate that. Most people think that farming is an easy life. As "S.Kochel" said in her review " the average farm family makes a lot of money " and " teachers are low paid so I don't want my cousin to be that". I disagree.You would likely have a better life teaching.

There are also quite a few virises. Those could use some work. When I'm in the middle of the game it will shut down. There should also be more time in the year for the farmer to work. I think that you should be aloud to rent land if you couldn't afford to buy more land.

I'm offended by the characters. Not one person should have to listen to them and there rude talking.

Caught the kids attention as well as mine

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. My only problem is getting it away from the kids so I can play it. My 12 year old as well as teenager and older kids all love it. I was trying to find something that would entice them away from the shoot-em up games and this did it.

Yes, it has it frustrating moments as a player (when lots of things need to be done at once), but that is what sim games do for you. We have had NO problem with crashing. It may have to do with meeting the sytem requirements listed.

Great fun and a lot of learning. I'm sure a real farmer might not like it, but this IS a computer game, not real life. I know when we finish all the scenarios in this box, we'll get the next edition as well.

It has made us much more aware of agricultural issues (weather, crop prices, government farm prices) in the news and we comment on those stories to each other. This never happened before.

Great game! I had gotten tired of building Sim-cities and SimFarm was way too hard (picking up fence pieces and perfecting matching them together lest the horse gets out was stupid; chasing that tiny pixel size horse over the county was even worse). John Deere farms reign!

This and farm supports!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: December 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my cousin, so he can get a job. His dad is a composer and makes quite a bit of money, and I don't want my cousin to suffer by being something low paying, like a teacher. So, knowing that the average farm family makes lots of money, I bought him this for an education. Now, he can play this and learn the ends and outs of farming. The other thing that will help is going to be, or course, government price supports and crop insurance. So with this game and government programs, I expect my cousin to exceed and do well and soon he'll be making more food than he can sell, and getting paid for it all!!!!

Wonderful Learning Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for two of my grandchildren. Ages 8 & 10. They LOVE this game! The more you play it, the more new things you find to do. They get quite the feeling of accomplishment from playing this game. There are many different things to keep up with, like the seasons and insects and when to feed the cows and work on the barn and what to plant to make the most money. You can buy equipment and houses too. But beware, it is vERY addicting, even for older teenagers and adults. This game gets an A+. Buy it!

Game is a disgrace and disappointment shame on John Deere

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 21
Date: September 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a farmer I am offended by this game, it made farmers look like bafoons with the dullard characters and the simpleton sounds they made.
The game is very disappointing and did not live up to what it advertised on the cover. There were only two tractors to choose from and only three implements. You only had a choice of 4 crops. This paucity of choices was further frustrated by a game that simply did not work, the bugs are unbearable. Did anyone in development ever play the game?
SHAME ON JOHN DEERE for endorsing this game. They insulted there buying market, if this is what John Deere thinks of its customers I will not buy anymore farming implements from them.

Great potential, needs polish

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: August 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

While this game is a lot of fun for the first few days, I found myself bored by the end of the week. The farming gets very repetative and tedious.

Your family members have a poorly designed morale system. They get tired of doing the jobs very quickly, and to boost morale you must buy some "leisure" items (such as a swimming pool or a trampoline) and they can't use them. Instead, you let the family member stand there for a long (...long) period of time and their morale recovers. No matter how many leisure items you have it doesn't seem to replenish morale quickly enough. You can hire employees which don't have morale, but they are moderately expensive, and not that smart -- which brings me to AI:

The artificial intelligence for the people in this game needs work. They will often take the longest route from point A to point B, wasting valuable time (you are on a time constraint to plant and harvest your crops). You can't always get them to stop doing a task you've given them, either. On several occasions when having workers operate the combine (the machine that harvests the crops), after they have harvested the field you can't give them a new command because the old one to harvest the field is still active for some reason and the task wouldn't cancel. To fix it I had to fire the employee and rehire him/her.

There are a number of bugs in this game that aren't too bad. Mostly, this game has a lot of irritations. The camera gets very old extremely quick, the AI needs a lot of work, you can only assign one task per employee at a time (there's no queue), the windows and menus have annoying (but easy) navigation, the time goes by too fast even on the slowest setting, you have to store all of your equipment out on the field because there's no garage or anything for them -- so finding your equipment can be a chore. And the one thing that bothers me the most is the cursor. It's a little slow and difficult to control, and you can't adjust it in the game options.

I would recommend passing this game up and waiting for a sequel or a sorely needed patch.

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